[NEW JERSEY-SHORE] ROSE, T.F.; WOOLMAN, H.C.; and PRICE, T.T. Historical and Biographical Atlas of the New Jersey Coast.
Philadelphia: Woolman & Rose, 1878. First edition. Original quarter sheep with cloth over beveled boards, stamped in blind and gilt lettered, all edges marbled. 14 x 11 1/2 inches (35.5 x 29 cm.); 372 pp., tinted pictorial titlepage, large folding colored frontispiece map, illustrated throughout with lithographs, a few tinted and some double-page, and 43 lithographed maps, mostly folding or double-page and almost all hand-colored. Spine and edges rubbed, scuffing and some small losses to cloth at edges and corners, folded frontispiece map with a separation along fold, tears along folds and with bottom edge chipping, folded maps with some short tears at folds and the occasional crease but generally in fine condition, contents lightly toned, contents otherwise clean.

A profusely illustrated atlas of the New Jersey shore, published at the height of its popularity as a tourist destination. The maps show towns in small scale and great detail, oftentimes identifying property owners, and the illustrations show prominent homes, hotels, gardens, farms, and other businesses in the area, each with an accompanying text.

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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