Description:
Newport, Rhode Island. Atlas of Newport, Jamestown, Middletown & Portsmouth. New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1921.
Folio atlas, containing thirty-two double-page maps, in addition to the key, all colored and mounted on linen as originally issued, with leather tabs on each, in the original publisher's buckram binding with leather label on the front board, the detailed maps contain all buildings and names of property owners; binding is worn, rubbed, leather label chipped and decayed; leather board corners almost completely chipped away; many tabs fragmentary, missing, or damaged; two plates with creases near the gutter; small bits of flaking leather that found their way into the book have occasionally left brown discoloration, 24 x 18 3/4 in.
Estimate $200-300
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