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[Engraving, hand-colored] A Chief and other Natives of O-Taheitee visiting Capt. Cook in his Second Voyage to the Southern Hemisphere

By: N/A

Price: $265.00

Publisher: 1782

Seller ID: 009784

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Engraving, hand-colored (later). Engraved by C. [Charles] Grignion after S. [Samuel] Wale. 29x19 cm (11½x7½"), matted and framed under glass. Published in Millar's New Complete Universal System of Geography.

Depiction: Native men and women meet with James Cook aboard the Resolution (or Adventure), with the Union Jack fluttering above in 1773 or 1774.

Historical context: Cook visited Tahiti in 1773 and 1774 during his second voyage. It is not certain which of the two visits is depicted in this engraving.

The artist Samuel Wale an English historical painter and book illustrator w...
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Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Hispaniola, or St. Domingo.

By: N/A

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Carey & Lea.: 0c1822

Seller ID: 010803

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Philadelphia: Published by Carey & Lea. c.1822. 16 1/2 x 20 1/2" (420 x 518 mm) including text, plus margins. Hand-colored.

A fine map from Carey and Lea's "A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas." . The text describes the boundaries, climate, rivers, chief towns, civil divisions and population. The map was drawn by F. Lucas Jr. and engraved by Young & Delleker. A nice, bright impression with typical age toning.

The best atlas of nineteenth-century America.

With the French part of the island, to the west, shown in pink and the Spanish par...
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Island of Maui U-Drive & Tour Map

By: N/A

Price: $14.95

Publisher: [Unknown]: 1960s

Seller ID: 010860

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Stamped as issued by National Car Rentals of Kahului Airport. C 1960's. Good condition with tanned edges and a few stray markings. The map is printed in green and red. 16.87 by 14 inches when unfolded. 8 panels. on Reverse half Adverts and numbered tourist spots which are marked on the map.
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Trip to Oregon 1936 Scrapbook page. United Airlines Three Postcards 1936

By: N/A

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Unknown: 1936

Seller ID: 011616

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Trip to Oregon 1936 Scrapbook page. United Airlines Three Postcards 1936. Mounted on a "scrap book page" with caption: "Plane We Flew to Oregon July 14, 1936". Card measures 9 by 12 inches.
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Hamburg Twenty Colored Photographs of the Late 19th Century City.

By: N/A

Price: $29.95

Seller ID: 011979

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Photos are 18 by 13 cm with a 2.5 cm border and each has a caption. Moderate age toning to the paper, wraps are handled with detached front reattached. Spine frayed and a small loss front lower corner.

Publishing information on lower rear of wraps but is faded and could not be read.
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Baja California [Automobile Club of California]

By: Automobile Club of California

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Los Angeles:, Automobile Club of California; Travel Publications Department: 1985

Seller ID: 010503

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

A lavishly illustrated guide to points of interest, tourist facilities and recreational opportunities along major highways and side roads in Baja California.

Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. 8.25 inches tall; 132 pages with index. Vintage b/w photographs and maps. 4 copies located in universities [OCLC 13394339]

Other features of this tour book: highway signs, useful Spanish words and phrases, lots of travel hints tucked away in sidebars, highway distances and average temperatures.
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The Mother Lode [California Gold Rush Sites Guide Book]

By: Automobile Club of California

Price: $21.95

Publisher: Los Angles, Automobile Club of California: 1985

Seller ID: 010504

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The guidebook focuses on the 267-mile stretch of SR 49 between Mariposa and Sierraville with additional descriptions of the most rewarding side-trips.

Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. 8.25 inches tall; 74 pages with brief biographies of several notable persons from the era. Vintage b/w photographs and maps.
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Image for Chisholm's All Round Route and Panoramic Guide of the St. Lawrence: the Hudson River; Saratoga; Trenton Falls; Niagara; Toronto; Thousand Island, and the River St. Lawrence; Ottawa; Montreal; Quebec; the lower St. Lawrence and the Saguenay Rivers; the White Mountains; Portland; Boston; New York.

Chisholm's All Round Route and Panoramic Guide of the St. Lawrence: the Hudson River; Saratoga; Trenton Falls; Niagara; Toronto; Thousand Island, and the River St. Lawrence; Ottawa; Montreal; Quebec; the lower St. Lawrence and the Saguenay Rivers; the White Mountains; Portland; Boston; New York.

