For sale is a splendid, estate fresh collection of eight New York City travel guides dating before the Civil War. Lot includes Great Metropolis guides from 1846, 1848, 1852 and 1854, Appleton's New York City Guide books from 1849 (cover loose) and 1851, and a New York Almanac and Yearly Record for the year 1858.
All exhibit some wear, some retain maps (see photos below, all extant maps shown). Please see my other listings for more interesting New York material up this week. The item "7 pre-Civil War travel guides to NEW YORK CITY some with maps, Daguerreian adverts" is in sale since Wednesday, July 17, 2019.This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "glaytham" and is located in Chevy Chase, Maryland. This item can be shipped worldwide.