Search Results: Titles starting with A from The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books

London: Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty June 14th, 1846. VG, B&W as issued, with a little browning, some marginal chipping right margin, with a 1 inch marginal tear midloer margin repaired with archival tape on verso (not much visual impact). A very nice image of the harbor, with elaborate depth soundings (plate 1412 in this series). Orginally issued 1842, with additions here to 1846. Many details with elaborate coastal towns, depth sounding, Holyhead Island, areas of Anglesea and Caernarvon Shire, Strait of Menai, with several small coastal vignettes. Some topographical detail. The image measaures17.75x24.5 inches (45x62cm)..

London: The Hakluyt Society (4, Lincoln's Inn Fields), 1896. Mostly uncut, unused, 3 volumes ([cxi]1-224, 225-698, 699-1119; last volume includes index). Covers slightly faded, spotted and rubbed, with a few edge scuffs. Embossed cloth covers with gilt emblem present. Bindings tight; hinges sound.. All 8 folding (mostly colored lithographed; on 4 sheets) maps present: Northern Africa, Lower Egypt, Cairo, Barbary, Hea and Marocco, The Road from Fez to the Upper Ziz, Northern Fez, Pory's Map of Africa (reduced). Leo Africanus (Giovanni Leone, Joannes Medices, Eliberitances) was born in Granada, and studied with Giovanni Battista Ramusio. This scarce English Hakluyt edition is based on John Pory's translation (1600) of Ramusio's text (1550). This is a major piece of black history, cartography, and geography. The most complete reference work on Leo Africanus to date is probably Rauchengerger's "Johannes Leo der Afrikaner..." , but there is also a great deal of on-line information at… Read More

Council Oak Books, Tulsa, 1992. As new 4to with DJ. A ver nice volume with numerous maps created by David Greenspan in 1951 for American Heritage. Some of the maps are adapted from the 1959 2-volume West Point Atlas of American Wars. Along with these are aerial photographs from th e US High Altitude Photography Program, with very interesting perspectives not available to most previous Civil War historians. Most of the maps are full page and in color. Chapters are arranged predicated on individual battles and dates. There a nu mber of b&w photos of the various generals involved, with brief bibliographical statements. 176pp including index and illustration credits. This is a very nice volume. (4 copies available, each individually priced as above.).

Council Oak Books, Tulsa, 1992. As new 4to with DJ. A ver nice volume with numerous maps created by David Greenspan in 1951 for American Heritage. Some of the maps are adapted from the 1959 2-volume West Point Atlas of American Wars. Along with these are aerial photographs from th e US High Altitude Photography Program, with very interesting perspectives not available to most previous Civil War historians. Most of the maps are full page and in color. Chapters are arranged predicated on individual battles and dates. There a nu mber of b&w photos of the various generals involved, with brief bibliographical statements. 176pp including index and illustration credits. This is a very nice volume. (4 copies available, each individually priced as above.).

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 shown were compiled both from dealers catalogues and auctions.. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Genral Drafting Co., Inc., 1919. Interior generally VG+ but for insect damage to the first 19 pages at the lower margin of the Spanish text (also in English and Portuguese, which are not affected). Very little interference with legibility, and all of maps/charts are intact. This was an unusual atlas, preparted with a specific eye to world trade expansion post World War I. This atlas deals with Mexico, Central and SOuth America. There are 35 printed color maps, the initial one being an index map with all existing trade routes. There are commercial graphic charts of trade details for each country, with an elaborate introduction, text and index. There is an article by William C. Wells (Chief Statistician of the Pan American Union) on "Trading with Latin America". There are details of geography, topography, climate, population/language, religion, education, mmigration, ports/harbors, transportation, monetary systems and more. The 29 plates constituting a comprehensive map of Latin… Read More

Paris: Leclere, Librarie, Boulevard Saint-Martin, No. 11, 1829. VG+ interior on handmade paper. Original hand coloring. 35 plates/charts/maps as called for. The 1829 date is pencilled in at bottom of title page, but is printed into the beginning of the introduction. These were popular atlases, forerunners to the familiar Carey & Lea/ Buchon atlases. According to Jeremy Black (in MAPS AND HISTORY, his dissertation on historical atlases), the Le Sage atlases, first appearing very early in the 19th century, were among the most important of their time. This item has its original marbeled boards with a tight binding, and is the 'Nouvelle Edition ou Reimpression', with many more plates than the earlier versions. This is a nice historical (thematic) atlas, with attractive copperplate engraved maps, hand colored (as issued) on heavy paper.. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Private Press.

