One Hundred and Fifty Miles around RIchmond – Eastern Army Guide
Magnus,Charles Folded map in original stiff folder with envelope pasted down inside front cover. Folder has Magnus's label for his "Half Dollar Portfolio" which contained this map, various pieces of stationery such as envelopes and note paper, and an almanac for 1863. The folder has the original string ties, though the rear ribbon is detached from the back cover and tied to the front ribbon. Those other items are not present here, but the envelope attached is where they were originally contained. The map is printed in black. It is a circular map centered around Richmond, with hundreds of towns and villages shown. Not in Stephenson, though it is clearly from the same lineage as 632.2-632.6. It is linked on the Library of Congress Map Division web site, with a note that the original is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia. This issue has none of the inset maps or portraits which appear on the related items. It appears to have been issued quite early in the war as only a handful of the early battle sites are shown.- $925
- $925
Agricultural Implements, Wagons, Carriages, Buggies & Specialties
Childs, J. M., & Co. 61x48 cm. Double-sided uncolored broadsheet with 80 cuts to advertise farm equipment and implements, carriages, sleighs, wagons and tools. Excellent condition. No date, but one of the cuts shows a patent date of 1878 for a wooden pump.- $350
- $350
Geographically Correct Map of the Chicago & North-Western R’y and its Principal Connections
Chicago & North-Western Railway Folding timetable style map in very good condition. Worn and lightly frayed at bottom edge, mended along the outermost, when folded, fold with minor loss in title block. Full color by county. The map shows the northern half of the United States from coast to coast with all railroad shown and the C&NW and its connections highlighted. The recto has timetable information for connecting railroads and considerable promotional material for possible destimations, east and west. Two panels contain a small map of parts of northern California and western Nevada entitled, "Tourist Routes to the Yosemite." Dated January 1, 1883. The title panel reads Chicago & Northwestern Comprising 5 Trunk Lines, printed in red. It is interesting that this map has been entirely redrawn, with new type and a different color scheme, from a map with the same title from 1879. At the left side of the map is text, which does not appear on the 1879 edition, reading: "This is the route from Chicago to all points in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, California, Washington Territory or the Islands of the Pacific." At the right is text: "Notice how the lines of this road can take you from Chicago to the best points in Northern Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, Minnesota, Manitoba and Dakota."- $550
- $550
Houghton & Lewis’ Patent Tube Wells
Bachert, E. 61x44 cm. Unillustrated broadside advertisement by a merchant in Canton, Ohio for a new system of drilling wells for water. Printed in English and German, with the text in English at the top, German in the lower half. Printed on very thin paper, with considerable chipping at the edges, but no loss of text. The only loss of printed surface is the loss of parts of 3 letters in the proprietor's name in German at the bottom. Dated in print, July 13, 1866. Very rare.- $350
- $350
The Kentucky Rifle. A Study of the Origin and Development of a Purely American Type of Firearm .
Dillin, Captain John G. W. Second edition. Original cloth, excellent condition. [6], VIII,133, [6] pp., photographic plates. Signed by author on verso of the foreward to the second edition. This is a reprinting of the 1924 first edition, with no change to the title page. The only indications that this is not that edition are the different collation (133 pp. v. 124) and the presence of a leaf with a forward by Henry M. Stewart, following the title page, which identifies this as the second edition, with an acknowledgement of George N. Hyatt who is said to have started work on this project in 1938. There are far fewer listings for this issue than the first edition, but it is not clear if that is a function of scarcity or of cataloguers not going beyond the title page to date this book. Howes D342 puts the date of a reprint as 1946. Riling 1959: "A standard reference work on the subject, not surpassed to date."- $150
- $150
New Map of Northern New York Including the Adirondack Region
Lloyd, H. H. Folding map in original gilt-stamped cloth folder. Map is in excellent condition, gutter of folder is weak. Full color by town. Decorative border. This was among the earliest separately issued maps to focus specifically on the Adirondack Region of upstate New York. It was published the same year as, and probably to compete with, the first publication of William Watson Ely's landmark map of the New York Wilderness. This map, which purports to cover the same ground, is actually a reprinting, clearly from the same plates, of the map of this region (Oneida Lake to Vermont, Troy to Canadian border) from the French-Smith Map of New York State from 1860. Not only is there is no attribution or credit of any kind to the earlier map, but Lloyd puts a copyright notice of his own, dated 1865, under the title. It is hard to see how this map would not have run afoul of copyright laws, as Robert Piersall Smith had copyrighted his map in 1859. While not original cartography, this map does present a fascinating insight into the business of 19th century American cartography, where maps were blatantly stolen and reissued, often to pre-empt another important map of the same area.- $1,250
