New York: Currier & Ives, 1893. Original lithograph with modern hand-coloring. 19.25 x 25.75" unframed. Color lithograph rendering the head-to-head 1893 America's Cup race between the Vigilant and the Valkyrie with supporting boats following closely behind. Currier & Ives called themselves the "Printmakers to the People" and they produced thousands of images that chronicled the growth of the United States. Founded in 1834, Currier & Ives produced high quality lithographs until the business closed in 1907. The piece has been expertly restored. More

New York: George Ackerman, 1856. Color Lithograph. Image measures 7" x 7.5". This lovely 1856 map of the Lew Chew or Loochoo or the Ryukyu Islands of Japan located between Japan and Taiwan or Formosa. Okinawa Island, the largest of the island chain is labeled here as Great Lew Chew Island. Extends from Kuchinoshima to Yonaguni of the Miyakojima group of islands. The map notes topography and identifies islands, points, bays, and other topographic features. This map appeared in Francis... More

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Illustrated in black and white. 583 pages, small 4to, grey cloth backed boards, dust wrapper. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2005). A fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. 249pp. 8vo, tan cloth, edgeworn d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. Cloth edges a bit toned, still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987. Illustrated throughout, in color and black & white. Slim 4to, green boards, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1987). First American edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More

New York: John Hardy, 1871. Color lithograph. 17.5" x 39.5". Expertly repaired on verso. One small chip at bottom edge. In very good condition. Large map of Manhattan showing Ward Boundaries, Assembly Districts, ad Election Districts. Four insets show Manhattan divided into Wards and Senate Districts, Wards and Congressional Districts, Wards and School Districts, and Wards and Justice Districts. The map appeared in the 1870 edition of The Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York by John... More

London: R.H. Evans, 1810. Title page vignette. xxviii, 352pp. Short 8vo, handsomely bound in 19th century tan polished calf (a bit rubbed); marbled page edges. London: Printed for R.H. Evans, 1810. A New Edition with Additions and Corrections, and a Supplement by R. H. Evans. A work first published in 1772, by the Scottish physician and author, the brother of Anna Letitia Barbauld. "Aikin is better known as a man of letters than as a physician. His elegant scholarship gave... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. Frontispiece portrait. 8 volumes, slim 8vo, 3/4 red morocco, ornately gilt spines, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Press, (1897). Very good (+). Small inscription on front fly-leaf. More

Rome: Abete, 1981. Presented by Dominco Petochi. Extensively illustrated, most in color. 250pp., 4o, green cloth, lightly rubbed d.w. Roma: Abete, (1981). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. With the brief English softcover enclosure. More

12mo. 8vo, cloth (a bit soiled). Boston, 1883. More

London: Ben. Brooks, 1839. View (set of four). Aquatint with original hand coloring. Each page measures 14" x 16". Beautiful set of four aquatints depicting the first steeple-chase race on record. Plate I is titled "Ipswich, the Watering-place behind the Barracks", Plate II "The large field near Biles's Corner", Plate III "The last field near Nacton Heath" and Plate IV "Nacton Church and Village". Unusual for depicting night scenes, these four plates were published in "A Monthly Chronicle of The... More

Madrid: Miguel Guijarro, 1877. 593 pages with text in Spanish. 8vo, leather backed marbled boards; edges worn; original colored pictorial wrappers bound-in. Madrid: Miguel Guijarro, 1877. Fourth Spanish edition, translated from the French, and augmented to include La Cocina Espanola. More

American Antiquarian Society, 1836. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 15" x 16.25". Page measures 16.75" x 17". This beautiful map shows the locations of Native American tribes throughout the United States in Canada. Areas are color-coded by tribe and include Eskimo, Athapascas, Algonquin-Lenape, Iroquois, Cherokees, Creek, Choctaw, Sioux, Black Feet, and Pawnee. However, this harmonious appearance obscures a much more troubled history. Distinguishing between 1600 in the east and 1800 in the west, the map speaks to... More