By: Barham, Richard Harris

Price: $775.00

Publisher: Montreal, C.R. Chisholm & Bros.: 1874

Seller ID: 011901

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A railroad expedition guide for the rising middle class of vacationers from 1874 when steamboats and railroads were making vacation and travel an option. -

The frontispiece is a folding panorama by Alfred E. Waud. It is a full 11.5 feet long with 40 engraved panels displaying both sides of the river from Quebec to Cape Vincent, there is an additional section showing the Niagara River and Falls.

Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Cloth has sun-faded on the spine and front. Three-inch break in cloth at the top front j...
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Image for Mauretanien Gaetulien, Melanogaetulien Garamantien und Nigritien. [1756 German Map of North Africa from Strait of Gibraltar to Niger River]

Mauretanien Gaetulien, Melanogaetulien Garamantien und Nigritien. [1756 German Map of North Africa from Strait of Gibraltar to Niger River]

By: Baumgarten, Siegmund Jacob

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Germany:, Halle, Joham, Gebauer: 1756

Seller ID: 005294

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

The map originally found in a German Text c1756. From a history by Siegmund Jacob Baumgarten, Samlung von Erleuterungsschriften und Zusätzen zur algemeinen Welthistorie published by Halle, Joham, Gebauer,

The Heading: Mauretanien Gaetulien, Melanogaetulien Garamantien und Nigritien.

Showing the Mediterranean coast of what is now Algeria and Tunisia, to the Niger River and the Atlantic coast. Folding map laid flat on foam board. Some toning, wrinkling left side bottom 3 inches from edge. Measuring aprox. 14.5 inches by 9.75 inches. ---- Probably concerning the conflicts in M...
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Karte von dem Eigentlichen Africa und von Numidien [1756 German Map of North Africa from Tunisia to Sicily.]

By: Baumgarten, Siegmund Jacob.

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Germany, Halle, Joham, Gebauer: 1756

Seller ID: 005595

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Good

[The map originally found in a German Text c1756.] Laid-out folded map. From a history by Siegmund Jacob Baumgarten, Samlung von Erleuterungsschriften und Zusätzen zur algemeinen Welthistorie published by Halle, Joham, Gebauer, and probably was to illustrate some part of Hannibal's campaign. Folding map laid flat on foam board. Some toning. Measuring aprox. 14.75 inches by 9.75 inches. Folds nearly invisible.
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Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique de Cuba (caption title)

By: Buchon, Jean Alexandre

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Paris, Unknown: 1825

Seller ID: 010807

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Engraved map. 38 by 49 cm (15 by 19.25 inches) plus text at sides and bottom, on sheet 52 by 67.5 cm (20.5 by 26.5 inches). Well-engraved Hand-colored map of Cuba. French text borders on three sides, describing the religious, commercial, historical and other aspects of life on Cuba.

The map appeared in Buchon's edition of Carey & Lea's Atlas, which was highly prized not only for its cartographic information but for the marvelous information about each of the states and territories included.

The atlas was issued in 6 editions in English, French & German, between 1822 and 1...
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Handbook and Index to Accompany a Map of Antarctica

By: E. P. Bayliss and J. S. Cumpston

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Canberra, Australia, L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer: 1939

Seller ID: 011722

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine has loss of material. 8vo; 9.75 inches tall; 89 pages. Canberra, Australia: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, 1939. Produced by the Department of Interior. Includes a color map of Graham Land
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French City of Douai, with Fortifications and Military movements [18th Century European Map]

By: Engraved by I. Basire

Price: $45.00

Publisher: London, Nicholas Tindal: c174518

Seller ID: 005823

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

From "The Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England: From the Revolution to the Present Times" by Nicholas Tindal (a translation of Rapin-Thoyras's "Histoire d'Angleterre"), an atlas presenting a history of the military engagements and campaigns of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), as well as a series of maps of Europe.

Published London. c1745.

The map offers a plan of the French city of Douai, with fortifications and military movements shown in detail.

An ornate cartouche appears in the upper left bearing the statement "Doway, a strong City in the Earldo...
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Esso War Map III Featuring the Pacific Theater

By: Esso Marketeers

Price: $21.95

Publisher: USA, General Drafting Company: 1943

Seller ID: 009010

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Unfolded color map of the Pacific Theater measures 33 by 22 in. folded, the map measures 5.5 x 7.5 in. Includes several smaller inset maps of cities and small islands. Relief is shown by shading and spot heights. Chart of variants in Chinese place names.

