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1830009582Paris - 21 Quai Voltaire: Rosselin 1830. Map. Fine. Map. A fine map hand-coloured in outline folding into original marbled paper boards with title label to the front board. Boards rubbed conrners worn. The map measures 74 x 55cm and is in very good condition with the paper bright. A very good to fine copy of this rare map. Rosselin hardcover
1875320963Standing Rock 1875. unbound. Partly printed military document signed 6th Infantry seven months before Little Big Horn 16.75 x 10.75 inches Standing Rock Nov. 1 1875 "A Statement Of Forage and Straw Issued to and Consumed by the Public Animals under my direction at Standing Rock Dakota Territory during the month of October 1875" for transient animals from Fort Rice signed by Captain and Commander of Post James S. Poland an officer who served under Major Reno at the Little Big Horn and was erroneously reported as "Killed In Action" when severely wounded in the back. At the time this document was signed Poland was ordered to cease his sale of rifles and ammunition to Indians at the Standing Rock Reservation as the recipients were closely connected with Sitting Bull's band. One month later the Commissioner of Indian Affairs called for the use of troops against those Indians. Also signed by Lieutenant William Badger a close friend of Custer who survived the Black Hills Campaign. His son Tom who filled out the body of this document became General Custer's personal secretary in 1876 and was killed at Little Big Horn. Also included: a Xerox of a rare photograph of the 7th cavalry 6th infantry in uniform with accoutrements all identified including Custer Badger and Poland. Partial tearing along one of the folds; otherwise near fine condition.<br/> <br/> unknown
1823ST20595London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1823. Seventh Edition. 237 x 145. 9 3/8 x 5 3/4". 3 p.l. vii 1 viii 1 6-236 pp. <br/> Publisher's blue paper boards and brown paper backstrip original printed paper label EDGES UNTRIMMED AND MOSTLY UNOPENED. A Large Paper Copy. Just the faintest evidence of foxing at very beginning and very end corners with slight wear as always superficial chafing to covers but AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY the binding remarkably clean and with no significant signs of use and the wide-margined text unusually fresh and nearly as white as snow.<br/> <br/> In its original boards untrimmed and partly unopened this is a wonderful contemporary copy of an important later edition of the magnum opus of a man whose name came to be synonymous with road improvement. DNB tells us that Scottish-born John Loudon McAdam 1756-1836 was "the first systematic builder and administrator of roads in Britain since Roman times" and his impact was so great that his name lives on to the present day in connection with paved surfaces. The use of "macadam" or "macadamized" to mean a good road surface began in the 1820s and continued through the invention of the automobile when dusty roads began to be improved with tar. At first "tar" was combined with "macadam" producing the term "tarmacadam" when referring to these improved roads; eventually this became shortened to "tarmac" which still is broadly understood to refer to road surfaces and more specifically to airport runways. Our author first published "Remarks on the Present System of Road Making" in 1816 to deliver his suggestions for an improved paving method following his extensive survey of the roads of Britain. His system--in which roads were built with a cambered surface for drainage using layers of consistent sizes of stones and gravel--soon caught on both within Britain and abroad. The present seventh edition features a variety of new material much of which deals with McAdam's efforts to encourage legislation for improving roads; this includes a new preface and advertisement as well as the "Minutes of Evidence" given by witnesses regarding turnpike improvement from March to May 1819 and the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on McAdam's system from June 1823. As evidenced by its appearance in multiple printings McAdam's "Remarks" was a widely used book but our remarkably well-preserved copy in its publisher's boards--obviously and decidedly--was not. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown unknown
