The isthmus of Tehuantepec: Being the results of a survey for a railroad to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

by J. J. Williams

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First edition

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1852. First edition, 8vo, pp. 295, 1 ; lithograph frontispiece, large folding map, two charts, and 13 lithograph plates; full green blindstamped cloth; spine and edges toned, top of spine chipped, ex-library with spine label, bookplates and blindstamps, closed tear to folding map along gutter, affecting only border, textblock cocked but clean and sound; good. Errata slip tipped in. Without the atlas volume. An engineering

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