[Philadelphia.]: (Printed by Childs & Swaine.), 1794. Untrimmed; never bound. Slight browning along previous mat edges well away from text. Erased pencil markings at head of sheet. Sheet size: about 13 1/4 x 8. This Act of the first session of the third Congress of the United States directed the..... More
[Portland, Maine]: [Lemuel Moody.] Engd by D. G. Johnson. Entered According to Act of Congress July 13th, 1825. [1828.]. About 26 x 48.”. Lemuel Moody (1767-1846) was an enterprising sea captain and nautical entrepreneur in Portland, Maine. Realizing “the great necessity of a correct Chart of Portland Harbour and the..... More
Portland. Printed for Daniel Johnson, Portland, and John Johnson, Hallowell. 1807. Worn, abraded calf. Light to moderate foxing throughout. Good. A fairly uncommon, early Portland imprint. The American Antiquarian Society identifies four variants of this work, based on the secondary publishers; Shaw and Shoemaker do not distinguish among the four..... More
Portland. Published by Order of the Legislature. 1820. Contemporary calf. Boards well-scuffed and with small gouged area. Significant chipping of spine leather; hinges and joints cracked. Age-toned and areas of staining throughout. An unsophisticated but appealing example of a very scarce book. 18 cm. A very scarce and early printing..... More
Augusta, ME: Luther Severance, 1838. This is the Augusta printing of Jackson's second report on the geology of Maine. It features nine full-page plates plus an in-text woodcut “View of Mt. Ktaadn.” The full-page plates include: * View of Sugar-loaf Mt. from Seboois river… * View of Mt. Ktaadn..... More
Weston, MA. Published by Robert D. Chellis. 1933. Fine. 20 3/4 x 28 1/2." A very decorative chart of the coast of Maine, privately published by Robert Chellis. Documentation accompanying the printing plate for the chart indicated that 500 copies were printed on parchment stock in June, 1933 by the..... More
[Eastport, ME]: The Tides Institute & Museum of Arts, 2010. Sheet size: 14 x 22.” Map dimensions: about 10 x 13.” Printed on heavy stock. Fine. This striking 2010 map of the 1604 settlement on the island of St. Croix off Calais, Maine was designed and printed by..... More
Boston: Printed by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1795. This is the first general history of Maine, written in the post-Revolutionary War time period that saw several state histories published, including those by Belknap, Jefferson and Ramsay. Despite its distinctly chilly initial reception and the less than impressive editorial standards..... More
[Freeport, Maine, assumed.]: Circa 1800. Approximately 14 x 10." A nicely accomplished, though primitive, family register of the Seward and Eleanor Porter family. Two colorful plants with birds in their top branches fill the sides of the register. At the top hover two angel-like figures, one bearing an hour glass..... More
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London: From The Atlantic Neptune. Circa 1776. The chart was folded into four vertical panels (about 30 1/4 x 12") to accommodate being "bound up in tall narrow form" (Stevens' Catalogue, p. vii.) The chart paper has the LVG watermark, consistent with the earlier issues of the chart. Two sheets..... More
Paris. Depot General de la Marine. 1779. Strong impression. Bright and clean. On heavy, watermarked paper. Limited outline color. 16 1/4 x 23 1/4." The roots of this attractive -- but hydrographically imprecise -- chart may be traced to Captain Cyprian Southack, who explored Portland harbor in 1698. Southack published..... More
[Washington.]: U.S. Coast Survey. 1874. The chart is on relatively heavy stock and has never been folded. Three short edge tears have been mended on the reverse with archival tape. Overall, a sound example of a fairly scarce chart. About 18 1/2 x 20." A relatively early, large scale US..... More
[Washington.]: U.S. Coast Survey. 1867. Original fold lines and a couple of extraneous fold lines. Fold split of 1 1/4" at top, just through the neat line. Very good. 19 3/4 x 14 7/8." As the first U.S. Coast Survey chart to be produced in full color by chromolithography, this..... More
