"De Benneville Randolph Keim was a 19th-century journalist who became a war-time confidant of Ulysses S. Grant, the commanding general of the Union Army, during the American Civil War, and remained an advisor to Grant through his presidency. In 1870, he was appointed by Grant as a special agent charged with inspecting America's consular offices in Asia, China, Egypt, and South America.  Post-war, Keim continued to work as a journalist, reporting from the American Plains, an experience which served as background for his 1885 book, Sheridan’s Troopers on the Borders: A Winter Campaign on the Plains." [Wikipedia]  Keim appears to have published his Washington DC guidebooks from 1874 to 1887.

252 pp including Index. 16mo.  2nd 1874 edition.  Two fold-out maps: 11" x 14.5" and 7.5" x 6".  Red embossed cloth.  Gilt title to front and spine.  Includes 4 two-sided, lined pages for notes.  Slight sunning to spine; crease in lower corner of front board; chipped ffep.  Otherwise clean and tight.  See photos.