Boston, Ma: George H. Walker & Co., 1879. A Beautiful large folding original 1879 hand-colored street map of Abington and North Abington, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County, showing property owner names at the time as well as 19th-century building footprints and street names. Depicted are individual homes, schools, churches..... More
Boston, Ma: George H. Walker & Co., 1879. A Beautiful large folding original 1879 hand-colored street map of Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County, showing property owner names at the time as well as 19th-century building footprints and street names. Featured on this gorgeous map are the Atlantic..... More
New York: Japan Textile Color Design Center, 1980. Folio. A beautiful over-sized coffee table book complete with publisher's clamshell box. Thick grey buckram. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Crepe paper end papers. Dust jacket with bright floral design in Fine Condition. Clamshell box in Very Good condition..... More
Chicago, Ill: The University of Chicago Press, 1935. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Edition with a warm inscription to a colleague on the half title page, signed boldly in blue ink. Red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Very mild wear to binding. Beautiful Art Deco illustrated dust jacket..... More
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Amsterdam: Nicolaas Goetzee, 1749. 1st Edition. An uncommonly nice and beautiful example of this scarce 18th-century map of the 'Old World' showing the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa divided among the sons of Noah. The continental outlines are shown according to 18th century knowledge, with interiors reflecting..... More
Florence: EDIZIONI PONTE VECCHIO, n.d. Brahe, Tycho. Later Printing. Elephant Folio. A GORGEOUS later restrike of a 1662 copperplate engraving of an astronomical instrument printed by Johan Blaeu, taken from the original drawings of Tycho Brahe, the most important astronomer of the 16th century. Published by Edizioni Ponte..... More
Salem, Massachusetts: The Peabody Museum of Salem, 1981. Quarto. Handsome two volume set which includes every maritime picture received by the Peabody Museum of Salem since its founding in 1799. Oversized hardback books with over 1,500 illustrations of which some are in color.. Dust jacket of volume I shows..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: Sanford, Everts & Co., 1872. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful 1872 hand-colored map of Kennebunk Landing and Kennebunk Depot, Maine. This map includes property owner names, building footprints and lines of the defunct Boston and Maine Railroad. Listing the Kennebunk Landing and Kennebunk Depot Business Directory... More
Philadelphia, Pa: Sanford, Everts & Co., 1872. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful 1872 hand-colored map of York County, ME, including the villages of South Waterborough and Littlefield's Mills, Kennebunkport, Biddeford and more! This map includes lines of the defunct Boston and Maine Railroad as well as those of the..... More
Moscow: Academia, 1934. Folio. A Spectacular 1934 portfolio of 100 illuminated color miniature illustrations from Medieval Russia, published in Moscow during the pre-WW II rule of Joseph Stalin. Of the original 100 prints in the collection, three are lacking, nos. 72, 73 and 99, making a total of 97..... More
Gagosian Gallery, 2006-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Quarter white cloth over illustrated boards. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Very slight bow to boards. Mild wear. More
n.p. Privately Printed, 1944. 1st Edition. Duodecimo. Beautiful 1944 collection of color photographs of important Maryland architectural landmarks, mostly early mansions. Featured alongside each of the 24 photographs is a detailed description of the subject. Depicted are iconic Maryland wonders such as Perry Hall in Talbot County, Deep Falls..... More
Privately Printed, 1979. 1st Edition. Quarto. Trade paperback. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild rubbing and edge wear to wraps. More
Munchen: Verlag der, n.d. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful large portfolio, string-bound, consisting of 12 color reproductions of Munzer paintings, mostly the female nude, each pasted down to a tan stiff cardboard sheet. Each work is titled on the front page but no text accompanies the works. "From..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984. Quarto. Beautiful two-volume set featuring the art and history of Britain's finest romantic landscape painter. One volume contains reproductions of Constable's work while the other is text only, with detailed annotations. The 'Plates' volume contains approximately 1100 black and white as well..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: L.N. Rosenthal, 1862. Rosenthal, Max. A scarce original 1863 lithograph depicting Fort Pennsylvania, Washington, DC Fort Pennsylvania, then not in the city of Washington, DC was located in what is now the Tenleytown historic neighborhood in Northwest DC. This print was one of many produced by..... More
New York: Bodyscope Publications Inc., 1935. 1st Edition. Folio. A gorgeously illustrated large folio early 20th-century educational piece detailing the male and female anatomy, in scarce original slipcase. Four card-stock 'pages' with two double-sided moving volvelles illustrating body parts and anatomy, physiology, diet and some medical history, with illustrations..... More
Charlotte, NC: Karl Smith, 1949. Smith, Karl. A beautiful and quite scarce illustrated pictorial map memorializing and celebrating the life of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The map identifies key battles of the Civil War as well as important moments on the life of Lee, such as his service in..... More
New York: Christie's, 2022. 1st Edition. Quarto. Two volumes complete, comprising the collection of iconic bookseller William Reese, widely regarded as the greatest Americana dealer of the 20th and 21st centuries. Black cloth with pictorial pastedowns to each volume. Profusely illustrated and containing detailed descriptions of some of..... More
1932. A nifty little 1932, Great Depression Era illustrated map of the Grand Canyon with a bird’s-eye view from the South Rim just above the El Tovar Hotel. El Tovar opened in 1905 during the administration of Teddy Roosevelt following his 1903 visit to the Canyon and remains..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1942. 1st Edition. A beautiful original WW II War Bonds Poster illustrated by Alfred Charles Parker, featuring a mother and daughter doing their part to help the war effort, filling their stamp books. "A founder of the modern glamour aesthetic, Alfred Charles Parker (1906-1985)..... More