1535. Strasbourg: 1522-25. 11.25 x 14.75 inches. Framed map, uncolored; professional paper repairs to old worming either side of center crease, lost printed lines restored in careful manuscript facsimile including parts of the she-wolf, frame lightly scuffed, good condition. Not examined out of frame. § “The rare 1525 edition of..... More
1550. Basel: c. 1550. 10 x 13.5 inches. Framed map, hand colored; a tiny hole in the top margin along the center crease, and another in the bottom margin, some toning, frame lightly scuffed, over all very good condition. Not examined out of frame. § A nice, full color example..... More
1657. [Amsterdam?: c. 1657]. 7 x 9.25 inches. Framed, hand colored map, frame lightly scuffed, map in very good condition. Not examined out of frame. § A detailed map of the Middle East, first published by Nicholas Sanson in 1657. “Nicholas Sanson (1600-1667) is considered the father of French cartography..... More
1938. 1938. 14 x 16 7/8 inches. Framed map, uncolored, folding creases, frame lightly scuffed, very good. Not examined out of frame. § World map showing wind directions by arrows, somewhat similar to wind charts in the British Admiralty Navigation Manuals 1938. The book or atlas from which this was..... More
1552. Basle: [c. 1552]. 9 7/8 x 13 3/8 inches. Framed map, hand colored; evenly toned, some cracking along the fold line, frame lightly scuffed, very good. Not examined out of frame. § Rare first edition of Munster’s Ptolemaic map of North Africa and the Mediterranean. From the 1542 edition..... More
1720. Nuremberg: 1712. 21.5 x 18.25 inches. Framed map, hand-colored; frame lightly scuffed, map in very good condition. Not examined out of frame. § Striking full color example of Homann’s decorative map of Egypt which focuses on the Nile River Valley from the Mediterranean to below the first cataract at..... More
1694. 1694. 18 x 22.5 inches. Framed map, hand-colored; frame bumped, map in very good condition. Not examined out of frame. § Jaillot’s impressive map of North America, with California as an island. The map, printed in a wide-format, shows all that was then known of North America on a...... More
1609. Antwerp: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1609. 14 x 20 inches. Framed map, hand colored; lightly toned, frame lightly scuffed, very good condition. Not examined out of frame. § Gorgeous example of Ortelius' second map of Egypt, which was issued only in late editions of his Parergon. Ortelius’ interest in ancient..... More
1970. Stockholm: 1897. Reprinted by Burt Franklin, New York, 1970. Huge folio, 208 pp. followed by 60 plates. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. Very lightly scuffed and bumped, near fine without dust-jacket. § Burt Franklin Research and Source Works Series #52. A well printed facsimile edition of this monumental historical..... More
1965. San Francisco: David Magee, 1965. 2 parts, folio, each in blue printed wrappers: text 33 pp. printed in black and red with 11 illustrations; portfolio, facsimile title page and 15 charts on 10 sheets, several folding, housed together in the cloth solander case with printed label. With the original..... More
1889. Stockholm: 1889. Reprinted by Kraus Reprint Corporation New York, 1961. Huge folio, 141 pp. followed by 51 plates. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. Cloth a little faded and scuffed; internally near fine. § Facsimile of the first English edition published in 1889. Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901) was a Fenno-Swedish..... More
1961. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961. Folio, 494 pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Gray cloth stamped in blue. Spine toned, faint stain to upper board. Very good. § Reprinted with corrections in an edition limited to 750 copies. First published in 1895 by Lewis & Dryden Publishing..... More
1950. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1950. Folio, 140 pp. 39 plates, many folding. Printed in red and black. Quarter leather with decorated paper-covered boards. Tips worn, spine ends chipped, page margins foxed throughout. § One of 375 copies; original prospectus laid in. An important reference work from..... More
1993. London: New Holland Ltd., 1993. Folio, 669 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. Red cloth. A very good copy without dust-jacket. § Reprint. First published in 1983. A chronologically arranged cartobibliography illustrating how the world map developed from the earliest years of printing in the 1470s up..... More
1932. New York: The New York Public Library, 1932. Folio, 167 pp. plus black and white plates. Half calf, cloth sides, backstrip with raised bands lettered in gilt. Binding a little scuffed but sound, internally a fine copy with a gift inscription on the front free endpaper. § No. 12..... More
1964. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarun Ltd. for the World Publishing Company, 1964. Folio, unpaginated. Grey cloth, stamped in gilt. Large faint stain to upper board, lower board sunned in stripes, one leaf chipped, pages clean. Without dust-jacket. § A fine facsimile edition of Leinhart Holle's 1482 edition Ptolemy’s Cosmographia, the..... More
1966. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarun Ltd. for the World Publishing Company, 1966. Folio, unpaginated. Green cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Cloth lightly rubbed, small white mark on upper board; internally fine. Without dust-jacket. § A fine facsimile of John Speed’s atlas of the world, the first atlas by an..... More
1972. London, New York and Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1972. 8vo, xv, [1], 944 pp. Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. As new. § Last printing of the Keynes version first published in 1925 and this edition edited from the 1957 edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 370H. More
London: A. Redford and W. Robins, 1833. Slim 12mo, 58, (1)pp. Original pale green/blue cloth, small black stain (ink?) on lower cover. A very good copy with the bookplate of J.O. Edwards. Signed and dated by the author at the front in ink. § First edition of this version, with..... More
1940. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1940. 8vo, 63 pp. 4 full-page plates and 4 decorations by Stephen Gooden. Quarter green morocco, green cloth boards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Boards darkened and spotted, backstrip sunned and once perished, now professionally repaired with dyed paper; some..... More
1809. Soleure: Chez Ursus Heuberger, 1719. 12mo, xxiv, 331, (4) pp. Early full calf, backstrip gilt; binding quite worn, backstrip dry and splitting, lacking title label; lacking front blank, extensive bibliographic notes in blue pen on front pastedown offset slightly onto the title page. A good copy. § The first..... More
1809. Boston: Farrand, Mallory, and Co., 1809. 8vo bound in sixes, 159 pp. Old brown boards, flat spine ruled in gilt with red leather label. Boards worn, joints split despite old repairs, pages browned, old ink signature of Lewis Mayer on title-page. Good. § First American from the Second London..... More
San Fransico: Book Club of California, 1941. Folio, (12), 74 pp. With 4 color plates (including frontispiece). Grey boartds, vellum backstrip, top edge a bit gnawed, internally fine. § Limited to 350 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. The historical introduction by Edith Coulter describes Beechey's visit en route to..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1972. Roy. 8vo, 45pp. . Frontispiece portrait of Wilde, folding color illustration of "The Modern Messiah," from "The Wasp.". Red cloth, upper cover and backstrip lettered in gilt, outline portrait of Wilde on upper cover. Very good. § Limited to 500 copies. An account..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1984. 4to, 138pp. Portraits, plates from photographs; extensive notes. Cloth-backed decorated green boards with gilt-lettered spine. A very fine copy. § Limited to 500 copies printed by the Castle Press designed by Ward Ritchie. The book documents the history of the formative years of..... More
