Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu. Map. Copper plate engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 15" x 19.5". This incredible map by Willem and Johannes Blaeu dates to circa 1640. Featuring the famous French wine making region of Champagne, the map labels numerous villages, towns, rivers, and important cities including Chalons, Reims, Vitry-le-Francois and Sainte Menehould. Mountains and forests are beautifully rendered in profile. Decorative title and scale cartouches in the bottom corners feature cherubs. The title cartouche also includes a coat..... More

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu. Map. Engraving with original hand color. Image measures 15 x 19.5". This wonderful map from circa 1635 covers the Dordogne River valley region in southwest France. It extends south from the Dordogne River and labels several important towns including Sarlat, Bergerac, Molieres, Domme, Ville Franche, Monbazillac, Montignac, etc. Based on the work of Jean Tarde, a mathematician and astronomer, and the Canon of Sarlat, the map beautifully renders mountains and cities in profile and notes towns, villages..... More

Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu. Map. Engraving with original hand color. Image measures 15 x 19.5". This fine antique map by Willem Blaeu depicts the Duchy of Aiguillon, now a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne department of southwest France. The map identifies important towns, fortifications, rivers, vineyards and villages throughout with beautifully rendered mountains and forests.The Garonne river is prominently featured and it's tributary the Lot river. The Lot-et-Garonne region of France is known for its Buzet wines. The map includes three cartouches..... More

1993. Original oversize Doubleday Books Marketing postcard, 5.25 x 8.5 inches, distributed to promote the 41st anniversary of the release of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles." To commemorate the event, Doubleday released a collector's edition volume featuring a new foreword by Bradbury and an additional story, "The Fire Balloons," which was removed from the original book. The front features a fantasy illustration depicting Martians on an alien landscape, in a style reminiscent of Frank Frazetta, signed: "Good Wishes to Howard..... More

Philadelphia: James Carey, 1796. 3 engraved illustrations. 132 pages. Small slim 8vo, period leather-backed marbled boards; corners worn; typical browning to text and staining at top margin, archival repair to 2 horizontal tears; 18th century ownership signature on endpaper. Philadelphia James Carey, 1796. Fourth American edition of the second cookbook printed in America. Included are recipes for making domestic wines, various bills of fare, and a proper arrangement of dinners, two courses, for every month of the year. Evans 30168;..... More

New York: Abrams, 1978. Translated from French by Olivier Bernier. Fully illustrated in color and b/w. 296 pages. Thick 4to, white pictorial cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1978). First Edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. More

A collection of essays and illustrations on wine and vineyards, executed by a variety of renowned authors and artists. Title in red & black; decorative initials throughout; XXX plates. 201, [3]pp in loose signatures as issued, within a pictorial wrappers and housed in a two-piece slipcase. Paris: Bernard Klein, (1953). Limited edition - from a total of 850 copies, this is number 227 of 500 copies on Arches paper, reserves aux bibliophiles Francais. A few small faint stains throughout, still..... More

Philadelphia: Everts, Ensign, & Everts, 1876. Atlas. Buckram blue library binding. Tall folio. Hand coloring. 111 pages. Some residue on library binding. Some small chips and tears, none affecting image. Minor foxing throughout, small tape repair on page 51, very good condition. Wonderful atlas of Yates County, NY from the second half of the 19th century. Includes maps, lithographic views, portraits, and personal sketches regarding each of the ten townships within the county, which is located between Seneca Lake and..... More

illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Universe Books, (1979). vg. More

New York: Vanguard, 1963. Introduction by Andre Simon. Illustrated. 414 pages. Tall 8vo, red cloth-backed boards; spine a bit faded. New York: The Vanguard Press, (1963). First edition. A very good copy. Presentation copy, with long inscription, signed by the author. More

Norwalk: Easton, 2003. Well-illustrated throughout. 320 pages. 4to, full brown leather with gilt-decorated cover, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (2003). A fine copy, as new in the original shrinkwrap. More

Paris: A. Combette, 1852. Map. Engraving with hand outline color. Sheet measures 14" x 20". This ornamental 1852 map of the Department of Seine (Paris and its Suburbs) was published by Victor Levasseur. In 1830, the government of Louis-Philippe initiated the costly project of converting its capital into a fortified city. By 1844 Paris was encircled by a continuous wall approximately twenty-four miles long with seventeen detached forts spaced along the defended perimeter. The wall is highlighted with original green..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Illustrated with maps and charts. 337 pages plus an extensive index, 8vo, gilt-stamped beige cloth, dust wrapper (worn). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Fifth edition, revised. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Inscribed on flyleaf: "For Paul, The master of encouragement with warm best wishes / Alexis Nov 1969 NYC." Very good. More