[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
New York: New York Herald, 1872. Map dimensions: 11 ¼ x 9 ½.” Newspaper sheet size: 22 x 15. A wonderfully historic map accompanying a long story in the New York Herald recounting the newspaper-sponsored search for Dr. Livingstone. The headlines for the story are memorable: “LIVINGSTONE. / Herald Special..... More
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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
Newburyport [Mass.]: Printed and Sold by John Mycall, and Draper & Folsom of Boston -- Sold also by the Shopkeepers... [1778.]. Paper has darkened considerably and their is occasional staining and a couple of ink notations. Loss to the lower forecorner of the first leaf costing a few words on..... More
Philadelphia. Printed and Sold by Joseph Crukshank. [1781.]. Marbled paper wrappers worn and partially eroded along the spine. Overall, very good. A very nicely preserved example of a late-Revolutionary War-era almanac published in Philadelphia. As a "pocket almanac," this small volume had two special features -- first, apparently original marbled..... More
Boston. Printed and sold by Draper and Folsom, and John Mycall of Newbury. [1779]. This rather crude woodcut depicts a battle plan of General “Mad Anthony” Wayne’s daring and dramatic capture of the British fortification at Stony Point, about 30 miles up the Hudson River from New York City. The..... More
[London.]: From the March, 1778 issue of The London Magazine. 1778. Limited outline color. Original fold lines. Very good. 10 x 7 1/4." A nicely detailed map from Albany south to Sandy Hook indicating the towns, roads and forts. Colonial boundary lines are shown, with the New York/New Jersey line..... 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
Berlin: In der Vossischen Buchhandlung. 1795. This German translation of Stedman's well-known history of the American Revolution was published in 1795, the year after the English first edition. Two of the three small folding maps are present: Plan von der Stellung welche die Armee unter dem Gen Lieut. Burgoine bey..... 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
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
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
New York. 1864. Rolled blueback chart. Staining, soiling and a small burn hole, consistent with shipboard use. Also a small area of loss at middle of lower edge. Good. About 78 1/2 x 40 1/2" (sheet size). This large chart -- with north to the right -- portrays the Florida..... 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
[Washington, DC.]: U.S. Coast Survey, [1879.]. Sheet size: 11 ¼ x 20 ½." Image size: 6 1/8 x 19 ¼." Art and utility come together in this image of three coastal views of the Boston area. Three approach views -- two of Boston Harbor and one centered on Minot Ledge..... 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
[Paris.]: from Petite Atlas Maritime. [1764.]. 8 ½ x 6” plus margins. A classic map of Boston and the immediately surrounding area from near the end of the French & Indian War. The map appeared in Bellin’s Petit Atlas Maritime in 1764. A 16-item legend above the map identifies various..... More
[Boston.]: From the May, 1789 issue of The Massachusetts Magazine. 1789. Page size: 8 1/4 x 5 1/8." A few small areas of foxing, primarily confined to the margins. Fore edges browned. Overall, an attractive example. Page size: 8 1/4 x 5 1/8. Castle William's heritage as a military installation..... More
np. 1970/1992. Bright, clean, never folded. Fine. 19 x 22 1/2. A delightfully whimsical portrayal of Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands. The chart is decorated with an approach view, several ship illustrations and a number of historical facts. Norman Island is often mentioned as a possible source for..... 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
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
[London.]: From the February, 1780 issue of The Political Magazine. 1780. 5 3/8 x 11 1/4." Original fold lines. Moderate offsetting where folded on itself. 5 3/8 x 11 1/4. [title continues:] the Position of the Landed Forces, under General Clinton, and the Rebel Camp and Intrenchments, exactly delineated. A...... More
Boston. Published by S. Thaxter & Son, 125 State Street. Boston. 1874. Laid down on new linen with minimal paper loss (primarily from crackling along lower edge) and some residual staining. About 56 x 32." While the Eldridges focussed their chartmaking activities on New England and New York, they also..... More
London. 1845. About 24 ½ x 37 ½,” plus margins. Rolled chart by Captain James Horsburgh, hydrographer to the East India Company, showing the Java Sea, Strait of Macassar, southern part of Borneo, part of Celebes, part of Java, and the islands of Bally, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, and the Sandalwood..... More
