Militaria/ Arms Export History. MAKER UNKNOWN [Spain, c. 1880s] Panuelo De Instruccion Militar... 25 x 30 ¾ inches. Lithograph in red & black printed on cotton. Lightly age-toned, few small holes, overall excellent of this type. A fascinating broadside printed on cloth, illustrating the Springfield rolling block rifle, Model.....
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Philippines/ Hong Kong/ Taiwan. JAMES IMRAY & SON [London: 1881] East India Archipelago [Western Route to China. Chart No.6]…London…1881. 49 ¾ x 40 inches; 126.5 x 101.5 cm. Two joined lithographed sheets, mounted later blue backing bearing original company label. Early annotated courses marked in pencil. Mended 3 ½-inch split.....
Nantucket/ Baseball History. STONER, J. J./ BECK & PAULI [Madison, WI, 1881] Bird’s Eye View of the Town of Nantucket in the State of Massachusetts. Looking Southwest.1881. 19 ¼ x 27 3/8 inches. Two-stone lithograph. Mounted on acid-free paper, invisible mends in margin and of one split entering the printed.....
Stamford, Conn. BURLEIGH, L. R./ BECK & PAULI LITH. [Troy, NY & Milwaukee, WI: 1883] Stamford, Conn. 19 x 34 inches. Lithograph. Reinforced with rice paper, lower margin extended but no loss of printed surface, closed 7-inch split at left center & marginal splits, a few filled wormholes in printed.....
Washington Territory. J. K. GILL & CO./ GALVANI, W. H. [Portland, OR: 1884] J. K. Gill & Cos. Map of Washington. Portland Ogn. 1884./ New Sectional, Township & County Map of Washington…1884. 22 ½ x 27 inches. Lithograph with full, original wash color. Ex-folding map, here flattened, original embossed covers.....
Southeast Australia/ Sydney. JAMES IMRAY AND SON [London: 1883 [1885 (stamped)] South And East Coasts Of Australia [In Four Charts] Chart No. 3, Cape Howe To The River Tweed…50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm). Two joined, lithographed sheets mounted on heavy, later blue paper with original yellow, trade.....
Southern Australia/ Melbourne/ Tasmania. JAMES IMRAY AND SON [London: 1883 [1885 (stamped)] South And East Coasts Of Australia [In Four Charts] Chart No. 2, Cape Northumberland To Cape Howe…40 ¼ x 50 inches (102.3 x 127cm). Two joined, lithographed sheets mounted on heavy, later blue paper with original yellow, trade.....
Bermuda. U. S. NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE [Washington, DC: March 1878/ June 1887] North Atlantic Ocean. Bermuda Islands. From The Most Recent Brit. Admty. Surveys. 1877. 28 x 38 ¼ inches. Lithograph with three insets printed on separate sheets & pasted on. Lighthouses denoted with hand color. Expertly mounted on new.....
OREGON IMMIGRATION BOARD. Portland Oregon and Its Surroundings, 1889. Issued by the Oregon Immigration Board. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Immigration Board, 1889. Lewis & Dryden Print Co. Lith. Lithograph. 12 x 19.1/4 inches plus margins. Lightly toned, short mended fold split, two pin holes in centerfold, else excellent. .....
Washington State/ Mining History. RAND, MCNALLY & CO. [Chicago: 1890] Rand, McNally & Co.’s Sectional Map Of Washington. Scale, Eight Miles to One Inch. The Map Includes The Coeur d’Alene Mining District In Idaho… 37 1/4 x 55 3/4 inches. Lithograph with original hand color. Ex-folding map that has been.....
Board Game/ Newport/ Block Island. MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS [New York: 1891] The Newport Yacht Race - An Exciting Game. Game board: 10 x19 ½ inches. Overall framed size: 29 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches. Multi-stone Lithography. Complete with cover, two sailboat game pieces, a spinning dial & instructions.....
Gentlemen's Driving Map Showing The Park System Of Boston…First Edition.
A rare map (not appearing in map market records) made of the "Gentleman" bicyclist, highlighting the not particularly ample park areas of Boston at the time. Noted with cautionary red lines are roads with street car tracks, presumably to be avoided by cyclists. Slanted green lines indicate unfinished roads. Bicycling.....
Panoramic Views along the Line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. The Scenic Line Of The World.
A superbly realized promotional brochure, one of the finest we've seen, issued by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, featuring a sequence of nine beautiful views of Colorado's mountainous natural wonders, many with trains cutting through the landscape. Fittingly the railroad's original motto was "Through the Rockies, not around them.".....
Railway And Highway Map of the Famous Berkshire Hills Region, Showing Villages And Also Points Of Interest;….
Large, attractive map of the lovely highlands of Berkshire County, one of the premier cultural-recreational destinations in the United States. Issued as a promotional instrument for the Berkshire Life Insurance Co., the map dates from the early days of the area as a recreational area. The map notes the mountain.....
Juta’s Map of South Africa From The Cape To The Zambezi.
This large, superbly detailed map of South Africa shows the region just prior to the outbreak of the Second Boer War. The Boer territories - Orange Free State and the South African Republic - are both shown in yellow, as distinct from the surrounding red of British lands. The gold.....
New England/ Business & Real Estate History. CALHOUN PRINT CO. (publisher) [Hartford, CT: n.d. c. 1900] BUY HOMES OF J.W. WILBUR CO. 26 ¼ x 39 inches. Color-printed wood engraving. A few edge splits, printer’s crease at upper left, overall excellent condition. A large, vibrant broadside, produced for the visionary.....
Maui. ALEXANDER, W. D./ DODGE, F. S. [Washington, DC: 1885/ 1903] Hawaiian Government Survey. W. D. Alexsander Surveyor-General. Maui Hawaiian Islands… 43 ¼ x 54 inches. Lithograph with bright water colors. Folding map here expertly flattened and mounted on acid-free paper and linen; a few minor mends at folds else.....
New York City. BURROUGHS & COMPANY [New York, 1904] The New York Subway Souvenir. 9 ¼ x 7 1/8 inches. Paper covers. 47 pp. with several photos, advertisements, and a double-page subway map. Some staining, scuffed area, & minor edge chipping to front cover; internally paper a bit age-toned, still.....
Elmer J. Chute’s Map of the Goldfield Mining District Nye and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada. 1905.
Rare, separately published map of the site of the last, great American gold rush. The map clearly plots out the claims of the many companies working the area with colors designating the largest of them. The great hopes for the area are expressed on the map in the route of.....
Cape Cod. MURPHY, John F./ FEDERAL ENG. & PUB. CO. [Boston: dated 1905] Untitled view/ map of Cape Cod. 17 x 26 ¾ inches. Colored lithograph. Folding view, flattened; without covers; very slight fold wear, else a fine example. A rare, sweeping, aerial view emphasizing Cape Cod’s striking hook-like shape.....