Maps and Atlases

Havana: Insituto Cubano del Libro, 1971. Very Good. Havana: Insituto Cubano del Libro, 1971. With author's ( Furrazola-Bermudez, Gustavo) signature of FFP. Complete with 10 inserts including the 1:3000000 geological map of the area dated 1965. Very clean 288 yellowing pages in decorated hardboard binding. Format 22 cm. high X 28 cm. width. For more details and photos consult bookseller.. Very Good.

Colomb, Jacob Aertsz. De Custe van Engelant tußchen Poortlant en Lezard. Additional title: Les Costes d'Angleter re de Fierleij jusques á Lezard. Ca 1640. Listed in the The New Fierie Sea-Colomne from 1633-1651. Copper engraved, early hand coloured chart. Chart size approx 525mm x 375mm. Orientation NNE top centre cartouche contains scale. Decorative title cartouche to upper right and additional title cartouche below scales. Chart covers land areas from Portland to the Lizard. Among the places indicated on the coast line are Bridport, Torbay, Dartmouth, Plymouth, Fowey and Truro. Decorative compass rose, rhumb lines and sea vessel on sea area, which also includes the Ideston [Eddystone] Rock and the Kasquettes [Casquets] . Side margins tight with small breaks just touching edge of engraved area. One tear in sea area, repaired. Very early handwritten note to top margin, commenting on the soundings of this area and that of Falmouth, suggesting this chart had been used as a working reference at… Read More

Collins, Capt. Greenville: Netherlands, Untitled chart of Holland, Flanders and Eastern England. Ca 1753. Copper engraved chart. Size approx 600mm x 480mm. Good margins, hand coloured, good impression on heavy paper. Coast line of Flanders at Calles [Calais] to Der Scheling [Terschelling]of the West Frisian Islands and then Eastern England Margate in Kent to Burnham Flats in Norfolk. Much detail is given of the Thames estuary and Rotterdam soundings. Depth soundings and rhumb lines indicated. A compass rose is set at the centre of the Chart. Title cartouche "To the Honourable Sir john Ashby Kt. Admiral of the Blew/ This is most humbly dedicated and presented by Capt G Collins". Some age soiling to edges, one small tear, without loss and repaired to centre fold area. A scarce, attractive sea chart in good, bright condition suitable for display.

Waukesha, Wisconsin:: Citron Press,, 2015.. Edition of 40. 3.75 x 3.25 x .9" tin box with hinged lid containing Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; Souvenirs in paper bag; folded map; and Addendum. Box and book printed with relief prints, letterpress, and digital images. Printed on Ingres, Stonehenge, Mi Teintes papers.Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: 3 x 2". 20 pages. Fold out and pop up elements. Signed and numbered on the last page. ( Map "Ancient Greece, Anatolia, Egypt, and Mesopotamia C. 1540 B.C.": 7.25 x 5.25" single sheet laid out. 2 x 3.5" closed. Souvenirs: 2 x 3" shaped paper bag. Contains 7 shaped souvenirs. Addendum: 2 x 3.5"; 8 pages. Single strip double-sided accordion.) Stephanie Copoulos-Selle: "This book is a new edition of a classical antiquity guidebook. Travel guides to view the Seven Wonders were popular during the 1st and 2nd centuries B.C. The ancient Greeks used the word 'theamata,' which means 'sights'… Read More

Paris: Desnos, 1766. Map. Fine. Matted hand-colored copper engraving. Image size: 12 x 11 inches. Mat size: 17.5 x 18.5 inches. From de La Tour's Atlas Géneral, Civil et Ecclésiastique. This map can be found in several formats: with or without the separately printed decorative border, and with or without the text. This copy has the border; it does not include the text sometimes found adjacent to the map. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

A very good+ paperback (Unbound) with 1+12 sheets, defect on cov. as in image, sheets near fine. 1 sheet comments by Chatzifotis and 12 sheets of the Chart.13sh. 52x36cm. 600gr. Feel free to ask for more details & images.
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New York: Geographia Map Company, Inc. No date, 2 digit zip code dates from 1943-1963, Worldcat lists this map 195?. Large folded map in attached protective folder, 9 1/2" x 4 1/2" , map opens to 40 1/4" x 26 3/4". Full color. Printed one side only. Includes index and inset of Niagara Falls and vicinity (10 1/4" x 7 1/8"). Scale [ca. 1:30,000]. Very Good folder, rubbed and with small creases and light edge wear. Map is Near Fine, light toning, no tears, well suited for framing. . Folded Map. Very Good. 9 1/2" x 4 1/2".

