A Descriptive Review of the Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, Historical Development of the State of New York, with Special Charts, Detail Maps and Profuse Half-Tone Illustrations from All Parts of the Empire State...
Chicago: George F. Cram, (1914). 300 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and colored maps. Folio. Cloth. Second edition. Boards rubbed, front hinge started, dampstain to upper inner and outer margins rarely affecting text, overall a good solid copy. Item #25479
Containing in addition, statistical charts pertaining to the increased cost of living, newly engraved maps of every state in the United States, detailed maps of every country, state and kingdom. Together with a complete and adequate locating index to all cities, towns, villages and post offices in the United States, giving populations to every incorporated city and village therein. First published in 1912, then updated in 1914, and then 1915 and 1916. First 86 pages are a descriptions of New York with hundreds of photographs including a full page plate of the Brooklyn Navy Yard plus excellent images of the Catskill Mountains -including Haines Falls, the Five Cascades, Twilight Park, etc- Adirondacks -including Lake George, Ausable Chasm, etc- as well as the remaining counties in the State, followed by maps and indices of the state and finally the remainder of the country.
Price: $75.00