Antique maps of Rare Books

[ World Atlas ] Geography Anatomized: or, A Compleat Geographical Grammer. Being a Short and Exact Analysis of the whole Body of Modern Geography... To which is subjoin'd the present State of the European Plantations in the East and West Indies, with a Reasonable Proposal for the Propagation of the Blessed Gospel in all Pagan Countries.

Robert Morden / Patrick Gordon

Place/Date:

London / 1693

Size:

4 x 6 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

85550

Introduction à la geographie Avec une Description Historique Sur touttes les parties de la terres... Seconde Edition.

Nicolas de Fer

Place/Date:

Paris / 1717

Size:

5 x 7.5 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

90474

Plan for New York City

New York City Planning Commission

Place/Date:

Cambridge, MA, and London / 1969

Size:

17 x 17 inches each book

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

92009

The San Francisco Directory for the year commencing September, 1861; Embracing a General Directory of Residents, a Business Directory, a Directory of Streets, Public Offices, Etc.

Henry G. Langley

Place/Date:

San Francisco / 1861

Size:

6 x 9 inches

Condition:

See Description

Stock#:

94034

Phoenix City and Salt River Valley Directory 1923. Containing an Alphabetical List of Business Firms and Private Citizens of Phoenix, Chanlder, Gilbert, Glendale, Mesa and Tempe. And a Complete Street and Householders' Guide of Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe.

Arizona Directory Company

Place/Date:

Los Angeles / 1923

Size:

6.5 x 9.5 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

96061

[ San Diego County / Julian Mining District ] Sixth Annual Report of the State Mineralogist. Part I for the year ending June 1st 1886.

Henry G. Hanks

Place/Date:

Sacramento / 1886

Size:

6 x 9 inches (binding)

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

101709

37-California, Other California Cities and Rare Books Map By Santa Ana Valley Immigration Associat

The Santa Ana Valley of Southern California. Its Resources, Climate, Growth and Future.

Santa Ana Valley Immigration Association

Place/Date:

Los Angeles / 1885

Size:

6 x 9.5 inches (book size)

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

93339

[ Rare Group of American Maps Published in Prague ] Neueste Länder und Völkerkunde. Ein geographisches Lesebuch für alle Stände . . . Funfzenter Band America Mit Charten . . . 1818

Theophil Ehrmann

Place/Date:

Prague / 1818

Size:

4.75 x 8.5 inches (binding)

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

102973

(Central Europe and Hungary) Ungria Restaurada compendiosa noticia, de dos tiempos: del Passado. Baxo el Jugo de la Tirania Othomana, del Presente, Baxo el Dominio Catholico de Leopoldo II de Austria. [Hungary Restored, Extensive Notices about].

Simpliciano Bizozeri

Place/Date:

Barcelona / 1688

Size:

5.5 x 7.75 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

68278

(California Gold Rush) Oregon and California in 1848 in Two Volumes [with:] Map of California, Oregon, Texas, and the Territories adjoining with Routes &c.

J. Quinn Thornton

Place/Date:

New York / 1849

Size:

5.25 x 8 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

82901

(Texas) Tejas y los Estados-Unidos de América, en sus relaciones con la Republica Mexicana.

José María Tornel y Mendívil

Place/Date:

Mexico / 1837

Size:

5.5 x 8.5 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

85784

The Gold-Seeker's Manual; Being a Practical and Instructive Guide to All Persons Emigrating to the Newly-Discovered Gold Regions of California

David T. Ansted

Place/Date:

New York / 1849

Size:

5 x 7.5 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

91431

California Water and Mining Co. [with:] Map of El Dorado County, Cal. Showing the Georgetown Divide and Portions of the Placerville and Forrest Hill Divide with the Ditches, Mines and Other Properties of the California Water Co. Situated Between The South Fork of Middle Fork and the South Fork of the American River 1880

California Water and Mining Co.

