1910. Map. Original color lithograph. 25.5 x 34 inches. In very good condition. Paper mounted on linen. Outstanding bird's-eye view of New York Harbor, one of the largest natural harbors in the world. Includes the East River Bridge, which was formally re-named the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915. The top of the Buttermilk channel is shown with wonderful detail on Governors Island including Fort Jay and Castle Williams which are considered among the best remaining examples of First System (Fort Jay)..... More

1871. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches. Detailed map of College Point in Queens County, New York. Both the Long Island Sound and Powells Cove are visible. Frederick W. Beers (flourished 1858-1929) came from a family of surveyors, cartographers and publishers originally from Newtown Connecticut. F.W. Beers continued the work of his father James Botsford Beers and was known for his county survey maps of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Connecticut and Vermont. Nice..... More

1871. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. 15 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches. Detailed map of Flushing in Queens County, New York from Flushing Creek to Ireland Creek. Frederick W. Beers (flourished 1858-1929) came from a family of surveyors, cartographers and publishers originally from Newtown Connecticut. F.W. Beers continued the work of his father James Botsford Beers and was known for his county survey maps of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Connecticut and Vermont. Nice visual record of 19th century..... More

Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, 1857. Map. Colored lithograph. Sheet measures 30.75" x 22.5". This beautiful nautical chart of the New York harbor dates to 1857 and was issued to accompany the "Report of the Harbor Commissioners". Features the boroughs of Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens and part of the Bronx. Countless depth soundings are noted throughout in feet. The map also identifies various beacons, lighthouses, and coastal features. The report was issued by harbor commissioners George W. Patterson, Preston King..... More

Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley, 1925. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Measures 11 1/4" x 16 1/8" This ward map of Manhattan shows on the recto the area between 71st St. to 77th St., from Amsterdam Ave. to Central Park West. On the verso, it depicts from 77th St. and 83rd St., from Amsterdam Ave. to Riverside Drive. This map, showing a part of the area that makes up the Central Park West Historic District, includes several prominent buildings designated as..... More

Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley, 1925. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Measures 11 1/4" x 16 1/8" This ward map of Manhattan shows on the recto the area between 65th St. to 71st St., from Amsterdam Ave. to Central Park West. On the verso, it depicts from 71st St. to 77th St., from Amsterdam Ave. to Riverside Drive. Some noteworthy sites are visible on this map, including Lincoln Square, several prominent hotels and places of worship, two armories, and the Durlands..... More

New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1887. Map. Engraving with some coloring. 6 1/2" x 14". This map of New York City from the Battery (now Battery Park) to 68th street shows the locations of Police Precinct Station Houses. They are numbered in red. The parks are colored green, and the streets are labeled. The map is included in the book "The Volcano Under the City", by William Osborn Stoddard, which tells an account of the draft riot in 1863..... More

1684. Engraving. 19.5" x 22.75". In very good condition. Important map of New York, New England, Pennsylvania and Virginia when it was claimed by the Dutch. Includes a beautiful panorama of New Amsterdam which notes the English hold over the Colony in the title. The Dutch took it back from England briefly in 1673. Philadelphia is noted and had just been founded by William Penn in 1682. Many domestic animals were added to entice colonists. A treat to see in..... More

New York: The Franklin Savings Bank, 1932. Map. Lithograph. 12.25" x 10.25", folds to 6" x 3.5". Shows some light soiling and wear along original fold lines. A map showing Manhattan from 14th Street to 60th Street between Lexington and Ninth Avenues. The New Eighth Avenue Subway is featured alongside the preexisting I.R.T. (Interborough Rapid Transit Company) and B.M.T. (Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Corporation) lines. Bus terminals and underground passages are also shown. Verso shows the New Eighth Avenue Subway, which..... More

Jersey City: Geographia Map Co., Inc., 1980. Map. Page measures 42" x 26 1/2". Jersey City: Geographia Map Co., Inc., 1980. Large map of Staten Island with original cover attached as issued. This map has amazing color with the waterways around Staten Island featured prominantly in a beautiful tuquoise. A key in the top left corner indicates: open street, proposed (not open), interstate highways, major expressways, major parkway, parkway (proposed), main roads, railroad lines, Staten Island Rapid Transit, House numbers..... More

A. T. Goodrich, 1828. Map. Uncolored lithograph. Sheet measures 24 3/4" x 16 1/4". This elegant map of New York city covers the Island of Manhattan from the Battery north as far as 86th St. with an inset in the top left featuring the northern portion of Manhattan. Part of Brooklyn is also included. The map identifies streets, parks, squares, piers, ferry lines, forts, etc. Lower Manhattan, which was more populated than the northern portions at the time, reveals far..... More

New York: John Hutchings, 1846. Map. Lithograph. 14 1/2" x 18". Fascinating map of the section in lower Manhattan from Lispenard Street and Broadway, down to Warren and Centre Streets, where the Alms House was. The focus of the map is Collect Pond, centered at the intersection of Centre and Leonard Streets. Besides the map to the left are letters to John Hutchings certifying that a steam boat was seen on Collect Pond in 1796. To the right are remarks..... More

D. T. Valentine, 1858. Map. Engraving. 12 3/4" x 21". Unusual graphic map of Brooklyn as it looked during the Revolution, engraved in 1858. The orientation of the map, with Gowanus Bay at the far left and Greenpoint at the far right, shows the East River running horizontally. This is especially useful to see the various shipyards, landings, forts, and dwellings along the west "coast" of Brooklyn as well as at the southern tip and east side of Manhattan. Text..... More