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: Rand McNally, 1902. Beautiful 1902 color map of baltimore, Maryland. This map features Baltimore landmarks such as Druid Hill Park, Greenmount Cemetery, Fort McHenry, the B&O Railroad's Camden Station, which now serves as the dramatic backdrop at the home of the Baltimore Orioles, Camden yards, and..... More
c.1970s. Beautiful c.1970s Hand-Carved Patriotic Eagle carrying the U.S. Stars and Stripes Shield in Flight. This piece likely was carved mear the Bicentennial in 1976. Painted in Red, white, blue, yellow and black, this wall hanging measures 19" X 13" framed, with the obligatory 'E Pluribus Unum' hand..... 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
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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
London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. 8vo. GORGEOUS fine binding in contemporary 3/4 calf over cloth binding. From the 1880 Library Edition 0f 30 volumes. Tan calf over tan cloth covered boards with gilt ruling . Raised bands to spine with titling and ruling in gilt. Marbled..... 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
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1947. 2nd Edition. 8vo. A very nice 1947 Early Printing, increasingly uncommon with original map in rear pocket. Blue cloth. Map in rear pocket in beautiful condition with original fold lines. Square, tight binding. Mild rubbing and edge wear. Very light foxing..... More
Paris: J.A.C. Buchon, 1825. 1st Edition. Folio. A SPECTACULAR 1825 French hand-colored map of Delaware from Lucas' 1822 map, which breaks populations by Whites, Free Blacks and Slaves. Originally published in 1822 by Carey and Lea and then revised and republished in 1825 by J. A. C. Buchon..... 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
New York: 1861. A GORGEOUS and rare 1861 folding pocket map of the recently-begun Civil War, complete with original yellow typographical maps. This historic piece, titled "Panorama of the Seat of War", features engraved portraits of Commodore Andrew Hull Foote and Admiral Silas Stringham in vignette at the top..... More
Baltimore, Md: 1881. An original 1881 holographic letter from iconic Baltimore, Maryland banker J. Harmanus Fisher to talbot County Gentleman Farmer, Historian and Doctor Samuel Harrison documenting the sale of Baltimore City stocks, listing dollar values, signed by Fisher at the end. Along with the letter is the..... 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
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
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
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
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1825. 8vo. A scarce and very nice piece of antebellum Philadelphia history, the Philadelphia Phone Book before there were phonebooks. 160pp + [XL]. Stiff cardboard typographical binding. This informative volume lists all of the residents of Philadelphia along with their addresses. In addition, the 40-page..... 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