183099804<p>Boston MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth 1830. 1830. Very good. - Octavo 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed self-wrappers. Once bound in with other similar pamphlets these three related items are unbound and removed with stab marks along the left edges. The pagination is a follows: pages 1-11 1 & 13-21 1-8; and 1-12. There is some scattered foxing throughout all three items. The cover page of the Senate No. 10 report dated December 15 1829 is darkened & stained with minor chipping to the bottom corners of that page and of the last page. Very good.</p><p>First edition Massachusetts Senate No. 21. The report is signed on page 11 by John W. Lincoln Chairman. The report is followed by the text of a bill entitled "An act to establish the Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation."</p><p>The Boston and Lowell Railroad was the first major railroad in the state of Massachusetts. The Boston and Lowell Railroad was preceded by the Middlesex Canal. Converting the canal to a railroad would eliminate the issue of transportation being unavailable during the winter when the canal froze. Patrick Tracy Jackson led the task of convincing the state legislature to fund the project. This proved difficult as the investors of the Middlesex Canal were against building a new form of transportation designed to replace their canal. The report at hand details the protest of the directors of the Middlesex Canal against granting the petition of John F. Loring and others to construct a railroad in its place. Loring and the other investors received their charter on June 5 1830 and the railroad began operations on June 24 1835.</p><p>The pamphlet is accompanied by an earlier February 12 1830 pamphlet titled:"To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled. : The president directors and company of the Middlesex Canal having seen the publication of the petition of John F. Loring and others for a rail road from Boston to Lowell and the order of notice thereon beg leave to present the following remonstrance to granting the prayer thereof." 12 pages. Signed page 12: Wm. Sullivan Josh. Coolidge Geo. Hallet committee of directors of Middlesex Canal to this purpose duly authorized. House No. 40 printed by Dutton and Wentworth 1830.</p><p>In addition an earlier pamphlet from 1829 is included: "Boston December 15 1829. To His Excellency Levi Lincoln Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : Sir On the behalf of the Commissioners of Internal Improvements I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of a survey made in conformity to a resolve of the legislature passed on the 12th day of June 1829 directing the Board to survey a route for a rail road from the town of Taunton to some point in the route previously surveyed between Boston and Providence : with great consideration and respect I am your humble and most obe't. serv't. Josiah J. Fiske chairman." 8 pages. Signed on page 8: Josiah J. Fiske Willard Phillips James Hayward Commissioners of the Board of Internal Improvements. Senate No. 10. Printed by Dutton and Wentworth.</p> [Boston, MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth], [1830]. paperback
1835377678Mexico 1835. 1. plus integral blank. Signed in print by Estrada. Folio. Unbound. 1. plus integral blank. Signed in print by Estrada. Folio. A broadside decree issued by Migual Barragan giving city status to Pueblo de Nuestra Se ora la Reina de Los Angeles and naming it the provisional capital rather than Monterey. The Mexican congress declares: "The town of Los Angeles of Alta California is elevated to the rank of city and it will be from now on the capital of this territory." However representatives from Monterey would block moving the capital. <br /> <br /> "This decree was largely due to the efforts of Carlos Antonio Carrillo the deputy from California to the Mexican Congress and the author of the Exposicion of 1831" Streeter. Streeter's copy sold for $200 to Dawson's in 1968. Eberstadt 133-187; Streeter sale 2476; Rocq 4223 unknown
1827ZB311596Washington: gales & Seaton 1827. 7 pp issued as 19th Congress 2d Session S 14; extraction roughness and sewing stabs at spine previous owner's name on title age staining good only in self wrappers; one and three quarter million dollars were expended since 1811 a considerable sum at the time. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: gales & Seaton, unknown
1837177519Paris. circa1837. Engraved map with original outline hand-colour 22 x 30 cm; 28.8 x 38.6 cm sheet marginal repair to the lower corner not affecting the map sheet lightly age-toned in very good condition preserved in a window mount. Fine map of China Japan and Central Asia noting Manchuria "Mandchourie" bordering Northern India and Turkestan in the West and Russia "Russie d'Asie" in the North. <br> <br>From the estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue mark on the verso. . unknown
1869176603Philadelphia.: E. H. Butler. circa1869. Lithographed map with original hand-colour 21.2 x 27.6 cm two inset maps of Liberia and Sierra Leone; and Egypt showing the Suez Canal text and engravings for an unrelated entry on the verso; margins dusty top edge worn with small edge tears one affecting the border and marginal chip but in good condition. Detailed map of Africa before the escalation of colonial acquisition in the 1880s. . (E. H. Butler). unknown
18462090502128300687Not Available 1846. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
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