1842. "Nouvelle Carte Routiere et Administrative de la FRANCE - toutes les Routes de Poste avec les Distances en Kilometres, Les Chemin de Fer les Canaux de Rivieres navigables ainsi que Les lieux Celebres on Remarquable. Par Charle, Geographe. Paris. Chez Maison, Editeur en France de Richard. Quai des Anonistins, No. 29.1942." Measures 32" x 24". Good condition. Lightly soiled, lines and names unmarked and legible. Some of the panels have separated from backing at bottom edges along fold lines. Slip case is badly worn.

California of the South: Its Physical Geography, Climate, Resources, Routes of Travel, and Health Resorts. New York: D Appleton & Company, 1888. With Maps (3 fold out originals) and numerous illustrations. 402 numbered pages includes alphabetical index. Plus 6 pages of Appleton's guidebooks.Great early guide to California with illustrations of known sights as well as well-known people's homes, ranches, etc. Covers climate, agricultural, plants, animals, topography and much more. Illustrations of the period not found elsewhere!Condition: In very good condition for its age. All original. One small stamp on front fly page about 1 inch square. Expected wear to spine and board edges, but all in all, a real beauty! The California fold out map has a couple of minor professional repairs. Please review all the photos carefully and ask for more information and/or photos if you need them to make a proper buying decision.*Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a… Read More

Ash-Tree Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Unsworth, Simon Kurt : Lost Places. Ashcroft (BC, Can) : Ash-Tree Press, 2010. ISBN 9781553101192. First edition. Limited edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25/24cm h. Bound in publisher's dark red cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain white endpapers. X pp prelim material, 194 numbered pp, four wo numbers following, including colophon. Introduction by Barbara Roden, eighteen stories, story notes/acknowledgements. Condition notes: A fine, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Light wear to dj, a light soil spot and scratch to top edge. One of 400 hb copies originally published in 2010. Unsettling tales. We personally inspect every book we offer.

An Ancient History, from the Creation to the Fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. with Numerous Maps and Plans of Cities. By Arsenius J B Vuibert. Baltimore: Foley Brothers, Publishers, 1886 First Edition. 561 pages. This first edition was recommended to the Colleges and Schools of his Archdiocese, by His Eminence, the Cardinal Archbishop of Baltimore in 1886. Rarely found for sale, this book is often re-printed and remains important today.
Condition: Fine condition, particularly for its age.Re-backed as. pictured.. No writing, stamps, crimps found within. Secure binding. NOT a library book. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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London: J. Murray / The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, 1866. SCARCE pp. 128-156 (33 pages) with fold-out map - "The City of Peking from a Survey by Capt. Bouvier , of the French Engineers 1862" , . The map is Near Fine, 1" tear at right edge. In original dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering at spine, Very Good, the boards stained and soiled, toning at end papers, German bookseller's small ticket and prior owner name front paste down. . First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Small, pocket book. Pages clean and tight. Some staining on the cover and edges of the pages. Map has one small tear and one small hole but otherwise in very good condition. Proceeds from the sale of this book support library services and programming.

Silverton, CO: Sundance Books, 1977. 3 vols. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volume set:
Volume I - Old South Park - Denver to Leadville
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with rubbing and denting to all corners and edges, as well as overall abrasion.
Volume II - Old South Park - Across the Great Divide
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Envelope attached inside rear cover contains facsimile of Georgetown Courier and a Station Map.
Volume III - Georgetown - Mining - Colorado Central Railroad
Interior is clean and bright; rear pastedown and flyleaf show age-toning and light foxing. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Edges of binding are cracked and torn. Fore-edges are foxed. Map of Colorado Showing All Railroads is tucked into rear mylar sleeve.
Photo is of the set here at Barbed Wire Books.

Report of a military reconnaissance in Alaska, made in 1883 -- Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in answer to Senate resolution of April 18, 1884, the official report of Lieutenant Schwatka of his military reconnaissance of 1883 in Alaska. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. 1st Edition. 1p.l.,121pp. Octavo. illustrations from photos and drawings, and 20 folding maps at the end of the book. Rebound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards; marbled endpapers; the name Geo B. Fleming in gilt at the bottom of the spine.
Frederick Gustavus Schwatka (29 September 1849 – 2 November 1892) was a United States Army lieutenant with degrees in medicine and law, and was a noted explorer of northern Canada and Alaska. In 1878 he volunteered his pluck for an American Geographical Society search for relics of Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition, missing since 1845. During this 11-month, 3,251-mile dogsled journey in –60-degree weather, Schwatka hunted muskoxen and—when in… Read More