Very Carefully handled - no flaws to note. 24 colored. maps on 1 sheet: printed on both sides.
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Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of The West Indies

By: Fielding Lucas, Jr.

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Published by Carey & Lea: 1822

Seller ID: 010804

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

A map from Carey and Lea's A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas. One of the most detailed maps of the Bahama Islands to appear in a Commercial Atlas. Lengthy narrative text below includes details about the islands, climates, towns, soils, government and history of each.

Carey & Lea's Atlas is highly prized not only for its cartographic information but the marvelous information about each of the states and territories which is included. The atlas was issued in 6 editions in English, French & German between 1822 and 1827. Considered the best atlas of nine...
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Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Cuba and The Bahama Islands

By: Fielding Lucas, Jr.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Published by Carey & Lea: 1822

Seller ID: 010805

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

A map from Carey and Lea's A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas. One of the most detailed maps of the Bahama Islands to appear in a Commercial Atlas. The lengthy narrative text below includes details about the islands, climates, towns, soils, government and history of each. Considered the best atlas of nineteenth-century America.

Poster for Florida Indian Hobbiest Assoc POW-WOW 1977 Paste-on Art

By: Florida Indian Hobbiest Assoc.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Florida, Florida Indian Hobbiest Assoc.: 1977

Seller ID: 011474

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Poster for Florida Indian Hobbiest Assoc. POW-WOW; January 28 and 29, 1997; Indian River Community College; Ft. Pierce, Florida.

The Florida Indian Hobbyist Association (FIHA) powwow attracts between 6,000 and 8,000 participants and spectators over the weekend, many who travel specifically for the occasion. The Pow-Wow is a weekend of dancing, drumming, and fellowship of Native American culture.

This poster is on heavy yellow card-stock. Pasted on is a print by artist S. G. Jarrard. Measuring 22.25 inches tall by 14 inches. Art Print measures 10 inches tall by 8.5 inches.

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Florence: Monumental Map ex (A Visitor's Map)

By: Giannini, Giulio ; Mastrelli, C.V. , Dir.

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Italy, Istituto Geografico Militare: 1955

Seller ID: 009012

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Folded measures: 8.75 x 4.25 inches; opens to 12 panels each with tourist information and some advertisement. Full-color perspective map surrounded by local advertisements. Unfolded measures: 25 x 17.25 inches.; actual map is 17 x 12 inches.

Carefully handled with light age-toning. One closed tear bottom of first fold on right side. REF: OCLC: 812309135; 5 copies, two in USA of this issue.
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Folio Booklet with 7 Plates to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Felix Mendelssohn

By: Heyer, Hermann

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Lepzig, Der Rat Der Stadt: 1947

Seller ID: 012139

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Zum Gedenken an die Hundertste Wiederkehr seines Todestages am 4. November MCMXXXXVII. [commemorating the hundredth return of his day of death in 1947]

Booklet with fold to hold contents with title and embossed seal with 15 pages with a frontispiece and sheet music examples. 7 picture plates with mounted pictures. Both parts in one folder. Folio; 15 inches tall by 11 inches wide; 38.0 x 28.5 cm. Photos measure 7 by 9 inches. Text is in German.

Published by Der Rat Der Stadt Leipzig [The City Council of Leipzig] 16 pages of text by Hermann Heyer.

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Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley - Hand-colored Steel Engraving

By: Hunt, S. V. (Samuel Valentine),

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co: 1872

Seller ID: 009544

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley - Hand-colored Steel Engraving by S.V. Hunt after painting by Harry Fenn. Copyright by D. Appleton & Co. Illus. in: Picturesque America / William Cullen Bryant. N.Y. :[c1872-], v. 1.

Print on Paper Handcolored; no flaws but a hint of expected age-toning to the paper. 32 cm. by 23.7 cm. / 12.625 in by 9.25 in. This is a print not taken from a book. Showing: Lake with reflection of trees and mountains which surround it. Two men in canoe chase swimming deer; one man fires a rifle at deer as it flees.

Subjects: Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1870-1880. Lakes & ponds--...
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