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Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. Purple cloth that is now very faded, front with finger smudges/stains, title in gilt to front. 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches, binding with fraying at the spine ends, tight. Frontispiece & 16 additional full-page wood engravings, several smaller text engravings. 150 (3) clean pp., tight. Dedicated to the Hon. Ezra Cornell. A descriptive guide to the scenery of Ithaca, New York, with some town history and an account of Cornell University. Includes information on local businesses, the fireman's monument, Cornell Library, &c.The descriptions are by several different authors, and cover the falls of Taghkanic, Lucifer, Fall-Creek, Buttermilk, Lick-Brook, Cascadilla Creek, Cayuga Lake, &c. …

Hardcover. Etat : Good+. First Edition. 145pp; Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front, slight wear to spine ends, corners of boards slightly bent, bookplate to front pastedown, previous owner's names to flyleaf, original brown endpapers, discoloration to rear endpaper, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Descriptions of the scenery around Ithaca, New York and the head waters of Cayuga Lake by various writers, illustrated with engravings. Partial Contents: Fall Creek by Rev. F. N. Zabriskie; Taghkanic Falls by Wm. H. Bogart; Lucifer Falls by Wm. H. Brewer; Buttermilk Falls; Six Mile Creek; Cayuga Lake; Cornell Library; The Cornell University by A. D. White; The Manufacturing Facilities of Ithaca by E. Cornell; Ithaca in 1834 by Solomon Southwick; The Clinton House; more. …

150, [4] pp. Errata page at rear. Illustrated with woodcuts & 20 tipped-in contemporaneous albument photographs. 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" VG+ (lt soil & wear to cloth/bit of age-toning to paper/images starting to yellow). Terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering 1st edition (Johnson B2061; Sabin 89381). …

Etat : Good. Good condition. (US history, new york, NY, travel) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.