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1944208880Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. 28 September1944. Colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf archivally laid down on linen 50 x 39.2 cms; 59.3 x 43.3 cms sheet including captions faint toning to fold lines very good condition. Vivid colour maps of the Palau Islands Guam and Saipan in the Marianas and an inset location map published in the "Chicago Daily Tribune" in September 1944 months after the landing of US and Allied Forces in the offensive against the Japanese during the Pacific War. . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown
1720180201A Leide. Leiden.: Chez Pierre van der Aa. circa1720. Engraved panorama on watermarked laid paper 28.5 x 77.5 including captions; 31 x 79.5 cm sheet title cartouche engraved key in French and Dutch the upper margin trimmed to the platemark original folds edgewear and toning neat sealed tear to the outer edge barely visible 5mm intrusion to the image a very good dark impression. Finely composed and engraved panorama of Tokyo prepared for the monumental work "Galerie Agreable du Monde" by the master Dutch publisher Pieter Van de Aa 1659-1733. The detailed key in Dutch and French notes myriad buildings and temples on the horizon and in the foreground two processions converge: of nobles and their attendants dancers a trio of dogs and a priest or religious attending a suppliant. <br> <br>Pieter van der Aa 1659-1733 was born in Leiden Holland and started his own book publishing business when he was only twenty-three. His prolific output of highly decorated maps and atlases culminated in his magnum opus “Galerie Agreable du Monde” which illustrated the world known to Europeans in the early eighteenth century. Comprising 66 volumes it was the of plates published at that time it has been estimated that only 100 copies were published. . Chez Pierre van der Aa unknown
1942180751Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. Friday June 51942. Printed colour map on a single newspaper leaf 37.5 x 53.2 cm; 44.7 x 59.8 cm sheet inset legend marginal browning and at the folds some undulation of paper and tide mark along lower section but in remarkably bright very good condition. Strategic map published in the Chicago Daily Tribune "The World's Greatest Newspaper" on June 5th 1942 two days after the Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor the site of the US army and navy bases in the Aleutians and as it transpired at the outset of the Battle of MIdway. The owner and proprietor of the Tribune Robert McCormick was staunchly against the United States entering the war and had firm views once it had occurred that American resources should not be used defending the British Empire. Famously the Tribune published the "Victory Program" Roosevelt’s military plan to prepare the United States for possible entry into World War II and was subject to prosecution for an alleged violation of the Espionage Act relating to the newspaper’s front-page account of the Battle of Midway 4-7 June 1942. It became an important test case for the limits of free speech and censorship during war-time. <br> <br>The Legend shows territorial Control of Ocean Areas marking Japanese Naval and Air bases as of 1941 and "according to latest reports" those established in the first six months of 1942. Also shown are pre-war sovereignties as at the bombing of Pearl Harbour on December 7th 1941. The Anson Archipelago is shown but a question mark "indicates islands etc. whose existence or give position is doubtful…". . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown
1942180782Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. April 211942. Printed colour map on a single newspaper leaf 37.5 x 53.2 cm; 60 x 45 x 59.6 cm sheet marginal browning and at the folds but remarkably bright in very good condition. World War II map of Asia save for Japan showing British allies colonies and lines of supply and marking Japanese territorial occupation published in the Chicago Daily Tribune "The World's Greatest Newspaper" in April 1942. <br>"The Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal are the strategic waters in this campaign in which the occupied parts of Burma and the Andaman Islands serve as bases" caption <br>". the historic Chicago Tribune was an innovator in color inks and printing but also a pioneer in bringing colorful art in the form of illustrations photographs cartoons and advertisements to the average person in an everyday medium." see The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Collection Michigan State University Libraries. . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown
