[London]: Published by Laurie & Whittle. No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs. 1797. Image size: 18 3/8 x 24." Sheet size: 21 x 28 ¾.”. This classic map of the Virgin Islands appeared in Thomas Jefferys' West India Atlas; the first issue of the chart was dated..... More
[Boston]: [Greenleaf and Freeman], [1784]. 9 1/8 x 5 7/8." This extremely scarce little map of Boston appeared as part of the Geographical Gazetteer of the Towns in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a work issued in parts as a supplement to The Boston Magazine from October, 1784 through December, 1785..... More
New York: William Hooker, 1821. 25¼x17¾ inches sheet size. This wonderful early American blueback chart of Bermuda provides a detailed mapping of the islands, copious depth soundings and a panel of General Instructions for Making the Bermuda Islands at the lower right. The Hooker chart is apparently the first separately..... More
Williamsburg, VA: John Pinkney [publisher], 1775. 16 ¾ x 10 ½”. The text of the "Causes and Necessity of their Taking Up Arms" appears on pages 2 and 3 of the newspaper. The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, only about seven months after the..... More
New York: Published by C. Smith, [1797]. 8 ½ x 13 ¾." This very detailed plan of the Battle of Saratoga is closely derived from Faden's 1780 map of the same title; with a shading key, it shows the position of American and "Royal" troops. Smith's rendition omits an inch..... More
No place. United Air Lines, 1938. Page size: 10 ½ x 9 ¾.”. Closely following the vibe of Ruth Taylor's popular Our U.S.A., A Gay Geography, this delightful inflight souvenir from United Air Lines seeks to connect the passengers in the spiffy DC-3 airliner with the countryside below. The booklet..... More
![Item #3784 Chart of the Gulf Stream [appearing in] The American Museum: or Repository of Ancient...](https://bickerstaffs.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3784.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1733613234)
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1789. 7 ¼ x 8 1/8.”. Appearing in the March, 1789 issue of the American Museum magazine, this engraving is the second American version of Franklin's famous chart of the Gulf Stream printed in America. Both American versions were preceded by English and French printings. The Chart..... More
Boston: From the July, 1793 issue of Massachusetts Magazine, 1793. Image area: 9 x 11 ½.” Sheet size:10 ¼ x 12 ¾.”. What is now known as "the Old State House" stands at the head of State Street in downtown Boston. It stands on the site of the first Town..... More
Boston: Printed and sold by John W. Folsom, No. 10, Union-Street. Prolific Boston printer, publisher and bookseller John Folsom issued this almanac for just this one year. This is the second edition of the almanac which O’Neal describes as “very scarce.” O’Neal speculates that the Osgood Carleton was the primary..... More
Boston: Gray and Bowen. Map dimensions: 8 ½ x 8.”. The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge was a Boston-based almanac published for the years from 1830 through 1862. Sabin describes it as “a compendious annual register… well worthy of being preserved as a book of reference.” This is..... More
Newport [RI]: Printed by Solomon Southwick. 1774. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4. The title cut of this barely pre-Revolutionary War almanac is an elaborate woodcut of an astronomer seated behind a globe and looking through a telescope as two fanciful creatures fill the night sky. As if looking into the..... More
Springfield, Mass: Art Photo Company [manufacturer]. 1932. 3 ½ x 5 ¼.”. An early eclipse-viewing apparatus on the occasion of the August 31, 1932 eclipse of the sun which crossed New England. The cardboard viewer has eye holes covered by a “Non-inflammable Filter.” The printed envelope for the “scope” features..... More
![Item #3777 Jabberwocky Re-versed and other Guinness Versions. [with] Alice Aforethought. Guinness...](https://bickerstaffs.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3777.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1679010758)
Dublin: 1935, 1938, [1952] and 1959. Various illustrators, designers and printers. A grouping of four delightful pamphlets featuring “parodies, imitations of verses and scenes from Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass.” These richly-imaginative and handsomely-illustrated booklets are from the series of promotional pieces distributed to physicians in..... More
Paris: From Atlas Geographique, Statistique, Historique... 1825. Sheet size, including text and margins: 21 1/4 x 26 3/4." Map only: 12 1/8 x 8 5/8." A delightful small map of New Hampshire from the French translation (and update) of the Carey and Lea Atlas; the original Carey and Lea Atlas..... More
[Pliadelphia]: From Carey & Lea's A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas... 1822. Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 22." Map size: 12 x 8 3/4." A nice example of the New Hampshire map from Carey & Lea's popular American Atlas published in Philadelphia in 1822. The success of the..... More
[London.]: From Moll's Atlas Minor, 1729 or later. 7 7/8 x 10 3/4." A wonderful early portrayal of the present-day northeastern United States from Grand Manan Island to the Delaware Bay. It is an updated and slightly larger version of Moll's 1708 map of the same title. Cape Cod is..... More
[Boston]: [Little, Brown.] From: Our U.S.A., A Gay Geography. 1930s. Image area: 8.75 x 11.5.”. A colorful and whimsical pictorial map of the State of New Hampshire by Ruth Taylor – history, industry, geography and culture all entertainingly portrayed. Our U.S.A., A Gay Geography was a juvenile gazetteer..... More
Philadelphia: From Scott's The United States Gazetteer... 1795. 7 ½ x 6 ¼." Scott's The United States Gazetteer was the first gazetteer printed in the U.S. It included maps of the individual states. This five-county map of New Hampshire from the Gazetteer identifies nine towns, “the White Hills,” main roads..... More
![Item #3770 Newsmap, Monday, 21 August 1944. [With map of] Philippine Islands. World War II.,...](https://bickerstaffs.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3770.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1668385363)
New York: U.S. Army, 1944. Newsmap was a poster/newspaper issued weekly during World War II by the U.S. War Department to military installations and government and civic groups working on War Department projects. Issues generally contained one or more maps as well as reports of recent military actions. A good..... More
London: Published and Copyrighted by the Old Western Trading Post Limited, Printed in Great Britain. Ca. 1960s. This colorful pictorial map captures the lore of the Old West. The map features prominent pioneer trails such as the Oregon Trail, the Santa Fe Trail and the Pony Express route. Among the..... More
New York: Currier and Ives, 1883. This very attractive trade card for the Boston and Bangor Steamship Company features a delightful scene of the steamship Penobscot underway with other sailing craft and a lighthouse providing nautical accents. The reverse of the card provides a narrative format sailing timetable of 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
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
[Washington, DC.]: [Government Printing Office.], 1876. 17 ¼ x 12.”. This map provides detail of the Judith Basin area included in Capt. William Ludlow’s map from Carroll, Montana to Yellowstone Park in the summer of 1875. The map identifies Judith River, Judith Mountains, Snowy Mountains and Fort Clagett..... More
Canon, Colorado: Henry W. Comstock, Publisher, 1883. 15 x 11.”. An interesting and uncommon newspaper devoted exclusively to mining activities in Colorado at the time of the Colorado Silver Boom. The paper features numerous stories, statistics and advertisements related to the area’s robust mining activities. For instance, this paragraph about..... More
