PADDLE AND PORTAGE, FROM MOOSEHEAD LAKE TO THE AROOSTOOK RIVER, MAINE

Boston: Estes and Lauriat. 1882. First Edition. 148pp + 2pp adverts. Hardcover, no jacket.  Dark green boards, with stamped black and gilt titling/decoration. Illustrated with 63 b/w drawings. Ex-lib. Good condtion. Boards moderately worn with light  fabric  fraying at tips and top/bottom of spine, and bumps to the tips. An attractive book to hold as extensive decoration is still bright. Map at rear is present, with tears at folds. Some library markings and stickers. Scattered grime and age spots internally. Securely bound, though the rear hinge has a little play in it. The story of the author's canoe trip through Maine in 1880. (cfm)