Place/Date:

New York / 1880

Size:

16.5 x 12.2 inches (map)

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

91927

(Alaska - Russian America) Ethnographische Skizzen Über Die Völker Des Russischen Amerika . . . / Karte des Russischen Amerika Nach den neuesten Quellen gezeichnet von H.J. Holmberg 1854

Henrik Johann Holmberg

Place/Date:

Helsingfors / 1855

Size:

26.5 x 17.5 inches (map)

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

93988

[ Hand Drawn by Hastings Crossley ] Atlas of Modern Geography (Inscribed to Miss Frances Irwin From Hastings Crossley)

Hastings Crossley

Place/Date:

Bonn / 1858

Size:

5.5 x 7.75 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

101470

(California-Mexico Border Survey) Datos de los trabajos astronómicos y topográficos. [bound with:] Variedades de la civilizacion, nueva epoca (Tomo I)

José Salazar Ylarregui

Place/Date:

Mexico City / 1852

Size:

5.75 x 8.75 inches Book Size

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

70777

Atlas -- Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During The Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. By Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., Commander of the Expedition, Member of the American Philosophical Society, etc.

Charles Wilkes

Place/Date:

Philadelphia / 1845

Size:

34 x 24 inches (maps)

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

68885

83-Southwest, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Rocky Mountains, Oregon, Washington, California and Rare Boo

Map of Oregon and Upper California from the surveys of John Charles Fremont and others authorities drawn by Charles Preuss 1848 (with text report)

John Charles Fremont / Charles Preuss

Place/Date:

Baltimore / 1848

Size:

26 x 33 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

69363

Cosmography in Four Books Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles, Thereof.

Peter Heylyn

Place/Date:

London / 1670

Size:

9 x 13.75 inches (binding)

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

76890

The Approach Towards a System of Imperial Air Communications -- Memorandum by the Secretary of State of Air, laid before the Imperial Conference, 1926, together with the Report of the Imperial Air Communications Special Sub-Committee.

Air Ministry

Place/Date:

London / 1926

Size:

8.25 x 13 inches (binding)

Condition:

See Description

Stock#:

93886

(Cold War) State of Nevada Operational Survival Plan Project [with:] Alert Today Alive Tomorrow (budget plan for Nevada Civil Defense Act) [and with:] What You Should Know About the National Plan for Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

A. E. Holgate

Place/Date:

[Carson City, Nevada] / 1958

Size:

8.5 x 11 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

97464

(California Republic) A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B. Ide: with a minute and interesting account of one of the largest emigrating companies, (3000 miles over land), from the East to the Pacific Coast. And What is Claimed as the Most Authentic and Reliable Account of "The Virtual Conquest of California, in June, 1846, by the Bear Flag Party," as Given by its Leader, the Late Hon. William Brown Ide.

Simeon Ide

Place/Date:

[Claremont, N.H.] / 1880

Size:

4.5 x 6.5 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

100509

(Mercator-Hondius Asia) A Leaf from the Mercator-Hondius World Atlas Edition of 1619 with an Essay by Norman J. W. Thrower [with map:] Asia ex magna orbis terre description Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta studio et industria G.M. Iunioris.

Norman J. W. Thrower / Gerard Mercator / Jodocus Hondius

Place/Date:

Fullerton, California / 1619 (1985)

Size:

13 x 19 inches

Condition:

Fine

Stock#:

101528

(Los Angeles) History of Los Angeles County, California, With Illustrations Descriptive of the Scenery, Residences, Fine Blocks and Manufactories, From Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability.

John Albert Wilson / Thompson & West

Place/Date:

Oakland / 1880

Size:

15 x 11.25 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

101618

[ British Colonies in North America & Caribbean ] L'Amerique Angloise, ou Description des Isles et Terres du Roi d'Angleterre dans l'Amerique, Avec de nouvelles Carte de chaque Isle & Terres

Richard Blome / Abraham Wolfgang

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1688

Size:

3.5 x 5.5 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

102812

(Salt Lake City Bird's Eye View) The "Mormon" Metropolis. An Illustrated Guide to Salt Lake City and its Environs. Containing Illustrations and Descriptions of Principal Places of Interest to Tourists. Also Interesting Information and Historical Data with Regard to Utah and its People.

George Reynolds / Joseph Hyrum Parry / Bond & Chandler

Place/Date:

Salt Lake City / 1887

Size:

15.8 x 8.25 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

88573

[ California Petroleum ] A Description of the Recently Discovered Petroleum Region in California. With a Report on the Same [with:] Map Representing Locality of The Ojai Ranch in Santa Barbara County, California, belonging to the California Petroleum Company 1865

Benjamin Silliman, Jr.

Place/Date:

New York / 1865

Size:

23 x 15 inches (map size)

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

103844

(Presentation Copy to the Author's Daughter) Travels in Mexico and California: comprising a Journal of a Tour from Brazos, Santiago, Through Central Mexico, by way of Monterey, Chihuahua, the Country of the Apaches, and the River Gila, to the Mining Districts of California.

