King of Prussia & Houston: W. Graham Arader III, 1981. 8vo. paper wrappers. unpaginated. A fine copy of this catalogue featuring 98 items. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE ARADER GRADING SYSTEM FOR MAPS, BOOKS AND PRINTS. CATALOGUE 28
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 136146
West Chester: The Bradford Village Press, (1961). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. Second edition. Illustrated. Some mention of Delaware. READ MORE about HISTORIC BRANDYWINE GUIDE BOOK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 68829
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."
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Bloomington, IN: The Lilly Library, Indiana University, 1983. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 78 pages. A catalogue for an exhibition of books, maps, scenic views, and other depictions of cities in the eighteenth century, prepared and described by Michael L. Berkvam and Sean Shesgreen. 78 entries, many illustrations, index, list of Lilly Library publication. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CITIES: A PANORAMA
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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
Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519-1759: A Reappraisal.
N.P. Book Club of Texas, (1995). folio. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label. xii, 225, (2) pages. Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519-1759: A Reappraisal. Limited to 350 numbered copies. A fine copy in lightly torn jacket. Designed and printed at the Wind River Press in Austin, Texas. Contains a preface, endnotes, an appendix, a list of plates, plate reproductions, a bibliography, and an index. With 50 black-and-white plates. Part I: "A Tale of..... READ MORE about FLAGS ALONG THE COAST
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 101284
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...
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London: British Museum, (1951. 8vo. paper wrappers. 67+(1) pages. Reprint of the 1936 edition. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about RULES FOR COMPILING THE CATALOGUES OF PRINTED BOOKS, MAPS AND MUSIC IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137203
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1976. 4to. quarter cloth over decorated paper covered boards. 169 pages. One of 375 numbered copies signed by the author and publisher. 14 plates (mostly folding, two laid into rear pocket). 16 maps, of which 14 are in color. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about MAPS AND SURVEYS OF THE PUEBLO LANDS OF LOS ANGELES
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 136100
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
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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
Frederick, CO: Jende-Hagan Book Corporation, 1983. oblong folio. cloth. 256 pages. First edition limited to 400 numbered copies signed by the author. A fine copy. An essential reference work for the collector or researcher of historical Colorado maps.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about COLORADO MAPOLOGY
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 136499
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
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: $2,000.00 Order nr. 104198
New York: The Viking Press, 1938 (but 2006). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, wrap-around band. (ix), xxv, 549 pages. B1-282. Actually a 2006 reprint of the first edition by the Delaware Heritage Commission in Dover. Edited by Jeannette Eckman, Anthony Higgins and William H. Conner. Written as part of the Federal Writers' Project. Well illustrated including a folded map inserted in a folded wrap-around band. This printing contains a four page history of the project by..... READ MORE about DELAWARE, A GUIDE TO THE FIRST STATE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 92799
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
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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
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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
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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
