PLAN OF COUNCIL BLUFFS [Iowa]
by Andreas, Alfred T
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. T. Andreas / Lakeside Press, 1875. 14 1/4 inches by 17 1/2 inches. Original color map lithographed by Charles Shober for Andreas" 1875 ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE STATE OF IOWA. It is a lithographed city plan with all streets and lots for Council Bluffs, Iowa. The plan is lithographed in pink, with a darker pink setting off additions and wards. There is a decorative black border around the plan. On the verso is a map of Pottawattamie lithographed in light blue with darker blue lines delineating township borders. The county map is highly detailed: in addition to cities, towns, roads, railroads, and rivers. there are pictorial representations of farm houses (with names of owners), churches, school houses, post offices, blacksmith shops, cemeteries, quarries, lime kilns, timberland, swamps, creeks, and bluffs. The decorative border from the recto (front) is repeated on the verso. Both sides are bright, attractive, and suitable for framing. The paper is very lightly toned, and edgewear is minimal; some light soiling in the margins outside the image.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Very Good. Illus. by Charles Shober. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Map.
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- Seller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- W2338
- Title
- PLAN OF COUNCIL BLUFFS [Iowa]
- Author
- Andreas, Alfred T
- Illustrator
- Charles Shober
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. T. Andreas / Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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- Folio
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