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Image for [18th Century European Map] Intrenchment of the Army of the Allies to cover the Siege of Douay against the French Army, that came to raise it in June 1710.

[18th Century European Map] Intrenchment of the Army of the Allies to cover the Siege of Douay against the French Army, that came to raise it in June 1710.

By: N/A

Price: $95.00

Publisher: London, Nicholas Tindal: 1745

Seller ID: 005850

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. London. c1745.

The Map is entitled "Intrenchment of the Army of the Allies to cover the Siege of Douay against the French Army, that came to raise it in June 1710."

It offers a representation of a military encounter between French and Anglo-Dut...
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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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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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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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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

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.

Minor frayin...
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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.

La Perdrix - a Plate from the Fables of La Fontaine

By: Jean de La Fontaine's Fables Choisies, mises en vers.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Paris, Chez Desaing & Saillant and Durand: 1759

Seller ID: 011207

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Good

Copper-plate engraved by Laurent Cars after Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Image: 28.3 by 21 cm (11 by 8.25 inches); sheet: 35.5 by 27.5 cm (14x10.75 inches)

Some staining and soil to margins, worming at lower right margin; mild toning.

This illustration is from Jean de La Fontaine's Fables Choisies, mises en vers. The work was edited by C. P. de Monthenault d'Egly and published in Paris by Chez Desaing & Saillant and Durand between 1755 and 1759.

The engravings were by Cochin, Tardieu, Prevost, Chedel, Lempereur and others after the original artwork of Jean-Baptiste Oudry.

Jean de La ...
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17th Century Copper-engraved Strip-style Map. The Road from St Davids com Pembroke to Holywell com Flint

By: John Ogilby (1600 - 1676)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: England, 17th Century

Seller ID: 011206

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Good

17th Century Copper-engraved Strip-style Map. The Road from St Davids com Pembroke to Holywell com Flint. 35.5 by 45 cm (14 x17.75 inches)

As the road winds through the Welsh hills and along the coast, the towns of St Davids, Fishguard, Newport, Cardigan and Port Talbot are encountered along the way.

Shows rivers with named bridges, the sea when it is near the route, hills (represented upside down when the road goes down them). Towns and other settlements passed through are shown, and churches are marked and distinguished by tower or spire. County boundaries are shown, and the distanc...
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1842 Map of the Arabian Peninsula, with Egypt and Nubia issued by William Lizars.

By: Lizars, William

Price: $495.00

Publisher: Edinburg, S. Highley; W. Curry, Jun. & Co.: 1842

Seller ID: 012033

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

This appealing 1842 map of the Arabian Peninsula, with Egypt and Nubia was issued by William Lizars. It extends from the Mediterranean Sea and Syria south as far as the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden. Beautifully detailed, the map notes several towns, cities, rivers, islands, coastal features, and topographical features.

Published by W. Lizars, Edinburgh. (to accompany) Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas.

Full Title: Arabia with the Adjacent Countries of Egypt & Nubia.

Steel-engraved lithograph unbound map, with original hand color in outline. 50 x 39.9 c...
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"This Is England" British Irish Railway Travel Promotional Brochure

By: Meynell, Laurence

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Great Britain, Published by the British and Irish Railways.: 1939

Seller ID: 006053

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with photographs."Map of the Associated British and Irish Railways" showing routes from Paris through northern Scotland with an inset map of Ireland. 9.25 by 8 inches 32 page illustrated tour booklet which folds to 9.25 by 4.25 inches.

Only 3 university copies located OCLC /WorldCat.

Fold-out map of British Isles attached at rear. Color illustrated paper stapled wraps. Very good. Light handing wear. Clean text, mild toning.
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State Highway Map of Picturesque New Hampshire

By: New Hampshire Hotel Association; Hart, Ben J. Secretary

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Manchester, N.H., Lew A. Cummings Co.,: 1921

Seller ID: 005965

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Good

[undated, 1921 mentioned in text]. 10.5 inches tall by 5.5 inches folded. 21.25 inches tall by 15.625 inches opened. 6 panels of information. Scenic Attractions. Fish and game Information. List of Hotels in the Association. Toning to all and more so to rear panel. Small loss center fold. Only one other copy located on WorldCat/OCLC
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Yosemite National Park Area [Map]

By: Pflum, Harry P. , Cartographic Manager

Price: $21.95

Publisher: Automobile Club of California: 1960

Seller ID: 008355

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Cartography by Robert J. Newhouse, Hachures by Forrest M. Burke 1960 publication. Cartographic Mathematical Data: 10 miles [=Om. 050 ; 1:322 000 ca]. A single copy located on OCLC - Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Carefully handled, no flaws but minor are-toning.
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