- $1,250
Hotels in Japan
Japan Hotel Association 20x14 cm. 34 pp., small folding map of the Western Pacific from southern China and Taiwan to Japan. Second edition. Excellent condition. Printed colors wrappers, string ties. Uncolored booklet, with promotional material for 24 hotels in Japan, 3 in Korea, 5 in Manchuria, and 1 on Taiwan. The back wrapper has a rubber stamp for a ticket office in New York City.- $275
- $275
World Wide Radio Tours – Maps Showing Radio Stations of the United States Canada and Mexico
RCA - Cunningham-Radiotron Folded map, self-wrappers, in 12 panels showing all of the radio stations operating in North America in 1934. Along the sides of the map on the verso are tables listing the the stations in alphabetical order, by call letter, and in order of their frequencies. Half of the recto is a Short Wave World-wide Radio Tours map, with a table of kilocycle frequencies for radio transmitters around the world. This particular copy was distributed as a promotion by Colonial Radio Corp. of Buffalo, NY. Printed by Hagstrom.- $250
- $250
Annie Wilmuth’s My Mary Green Songster
Delaney, William W. Large (92x60 cm.) unillustrated songster in the form of a broadside. Printed on very flimsy paper, damaged at bottom right edge with some loss of printed area in two of the songs. there are 49 discreet elements on this sheet, 38 of which contain song lyrics and 11 of which are ads for other songsters by Delaney. There are several ethnically based songs, including two which are African-American related. There are also the lyrics of Annabelle Lee, the poem by Edgar Allen Poe. A very rare survival.- $250
- $250
British Queen Almanac for 1840
Page, I. Small uncolored almanac broadside with the first regulations for the Rowland Hill Penny Post in the New Postage Act of 1839. Edges and corners worn and lightly chipped. Mild foxing throughout. Image at the top of the steamship British Queen. Verso is blank. The British Queen was the second steamship built for Trans-Atlantic travel, after the Great Western. It was the largest ship in the world at the time and matched Great Western's speeds from Portsmouth to New York. It was a very famous ship of the time, which the publishers of this almanac sheet were capitalizing on. The text also includes an abstract of the New Police Act of 1839. Printed and Published by I. Page, Atlas Press, Horseferry Road, Westminster.- $375
- $375
Map of Quaker Ridge Homes, Scarsdale, NY
Quaker Ridge Homes, Inc. Large real estate development map in fair to good condition. Areas missing at top edge and next to the title block along folds with very minimal loss of printed area. Shows around 500 hundred lots for sale in Scarsdale, New York, in the land east of Weaver Street. At the center of this development is a large single lot identified as the Hirshon Estate. This development was bounded on the north by Penn Boulevard and on the east and south by Quaker Ridge Golf Club. Not long after the time of this map the Hutchinson River Parkway was built, forming what is now the southern neighbor of these lands. That golf club is now entirely on the south side of the Parkway. Inset map at bottom right shows the general location of these lots, demonstrating its proximity to the Boston & Westchester Railroad.- $275
- $275
Map of Heath Ridge in the Village and Town of Scarsdale, Westchester County N.Y.
Smith, William A. Uncolored real estate development map for a subdivision in Scarsdale, New York. Very good condition, one small tear at center fold. This map includes streets bounded on the west by Weaver Street and the south by Crossway, with six cross streets (Fayette Road is the last) between Crossway and Carthage Road. Manuscript notations on several lots. These lots were owned by Quaker Ridge Associates, Inc. and offered for sale by H. A. Lockwood & Co. Real estate development maps of this sort were published in fairly small numbers and are now quite rare.- $325
- $325
A Plan of Gilmanton, Taken from the Surveys of Sanborn, Pace and Others
Gilman, Joseph and Lancaster, D., Rev. Uncolored folding map in fair to good condition. Creasing throughout, right edge ragged. Light scattered foxing. Attached to remnant of plain back wrapper. Though the map indicates that it is of Gilmanton, it includes much of modern Gilford and Laconia on the southern edge of Lake Winnipesaukee in Belknap County, showing as far north as Governors Island. Cobb 159: "Lots are divided and numbered. Roads, buildings, mills and churches shown. Relief by hachures." Printed by Bufford & Co. Lithography.- $350
- $350
New Map of Kings and Queens Counties, New York
Beers, J. B., & Co. Large folding map, dissected and backed with modern linen in 1/4 leather folder with modern spine and corners and original cloth with title stamped on the front. Some chipping with loss along folds, notable in many places but without any large sections missing. Full color by school district. Shows western Long Island, with all of what is now Nassau County as well as Brooklyn (then a separate city) and Queens. Many ads for Brooklyn & Long Island businesses at the edges as well as 12 inset maps of towns and destinations such as the Long Island Camp Meeting Grounds in Merrick and Coney Island. Not in Phillips.- $2,500
- $2,500
Subdivision Map of Scarsdale Heights in the Village & Town of Scarsdale, Westchester Co., N.Y.