1942180760Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. January 91942. Printed colour map on a single newspaper leaf 37.2 x 53.4 cm; 45 x 59.9 cm sheet inset legend marginal browning and at the folds lower margin with small edges tears not affecting the caption but remarkably bright in very good condition. Rare map of Asia "Between Suez on the west and Shanghai on the east" showing territorial interests and theatres of war published in the Chicago Daily Tribune in January 1942 barely two months after the Uniited States had joined the war effort after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Thailand and Vietnam "French Indo-China" are marked "Occupied by the Japanese" and north-eastern China similarly marked Iran "Anglo-Russian Occupation" and the Gulf states "British Ally". The caption notes that "The map inludes waters thru which runs the British life line from the Suez canal to remote Australia and New Zealand. Nearly half the people in the world live in the lands shown on this map--more than 450 million for example in China and more than 375 million in India". <br> <br>". the historic Chicago Tribune was an innovator in color inks and printing but also a pioneer in bringing colorful art in the form of illustrations photographs cartoons and advertisements to the average person in an everyday medium." see The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Collection Michigan State University Libraries. . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown
1941180789Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. December 121941. Printed colour map on a single newspaper leaf 41.5 x 53 cm; 45.1 x 59.9 cm sheet three inset maps of the Japanese Empire; Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands; and Hokkaido and Chisima marginal browning and at the central fold but remarkably bright in very good condition. Map of the Japanese Empire ominously titled published in the Chicago Daily Tribune one week after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Prefectures are attractively coloured. <br> <br>Based on a Rand McNally map the Tribune briskly got to work issuing maps for readers showing the beginnings of the war with Japan. Later maps were also published for sale separately but remarkably few have survived. <br>". the historic Chicago Tribune was an innovator in color inks and printing but also a pioneer in bringing colorful art in the form of illustrations photographs cartoons and advertisements to the average person in an everyday medium." see The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Collection Michigan State University Libraries. . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown
1519180794Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. January 151942. Printed colour map on a single newspaper leaf 53 x 40.7 cm; 59.8 x 45 cm sheet inset text box marginal browning and at the folds but remarkably bright in very good condition. WWII map of China showing most of China Indo-China Thailand and Korea with territory captured and controlled by Japan shaded in orange and red published by the Chicago Daily Tribune barely six weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. The text on the map reads "Since 1937 China has been at war with Japan. Lacking many essentials of war the Chinese nevertheless have managed to maintain a front against the aggressors. China's principal life line is the Burma road shown on the map which starts at Lashio Burma and extends to Kunming Yunnan province where it links with connections to Chunking the present Chinese capital". <br> <br>Based on a Rand McNally map the Tribune briskly got to work issuing maps for readers showing the beginnings of the war with Japan. Later maps were also published for sale separately but remarkably few have survived. <br>"… the historic Chicago Tribune was an innovator in color inks and printing but also a pioneer in bringing colorful art in the form of illustrations photographs cartoons and advertisements to the average person in an everyday medium." see The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Collection Michigan State University Libraries. . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown
1751177606Paris. 1751. Engraved map 48 x 52.2 cm; 51 x 67.6 cm sheet provinces highlighted with outline hand-colour elaborate title cartouche central fold small tear at the foot affecting the border old paper repair on the verso affecting the margin only pin-holes to the four marginal corners margins a little browned and dusty a handsome map in good condition. Fine large format map showing China Korea Taiwan and parts of Central Asia prepared for De Vaugondy's "Atlas Universel". The beautifully foliated cartouche features a duo of joyful Chinese musicians one dancing and a diminutive figure holding a parasol. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . unknown
195676405San Jose: H.M. Gousha Co. on or before 1956. First edition of this gathering. Folio 13 1/4 x 18 inches. 