An Accompaniment To Mitchell's Reference And Distance Map Of The United States; Containing An Index Of All The Counties, Districts, Townships, Towns, &c., In The Union; Together With An Index Of The Rivers. by Samuel A. Mitchell and Hinman - 1834-01-01

Philadelphia: Mitchell & Hinman, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacks, as usual, the scarce accompanying map. Very Good. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards; 342 pages. Population and census data by county. Early bookplate on front pastedown and signature on front endpaper of John F. Fager of Harrisburg. Samuel Augustus Mitchell and his sons were the leading publishers of maps in the United States during most of the nineteenth century. Mitchell had come to Philadelphia around 1830 with the intention of improving the standard of geography textbooks. A New American Atlas, published in 1831, was his first work. Then, in 1845 he acquired the rights to Tanner's New Universal Atlas, and in 1846 he published his first edition of the present work. Mitchell continued to publish the atlas until 1850, when he sold the copyright to Cowperthwaite & Co. of Philadelphia, who continued to publish it until the mid-1850s, when It was purchased by Charles DeSilver.

hardcover. 8vo, 1/2 calf. Philadelphia, 1836. Stains and foxing throughout, cover and spine scratched, corners bumped.<br/> <br/> (The map itself is not present). Howes M-684.<br/> <br/>

Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell and Hinman, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. 324pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gold. With the Mitchell and Hinman advertisement bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Signature in pencil on front free endpaper. Light wear to extremities and rubbing to covers, old stain affecting upper edge of roughly a hundred leaves. About very good. Howes M684. Sabin 49715. ; Octavo.

Philadelphia: Mitchell and Hinman, 1834. First. hardcover. good. 324pp. 8vo, contemporary 3/4 calf, spine ends and edges of corners worn, calf rubbed, light foxing throughout. Philadelphia: Mitchell and Hinman, 1834. First Edition.<br/><br/> (The map itself is not present). Howes M-684.<br/><br/>