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11:00 AM PT - Feb 16th, 2012
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Title: Hand Book of Alabama: A Complete Guide to the State, with a Geologic Map and an Index of Useful Tables. (2 copies)
Author: Berney, Saffold Description: Lot of 2 copies. 2 fl, (ix)-xxxix, 338 pp. (8vo) period sheep and marbled boards, morocco lettering pieces. Folding map. First Edition. (With) Hand Book of Alabama, Birmingham, Roberts & Son: 1892. (8vo), original brown cloth, 565 pp. Engraved illustrations, folding map. Second and Revised Edition.A comprehensive guide to the state, including the state constitution, description of counties, major cities, laws, institutions, etc. First copy with folding Geologic Map of Alabama printed in colors & published by G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1878; second volume with 2-color General Map of Alabama prepared for the Geological Survey of Alabama, 1891. Heading: (Alabama)Place Published: Mobile Publisher: Mobile Register Date Published: 1878 Condition reportFirst volume with general wear to covers, front joint splitting, spine ends chipped; hinges tender; dampstains to endpapers, folding map detached from textblock and with splits to folds, else near very good. Second volume with wear to spine ends and corners; hinges tender, map detached, short splits to map folds; else very good.
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