Ward, Carpenter & Co. Uncolored subdivision map for properties west of the White Plains Post Road, north of Fenimore Road and east of Dobbs Terrace in Scarsdale, New York. Right border and edge (roughly 2 cm.?) trimmed off, with no loss of map area. Left border trimmed very close. This area includes the lot (not for sale here) where the Scarsdale Police and Fire Station now sits. Roughly half of the 84 lots being offered have rubber stamps marking them sold, while other lots are marked sold in pencil.- $325
- $325
Map of Quaker Ridge Property Belonging to the Quaker Ridge Improvement Company
Van Etten, L. E. Small uncolored map of lots for sale on Weaver Street and Stratton Road in New Rochelle, New York. Excellent condition with two small marginal tears mended. This map clearly shows the line of the Boston & Westchester Railroad and the location of the Quaker Ridge Station which served parts of New Rochelle and Scarsdale. This is now the location of New Rochelle Fire House No. 5. 49 lots are being offered for sale, with 12 lots on Weaver Street being marked in pencil as sold.- $175
- $175
Entered Apprentice Chart for Freemasons
N/A Large linen-backed wall map-style print, varnished. Original wooden rods. Good to very good condition, with splitting of linen and print at connection to the top rod and some horizontal cracking. The print is divided into two parts, with First and Second Sections in the top half, the Third Section in the bottom half. Bright printed color throughout. The chart has several dozen depictions of implements, locations and theories related to freemasonry. Includes an image, unidentified, of a figure who appears to be George Washington wearing a Masonic apron. There are no publishing credits or dates anywhere on this item. Dated from the appearance of some figures.- $850
- $850
Property of Block Construction Corporation
Gerhard, Norman P. Uncolored real estate development map for lots north of Palmer Avenue, west of Mamaroneck Road, and south of the tracks of the Boston and Westchester Railroad in Scarsdale, New York. Very good to excellent condition, with a short tear along the center fold. Over 200 lots are laid out, with the footprints of 6 existing houses shown.Other lots are marked as sold, with several others noted as sold with manuscript markings. This development is about 1/2 mile east of the Heathcote Station of the Boston and Westchester.- $325
- $325
Thursday November 10, 1881. Reduced Fares and Theatre Train from Plymouth Road to Boston and Return
Old Colony Railroad Broadside on green paper, chipped along horizontal center fold with loss of blank area and very small parts of the tops of two letters in the title. Light creasing throughout, small chips in left margin and along horizontal center fold. Unillustrated. Lists stations, with times and fares, on Boston's South Shore, including stops at Plymouth, Seaside, Kingston, Plympton, Halifax, Hanson, Abington and Weymouth. Issued on November 3, 1881. Printed by George H. Ellis, 141 Franklin St., Boston.- $175
- $175
Crinoline, Its Difficulties and Dangers. A Series of Twenty Illustrations from Nature by “Quiz”, Dedicated to the Ladies by the Publishers
[Caswell, Edward] Stiff boards with colored pictorial cover. Worn, but fully intact, repairs along some folds. Light vertical crease in rear board. Verso blank. 20 pp., accordian-style. This is a series of 20 hand-colored comic illustrations demonstrating the trials and tribulations of women wearing wide dresses with voluminous undergarments. There is apparently a second series, not present here, where the words "mechanical, natural, artificial" have been added to the title. OCLC 1285698128 (2 loc.) OCLC 489015741 (1 loc) provides an alternate date of 1851.- $400
- $400
The American Apollo: Containing the Publications of the Historical Society, Essays, Moral, Political, and the Daily Occurences in the Natural, Civil, and Commercial World
Original 1/4 leather with plain thin boards, front board detached, leather well worn and deteriorated. 416 pp. 36 (of 39) weekly issues of Part II of this 18th century American weekly periodical, running from January 6 to September 28, 1792. Lacks numbers 20, 33, & 37. A old note on the front endpaper reports this as well, indicating they were removed long ago. Contains articles and news reports of current events of the period. Among these were a text description of the laying out of Washington D. C. by Peter Charles l'Enfant in the January 12 issue. This was published 2 months before Thackara and Vallance issued the first known printed version of the plan of Washington. This 3-page report details the width of the streets, the placement of parks, fountains and monuments, and the location of the "Congress House" (Capitol), among other things. We are unaware of earlier printings of these specifications, though we have not been able to determine definitively that there were none. They are certainly extremely early publication of the plans for the layout of Washington. Also of interest is a note, in the January 5 issue, is this note: "We are happy in presenting the public with the Apollo, from the first complete Printing-Press ever made in this town. - the wood-work was made by Mr. Berry, and the iron-work by Mr. McClench, it is well executed in every part, and does honor to the ingenious constructors." Evans 24035, Brigham p. 272, AAS catalog record 15589. The Book of the Grayling
Gilt-stamped cloth with quote from Izaak Walton on front board. Very good condition, rubbing at edges and ends of the spine. 64, [2] pp., 3 chromolithograph plates (1 folding). This is the standard issue, with the frontispiece folding, not the large paper issue. This is a classic book on fishing for grayling in the Midlands and north of England.