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Diary of the Second Attempt to Build
the

“MAD MARIA” Railroad

Josephs, Howard. Manuscript on paper, in English. “A trip to South America” [Brazil, 1878]. Memoir of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Philadelphia: J.H. Coates & Co., 1876. 4to (24.9 cm, 9.75"). 4, [126 (48 used)] pp.; 8 plts.
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Mercedita

Provenance:

• Publisher’s cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped title, spine with decorative gilt stamping; rebacked, with cloth worn at extremities and showing some wrinkling and minor discoloration over sides. Inked ownership inscriptions as above. Plates showing minor waterstaining and spotting; manuscript pages clean.

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