Books, Periodicals, & Maps Relating to the Discovery and Exporation of Antarcitca
London: J.J.H Simper & J.I Simper, 1980. 8vo. faux leather. xi, (i), 220 pages. Books, Periodicals, & Maps Relating to the Discovery and Exporation of Antarcitca. Second edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Contains a listing of 3072 items. READ MORE about ANTARCTIC MISCELLANY
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 97408
Philadelphia, PA: Franklin Survey Co., 1936. folio. cloth. unpaginated. A Fransuco Publication. An atlas of Wilmington, Delaware, with detailed color maps of the city. An index map and zone maps precede the twenty-four more detailed maps. Industries, major business, public parks, places of worship, and waterways are all labelled by name. Block and lot numbers also identified. Clipping from the Wilmington News-Journal, dated August 17, 1999, noting this item's sale at an auction in Smyrna... READ MORE about ATLAS OF WILMINGTON NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE VOLUME ONE
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 133440
Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress
(Washington D.C.): Library of Congress, April 1978. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 66-138, (4) pages. Volume 35, Number 2 of the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress. This issue has the following articles: "The Invention of Printing, Revolution within Revolution" by Nicholas Barker, "The Early Illustrated Book, Highlights from a Lecture" by Philip Hofer, "Into Something Rich and Strange, Of Dreams, Art, and the Unconscious" by Eleanor Cameron, and "The Hauslab-Liechtenstein Map Collection" by... READ MORE about " INVENTION OF PRINTING, REVOLUTION WITHIN REVOLUTION."
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 92761
Twee inleidende studies bij een kleine tentoonstelling van de Dr. P.A. Tiele-Stichting.
Amsterdam: N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1961. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 51 pages. Twee inleidende studies bij een kleine tentoonstelling van de Dr. P.A. Tiele-Stichting. Information on this Dutch mapmaker. Some fading of covers. READ MORE about IN OFFICINA IOANNIS BLAEV
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 107339
(Zutphen): Rijksmuseum 'Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum' Walburg Pers, (1992). 8vo, oblong. stiff paper wrappers. 83+(1) pages. Text in Dutch. Cartography and printing by three generations of the Blaeu family, descendants of Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638). Eight color plates; black and white illustrations throughout. Table of contents, genealogical chart, biographical overview, bibliography and index. READ MORE about DRIE GENERATIES BLAEU: AMSTERDAMSE CARTGRAFIE EN BOEKDRUKKUNST IN DE ZEVENTIENDE EEUW
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 108276
Amsterdam: Meridian Publishing Co., 1962. 8vo. wrappers. (8), 27, (4), 120+(1) pages. Written in Dutch. History of the Van Keulen family Booksellers, publishers map and instrument makers in the Netherlands. With indices. Wrappers slightly tanned, "Van Keulen" written in ink on the spine. READ MORE about BIJDRAGEN TOT EENE GESCHIEDENIS VAN HET GESLACHT "VAN KEULEN" ALS BOEKHANDELAARS,...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 104452
Farnham: Richard Joseph Publisher's Ltd., (1992). 8vo. paper over boards, dust jacket. 444 pages. Second edition. Lists dealers by country and locality, alphabetically and by specialty. READ MORE about SHEPPARD'S INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF PRINT AND MAP SELLERS
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 36601
Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiskell, (1968). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper covered boards, dust jacket. 232 pages. Text in Swedish with two page English summary. History of globemaking and globemakers in Sweden, 18th and 19th centuries. Includes biographies of globemakers. Illustrated. Dust jacket worn at edges and torn. READ MORE about EN KRÖNKA OM SVENSKA GLOBER ANDERS ÅKERMAN OCH HANS EFTERFÖLJARE JÅMTE EN INVENTERING AV...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 106389
2 volumes
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1883. 8vo. cloth. xxx,660; xviv,743 pages. 2 volumes. History of the understanding of geography from Homeric Greece to Imperial Rome. Includes fold-out maps. Ex library copy with markings. Wear to cloth. Bookplates on front pastedown of both volumes. Pencilled notations on free endpaper. Foldout map at end of first volume frayed at edge. READ MORE about A HISTORY OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TILL THE FALL...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 106312
France: n.p., n.d., but circa 1840. oblong 4to. leather, marbled endpapers. (32) pages. Text in French. A collection of French calligraphy. 32 leaves, one blank, some highlighted in gold. Some leaves signed either by Martha Kingdon or Virginie Riballiere. Includes four maps, nicely rendered, and one portrait, thought to be of either Kingdon or Riballiere. Printed on recto only. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Some leaves chipped at edges. READ MORE about Fine French Calligraphic Manuscript
Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 132293
(Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2001). 8vo. cloth. xxxiv, 139+(1) pages. Facsimile edition of volume first published by Cambridge University Press in 1925. (Besterman 1169). A well-known English cartographer, John Cary began as an engraver in London and turned to publishing and land surveying in 1783. His New and Correct English Atlas appeared in 1787, followed by county atlases. The New Universal Atlas, for which he is best known, first appeared in 1808. Fordham, rightfully... READ MORE about JOHN CARY ENGRAVER, MAP, CHART AND PRINT SELLER AND GLOBE MAKER 1754-1835; A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 69017
Paris: Rodolphe CHAMONAL, (2008). small 4to. paper-covered boards. 215, (5) pages. Beautifully illustrated catalog, color and black and white, from the Parisian antiquarian. 205 entries. Price index included. READ MORE about LIVRES ANCIENS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 105024
Wilmington: The Board of Trade, 1888. small 4to. original cloth with newer leather spine. 80 pages. B1-2026. Filled with illustrations of Wilmington businesses. Lacks the three maps that were bound in at the front of this title. Printed by the Delaware Printing Company. Wear along edges especially at tips. READ MORE about WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL AND MAR ITIME ADVANTAGES
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 66467
Amsterdam: Meridian Publishing Company, 1977. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 65 pages. Text in French. Reprint of the 1911 edition. With eight black-and-white map plates. READ MORE about LES DÉBUTS DE LA CARTOGRAPHIE DU JAPON
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 104634
Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & Co., 1908. oblong 12mo. cloth. x, 144, (6) pages. Preface, table of contents. Ten color and black and white plates. 66 black and white illustrations throughout text. Advertisements follow text. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about A TEXT-BOOK OF TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWINGS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 122233
3 volumes in one.
