Handbook Of The United States Of America And Guide To Emigration -

New York: Gaylord Watson, 1883. No Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Giving the latest and most complete statistics of the government, army, navy, diplomatic relations, finance, revenue, tariff, land sales, homestead and naturalization laws, debt, population of the United States, and each state and considerable city, agricultural condition, area for cultivation, foreign coins and their value, foreign and domestic postages and labor tables, education and railways, etc., etc. Brick red cloth boards with black and gilt design and gilt paper label in center of front board. Label has some rubbing. Front pastedown is an engraving of the "New York and Brooklyn Suspension Bridge." Rear pastedown is an ad vor Victoria Works of Birmingham, England and Joseph Gillott's Steel Pens. Gilt edges. Minor foxing. Head/heel of spine and corners bumped and lightly worn. 192 pages plus five pages of advertisements. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.