62 unused road maps in color and with inserts each neatly divided by side tabs. All maps bound on stubs. Original red cloth portfolio with flap and snap fasteners the Shell logo stamped on front cover some soiling or darkening to extremities. The portfolio has some expected wear but the maps are fresh and clean. Shell maps of this era are notable for their high-quality cartography colorful graphics and often included travel tips local advertisements and information about Shell services. None located by OCLC. Harry Mathias Gousha a former Rand McNally went independent in 1926 and relocated to California in 1947. It was a propitious time as the 50s in most respects witnessed the onset of the great American phenomenon of the Road Trip. With the improvement in cars longer and longer trips became feasible. None of the great Interstates as we know them today were in existence at that time so road maps were essential for any successful road trip. The H.M. Gousha Company was one of the "Big Three" major producers of road maps and atlases in the United States during the 25 years following World War II General Drafting and Rand McNally were the other two. Shell maps of this era although free are notable for their high-quality cartography colorful graphics and often included travel tips local advertisements and information about Shell services. The H. M. Gousha Company produced millions of oil company road maps used as marketing tools distributed at no charge at gas stations by customers that included Gulf Oil Conoco Shell Standard Oil and dozens of others. Though most Gousha maps were produced for oil companies many others were issued for customers not related to the petroleum industry including automobile clubs state governments banks and realtors. Ironically the company was purchased by Rand McNally in 1996. H.M. Gousha Co. hardcover
BN103037IGN - Institut Géographique National. Carte de randonnée : Pau <br/><br/>Carte de randonnée : Pau IGN - Institut Géographique National unknown
1930223021930. Japan travel photograph album. 1930s. This album documents Western travel through Japan during a period of expanding imperial influence and managed international tourism recording temple architecture theatrical performance and curated cultural sites alongside limited family portraiture. The photographs provide primary visual evidence of how foreign visitors encountered Japan through established travel circuits that emphasized religious monuments scenic landscapes and staged cultural forms while also including a labeled image from Korea that situates the journey within the geography of Japanese colonial rule.<br /> <br /> Album containing 22 silver gelatin photographs each mounted one per page with white ink captions identifying locations including "Nikko" "Kyoto" "Shochiku-za" "Koya San" "Akashi" "Takao" and "Korea." Three photographs depict members of a Western family posed in studio and outdoor settings including portraits in front of temple gates and residential entrances. The remaining images focus on architectural and cultural sites including temple facades with detailed ornamentation mountain and waterfall landscapes and a staged theatrical performance at the Shochiku-za theatre in Osaka showing performers in elaborate costume and makeup. One photograph labeled "Korea" depicts seated women wearing hanbok indicating travel beyond the Japanese home islands. The photographs are consistently sized at approximately 5 x 7 inches and mounted in an album measuring approximately 8.5 x 12 inches bound in cloth boards with decorative striping and cord binding.<br /> <br /> The album was produced during a decade when Japan promoted domestic and imperial sites as destinations for foreign travelers integrating religious landmarks urban infrastructure and colonial territories into a coherent tourist experience. Sites such as Nikko and Koya San were presented as emblematic of national heritage while theatrical venues and scenic locations formed part of structured itineraries. The inclusion of Korea reflects the extension of these travel routes into occupied regions where colonial subjects and landscapes were incorporated into representations of the empire. Photographs remain clear with strong contrast; minor wear to album consistent with handling; overall very good. A focused visual record of Western travel in 1930s Japan documenting how cultural sites and imperial geography were presented to foreign visitors. unknown
20061-0528859455Rand McNally 2006. Paperback. New. 1st spi edition. 182 pages. 10.50x8.75x0.50 inches. Rand McNally paperback
19021607050057John Murray 1/1/1902. Stated 2nd Edition revised. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Gilt lettered and stamp of the Royal Geographical Society on front cover. Library stamps and markings. 285 pages. 34 illustrations and maps 6 of which are folding. Large color map of Tibet at rear. Many of the plates are stamped with library stamps on blank side. <br> Sarat Chandra Das 1849-1917 was a Bengali scholar of Tibet. Das has been described as "a traveler explorer.linguist a lexicographer an ethnographer and an eminent Tibetologist." Das was also a British spy. Born in Chittagong Das trained as an engineer in Calcutta. He became headmaster of the Bhutia Boarding School in Darjeeling. Bhutia was a school for Sikkimese and Tibetan boys many of who would be trained to fill a special place in the British colonial regime the role of a Pundit. Das became a "pundit" and an instructor at the school for British intelligence. Pundits acted as a network of British-trained operatives who were tasked to make inroads in the foreboding inner regions of Asia where white embassies could not gain entry. Tibet and other inland areas were increasingly gaining attention from competing British Russian and Chinese economic and strategic interests. Derek Waller speculates that the character of Huree Chunder Mookerjee in Kipling's Kim was based on Das