Elementary Course in Geography: Designed for Primary and Intermediate Grades, and as a Complete Shorter Course

New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, and Company, 1875. Edge and corner wear; no dj; scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; shelf worn; some fraying at the head and tail of the spine; former owner's name is in ink in two places on the ffep; some foxing; overall a nice used copy! Black and white illustrated boards with black and white lettering. 140 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and color illustrations and maps! "A brief examination of this text-book will show what it might require a somewhat lengthy explanation to set forth: namely, that in plan and place it differs to a considerable degree from any geographical schoolbook heretofore in the market. The author will have failed, however, in rightly interpreting the tendency of geographical instruction as exemplified in our larger cities if it does not meet a want deeply felt............" -------- from the Preface.. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Good-/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.