Titles starting with G from Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB

[c. 1798]. Sporadic browning and along c/f, some extra vertical creases, margins a little ragged, still a good map.. 7-1/2" x 8-3/4"- 19 x 22.2 cm. An interesting map of North and Central America. Alaska is shown as a narrow peninsula, a mythical long "River of the West" is shown draining into the Pacific at the entrance of Juan de Fuco, the Mackenzie River is shown running into a "Lake of Fresh Water. ... more information

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[Facsimile printed by the Ethyl Corporation, 1953]. 19" x 25-1/2"- 48.2 x 64.7 cm. . Hand-coloured. Loosely inserted in pocket of a red cloth portfolio and including a 23 pp. booklet entitled "Lewis Evans and his Historic Map of 1755 First Known Document to Show Oil at the Industry's Birthplace", housed in a red morocco backed slipcase. Fine. ... more information

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1758.. Upper margin trimmed close, else very good.. 7-1/2” x 9-3/4”-19 x 24.7 cm.. London: Gentleman’s Magazine, A hand coloured copper engraved map. Jolly-GENT-119 A detailed map of the fortifications at Cherburg. Inset views lower right of the the plan of Cherburg before the demolition of its fortifications in 1689 and lower left inset of the coastal region. Military Map, Seven Years War ,Gentleman’s Magazine ... more information

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c. 1685. 5-1/2" x 4"-13.9 x 15.5 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Left margin ragged else a good clean image. A charming miniature map of Georgia and parts of Armenia including the Black Sea. Swagged cartouche flanked by two classical robed figures. ... more information

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c. 1637. 10-1/2" x 13"- 26.6 x 33 cm. Woodcut with hand colouring. Overall lightly toned, some light creases, small hole above "A" in "Sabrinianum", a light impression but still good. An early map of Wales by English cartographer Christopher Saxton. Saxton produced the first printed map of England and his maps are highly prized for their accuracy and high quality. His maps "are excellent in every way.....and set a standard and remained the base for succeeding county maps... more information

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1769. 19-3/4" x 19"- 50.1 x 48.2 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Fine on heavy paper with wide margins. A good detailed map of Greece with an inset map of Macedonia and the Illyrian coast. ... more information

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c. 1700. 18-1/4" x 24-1/2"- 46.3 x 62.2 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Fine on heavy paper with wide margins. A good detailed map of northern Greece extending into Thrace and Asia Minor. ... more information

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London: : From Thornton's "The English Pilot Part III....The Whole Mediterranean Sea" Mount and Page,, 1776. Image size 7" x 9"- 17.7 x 22.8 cm. on sheet measuring 18-1/4" x 11-1/2"- 46.3 x 29.2 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Very good. A good chart showing the Bay of Callaria (Cagliari) in Sardinia with soundings, islands and compass rose. On a larger letterpress sheet including textual descriptions of the bay. Verso on 2nd leaf is the City and Haven of S... more information

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From "Nuovo Atlante DI Geografia Universale..." published in Milan by Batelli & Fanfani [c. 1821] . 7" x 8-1/4"-17.7 x 20.9 cm. Hand-coloured in outline one or two light creases, wide margins, a very good impression. A detailed map showing Greece including Crete and the coastline of Anatolia. ... more information

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1756.. A few areas of light scattered browning but on the whole very good.. 7-3/4" x 11"- 19.6 x 27.9 cm.. From "Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande" Leipzig, Copper engraved map. Kershaw II #518 A very good map of the Port and Harbour of Dauphin. With an inset of the fort of Dauphin. Map, Canada, Cape Breton, Maritimes ... more information

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1756.. Old tape residue to corners, a few areas of light scattered browning but on the whole very good.. 9-1/2" x 12"- 24.1 x 30.4 cm.. From "Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande" Leipzig, Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Kershaw III #771 A very good map of the Bay of LaHave. Bellin’s interpretation of the islands however are a bit confused as I’sle Ronde incorporated Cape LaHave Island as well as several smaller ones . I. St. Jean represents H... more information

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London: : From Thornton's "The English Pilot Part III....The Whole Mediterranean Sea" Mount and Page,, 1776. Image size 8" x 6"- 20.3 x 15.2 cm. on sheet measuring 18-1/4" x 11-1/2"- 46.3 x 29.2 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Gaudy chart a little light else very good. A good chart showing the harbour of Scandaroon along the coast of Turkey with soundings, and compass rose. On a larger sheet including a smaller chart showing the coastline of Tripoli. ... more information

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London: : From Thornton's "The English Pilot Part III....The Whole Mediterranean Sea" Mount and Page,, 1776. Image size 7" x 9"- 17.7 x 22.8 cm. on sheet measuring 18-1/4" x 11-1/2"- 46.3 x 29.2 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Very good. A very good chart showing the Gulph of Smyrna (Izmir) off Asia Minor with soundings, islands and compass rose. On a larger letterpress sheet including textual descriptions of the bay. Verso is the Bay of Fogianova and rect... more information

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[Toronto]: : Random House, , [1995]. First edition. 8vo,. cloth and dustjacket, fine. Inscribed by the editor with review slip laid in. A good anthology. ... more information

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Boston: : Phillips, Sampson and Company, , 1851. 8vo, . red embossed cloth blacked in gilt Hinges starting, extremities worn, foxing to ffeps, half title, and to plates, a fair copy. ... more information

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1807. rebacked, boards scuffed, inner hinge cracked, bookplate, top perimetre of titlepage with repair, light sporadic spoiling but on the whole very good.. 8vo,. Newcastle-on-Tyne: Edward Walker, rebacked with full contemporary calf One of Bewick’s most popular works illustrating a plethora of four legged animals. First published in 1790 his later editions saw more vignettes and headpieces than earlier editions. The Platypus (only named an amphibious animal) as well as the wombach (wombat) first ... more information

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Mounted, with small crease to lower 2" of print . Archivally matted. 11" x 8.8" -28 x 22.6 cm. . Albumen print, with photographer's name, title and numbered. The facade of the Christopher Columbus' house in Genoa. A richly toned photograph with interesting architectural detail. ... more information

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[1739].spine ends and corners dry and worn, hinges starting, some very sporadic staining but on the whole very good. Illustrated with a folding engraved map of the Russian Ukraine (small tear to right margin otherwise very good). 8vo,. London: D. Henry and R. Cave,  gilt stamped calf spine and boards. A very good bound 18th century periodical for the whole year of 1739 -12 issues with separate engraved title pages (plus supplement). Articles include a defense of Mr. Gulliver’s Voyages, a case of th... more information

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[1744].. spine ends and corners dry and worn, lacking title to January and first page of January 1744 torn with loss, some sporadic staining but on the whole very good.. 8vo,. London: D. Henry and R. Cave,  gilt stamped calf spine and boards. A very good bound 18th century periodical for the whole year of 1744 -12 issues with separate engraved title pages (plus supplement). Articles include a continuation if the debates in the senate of Lilliput, the probability of a North West Passage, the French ... more information

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[1790].. upper cover detached, some very sporadic staining but on the whole very good.. 8vo,. London: John Nichols,  gilt stamped calf spine and boards. A very good bound 18th century periodical for the second half of the year of 1890-6 issues with separate engraved title pages (plus supplement). Articles include parliamentary proceedings, remarks on the slave trade, lists of births, deaths and marriages, letters, book reviews, prices of stocks, poetry etc. Gentleman’s Magazine, Periodical, Ne... more information

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