p.193. As a teacher Das learned Tibetan to speak with his students. He read the limited books on the region available notably of Bogle 1773-5 and Manning's travels 1811 to Tibet. Manning and Bogle were the last successful British explorations of Tibet a nation who steadfastly resisted western intrusion. Das's language ability secured him entry with his colleague Lama Ugyen Gyasto to Tashilhunpo monastery in 1879 as the Prime Minister wished to learn Hindi from him. In 1881 Das returned to Tashilhunpo and made his way to Lhasa Sakya and the Tsangpo River. There he met with Thupten Gyatso the 13th Dalai Lama d. 1933 and returned to Darjeeling with a Yak loaded with over 200 Tibetan manuscripts. After Das was revealed to be a British agent Tibetan authorities increased restrictions on travelers and the Minister who had sponsored his entry was put to death. What makes Das's expedition so interesting is that he successfully brought back a wealth of information on an unknown land to the larger world. The Tibet that Das glimpsed is now gone with the passage of history and the destructive forces of modernity and Chinese domination. This book compiles the story of Das's journey his reports photographs diagrams ethnographic observations etc of a lost Tibet. Das went on to become an important Tibetan scholar and author an extensive multi-volume dictionary. The British would not successfully return to Tibet until 1903-4 with Colonel Francis Edward Younghusband's exhibition invasion and massacre of ~5000 Tibetans. Significantly Younghusband was the President of the Royal Geographical Society which notably published the 1902 edition of Das's book. An interesting and dark connection to Das's legacy. Ref: Derek Waller's The Pundits: British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia. University Press of Kentucky 1990 pp. 193-209. Also Samanth Subramanian's superb piece in the New York Times Magazine March 20 2016 p. MM61. Peter Hopkirk The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia Kodansha 1992. Yakushi D55 Yakushi D356. Marshall 1459 John Murray hardcover
19491807230045Kegan Paul Trench Trubner 1949-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 3 volume set. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Very good bindings and covers. Spines slightly sunned. viii 667 viii 743 xvi 823 pp index many color folding maps. Light foxing. Contents: Vol. 1. From the origins to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1542 A.D.; Vol. 2. During the century of early foreign intercourse 1542-1651; Vol. 3. Tokugawa epoch 1652-1868. <br> Vol. 1-2 3rd impression. Vol. 3 1st impression. Vol. 3 revised and edited by Joseph H. Longford. At Longford's death the work was transferred to L.M.C. Hall. Maps by Isoh Yamagata. First published in 1903 Murdoch's work quickly became an important reference in Japanese history. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner hardcover
19261808090055Kegan Paul Trench Trubner 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volume set. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Very good bindings and covers. viii 667 viii 743 xvi 823 pp index many color folding maps. Light foxing. Contents: Vol. 1. From the origins to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1542 A.D.; Vol. 2. During the century of early foreign intercourse 1542-1651; Vol. 3. Tokugawa epoch 1652-1868. Vol. 3 revised and edited by Joseph H. Longford. At Longford's death the work was transferred to L.M.C. Hall. Maps by Isoh Yamagata. First published in 1903 Murdoch's work quickly became an important reference in Japanese history. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner hardcover
1619180755Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. December 161941. Printed colour map on a single newspaper leaf 50 x 41.5 cm; 60 x 45 cm sheet two inset legends marginal browning and at the folds but remarkably bright in very good condition. Map of the Japanese Empire published in the Chicago Daily Tribune "The World's Greatest Newspaper" on December 16th 1941 9 days after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. The two legends list the "Wars of Modern Japan" from 1894 with territorial gains marked noting that "Each seizure of mainland areas has given Japan new field of raw materials." <br> <br>"… the historic Chicago Tribune was an innovator in color inks and printing but also a pioneer in bringing colorful art in the form of illustrations photographs cartoons and advertisements to the average person in an everyday medium." see The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Collection Michigan State University Libraries. . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown
19952091502135417324Not Available 1995. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 13 Not Available paperback
2010SONG1849075433Philip's 2020-10-01. paperback. Used: Good. 9.53x0.39x4.96. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Philip's paperback
