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
![Item #3671 United States. [Title on Box:] The Silent Teacher! Wiggin's Sectional Geography of...](https://bickerstaffs.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3671.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1600561163)
New Haven, NY. U.S. Map Company. [ca. 1870s.]. Maps soiled and rubbed with very minor surface loss. One small piece, Vermont, is noticeably darker than the others and may be a facsimile. New archival box with original (and stained) label affixed. Overall, good. Assembled size: 11 3/4 x 17 1/2..... More
Np. Nd, mid 20th century. A clever and interesting party invitation which obviously had meaning to the original recipient but leaves us with nothing but our imaginations to go on. In addition to the short poem, we have the Isle of Woman, No Man’s Land, the Channel of Mud, the..... More
Edinburgh & London: Ballantyne and Longman, 1812. 8 ¼ x 10 ¼” plus small margins. This lovely small map focuses on the counties of Perthshire, Strlingshire and Dumbartonshire in Scotland, the geographic area in which Sir Walter Scott’s Lady of the lake was set. The map was drawn by Revd..... More
Chicago, IL: Privately published (?), 1937 or later. This map is a prime example of satiric cartography as practiced by Daniel Wallingford. Together with a companion map, A New Yorker's Idea of the United States of America, Wallingford gently skewered the chauvinism of the inhabitants of Boston and New York..... More
[Amsterdam?]: Cacao van Houten. [1910.]. The Dutch chocolatier Conraad van Houten was a pioneer in the mass production of finely ground cocoa; his groundbreaking process was introduced in 1828. In the mid-1870s, colorful trade cards became a major marketing tool. Chocolate makers around the world, including van Houten, embraced the..... More
