ANTIQUE
Frank's New Map of North Carolina and South Carolina
Philadelphia: O.W. Gray & Son, 1884. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 17 1/4" x 28 3/8" Large double-page map of of the Carolinas, divided into counties and townships. Shows all major towns and cities, routes, railroads and waterways. Topography and marshlands are impressively depicted, with relief shown by hachure. The coastline is rendered in great detail, with inlets, shoals, lighthouses, and other features labeled. This map includes an inset of Charleston Harbor and its approaches, including depths..... More
Gray's New Map of Saint Louis
Philadelphia: O.W. Gray & Son, 1883. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 15 5/8" x 13". Beautifully detailed map of St. Louis, colored according to wards. Shows street grid, railroads, parks, reservoirs and public institutions. Small tear and crease to right edge, light stain to left margin. More
Nebraska
Philadelphia: Stedman, Brown & Lyon, 1877. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 11.75" x 14.75". Nice map of Nebraska divided into counties and townships. Shows towns, waterways and railroads. In excellent condition with only a very small chip to lower left corner. More
Japanese Antique Dolls
New York: Weatherhill, 1984. Illustrated (color and b/w). 172 pages. 4to, stamped cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Weatherhill, (1984). First edition. A near fine copy. More
Plan and Section of the North Cut at Milwaukee No. 2
New York: Ackerman Lith. 1853. Map. Uncolored lithograph. Image measures 117" x 12 3/4" Nice sea chart of part of the Milwaukee Bay and Kinnikinnick River. Features geographical and topographical details, shipyards, canals, and government buildings. Left margin cropped, minor toning along original folds. More
Plan No. 3 Milwaukee Harbor Improvement
New York: Ackerman Lith. 1853. Map. Uncolored lithograph. Image measures 15.5"x 9.5". Nice sea chart of part of the Milwaukee Bay. Features geographical and topographical details, shipyards, canals, and government buildings. Left margin cropped, minor toning along original folds. More
La Toison d'Or et Quelques Autres Contes de la Grece Ancienne
Paris: Piazza, 1921. 24 mounted color plates (two sets of each plate), both with tissue guards, one lettered. Tall 4to, handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco (small scrape on spine), marbled boards with the original pictorial wrappers bound in. Paris: L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, (1921). Limited Numbered Edition. Very good (+). More
Antique Combs & Purses
Carmel: Gallery Graphics Press, 1983. Nearly 850 color and b/w photo Illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (Carmel, CA): Gallery Graphics Press, (1983). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New Discoveries in Historical Spoons: Souvenirs of United States Canada.
New York: Greenwich Press, 1977. Color frontispiece. Illustrated in black and white. 175 pages. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (d.w. chipped at top edge of spine, spine faded, top edge worn and covers scuffed, light adhesive residue on title page). New York: Greenwich Press, (1977). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Boston After the Great Fire.
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1872. Woodcut. Image measures 22 3/4 x 33 inches. This engraved view of Boston after the Great Fire of 1872 was published nationally in the December 14, 1872 issue of Harper's Weekly. The fire, which destroyed about 65 acres of downtown Boston, was the worst in the city history. Steamboats in the foreground hose down the burnt wharfs. Behind the harbor, the burnt downtown spreads out before the viewer as a mass of charred remains. To..... More
The Inauguration of President Harrison-The Procession Returning from the Capitol
Harper and Brothers, 1889. View. Wood engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 13.5" x 43.5". Great panoramic view of Benjamin Harrison's rainy presidential procession. Crowds line the street huddled under umbrellas, watching the parade of statesmen and soldiers including (as noted) U.S. troops, the Seventieth Indiana, Vice President Morton, President Harrison and former President Cleveland, Harrison's old regiment and Grand Marshall Beaver's staff. Published as a supplement to Harper's Weekly. Repair to tear along one original fold. Minor chipping along..... More
The Oil-Fields of California
New York: Harper's Weekly. Photograph. Collectively the images measure 14" x 9". Six black and white photographs published by Harper's Weekly. Clockwise from the top: "A Lake of Oil,-an Improvised Storage Tank", "Drilling a Well", "A Pump Arm", "Oil-wells at Summerland sunk in the Ocean Bed", "A Pumping Plant", "Derricks and Storage Tanks". Small tear to bottom edge and light stain to lower right corner. More
A Summer Evening on the Boulevards of Paris
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1869. View. Hand colored wood engraving. Image measures 10 3/4" x 15 3/4". Beautifully colored view depicting a Parisian boulevard filled with people socializing. Published in Harper's Weekly, August 7, 1869. A few minor chips to edges, not affecting the image. More
Herndon's Valley of the Amazon Maps. Part I.