1894177068Chicago.: Geo. F. Cram. 1894. Chromolithographed maps 54.3 x 34.1 cm sheet central fold a few small edge tears and marginal age toning but in very good condition. Detailed maps prepared for George F. Cram's 1894 "Standard American Atlas": one of the first American firms to publish a world atlas. Maps of Oceania and South Africa printed on the verso. . Geo. F. Cram. unknown
1877177229New York.: Ivison Blakeman Taylor & Co. circa1877. Printed colour map 27.5 x 21.7 cm large inset of Northern Africa and a smaller of Southern Africa two small edge tears lower corner neatly strengthened the sheet toned but the map in good condition unrelated text printed on the verso. Map of Africa as a whole before the Imperial race for colonies in the 1880s with interesting insets of Northern and Southern Africa. . Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. unknown
1895175108London.: Times Atlas of the World. 1895. Double-page folding map printed in colour 46.5 x 36.5 cm. edges gilt central fold with an inset map of Somaliland Somalia and the island of Sokotra key to European possessions outlined in colour small edge fold tears affecting the margin only and two other small edge tears slight toning at the edgaes but in very good condition. Attractive and detailed map prepared for the first edition of "The Times Atlas of the World". . (Times Atlas of the World). unknown
1880174956London.: The London Printing and Publishing Company. Circa1880s. Printed map 24 x 32.1 cm decorative border two original vertical folds paper toned mainly at the edges inner margin of the sheet ragged but in good order. A late edition of the map used for the well-known Tallis map this without the characteristic vignettes and on thinner paper. . The London Printing and Publishing Company. unknown
1899174902New York.: Rand McNally & Co. 1899. Printed colour map 36.3 x 24.3 cm inset map of the Suez Canal and two smaller insets of the Cardagos Crayos Islands Mascarene Islands and Cape Verde Islands central fold and on the verso a printed panel listing the countries in Africa with their territorial governance area and population lower corner creased at the outer margin but in very good condition. An interesting late nineteenth-century map noting colonial governance. . Rand, McNally & Co. unknown
1877176015New York.: Harper & Brothers. circa1877. Chromolithographed map with outlne handcolour 27.1 x 21 cm major towns marked with a red cross relief by hachures ocean currents marked two inset maps of the Suez canal and Mascarene Island two very small marginal edge tears not affecting the map slight toning unrelated text on the verso prepared for "Harper's School Geography" in very good condition Interesting map of Africa before the escalation of the European race for colonial possessions from 1880. The map shows: the European possessions of the Cape Colony Transvaal Republic Orange River Republic and Natal; regions of the continent as fertile belts and desert belts; and indicates agricultural and other production such as palm oil ivory skins and cattle. Major cities are shown with important trade centers highlighted with a red cross. Prepared for US students in "Harper's School Geography" longitude is shown from the Greenwich prime meridian at the head of the map and from the Washington prime meridian at the foot. A small outline map of Ohio is included for relative scale. . Harper & Brothers. unknown
1877177228Edinburgh & London.: W. & A. K. Johnston. circa1877. Printed colour map 25 x 32.5 cm edge tears one affecting the lower border only two small chips from the upper margin corner repaired the map in very good condition. Map of North America with a small inset of the British Isles on the verso. Map of Southern Africa before the Scramble for Africa in the late 19th Century. . W. & A. K. Johnston. unknown
1820177230Paris. circa1820. Engraved map with original outline hand-colour 21.1 x 31.5cm original folds a few spots and a little creased but in very good condition. Latin map of the Ancient world encompassing Europe India Arabia the Middle East and North Africa by the French cartographer Jean Baptiste Poirson 1761-1831 finely engraved. . unknown
1835203763Philadelphia.: W. Marshall. Circa1835. Handcoloured engraved map 26.5 x 41.3 cms; 29.6 x 48.3 cms sheet central fold insets of "Oceanica" and "New Holland" central table some light staining in the image and margins in good condition. Eurocentrism laid bare. This 19th Century map includes a "State of Society" for each part of the world declared with a symbol to represent "Barbarous Half Civilized Civilized and Enlightened Societies" as well as noting religion and ethnicity. It includes a table of distances between chief towns or capitals and between these towns and Washington DC. Australia "New Holland" is styled principally as pagan barbarous unexplored and African a thin sliver of what is now New South Wales and Victoria is labelled civilized European and Protestant. Scarce. . (W. Marshall). unknown
