Nothing is more
central to a collection than the references that identify and
elaborate on the significance of the of the items that have been
assembled or which might complement those already accumulated.
Cartobibliographical references are still readily affordable and will
often repay their expense many times over in their educational value
and the attendant pleasure of knowing.
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| Fite,
Emerson D. & Archibald Freeman, compilers
& editors. A Book of Old Maps
Delineating American History From the
Earliest Days Down to the Close of the
Revolutionary War. NY: Dover, 1969.
Soft cover, 14 x 11"; xvi, 299 pp. Slight
wear to cover; contents fine. - Reprint of the
1926 Harvard University Press original. 74 maps
illustrated with commentary on each from
pre-Columbian times to the early days of the
republic. (4K7) |
$30.00
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| Gohm,
Douglas. Antique Maps of Europe, the
Americas, West Indies, Africa, the Orient.
London: Octopus Books, 1972; Hard Cover; 12½ x
9. 128 pp. Dust jacket with sort tears at spine
ends; otherwise very good. -
A potpourri of 174 map illustrations in color
and black & white covering a broad range of
map-makers and geography. Introductory remarks
regarding how the maps were made and colored;
brief biographies of major early cartographers.
(JFT) |
$24.00
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| McCorkle,
Barbara B. America Emergent; An Exhibition
of Maps and Atlases in Honor of Alexander O.
Vietor.
Yale University: The Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library, 1985.
Oblong
quarto soft cover; 103 pp. Owner's label inside
front cover; fine condition. Ninety maps in the
catalog, most of which are
accompanied by illustrations. Many of these
maps are unobtainable, but can be seen here. |
$35.00
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| [Streeter
sale] Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. The Celebrated
Collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas
Winthrop Streeter. Three volumes out of eight.
An important bibliographic reference of Americana
These three volumes are offered as a lot for
$150.00. |
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Volume
Two. New England, The American Revolution, The
Middle Colonies, The French and Indian War, The
Continental Congress, The War of 1812, Southern
Colonies and States, The Carolinas, Georgia, Florida.
New York: 1967. Blue cloth, 10 x 7"; 558+ pp.
Includes sale numbers 610 to 1295. Some browning at
hinges, overall very good.
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$55.00
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Volume
Three. The Old Northwest, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, Mississippi Valley, Tennessee and Kentucky,
Burr-Wilkinson, Presidents of the United States,
Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota. New York:
1967. Blue cloth, 10 x 7"; 485+ pp. Includes sale
numbers 1296 to 1984. Spine slightly sunned; very
slight browning at inside of hinge; overall very
good.
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$55.00
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Volume
Six. The Pacific West, Oregon, British Columbia,
Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Maps. New York: 1967. Blue
cloth, 10 x 7"; 483+ pp. Includes sale numbers
3323 to 3958. Very good.
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$65.00
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| Phillips,
Philip Lee. A List of Maps of America in the
Library of Congress. New York: Burt
Franklin, [1967]. Red buckram, no dj;
10x7"; two volumes in one, 1137 pp.
Corners bumped; otherwise very good. -
Originally published in 1901; A complement to
Phillips "List of Atlases" and a must
have for anyone with an interest in maps of
the Americas. The first section is an 86 page
"Bibliography of Cartography". The
balance lists maps from many sources besides
atlases and is arranged geographically, down to
the municipal level. |
$120.00
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| Portinaro,
Pierluigi and Franco Knirsch. The
Cartography of North America 1500-1800. New York: Crescent Books,
1987. Hard cover, 12½ x 9"; 320 pp;
profusely illustrated. Slight edge wear to
cover and jacket; contents fine. - Introductory
remarks and 171 numbered plates, most in color,
with additional scattered illustrations. Many
of these are not found in other volumes, such
as the complete set of Zatta's 1778 12-sheet
map of what is now the eastern United States
and Cassini's 1798 6-sheet map of the same
area. |
$36.00
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| Schwartz,
Seymour I. & Ralph E. Ehrenberg. The
Mapping of America. Edison,
NJ: Wellfleet Press, 2001; Cloth.
Oblong quarto,
10½ x 11", cloth with dj; 363 pp; profusely
illustrated with black & white and color
maps. Fine to almost as new condition. This
is a beautiful reprint of an essential reference
long out of print, now available at a fraction
of the cost of the Abrams original, with
contents almost identical. The first part by
Schwartz covers the period from 1500 to 1800;
Ehrenberg's section is about the 19th and 20th
centuries. |
$50.00
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| Suarez,
Thomas. Shedding the Veil; mapping the
European discovery of America and the World. Singapore: World
Scientific, 1992. 11½ x 8½", dj; xiii, 203
pp, index, bibliography. 41 black & white
plates; 25 color plates. As new, still in
shrink wrap with dj. - Analysis of 61 key maps
dating from 1435 to 1865 that provide insight
into the efforts of Europeans in their
exploration of the world and America in
particular. |
$60.00
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| Woodward,
David, editor. Five Centuries of Map
Printing. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago
Press 1975. Quarto paperback; 177pp,
bibliography, illustrated. The cover is a bit
tatty, but overall it is a good working copy
which is the purpose of this book. A volume of
essays prepared for the third series of
Nebenzahl lectures, including full explanations
of the techniques used in woodcuts,
copperplates and lithography as applied to
cartography, information rarely found in one
place elsewhere. |
$24.00
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