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SAMUEL DE VEAUX (1789-1852)
The Falls of Niagara or Tourist’s Guide to the Wonders of Nature. Buffalo: William B. Hayden, 1839. 16º (221 x 140 mm). 4 woodcut plates. (Lacks the map, some browning and spotting.) Original blue cloth, front cover lettered in gilt (spine and corners worn). FIRST EDITION. The woodcuts include two views of Niagara, the burning of the steamboat Caroline, and Queenston Heights. The map is frequently missing. Howes D-292.
With 3 other guide books: S. de Veaux, The Traveller’s Own Book to Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls and Canada (Buffalo, 1841; frontispiece map cleanly torn and browned); The Great Northern Route American Lines: The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company’s Hand-Book for Travellers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec (Buffalo, 1853; 2 copies, one with frontispiece map torn into three parts, the other with severe stain to map, title-page and early leaves).
The Falls of Niagara or Tourist’s Guide to the Wonders of Nature. Buffalo: William B. Hayden, 1839. 16º (221 x 140 mm). 4 woodcut plates. (Lacks the map, some browning and spotting.) Original blue cloth, front cover lettered in gilt (spine and corners worn). FIRST EDITION. The woodcuts include two views of Niagara, the burning of the steamboat Caroline, and Queenston Heights. The map is frequently missing. Howes D-292.
With 3 other guide books: S. de Veaux, The Traveller’s Own Book to Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls and Canada (Buffalo, 1841; frontispiece map cleanly torn and browned); The Great Northern Route American Lines: The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company’s Hand-Book for Travellers to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Quebec (Buffalo, 1853; 2 copies, one with frontispiece map torn into three parts, the other with severe stain to map, title-page and early leaves).
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