Asa Bement Clarke

Place/Date:

Boston / 1852

Size:

4.5 x 7 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

69367

(Map Seller's Canvassing Book) Subscribers to the Map of Greene County by Simon J. Martenet, Surveyor & Civ. Eng., Baltimore, Md, 1858 [Manuscript subscription book for Martenet map of Greene Co., Pennsylvania]

Simon J. Martenet

Place/Date:

v.p. (Maryland and Pennsylvania) / 1858 - 1864

Size:

4.75 x 7 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

77428

Hancock Automobile and Motorcycle Road Book

Hancock Bros.

Place/Date:

San Francisco / 1910

Size:

12.75 x 15.5 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

81701

(American Revolution - Virginia Privateering) Manuscript Document Concerning the American Privateer Grand Turk, Captured Near Scotland's Fair Isle by Michael Griff [The Capt. of the Privateer Michael Griff declares as follows ...]

Anonymous

Place/Date:

[Scotland] / 1783

Size:

8 x 12.5 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

82328

(Texas - Comanche and Apache Incursions) La Restauracion. Periodico del Gobierno de Chihuahua. Martes 4 de Noviembre de 1845. Tom. 1. Num. 17. [Government of Chihuahua publication reporting on Governor Angel Trias's response to incursions in northern Mexico by "Indios Barbaros" from Texas]

Angel Trias

Place/Date:

Chihuahua, Mexico / 1845

Size:

8.5 x 12.5 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

93112

(Yale College - Freshman Class 1782) Catalogus Recentium in Collegio-Yalensi, M,DCC,LXXXII.

Anonymous

Place/Date:

New Haven / 1782

Size:

8.5 x 14 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

94660

(Dallas, Texas) Directory of the City of Dallas... Carefully Arranged and Prepared... For the Year 1875... This Work Contains a Brief Sketch of the City of Dallas, Together with Biographical Notes of its Founders and its Leading Business Men...

F. E. Butterfield / C. M. Rundlett / St. Louis Democrat Litho

Place/Date:

[St. Louis, Mo.] / 1874

Size:

6 x 9 inches

Condition:

See Description

Stock#:

100912

Mission Scientifique au Mexique et Dans L'Amerique Centrale . . . Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans L'Amerique Centrale... Geologie. Description des Anciennes Possessions Mexicaines du Nord.. . . M DCCC LXXI

Edmond Guillemin-Tarayre

Place/Date:

Paris / 1871

Size:

11 x 14 inches Various sheet sizes

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

71366

[ Hungarian Traveler In the California and the West with a Comanche and Wichita to Hungarian vocabulary ] Levelei Éjszakamerikából -- Tizenkét eredeti rajzok után készült kő- és egynéhány fametszettel. Közli Prépost István (Letters from North America)

János Xántus

Place/Date:

Budapest / 1858

Size:

5.5 x 8.1 inches (binding)

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

98502

(Rome) Grandezze Della Citta di Roma Antiche & Moderne Come al Presente si Ritrova Di nuovo Ristampato in Quattro Linguaggi, Latino, Volgare, Francese, Tedesco ad Istanza di Iacomo Marucci, Libraro [The magnificence of the ancient and modern city of Rome, as it is presently found, reprinted in four languages: Latin, vernacular, French, and German, at the request of Jacomo Marucci, bookseller.]

Giulio Mari / Giacomo Mascardi / Giacomo Marcucci

Place/Date:

Rome / 1628

Size:

4.25 x 6.5 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

93357

Geography Anatomized: or, A Compleat Geographical Grammer. Being a Short and Exact Analysis of the whole Body of Modern Geography... To which is subjoin'd the present State of the European Plantations in the East and West Indies, with a Reasonable Proposal for the Propagation of the Blessed Gospel in all Pagan Countries.

Robert Morden / Patrick Gordon

Place/Date:

London / 1693

Size:

4 x 6 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

69209

(Father Kino's Map) Der Neue Welt-Bott Mit allerhand Nachrichten deren Missionariorum Soc. Jesu. | Allerhand So Lehr-als Geist-reiche Brief / Schrifften und Reis-Beschreibungen, Welche von denen Missionariis der Gesellschaft Jesu Aus Beyden Indien . . .

