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APPLETON, D.
Appleton's General Guide to the United States and Canada. Illustrated with Railway Maps, Plans of Cities, and Table of Railway and Steamboat Fares. Part I. New England and Middle States and Canada. Revised Each Year To Date of Issue.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890.
This is one of the most extensive guides to eastern Canada, New England, and the mid-Atlantic states of the period. It is essentially a railroad guide, with time tables, and a description of the route along each rail line in the region. The town plans are of Baltimore, Boston, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Quebec, and Washington. Not in Howes nor Rumsey.
[with:] Appleton, D. Appleton's General Guide to the United States and Canada. Illustrated with Railway Maps, Plans of Cities, and Table of Railway and Steamboat Fares. Part II. Western and Southern States. Revised Each Year to Date of Issue. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. 389 (numbered 277-566), 19pp. plus fourteen maps and plans and 24pp. of ads. Illus. 16mo. Black and gilt-stamped blue cloth.
The companion volume to the preceding. The part were sold together, or separately, and were also issued in a one-volume format. The second part contains extensive information on California and the western states. Pages 427-32 are devoted to Texas. The city plans are of Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Savannah. Not in Howes. Rumsey lists an 1887 edition of Part II.
Rumsey 3765
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