New York: Asher & Adams, 1874. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 22.5". Beautifully graphic map of the Mid-Atlantic states divided into counties. Shows towns, major routes, railroads and waterways. A few scattered chips to edges. Asher & Adams were publishers based in Washington and New York in the late 19th century. More
New York: Julius Bien & Co., 1895. Map. Color lithograph. Sheet measures 18 1/2" x 29 1/2" Three maps on a single page depicting the area around the Gauley River and the military activity around it in 1861. Blue lines for the Union and red for the Confederacy show the geographical location of the various armies. Beyond this historical information, the map is highly detailed in itself, with cities, capitals, railroads, canals, towns, villages, and forts labeled. The maps appeared..... More
Ed. by Bob Brunner. Illus., a few in color. 4to, blue cloth, cloth soiled. N.p., n.d., circa 1994. Presentation copy from Governor Gaston Caperton. More
Philadelphia: Carey, Mathew, 1813. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 5.75" x 7.5". Charming early double page map of Virginia. Shows towns, major routes, waterways and topographical details. From "Carey's American Pocket Atlas", which was originally published in 1796. Minor offsetting and scattered staining. Cropped margins. Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher, bookseller, and economist, as well as one the most important figures of early American cartography. Carey was based in Philadelphia, where he apprenticed for Benjamin Franklin before..... More
New York: J.H. Colton & Co., 1868. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13" x 16 1/4" This map of Virginia and West Virginia shows counties and seats, roads, cities, and railroads. Inset in the upper right corner depict city plans of Richmond (including Manchester and Spring Hill), and Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Gosport along the Elizabeth River. This map is in very good condition, with beautiful hand colored detail. Scattered foxing and some wear to margins, not affecting..... More
Philadelphia: Finley, Anthony, 1827. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 9" x 11 1/2" inches. A nice map of Virginia and West Virginia, hand colored to show counties. Towns, major routes and waterways are labeled. In very good condition, with one closed tear to left margin not affecting the image. Anthony Finley (c. 1790-1840) was a prominent American cartographic publisher in the early 19th century. This map was published in "A New General Atlas", which was well received..... More
folding panorama. illus. 630pp. small 8vo, original cloth; (ex-lib, spine lightly soiled, otherwise very good). (Chicago: Published by the Author). 1902. History of the separation of Virgina and the resulting statehood of West Virgnia during the Civil War. The panorama depicts Wheeling, West Virginia in 1900. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. Illus. 410pp. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (2004). Fine. More
New York: Johnson & Ward, 1866. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16.75" x 23". Beautifully detailed double page map of the Virginias, Delaware and Maryland divided into counties. Shows towns, railroads, waterways and major routes. Includes black and white insets of Fortress Monroe, the University of Virginia, General Post Office, Treasury Buildings and Patent Office. A few small tears to bottom edge. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) is one of the most prolific American publishers of the 19th..... More
Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 1999. Illus. 407pp. Square 8vo, pr. wrs. Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, (1999). Very good. More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1982. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1982. Near Fine. More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1982. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. and cloth dampstained. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1982. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1842. Map. Wax engraving (cerograph) with hand coloring. Page measures 12 3/8" x 16 1/4" This detailed map of Virginia by Sidney Morse and Samuel Breese depicts the states divided into counties and townships. The map notes towns, roads, rivers, lakes, railroads, mountains, and other topography. Map of Maryland and Delaware on verso, with an inset of District of Columbia, and an elevation view of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and the Baltimore and Ohio..... More
Ceredo: Phoenix Systems, 1989. 8vo, pr. wrs. Ceredo: Phoenix Systems, (1989). Near Fine History of Ceredo, West Virginia. More
color and b/w illus. 80pp. 4to, cloth. White Sulpher Springs, n.d., (ca. 1967). More
Chevy Chase: James Q. Reber Photo Publications, 1975. Black & white photographic illustrations throughout. 89 pages. Slim 4to, white cloth, pictorial d.w. (small tear at the rear, slightly edgeworn). Chevy Chase: James Q. Reber Photo Publications, (1975). Cloth sunned at the edges, corners slightly bumped. The very last page is scuffed and torn, otherwise internally pristine. A very good copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Charleston: Cannon Graphics, 1994. Many color photo Illus. by Arnout Hyde. Folio, 1/2 brown boards, d.w. and endpapers dampstained, d.w. sunned on spine portion. (Charleston): Cannon Graphics, 1994). More
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