Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1967. 105 photo Illus. Thin oblong 8vo, black cloth, d.w. chipped and partially repaired with tape, cloth lightly soiled, many pages slightly wavy. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1967. More
New York: Asher & Adams, 1872. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 23" x 15.75". Great double page map of Michigan divided into counties and townships. Shows cities, major routes, railroads and waterways. Centered on Lake Michigan, the map includes parts of Lake Superior and Lake Huron, extending from Isle Royale in the northwest to the St. Clair River in the southeast. Features an inset showing the northwestern portion of Michigan (Ontonagon). In excellent condition. Asher & Adams..... More
Michigan: 1893. Watercolor drawing on paper. Signed and dated. Sheet measures 8 3/4" x 7 5/8". This original watercolor drawing by Daniel C. Beard includes four drawings from life of people the artist encountered while visiting Michigan in February of 1893. Around this time, Beard worked as an illustrator for books by Mark Twain, Ernest Crosby, and others. The top half of the drawing includes two watercolor drawings, one color and one black-and-white, of "Johny Martin, Saloon Keeper & 'Hoodlum'..... More
Amsterdam: 1737. Map. Original engraving. 14.75 x 17.25 inches. Beautiful 1737 map of North America featuring giant scaled Great Lakes. Lake Huron is referred to as Karegnondi, an indigenous name meaning big lake or fresh water sea. Possible reference to Manitoulin Island (the largest fresh water island in the world) as 'Cantolon'. Many portage routes are described throughout. Indigenous villages and architecture is noted along with Jesuit settlements. The largest significant French towns that are noted are Quebec City and..... More
Washington: U.S. Geological Survey, 1896. 36 color maps, some folding. Atlas folio, cloth covered boards, spine ends slightly worn, front cover soiled. First edition. Washington: U.S. Geological Survey, 1896. In very good condition. Atlas to Accompany Monograph XXVIII on the Marquette Iron-Bearing District of Michigan by Richard Van Hise and William Shirley Bayley, with a chapter on the Republic Through by Henry Lloyd Smyth. Lithographs by Julius Bien (1826-1909), an American lithographic printer and cartographer based in New York City..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1958. Illus. 19pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1958. Very good. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, torn d.w. Daytona Beach: Dana Thomas Bowen, Publisher, 1940. Great Lakes. More
Philadelphia: William M. Bradley & Bros, 1886. Map. Lithograph. Sheet measures 19" x 24 5/8" A beautiful, clear railroad map of the Michigan showing counties, major routes, towns, and waterways. In excellent condition. William M. Bradley & Bros. was a 19th-century cartographic publisher based in Philadelphia. The firm is best known for publishing the later editions of Mitchell's "New General Atlas", where this map appeared. More
8vo, cloth; (spine ends rubbed). Univ. of Michigan Press, 1940. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Some black & white photographic illustrations. 253 pages. 8vo, burgundy cloth. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. First Edition after a Limited Edition of 250 copies. Outer page edges lightly toned. Faint ink stamp on a preliminary page. A very good(+) copy lacking the dust wrapper. More
New York: Samuel Gaston, 1857. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 7 1/4" x 12 5/8" Charming double-page miniature map of the continental United States. Shows waterways, railroads (proposed and existing), and major cities. Relief is depicted by hachure. The map appeared in Colby's "Diamond Atlas" and is in excellent condition. Charles G. Colby (1830--1866) was an American map-maker active in the mid-19th century who is known best for his miniature maps. His "The World in Miniature," otherwise..... More
New York: Summit Books, 1987. Black & white photographic illustrations. 496 pages. 8vo, blue cloth-backed gray boards, d.w. New York: Summit Books, (1987). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: J.H. Colton, 1855. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13" x 16 1/4" Beautifully detailed map of Lake Superior and northern Michigan divided into counties. Shows public land survey plats, towns, waterways, islands, topographical features, and mines. In excellent condition. The Colton family was one the most prolific and successful publishers of maps and atlases in the United States. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) founded his map publishing business upon moving to New York in 1831. For..... More
in the Michigan Territory, made between the 2d of May and 22d of September, 1819. 3 folding maps, 2 hand colored in outline. 228, lxiii, [7]pp. 8vo, original boards, uncut and unopened; (spine ends worn, edges of corners worn, very light foxing to some margins). New-York: Published for the Author, By Kirk & Mercein, 1819. With the tipped-in errata. "In 1818 Darby was one of the surveyors engaged in running the boundary between the United States and Canada, made the..... More
Barcelona: Actar, 2001. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 158 pages. Slim 4to, glossy yellow printed wrappers. Barcelona: Actar, 2001. First edition. Very slight ripple at bottom of first several pages, otherwise a near fine copy of a rather scarce book. This book was conceived as a collection of essays, images, and projects, each offering a purchase from the urban milieu of Detroit during the decade of the 1990s. What began as a strictly architectural inquiry into the material remnants..... More
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Detroit: David Preston & Co., 1868. Lithograph. 10.5" x 8". Some wear toning along original fold lines. "D. Preston Dec. 8th, 1868" is written in ink on verso. In very good condition. A broadside dated December 8th 1868 advertising prices for buying and selling Bonds (U.S., state, county, Union School District, and city), Revenue Stamps, Michigan 7's ("War Loan"), Gold, Silver, Canadian Currency, Land Warrants with War of 1812 exemptions. Also shown here are Sight Exchange prices, premiums for Broken..... More
Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14 3/4" x 11 3/4" Lovely map of Michigan divided into counties. Shows major cities, major routes, waterways and railroads. Includes inset showing the western part of upper Michigan. A table in the upper right corner indicates steam boat routes from Detroit to Fort Gratiot, and from Detroit to Fort Howard. This map was published in the 1857 edition of the "New Universal Atlas". In excellent condition. Plate..... More
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1889. Woodcut engraving with professional hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 22" This lovely double page illustration issued in the October 5, 1889 edition of Harper's Weekly, depicts various scenes from the Great Lakes. The illustration features several views of Mackinac Island, as well as the Bruce Copper mines, Owen Sound, Killarney, and the rapids at Sault Ste Marie. Drawn by Harry Fenn. In very good condition. Harper's Weekly was a New York-based illustrated political magazine..... More
illus. 8vo, cloth. Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill, (1945). vg Signed by the author. American Lakes Series. More
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1966. Illus. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. dampstained and chipped, d.w. and cloth lightly soiled. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, (1966). More
many illus. 437pp. 4to, cloth. N.Y.: Coward-McCann, (1960). American Vista Series: The Midwest. vg. More
New York: Johnson & Ward, 1864. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 17.75" x 24". Beautifully detailed double page map of Wisconsin and Michigan divided into counties and townships. Shows cities, major routes, railroads and waterways. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) is one of the most prolific American publishers of the 19th century. He opened his own company in 1856 that produced atlases, maps and encyclopedias. The company made great maps based on those by J.H. Colton and Johnson..... More
New York: Jonhson and Ward, 1865. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 17" x 23". Beautiful map of Wisconsin and Michigan divided into counties and townships. Shows in great detail towns, railroads and waterways. In very good condition, with archival tape reinforcements along bottom margin. Minor scattered spotting. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) is one of the most prolific American publishers of the 19th century. He opened his own company in 1856 that produced atlases, maps and encyclopedias. The..... More
illus. 8vo, cloth. Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill, (1944). vg American Lakes Series. More
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