U.S. Government, 1854. Case Map. Lithograph. Image measures 9.5" x 5.75". Case map of three maps pertaining to the Amazon River and it's surrounding area. Embossed cloth cover with gilt title; on the back is embossed "House Document". Some wear to spine and front cover, but all three maps are attached. First map is "Map of the Valley of the Amazon" (by H.C. Elliot), with lithographed color outline. Minor scattered foxing and stains from original glue to booklet. Measures 17.75"..... More
Carlton Hobbs: Catalog Number Eight. "Inspired by Antiquity": Classical Influences on 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art
New York: Carlton Hobbs, 2011. Beautifully illustrated with full page photographs. 147 pages, 4to, white boards, dust wrapper. New York: Carlton Hobbs LLC, (2011). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
"The Studio" Year Book of Decorative Art, 1919: With Special Articles on Cottage Design Decoration & Equipment
London: The Studio, 1919. Numerous charming illustrations in color & in black and white and floor plans. 136 pages, 4to, pictorial wrappers, (toned but with very little wear) neatly rebacked in black cloth. London: "The Studio" 1914. A very good(+) copy. On the designing of cottages and small houses. More
Accurater Prospect und Grundriss der Konigl: Gros Britanisch: Haupt und Residentz Stadt London
Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 21 1/8" x 24 5/8" Beautiful scarce plan of London with a black and white panorama beneath, published circa 1740. On upper left and right portion are detailed illustrations of Whitehall and the London Stock Exchange. The hand colored portion of the map distinguishes the part of the city once confined by the London Wall, as well as 74 prominent locations and landmarks in accordance with..... More
Dominica Anglorum in America Septentrionalis
Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 20 x 22 inches. Homann: 1730 This map depicts British territories creatively showing four separate small maps on one page. Details include tribes, forts towns and trails with detailed notes for each map in four columns of text. Maps included are "Newfoundland od Terra Nova S. Laurentii Bay, New Engelland New York New Yersey und Pensilvania, Virginia und Maryland, Carolina nebsteinem Theil von Florida". Text in Latin, English..... More
Ingermanlandiae seu Ingriae novissima Tabula luci tradita
Nuremburg: Homann Heirs, 1789. Map. Engraving with original coloring. Image measures 18.75" x 22". Nicely detailed map of the area surrounding the eastern side of the Gulf of Finland with St. Petersburg. Includes beautiful view of St. Petersburg. Overall toning. Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) was a renowned German mapmaker of the late 17th and early 18th century, including being geographer to the Holy Roman Emperor. His business was carried on through the 18th century by the Homann Heirs, also prolific..... More
Untitled (World Map The Four Continents)
Nuremburg: Homann Heirs. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Collectively, images measures 19.25" x 22.5". Early teaching map, originally bound in an atlas. Has no country names, only Latin reference initials. Consists of four panels. Circa 1750. Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) was a renowned German mapmaker of the late 17th and early 18th century who served as geographer to the Holy Roman Emperor. His business was carried on through the 18th century by the Homann Heirs, also prolific and popular..... More
Nova Anglia Septentrionali Americae implantata Anglorumique coloniis florentissima
Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19 1/8" x 22.5". Early map of New England by Johann Baptist Homann dates to circa 1716. Extends from the Delaware Bay to Quebec and the St. Lawrence River and from Philadelphia east to Nova Scotia. Includes New York, New Jersey, all of New England and parts of Pennsylvania and Canada. The map notes American Indian as well as European settlements. Abound with interesting elements, the map is a...... More
Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae et Pensylvaniae, necnon Insularum, Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali
Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist. Map. Copper engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.75" x 22.5". This striking circa 1720 map by Johann Baptist Homann extends from the Great Lakes southward to include Florida, West Indies, Central America, up to Venezuela, and from New Mexico to the eastern seaboard. Based on the 1703 Delisle map of Mexico and Florida, this map includes information from the explorations of La Salle, Bienville, Le Sueur, d'Iberville, Lederer, and other early travelers. The most..... More
Totius Regni Galliae Sive Franciae Tabula
Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19 1/8" x 22 1/2". This exquisite map depicts the entirety of France and a small portion of the southern British Isles. Published circa 1730, the map is extremely detailed with fortified cities, towns, roads, rivers, mountains, and more. To the far left is a dramatic black-and-white cartouche which includes portrait of King Louis XV and images of Neptune and Mercury. In addition, there are 12 coats of arms..... More
Fall Games --The Apple-Bee
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1859. Woodcut on paper. From the November 26, 1859 issue of Harper's Weekly. Image measures 10.75" x 15.5". A community of apple peelers, pumpkin carvers and dancers. Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was a prominent 19th century American artist and illustrator. In his early career, he found success as a commercial illustrator, producing work for Harper's Weekly, Ballou's Pictorial, and others. He later turned his attention to landscape paintings and watercolors, producing exceptional paintings, many depicting marine subjects..... More