BACHELDER, John B.

Bachelder's Illustrated Tourist's Guide of the United States.

Item #80509

BACHELDER, John B. Bachelder's Illustrated Tourist's Guide of the United States. Popular Resorts, and How to Reach Them. Embellished by One Hundred Wood Engravings, by the Best Artists and Engravers in America. Including Gettysburg, What to See, and How to See It. With Complete Index. Illustrated by the Isometrical Drawing of the Gettysburg Battle-field Showing the Position of Every Regiment and Battery of Both Armies. Boston: John B. Bachelder, 1873. 1st ed. viii,148pp. Frontis., illus., plates. [separate title page] Popular Resorts, Routes to Reach Them. Boston: John B. Bachelder, 1873, 1st ed. 82,[2], [16 blank lined]pp. Map frontis., illus., map, large folding view of Gettysburg. Orig. blind-stamped cloth, A.e.g. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, else very good or better. With the ownership signature of Thomas A. Scott, Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of War . later Scott served as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The first 148 pages are about the Civil War battle at Gettysburg, while the last 83 pages cover various landmarks of the eastern United States. Illustrated with engraved plates and illustrations in the text, and with a large folding plan of the Battlefield at Gettysburg.

Price: $500.00