19922080502106508353Not Available 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1774gnt774London: David Henry; Elizabeth Newbery. G: in good condition without dust jacket. 20th century binding with new eps. Inner hinge cracking. Sporadic foxing browning marking and off-setting from illustrations. Occasional pencil annotations. Loss to lower edge of prelims slightly impinging on content. 1774. First Edition. Buff hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". iv 628pp xvi plates. 20 b/w plates 3 fold-out plans 18 fold-out John Gibson and Thomas Bowen road maps. . David Henry; Elizabeth Newbery hardcover
1850177528London.: The London Printing and Publishing Company. circa1850s. Lithographed map with original outline hand colour 25.8 x 33.5 cm three vignette illustrations decorative border central fold in very good condition presented in a window mount. Attractive decorative map with three vignettes by Rapkin: Yedo; a State barge in sail with penants flying--the paired oarsmen depicted through 10 small windows below deck; and Koreans in traditional costume; the map after the great mapmaker and publisher John Tallis. <br> <br>From the estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue mark on the verso. . The London Printing and Publishing Company. unknown
1945206545Calcutta: Compiled and drawn by the Survey of India. Second Edition. 1945. Large folding colour map 77.5 x 80cm; 95.5 x 86.2cm sheet including legend and small inset showing adjoining maps light toning and wear to upper margins and at corners and folds; but in very good condition. Very large clear map of China printed in 1945. The projection is noted as the "Lambert Conical Orthomorphic" a polyconic projection employed by the exhaustive Survey of India and the map includes surrounding countries: Taiwan Korea French Indo-China with a small inset key to Korean place-name abbreviations. As is typical of maps of this period Arunachal Pradesh is shown as Tibetan territory.The legend lists borders and provinces railways roads and canals with topography indicated with colouration. . Compiled and drawn by the Survey of India. unknown
1904216797大阪. Osaka.: 大阪毎日新聞社. Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha. Meiji 37 1904. Two black and white newspaper maps issued in the Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha one pictorial with accompanying text and adverts printed on newsprint folded. 39.5 x 55cm Very good condition. This pictorial map of Port Arthur and Dalian was published on 4 July 1904 by the Osaka Mainichi Shinbun as a supplement. It shows Port Arthur encircled by Japanese naval vessels while Dalian is depicted as being occupied by Japanese troops. On the reverse there is an essay on the war accompanied by illustrations of Russian generals and a list of wounded soldiers who had been transported to the rear.<br><br>A second map detailing developments in the Russo-Japanese War was published by the same newspaper just days later on 8 August 1904. This map provides the dates of various battles along with a chronology of the movements of the Russian Vladivostok fleet and Japanese attacks on Port Arthur. These two maps are rare examples of the kind of information made available to the general public on a day-to-day basis during the war. . 大阪毎日新聞社. [Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha]. unknown
1944214362Los Angeles.: Los Angeles Examiner. April 31944. Colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf 37 x 50 cms; 41.5 x 54.6 cms sheet unrelated text on the verso although with an interesting account from a soldier's letter about an air raid in China toning more marked at the central fold two small splits no loss to the map edge wear with several small marginal edge tears neatly repaired on the verso with archival washi map unaffected in good condition. A dynamic map prepared and illustrated by the Examiner's art critic and editor Howard Burke covering the area surrounding India and Central Asia showing Japanese conquered territory in Malaya Thailand Indo-China and Burma; and in India British-controlled states and native feudal and protected states. <br> <br>Text boxes and pictographs give an overview of the geopolitical situation from the Allied perspective. One box notes "Chanda Bose has many adherents and fanatical followers in Bengal. They may prove to be a powerful fifth column in India". Text at lower edge opines "The situation in India is critical and has grown more so as the all-out offensive against Japan has been delayed. If the Allies do not act at once and with great force all our gains may be wiped out and the war in the Pacific prolonged indefinitely." <br> <br>The decisive and devastating bombings that were to signal such an end were four months away. <br> <br>Rare on the market. . Los Angeles Examiner. unknown
54794Amsterdam.: Jodocus Hondius. Circa Early 17th Century. Map depicting the southeastern part of present day Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula including the northern most part of the Black Sea and reaching north to Smolensk. Published by Hondius in the French edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. Hand outline colour topographical detail shown pictorially some wear along centrefold occasional pale foxing mostly in margins decorative title cartouche upper right corner French text on verso showing through clear plate mark even age toning 48.5 x 58 cm. . [Jodocus Hondius]. unknown