Joseph Stocklein / Fr. Eusebio Kino

Place/Date:

Augsberg and Gratz / 1728

Size:

7.75 x 12.5 inches Book Size

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

85607

Gold Fields of Australia. Notes on the Distribution of Gold Throughout the World Including Australia, California, And Russia, With Five Maps . . . .

James Wyld

Place/Date:

London / 1852 circa

Size:

5.25 x 8.25 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

89711

(World map signed by Ortelius!) Pomponius Mela | De situ orbis Libri Tres

Abraham Ortelius & Christophe Plantin

Place/Date:

Antwerp / 1582

Size:

5.5 x 8.25 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

89846

Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-Land to China: Thro' Great Ustiga, Siriania, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking.

Evert Ysbrants Ides

Place/Date:

London / 1706

Size:

8 x 9.5 inches (book)

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

92348

(Texas Itineraries for the Mexican Northern Army) Coleccion de Itinerarios Para Diferentes Puntos de la Republica Mexicana, Formados Por la Seccion de Geografia y Estadistica de la Plana Mayor del Ejercito, Mandada Imprimir por Orden del Supremo Gobierno de 14 de Marzo de 1844 [including:] Itinerario Razonado de la Ciudad de S. Luis Potosí al Rio Sabina por el Saltillo

Anonymous

Place/Date:

Mexico / 1844

Size:

8.5 x 12 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

94663

[ Gifted To Cecil B. De Mille by Elmer Bernstein ] (Mortier Bible) Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament Enrichie de plus de quatre cens Figures En Taille-Douce, &c. [2 vols in 1]

Pierre Mortier

Place/Date:

Amsterdam / 1700 circa

Size:

10.5 x 17 inches (binding)

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

96625

(Texas Maps & Alamo View) Memoir Descriptive of the March of a Division of the United States Army, Under the Command of Brigadier General John E. Wool from San Antonio De Bexar, in Texas to Saltillo, in Mexico [caption title:] Report ... Communicating a Map Showing the Operations of the Army of the United States in Texas and the Adjacent Mexican States on the Rio Grande [with:] Map Showing the Line of March of the Centre Division, Army of Mexico, under the Command of Brigr. Genl. John E. Wool, from San Antonio de Bexar, Texas to Saltillo, Mexico [and:] Map Showing the Route of the Arkansas Regiment from Shreveport, La. to San Antonio de Bexar Texas

G.W. Hughes

Place/Date:

Washington, D.C. / 1850

Size:

5.5 x 9 inches

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

100805

[ Texas-Mexico Border Treaty ] Que á efecto de facilitar el cumplimienio [i.e. cumplimiento] del art. 3. del Tratado de limites entre estos Estados y los Unidos del Norte América ... Habiéndose concluido y firmado en la Ciudad de México á los 12 dias del mes de Enero de 1828, un tratado entre los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos y los Estados-Unidos de América [A Treaty having been concluded and signed in the City of Mexico on the 12 day of January 1828 between the United States of America and the Mexican United States for the purpose of establishing the true dividing line and boundary between the two nations]

José Maria Ortiz Monasterio

Place/Date:

Mexico / 1836

Size:

8.5 x 12 inches

Condition:

VG+

Stock#:

100806

De La Democracia en la América del Norte, Lecointe, Paris 1837 [with map:] Mapa para la obra intitulada Democracia en America

Alexis De Tocqueville

Place/Date:

Paris / 1837

Size:

13.25 x 14.5 inches Map

Condition:

VG

Stock#:

101984

A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World With a special Map of each of the United States, plans of Cities, & c. Comprehended in seventy sheets, and forming a series of One Hundred and Seventeen Maps Plans and Sections

Samuel Augustus Mitchell / Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Place/Date:

Philadelphia / 1850

Size:

13.75 x 17.25 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

69309

(Hyginus's Astronomy) De mundi et sphaerae ac utriusque partium declaratione cum planetis et varijs signis historiatis [Clarissimi Hyginii Astronomi]

Caius Julius Hyginus

Place/Date:

Venice / 1517

Size:

6 x 8.5 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

89256

Carte generalle de la Geograrhie [sic] Royalle. Par le Sr. Tasin geographe du roy [bound with:] Cartes generalles de toutes les Provinces de France et d'Espaigne . . .

Nicolas Berey

Place/Date:

Paris / 1655

Size:

8.75 x 6.75 inches

Condition:

Good

Stock#:

90475

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