A selection of American books, maps and ephemera that would have been exhibited at the Boston Book Fair if I had exhibited...
[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
[Buckstown, ME]: [A.H. Holland], [1812.]. Sheet size: 17 ¾ x 9.” Woodcut dimensions: 2 ½ x 3 ½.”. This is a rare broadside by a remarkably talented 19th century Maine clergyman. Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847) served as the pastor of the Blue Hill Congregational Church in Maine for 41 years..... More
Littleton, NH: C. Everett Parker, ca. 1920s. About 7 x 9 ½” on 8 ½ x 11” sheets. This group of six White Mountains views of “The Eastern Playground of America” is designated “Series One” on the original envelope. The views are: • The Mt. Washington Hotel from 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
[London]: from the March, 1775 issue of Universal Magazine. 1775. Image area: about 5.5 x 9.5. A wonderful view of Boston published in early 1775, just before the battles at Lexington and Concord would ignite the American Revolution. The view is derived directly from the view by Governor..... More
No place, but likely Concord, MA: Garfield, Alva Scott. Ca. 1950. Alva Scott Garfield (1902-1993) created and published five “Scott-Maps” in the 1950s and 1960s, all with New England subjects. This delightful pictorial map of Salem, Massachusetts appears to have been one of the first two in the series, the..... 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
![Item #3743 Vue de Salem. [subtitle:] Eine Stadt im Engellaendischen America, in der Grafschafft...](https://bickerstaffs.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3743.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1637446983)
Augsburg: Grave par Balth. Frederic Leizelt, Ca. late 1770s. Printed area: 12 x 15 5/8. This is one of a series of engravings of Boston, New York, and a few other important American cities done as perspective views or "vues d'optique" around the time of the American Revolution. They were..... More