Le Caire: Societe Royale De Geographie D'Egypte, 1925. folio. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, top edge stained green, original paper wrappers bound-in. (vi), 175 pages with 19 plates; (viii), 144+(4) pages with 19 plates; (viii), viii, 130 pages with 3 plates. 3 volumes in one. Written in French. A history of medieval cartography and the exploration of Africa and Egypt, published by the Royal Geographical Society of Egypt. Volume one is subtitled "L'Interieur Du Continent."... READ MORE about LA DECOUVERTE DE L'AFRIQUE AU MOYEN AGE CARTOGRAPHES ET EXPLORATEURS
Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 104198
Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet behind clear plastic mylar. B1-100. Map of Appoquinimink, New Castle Co., Delaware. Scale 1 inch to the mile. Map contains an inset map and directory of businesses in Townsend. Scale 40 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 35), which contains "actual surveys by and under the... READ MORE about APPOQUINIMINK. NEW CASTLE CO. DEL
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 93510
Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet behind clear mylar. B1-100. Map of Broadkiln, Sussex Co., Delaware. Scale 1" to the mile. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 85), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers. He and his brother, Silas, operated... READ MORE about BROADKILN. SUSSEX CO
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 93352
Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet. Map of Camden and Felton, Murderkill, Kent County, Delaware. Map contains a directory of businesses. Scale 25 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 55), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers... READ MORE about CAMDEN AND FELTON. MURDERKILL, KENT CO. DEL
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 93334
Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet. Map of Cedar Creek, Sussex County, Delaware. Scale 1" to the mile. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 63), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of atlas publishers. He and his brother Silas operated in Philadelphia, the... READ MORE about CEDAR CREEK. SUSSEX CO
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 93353
Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet behind clear plastic mylar. B1-100. Map of Georgetown, Sussex Co., Delaware. Map contains a directory of businesses. Scale 20 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 83), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a family of... READ MORE about GEORGETOWN. GEORGETOWN, SUSSEX CO. DEL
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 93348
Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2," board 16 1/4" x 15" Single sheet behind clear plastic mylar. B1-100. Map of Leipsic and Frederica, Delaware. Map contains directories of businesses in those towns. Map of Leipsic scale 35 rods to the inch and Frederica map 25 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 49), which contains... READ MORE about LEIPSIC AND FREDERICA
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 93503
Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet behind clear plastic mylar. B1-100. Map of Lincoln, Cedar Creek, Sussex Co., Delaware. Map contains a directory of businesses. Scale 50 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 65), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a.... READ MORE about LINCOLN. CEDAR CREEK, SUSSEX CO. DEL
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 93345
Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 15 5/8" x 14 1/2" Single sheet behind clear plastic mylar. B1-100. Map of Lincoln, Cedar Creek, Sussex Co., Delaware. Map contains a directory of businesses. Scale 50 rods to the inch. This map has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 65), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers came from a.... READ MORE about LINCOLN. CEDAR CREEK, SUSSEX CO. DEL
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 122727
Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Beers, 1868. 16.75" x 17.75" matte. Single sheet. Map of Milford, Delaware in Kent County, matted. Map contains a directory of businesses and manufacturers, as well as a list of residential references. Scale inch to the mile. This leaf has been removed from a incomplete copy of Beers' 1868 Atlas of the State of Delaware (page 59), which contains "actual surveys by and under the direction of D.G. Beers." Daniel G. Beers... READ MORE about MILFORD, KENT CO. DEL
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 93174
