![Item #WRCAM30008 THE ALASKA HOMESTAKE GOLD MINING CO. [cover title]. Alaska Mining](https://williamreesecompany.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/WRCAM30008.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1593711462)
[Seattle. Alaska Homestake Gold Mining Co., 1936]. 8pp. plus folding map. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Both wrappers detached. Internally clean. Very good. Prospectus of this well-financed Alaskan mining company with numerous statistics regarding cost of operation and potential yield. The map, perfectly traced from the original, illustrates the Bluff Quartz.....
Washington. 1904. Titlepage plus thirty-seven maps. Folio. Original cloth, gilt title on front cover. Very good. This atlas contains maps detailing the British case in the arbitration with the United States over the Alaskan boundary. Many of the maps are earlier historically important works by Vancouver, Bouchette, Arrowsmith, Langsdorff, etc......
[N.p.]: 1959. Various paginations. Folding map. Tall folio. Later buckram. Original red wrappers bound in. Cancelled library stamps on titlepage. Else very good. Extensive collection of vital data on Alaskan counties, place names, boundaries, and the like.
1920. 24-panel map. Mild tanning. Very good. Map of New York City. Also includes "Police Regulations for Street Traffic in New York City" and a ferry schedule with rates.
1923. 16-panel map. Some foxing, soiled. Minor tears at top of map. Good. Map of New Jersey, includes extracts from the traffic laws of the state and a ferry schedule.
1918. 24-panel map. Moderate tanning. Some contemporary marks on map. Good. Map of Pennsylvania. Includes curious advertisement for an early form of traveler's checks.
Livorno: Marco Coltellini, 1763. Three volumes. xxiii,216,[1]; 256,[1]; 253,[2]pp. Seventy-eight engraved maps and plates (twenty-four of them folding). Frontis. Half title in first volume. Large quarto. Contemporary vellum, spines gilt. Some wear and light staining to boards, spine ends of first and third volumes repaired, spines a bit darkened. Occasional.....
[N.p. ca. 1780-1783]. [3]pp. on two large bifolia, each approximately 17¾ x 11½ inches. Previously folded. Blindstamped "ARCHIVES DE CHASTELLUX" on the verso of both bifolia. Closed tear from inner margin of first bifolium, not affecting manuscript. Patches of light dampstaining. Very good. Untrimmed. A pair of illustrated period battle.....
London: Published by His Majesty’s Royal License and Authority. For John Fielding...and John Jarvis, 1785-1786. Four volumes. [2],448; [2],449 [i.e. 447]; [2],445; [2],416,[59],[v]-xiv pp., plus twenty-four plates, six folding maps, and one single-page map (maps partially handcolored). Engraved titlepages. Contemporary tree calf, gilt-tooled border, spines gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled.....
London. 1823. iv,[2],xxvii,[5],285,[2],297,[3]pp. plus folding map and twenty-five lithographic plates. Quarto. Contemporary calf, ruled in gilt and blind, spine elaborately gilt, a.e.g. Expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down. Minor shelf wear, modern bookplate on front pastedown. Light foxing on map and plates, with some offsetting to facing pages, but.....
Bath: William Meyler, 1807. [2],38pp. plus one engraved plan. Modern half roan and boards, spine gilt. Occasional minor foxing; minor titlepage repair with no loss of text. A very good copy, with engraved bookplate of P. Francis K.C.B on front pastedown. An anonymous straight-forward account of the British attack on.....
San Francisco: Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch, [ca. 1899]. 16pp. of text (including wrapper title) printed on one side of a large folding sheet, 16 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches, with printed map on the verso, surrounded by five illustrations from photographs. Lightly tanned. A tiny bit of separation at folds.....
Mexico City: Imprenta del Gobierno, en Palacio, 1873. 43pp., plus folding map. Later half red calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Minor edge wear. Soft vertical crease to text, minor toning, short tape repair to verso of map at binding stub. Very good. A report on a project for the.....
Boston: Thomas and Andrews, October 1, 1805. Title-leaf, index leaf, sixty-three maps (three folding). Quarto. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt. Boards scuffed, rubbed, and edgeworn. Hinges tender, first few leaves creased. Mostly minor foxing throughout. Overall, a very good copy. An early 19th-century American atlas.....
Boston. 1849. 36pp. folding plate. Original printed wrappers. A trifle dust soiled. Some chipping at spine. Else very good. Exhibition guide issued for the Boston showing of Brunetti's model of ancient Jerusalem. The folding plate is a map of the model. There was also an engraving published which this explained.....
![Item #WRCAM7086 MINERAL MAP AND GENERAL STATISTICS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA [wrapper title]....](https://williamreesecompany.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/WRCAM7086.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1628092607)
Sydney. 1876. Color map, 15 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches. Folded into original printed wrappers. Ink signature and ownership stamp on front wrapper, wrappers separated at seam. The map is very nice, with some foxing but no tears at folds. The map, engraved by G.W. Sharp, is shaded with seven.....
London. 1838. viii,456pp. plus twelve lithographed plates and folding map. Original blue cloth, boards blind-stamped, spine gilt lettered. Slightly cocked, spine and edges sunned, corners bumped. 20th- century bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. About very good. A scarce account of Sir George Back's 1836 expedition to complete a survey.....
London. 1836. x,[2],663,[1]pp. plus sixteen plates on India paper and folding map. Thick quarto. Modern three-quarter blue morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Minor rubbing, spine slightly sunned. Minor marginal foxing to plates. Very good. A large paper copy of this major source both in the early exploration of the Far.....
Philadelphia. 1836. [4, ads],456pp. plus folding map. Original half blue cloth and calf boards, original calf labelon spine. Noticeable edge wear, front hinge almost detached. Minor foxing. Good. Untrimmed. Back went in search of Sir John Ross, travelling through north central Canada to the Great Slave Lake, and up the.....
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1772. [16],358,[1]pp. plus two engraved plates (on one sheet) and folding map. Small octavo. Modern half vellum and marbled boards, spine gilt. A bit of light age toning, an occasional light fox mark. Three small purple ink spots in lower portion of map. Near fine. First.....
Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773. [16],358pp. plus two engraved plates and folding map. Contemporary black half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities lightly worn, small paper label at foot of spine. Small ink stamp on titlepage and verso of map. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. Second issue with some.....
New York. 1875. 542pp. plus numerous plates and two colored maps (one folding). Original gilt pictorial maroon cloth, spine gilt. Very minor shelf wear. Contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper. A pristine, beautiful copy. First American edition, after the London edition of the previous year. In 1869 the Khedive.....
London. 1868. 596pp. Portrait frontispiece plus 22 plates and 2 partially colored maps of the author's routes (1 folding). Contemporary morocco, expertly rebacked with gilt spine in matching style. Insect damage to face of back cover. Internally clean and very good. Second edition of this account of travel and hunting.....
London. [ 1753]. Four folio sheets, each approximately 24 x 30 inches, and approximately 48 x 60 inches overall. Original hand-coloring of borders. Minor wear and a few short closed tears at edges. Light tanning and scattered faint foxing. Very good. A remarkable example of this rare, important, and mammoth.....
Houston, Tx. Sanborn & Warner, [1888]. 48pp., plus black & white folding map with borders in red measuring 14 x 10 3/4 inches laid in. Narrow 12mo. Original pictorial wrappers. Wrappers separated from textblock, wear and some loss to front wrapper due to previous owner excising the map from the.....