1875174830New York.: Harper & Brothers. 1875. Map printed in colour polar projection 21 x 27.1 cm marginal spotting and toning small edge tears to the inner margin but in god condition. Prepared for "Harper's School Geography" first published by Harper & Brothers in 1875. The map shows physical features mountains steppes plains rivers and deserts etc. together with sources of primary production: whale fisheries furs coffe tea minerals etc.The verso of the map with references and attractive line engravings part of the entry for Netherlands and Belgium. . Harper & Brothers. unknown
1865214355Johnson and Ward. Circa1865. Hand coloured map 32.3 x 39.7 x cms including the decorative border; 35.6 x 45.8 cms sheet key to major centres unrelated text on verso sheet age toned in very good condition. Detailed map from the leading mid 19th Century American firm of Johnson and Ward. Although Tasmania was known as such from 1856 the map refers to "Van Diemen Land". . Johnson and Ward. unknown
1900169765Circa1900. Large illustrated map of Beijing showing the city in the period following the invasion of the military forces of the Eight National Alliance old folds scale not given. Some scattered light foxing particularly at edges short closed tear at fold lower edge neat non acidic tape repair short section upper edge wear along folds and a couple of small unobtrusive holes with minor image loss. Blocks of text in traditional Chinese right and left upper sections stating each nation's occupied zone Japanese text title accompanies the English title along the upper section of the map. 63.7 x 56.9cm. Very good overall. A rare and significant large Japanese woodblock map of Peking Beijing issued just after the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion. Centred on the Forbidden City the map depicts Peking following the multinational suppression of the Boxer Rebellion or Yihetuan Movement of 1900. The map was issued to illustrate the areas of occupation associated with each of the powers in the Eight Nation Alliance. <br> <br>The map gives measurements of the city walls detailed names of streets and buildings and the boundaries of the inner and outer city including the forbidden city are shown with demarcation lines in pink yellow and blue. The hand coloured eight national flags of the occupation powers are featured at the right and left. <br> <br>This map is essentially a later edition of 京城内外首善全圖 a map of Beijing issued by the Qing for administrative purposes in the mid-19th century. The Japanese seized the wood blocks during the suppression of the Rebellion and subsequently pulled new impressions overprinting them additional details including flags and demarcations of areas of the city held by members of the Alliance. Versions are known in French German Japanese and as with the present example English. An attractive map of great historical interest. . unknown
1816185242London.: Thomson. 1816. Engraved map with full handcolour 50.5 x 59.7 cms ; 53.9 x 73.8 cms sheet central fold a few minor edge tears one intruding into the top border the map unscathed marginal edgewear two corners with some loss but the map in very good crisp condition. An elegant map with great detail prepared for John Thomson's influential "New General Atlas" 1814-1821. Showing India from 20 degrees to 7 degrees north of the equator and includes the northern half of Ceylon with territorial interests attractively coloured. . Thomson. unknown
1850List2416Great Britain 1850. Broadside measuring 9 ⅞ x 15 ⅜ inches. Some chipping and wear to edge ink number written in corner two small section of loss due to improper mounting very good overall. Coat of arms of the United Kingdom above printed text. Very Good. A scarce broadside relating to British postal rates across the Panama Route through the Chagres River which supplied mail to California and Oregon beginning in 1848 before eventually being replaced by the Overland route in 1860. The service was characterized by long delay times as steamships on either side of the isthmus were often not coordinated causing major delays in the delivery. Several different steamship companies operated privately some carrying express mail. The letters were transported by canoe or pack animal across the isthmus. Postmaster General Cave Johnson began establishing post offices in California in 1848. Johnson also oversaw the transition to the prepaid delivery system. The broadside here of which we find no other records does state that postage must be prepaid and that the route can be accessed by writing “via New York†on the letters. A scarce postal history item relating to the expansion of mail services to California. We find no other records of this institutionally or in the trade. unknown
185836085Augusta: Georgia Rail Road 1858. Broadside. Fair. Broadside. Approximately 5" x 7.5". Paper is folded creased toned with two small holes. Tears at the splits. Tape repair on the blank reverse side. Fair condition only. Obscure. No other copies of this advertisement were found during a recent search. Georgia Rail Road unknown
