Sketches of Niagara Falls and River

by Cousin George 

First edition, uncorrected state.  Buffalo, NY:  William B. and Charles E. Peck, 1846  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Publishers black cloth covers have blind tooling, gilt title and illustration. 
• Boards show some exposure, smudges, a ding, some splitting at spine shoulder, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine has gilt text and ornament and is sunned, with bumped, frayed ends.
• Binding is secure.  Stitches visible at many openings. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some light foxing, staining, pencil marks, owner's marks.
• Frontispiece is present. 
• Illustrations are clear.
• Plate facing pg. 116 is a repeat of that facing pg. 70. 
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits staining at foot, marginal toning, scattered foxing, a few marks, a stray pencil mark at page 14.  See photos. 
• PS2024.0724

142 pages. 4 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches

Overall, a very good, scarce copy of this anonymously written guide to Niagara Falls.  First edition, uncorrected state, in publisher's black cloth, now browned with exposure, with blind stamping and gilt illustration.  

Narrated in the voice of a garrulous older relative and addressed to two children, Charles and Lily.  "Cousin George" guides the children and the reader around Niagara Falls and its environs.

Envisioned as part of a series, "Cousin George's Series;" a note at the rear from the publisher announces a subsequent volume which continues the journey downstream.

Inscribed on the front end paper "Lewis P. Penniman, Abington Mass."  Penniman, who married in 1867, may have been the first owner of this volume.

Uncorrected early state of the first edition.  Title page reads "Illustrated With Numerous Engravings;" no mention of "And Correct Maps," as in other extant copies.  Printed in Buffalo at the Press of Jewett, Thomas and Company.  

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