New Tracks in North America w/folding map 1869

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Author: Bell, William A.
Title: New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure whilst Engaged in the Survey for a Southern Railroad the Pacific Ocean
Place Published: London
Publisher:Chapman and Hall
Date Published: 1869
Description:

2 volumes. lxv, [3], 236; [viii, [3], 322 pp. Illustrated with 20 color lithographed plates; 3 botanical plates; 1 wood-engraved plate; 1 folding color map; 1 plate with 3 small maps; woodcuts in the text. (8vo) 21.5x14.5 cm (8½x5¾"), period three quarter calf and marbled boards, re-backed with original spine strips laid down, gilt-decorated spines, red and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. First Edition.

With the armorial bookplates of Francis Reynolds Dickinson and Alice May Dickinson. Graff notes the work "Contains firsthand accounts of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico." The folding map is "Map of the South-Western Portion of the United States, and of Sonora and Chihuahua. Illustrating the Travels of Dr. W.A. Bell. Compiled by E. G. Ravenstein, F.R.G.S. &c." It measures 32.2x36.5 cm. The map plate shows the harbors of San Francisco, San Diego, and Guaymas. Cowan p.45; Graff 246; Howes B330; Rader 330; Farquhar Colorado River 25; Wheat Transmississippi 1196.
Condition Report: Map repaired at folds, mild toning; very good.