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Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1888. Full printed color lithograph, outline and divisional color. Very good railroad info. G, due to some marginal tears, esp. lower margin, one of which crosses neatline. Some marginal browning. Image clean and bright. 31.5x47cm.. ... more information

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Rand McNally & Co., 1898. Large lithograph, full printed color. F, bright. At height of railroad expansion (nearly all whistestops). Verso index and text applicable to map, including a table of "The American Tariff from 1791 to 1896". 48.5x65.5cm.. ... more information

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London: Printed By W. Stansby for W. Burre, 1616. Large 4to. (11.25 inch) in old vellum binding with functional ties, some soiling to blank leaves (front and back). Owners signature dated 1715 (J. Whittaker). This has the decorative title page engraved by William Hole, showing the tilte flanked by figures of Arithmetica and Geometria, a surveyor at work, and the two globes (celestial and terestrial). Numerous woodcuts (including Rathborne's quadrant) within text, in nice shape with good margins. 228 pp,... more information

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London, 1816. Very good condition, early hand colored 16 panel linen backed map, with image measuring 16.75x22.5 inches. The date is approximate, as the initial issue of this map was in October of 1815, to capitalize commercially on Napoleon's exile to the island. On that first issue, based on Sellers map of the island in 1675 "Atlas Maritimus" (in turn taken from early Dutch mapmakers), the location of Napoleon's residence had been mislabelled (was indicated as the Plantation House). In t... more information

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Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1901. Fine, b&w small lithograph of a an insurgent position (with hut, walkway, fields, hills) during this conflict. The image measures 7x9.5 inches, with folds as issued.. ... more information

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London: James Reynolds, 1849. This is a 12-inch quarto. No title page is present. The brown, pebbled-cloth binding is scuffed and rubbed, upper front hinge beginning to separate, with the 21 steel-engraved plates loose inside, on stiff paper cards, most very good with minimal browning and foxing. These are hand colored, some dramatically so. The "Geographical Diagram of the Earth" has two hand-colored volvelles (one detached from original string). Four of the plates have transparent portions (col... more information

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London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1955. DJ good, with some chipping margins; price clipped. Cloth covers a bit rubbed, and some fading over spine. Interior excellent. Mylne was surveyor of St. Paul's Cathedral and Chief Engineer for the New River Company. This is a scholarly work. Numerous b&w illustrations. 220pp.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Paris: Antoine Boudet, 1751. Interior VG+, with all 5 folding plates (Copernican and Ptolemaic astronomy, Ticho-Brahe system, armillary spheres, and the other 2 technical diagrams). Three pages (sheets) of dedication to King (Epitre). Preface xviii; 248 pp; 26 other pages with advertisements, tables, terms. It is curious that many references to this publication refer to title as "Usage...", although the title in our copy is clearly plural, as indicated in the title, and as listed in the Library of... more information

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Paris: apud autorem and Aut. Boudet, 1752. Very good, early hand color, wide margins on laid paper. This is a rather decorative double hemisphere (eastern and western) image.Two watermarks visible verso. Two cartouches upper (title) and lower (notes) central map. The date on the map is 1752, but this is from an "Atlas Universel..." ca. 1757. An image of the map appears in the online David Rumsey Map Collection. Each hemisphere is 35 cm (13.75 inches) in diameter, on a sheet measuring 53 x 83 cm (2... more information

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San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1927. VG, 4to. with 28 maps to supplement the text. There are sections on Cortez, the Jesuit surveys of the Baja, and on regional Native Americans from the perspective of early Span ish explorers. The slipcase is in good condition, with 2 small separations at the upper and lower edges (still functions as intended). This edition was limited to 1000 copies. The appendix includes Hakluyt's account of Drake's voyage and other period declarations. . Limited. Vellum Over... more information

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Nantucket: Robinson, 1928. VG, PB, with 63 pp text and many adds. Bound in map with one side "Nantucket County Massachusetts" (b&w 7.5x13 inches with folds as issued). Verso maps (smaller: 1. Nantucket Massachusetts 2. Steamboat Route, Lighthouses, Lightships). The small city plan has detailed street names. A few pencil marks on cover, but generally clean. Many b&w photographic reproductions of local sights in text. Author was a member of the Nantucket Historical Association. . 5th. Mass... more information

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Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971. As new Theatrum Orbis facsimile atlas of the original work published in 1675. The introduciton, in English, is by Prof. IC Koeman. This was the prototype for the American pilot guides of Johannes van Keulen (1683) and John Seller/John Thornton (1689). This was a very important atlas, and was the first printed pilot of non-European coasts (much as Waghenaer's De Spieghel der Zeevaerdt wasthe first printed pilot of the European coasts). This is a splendid volume. ... more information

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Amherst: Kimmel Publications. Internally all very good. Various paginations. Covers a bit worn (shelf wear) on a few of the volumes, but bindings tight. Two with small owners stamp on front pastedown. This was the extension of the old Jolly guide, and the Rosenthals had taken over in 1993, so this is a complete set of the publication during their tenure. There is a good bit of information for collectors in these volumes, with various prices on maps, reference sources, glossary of terms and more. The prices ... more information

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US Govt. Printing Office, 52nd Congress (1st Sess.), HED 1 (Part7), Washington 1891. Fine w/small crease tears. Fragile paper. B&W detailed city map/street plan. From "Annual Reopor of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the Year Ended June 30, 1891". Color coded for number of times swept per week. 71x69cm.. ... more information

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US Govt. Printing OFfice, 52nd Cong (1st Sess.), HED 1 (Part 7), Washington, 1891. VG, B&W detailed city map/plan. Some crease browning and small crease tears. From "Annual Report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the Year Endinded June 30, 1891". Color coded for 10 different lines. 3 inch left lower fold creas e tear (no major image impairment). 71.69cm.. ... more information

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US Govt. Printing Office, 52nd Cong (1st Sess.), HED 1 (Part 7), Washington, 1891. VG, B&W detailed city map/plan. Some crease browning and small crease tears. From "Annual Report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the Year Endinded June 30, 1891". Color coded as to whether schools were rented or owned, and wheth er black or colored students. 71.69cm.. ... more information

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US Govt. Printing Office, 52nd Cong (1st Sess.), HED 1 (Part 7), Washington, 1891. VG, B&W detailed city map/plan. Some crease browning and small crease tears. From "Annual Report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the Year Ended June 30, 1891". Color coded to indicate the diverse varities of building materials u sed for road construction. 71.69cm.. ... more information

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US Govt. Printing Office, 52nd Cong (1st Sess.), HED 1 (Part 7), Washington, 1891. VG, B&W detailed city map/plan. Some crease browning and small crease tears. From "Annual Report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the Year Ended June 30, 1891". 71.69cm.. ... more information

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Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1875. Large 8vo. with very few markings; tiny bookseller sticker at lower end of rear paste-down; some scuffing to spine, but text legible and binding tight. Exterior very good, internally about fine. All 22 maps (many folding out too much larger size) present, and color coded for troop positions: Map...Operations...Armies...Cumberland and Ohio...Generals Anderson, Sherman, and Buell; Map...Logan's Cross-Roads...; Map...Shiloh; Map...lines of Intrenchment...Routes...... more information

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Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, 1875. VG lithograph, original color. This is color coded for "Designations of Positions of Forces", including "US" and "Rebel", from the 3 volume (including the atlas) work "History of the Army of the Cumberland, Its Organization, Campaigns, and battles. ..." by Thomas B Van Horne. 20.5x12.5cm.. ... more information

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