Paris (Rue des Augustins): le Rouge , 1760. Contemporary marbled cloth boards, rebacked with banded leather spine and gilt-lettering. All 89 plates, including American ports (Quebec, Louisbourg, Nouvelle orleans, Fort Dauphin, Cayenne, Ville Marie), plus Table (index) at rear. These are b&w (as issued) copperplate engravings, on laid paper, all in very good or better condition. Le Rouge was trained as a military engineer, but did quite a number of cartographic works, often with a military slant, between 1740-1780 (see Moreland & Bannister, ANTIQUE MAPS). Listed as Phillips' entry 2975. A rather uncommon small atlas. Neat owners signatures.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: D. Van Nostrand, 192 Broadway, 1864. Small oblong (9.8 inch) 4to, red contemporary cloth boards, hinges starting, but binding sound. Some chipping to board edges. There is a full list of maps, indexed to the text volumes (those are not present here). Complete with all 60 steel-lpate engravings, color coded for troop positions. These are all in very good or better condition. This atlas covers campaigns from the Valley of the Po i 1796, to the Battle of Wavre in 1815. Jomini was originally in the French army, but later was a General in Russian service, after a falling-out with the French command. This is a very nice small atlas of significance for students of military cartography. With respect to General Halleck, who translated this set of Jomini's works: "He commanded the Department of the Missouri and then the Department of the Mississippi. He led the Union forces during the Corinth campaign before he became the commanding general of the Army on 13 July 1862. He served as… Read More

New York: D. Van Nostrand, 192 Broadway, 1864. Small oblong (9.8 inch) 4to, half calf, contemporary marbelled boards, gilt lettered spine. Compared to other copies, based on the boards and the index pages, this seems to be something of a deluxe edition, though the maps are the same. There is some chipping to the edges of the spine , with some scuffing and a few small scratches to the cover, but the binding is sound. There is a full list of maps, indexed to the text volumes (those are not present here). Complete with all 60 steel-lpate engravings, color coded for troop positions. These are all in very good or better condition. This atlas covers campaigns from the Valley of the Po i 1796, to the Battle of Wavre in 1815. Jomini was originally in the French army, but later was a General in Russian service, after a falling-out with the French command. This is a very nice small atlas of significance for students of military cartography. With respect to General Halleck, who translated this set of… Read More

Kuwait: Atlas Est., 1995. Nearly unusued, 2nd printing, probable deluxe edition with red cloth covers and gilt lettering. Lavish production with many color maps, divided into 4 sections: War Crimes, Brief Statistics of the Invasion, Maps of Mass Destruction, Maps of Different Areas of Kuwait Showing the Locality Where War Crimes Were Committed. Text in English, Arabic and French. Map endpapers. This copy has a HAND SIGNED LETTER FROM DR. AL-HAMMADI, dated 15/8/1998 to the Voice of Reason (newsletter of the Americans for Religious Liberty) dedicating this particular copy to the library of said publication. There is also a bound (satin tie) laminated key card/bookmark. A very impressive modern atlas of the invasion and its aftermath. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman; London, C.1830. 8vo, cover worn and rubbed/bumped/frayed edges w/ soiled margins. Hinges starting, but contents intact. Most of maps at least good, w/all but onel in hand outline color. Some writing on verso several maps, only one or two w/ annotations recto. Index, title page and contents intact.22 maps/plans. There is soiling and some foxing of several image areas. Most of maps (opened) 19x24cm..

New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1985. As new. This is the third edition (the most recent), with 40 printed color plates (numbered), in collaboration with The Survey of Israel (Tel Aviv). The first edition, published c. 1964, dealt with Israel within the 1949 armistice lines. The second edition (1970) covered the post-cease fire lines from 1967. This edition, beautifully produced, includes the territory as of 1985, but also include the Sinai (returned to Egypt 1982). . 3rd. Cloth. As New/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.