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Montreal: : John Lovell, , 1873. . First edition. . lrg. 8vo, . rebound in 1/2 morocco and marbled boards Light shelf wear , first 20 pages and pages of index pages spotted else very good. Good history of Acadia.

From Nuovo Atlante Univ., Milano. 7-1/4" x 10-1/2"-18.4 x 26.6 cm. . Hand coloured Horizontal crease north of Greenland, else very good. Other map fine

A very good map of Eastern Europe extending from Hungary to the North East coast of the Black Sea. Walsh p. 136

Hereford: : Jakeman & Carver, 1890. 20-1/2" x 18-3/4" -52 x 47.6 cm. Lithograph map with hand colouring dissected into 15 panels backed on linen and housed in folding cloth covers with original paper label. Very good. A detailed map of Herefordshire and surrounding environs. The map shows county divisions, Parliamentary divisions, towns, villages, green areas, exisitng and proposed railways.

Hereford: : Jakeman & Carver, 1890. 20-1/2" x 18-3/4" -52 x 47.6 cm. Lithograph map with hand colouring dissected into 15 panels backed on linen and housed in folding cloth covers with original paper label. Very good. A detailed map of Herefordshire and surrounding environs. The map shows county divisions, Parliamentary divisions, towns, villages, green areas, exisitng and proposed railways.

London, 1811. 17-3/4" x 20"- 45 x 50.8 cm. Copper engraved map with old hand colouring. Offsetting to the North and Zuyder Sea, otherwise very good. A very detailed double page map showing the Netherlands, Flanders, Brabant etc.

First edition. Illustrated. xii, 286, [2] pp. ads. 8vo, blue cloth, wear to corners and spine ends, name & ms. Notes to title, prelims. lightly foxed, otherwise very good.


A detailed examination of birds and wildlife (including game fish) of the English Moors throughout the seasons and months including migratory patterns. Abel Chapman was a British naturalist/hunter who was credited in saving the Spanish ibex (wild goat) from extinction (of the four subspecies, two are now extinct). He also helped establish the Sabi Game Reserve in South Africa.

A double sheet map of Asia Minor including the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and the surrounding areas of Turkey, Syria, Assyria, Persia and Armenia. Extensive text on historical events and geographical details.

A detailed puzzle map of the United States including the Bahamas and Cuba published by the Madmar Quality Co., Utica, NY. Plywood and paper. Madmar produced puzzles from 1914 up until they were bought out in the 1950's. Some soiling but all pieces complete, remnents of upper cover of box.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne:: Stevenson and Dryden:, 1875-86. 8vo,. Half maroon calf and boards, gilt spine lettering Offsetting to endpapers, first signature loose, generally very good. A series of bound pamphlets: "Some Old Forms of Law: An Historical Sketch";"The Bishop's Raid. With Other Poems" [For Private Distribution]; "Anne Brougham The Centenarian"; "Memoir of Mr. Robert White"; "The Story of Stockton Bridge; with Also, the Canal and the Railroad (Stockton and Darlington); and The Steamboat on the Tyne"; "Abigail l& Timothy Tyzack, and Old Gateshead"; "The Manufacture of Glass in England. Rise of Art on the Tyne"; "John Widdrington of "The Old Bank" and Carlyle of Inveresk"; "The Painter Heugh, Newcastle; and the Wind-Mill"; "William Hutchinson, Merchant Adverntureer"; "William London, Newcastle Bookseller". Many are reprinted from the "Archaeologia Aeliana" of… Read More

1873.. A few marginal defects else very good.. 15” x 24”- 38 x 60.9 cm. . Published in Tackabury’s World Atlas. Lithograph with hand-colouring. LeGear, Atlases of the United States, L1754 A detailed map of the United States showing railway lines, mountain ranges etc. America, United States

Andover: : B. Bensley, , 1828. . Third and second editions. . 8vo, . illustrated with 3 botanical plates in the second work. 1/2 straight grained morocco and boards, raised bands Extremities scuffed and rubbed, bookplate, name to title pages, else very good. Lacking map inthe first work. Interesting agricultural observations from an English immigrant to America such as descriptions of Indian corn, rutabagas, etc. Ink ms. note on p. 333 of first work after letter to Morris Birkbeck which reads "All very well old friend Cobbett but what now in 1872 not 60 years. The land alone bought then and held (?) now be large fortune for a dozen families".

Fascinating copper plate engraving of military munitions, arms and fortifications.

London: : Gentleman's Magazine,, 1757. 12" x 11-1/2"- 30.4 x 29.2 cm. Copper engraved map. A few creases and one closed tear to left margin otherwise fine. The map is after Phillipe Buache's north polar projection. Buache, who worked for his father in law De l'Isle, theorized that the mountain ranges of the world continued as chains under the oceans. 

[1755.]. Very good.. 6” x 18”- 15.2 x 45.7 cm.. London: Published in the Gentleman’s Magazine December, 1755. Copper engraved map with hand colouring. Jolly Gent-95 A detailed map showing a section of London from Bell Lane to Islington. Legend to left indicating various property owners. Public buildings include “Jews Harp House”, Middlesex and Foundlings hospitals, public squares etc. London, Roads, Map,

Original lithograph. S.N.C.F. No. 040-02-1946 R.C. Seine No. 276-448-B Printed lower left.
39" x 24". Pin holes to corners, repaired tears to left of main image, laminated, in fair condition only.
Iconic image published after the Second World War promoting peace with doves flying along the French monuments of Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe . Colin studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, France. His style was highly influenced by the cubist and surrealist movement of the time and epitomized the Art Deco era. Colin designed posters for the Folies Bergères, the Moulin Rouge and for the French cinema.went on to open a graphic arts school of his own in 1930.

Published in the New-York Daily Tribune, Feb. 8, 1862. The New York Daily tribune published 17 maps as a supplement to its daily paper issued on July 30, 1861 (See LC Civil War Maps no. 6.2). These two maps were published 6 months later. Woocut engraving. The Battle at Fort Henry was considered the first significant Union victory during the Civil War under Ulysses S. Grant and the first to use ironclad gunboats.The Peabody-Essex cites this map being "Extracted from New-York semi-weekly tribune, Friday, January 24, 1862"

4to, wraps, sunned and corners a bit dog-eared, otherwise very good. The Letters of Christopher Columbus on the newly discovered islands of the West Idies, translated by Louis Bakelants with text in Latin, French and Dutch.

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.

London: Published in "The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus", c. 1793. Fine. An interesting map of the the city of Jerusalem with the Temple on Mount Moriah, the towers of Psephina, Hippicos and Antonia.