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Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, by Lang and Ustick, 1796. 16,13-58,79-118pp. (as issued) and [1]p. of ads, plus seventeen (of nineteen) folding maps, with the general map of United States and the map of Kentucky provided in facsimile. 12mo. Original half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Binding worn and.....
Milwaukee. 1862. Folding color map, 28 x 21 inches. 16mo. Original printed boards. Rubbed. Map with four-inch rough tear along one fold. Overall color bright and clean. Good. Covers Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and parts of associated states. An unusual wartime and local issue. "Rare, he made few regional.....
Milwaukee. 1856. Folding map, 36 x 33 1/2 inches, with full period hand-coloring. In original 16mo. cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Cloth a touch faded. Near fine. A large, attractive map of Wisconsin, showing all the surveyed counties and many towns, and extending northward to include the unsurveyed areas.....
Richmond: West & Johnston, 1862. Lithographed map, 25 1/2 x 36 3/4 inches, with ornamental border and inset view of Richmond. Sheet trimmed to just outside the ornamental border and mounted on modern linen. Old folds now flattened. Small chip in upper right corner, just touching the ornamental border. Separations.....
New York. 1883. Folding colored map, 17 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches. Original brown embossed cloth, gilt. Some staining and wear to boards. A couple of tiny tears at folds, otherwise near fine. A very detailed West Coast pocket map, with routes of the Central Pacific Railroad snaking through the.....
New York: Colton & Company; Portland, Me.: C.C. Hall, 1855. Folding pocket map, 40 3/4 x 33 inches. Full contemporary color. Several small separations at folds; minor foxing. Gilt-stamped leather cover worn, spine perished. Very good. One of the finest of all 19th-century maps of Maine, first published in 1852.....
Chicago: D.B. Cooke & Co., 1855. Handcolored folding map, 28 x 21 1/2 inches (72 x 54 1/2 cm). 12mo. Original embossed cloth boards, title stamped in gilt. Cloth a bit rubbed and sunned, minor tanning and foxing. Very good. A rare and handsome early railroad pocket map of Illinois.....
Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait, 1849. 21 1/2 x 29 inches, folded into 12mo. contemporary cloth folder, gilt-lettered cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Two minor tears in from left edge along folds, one three-inch tear also in from left edge; additional small separations at intersections. Occasional faint soiling. Printed color bright and clean.....
Philadelphia: Published by A. Finley, [1828]. Folding pocket map, 13 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches, with full period color. Bound into contemporary 16mo. gilt-stamped limp brown leather boards. Boards rubbed and lightly stained. Sales label for Finley's company, listing several newly published maps, affixed to front pastedown. Small separations at.....
Chicago & New York. [1893]. 14pp. plus folding color map, 14 x 21 inches. In 12mo. original printed wrappers. Minor chipping to wrappers. Some fold separations to map. Good plus. An attractive color map of the state, including the railroad system, and "all cities, towns, post offices, railroad stations, villages.....
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1901. Folding color map, 33 x 45 inches. In original cloth folder. A few minor tears at folds, else very good. Handsome and quite large folding pocket map of Iowa. Detailing the counties, railroads, etc.
New York. 1824. Folding map, 51 x 51 inches, backed on linen as issued. Significant foxing. Original portfolio of boards with roan spine, expertly rebacked. In a cloth clamshell box, leather label. Styled "second edition." Handsome large- scale early map of New York State and part of Pennsylvania and New.....
St. Paul: E.H. Burritt & Co., 1871. Folding colored lithographic map on tissue, 34 x 30 inches (76 x 86 1/4 cm). 12mo. Original brown cloth folder, boards stamped in gilt and blind cover. Boards a bit rubbed and worn, map bright and clean. Near fine. A handsome state map.....
Milwaukee: Silas Chapman, 1856. Colored folding lithographic map, 28 x 22 inches. Bound into original 16mo. brown cloth boards, stamped in gilt and blind. Boards slightly worn and faded. Minute soiling along fold lines, small splits along folds and cross-folds. Colors on map generally bright and clean. Overall, about very.....
Milwaukee: Dyer & Pasmore, 1856. Colored folding map, 29 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches. Neatly ex-lib., with small, unobtrusive stamp on verso of map, and old shelf label on spine. Overall a very good copy, with a single straight closed tear without loss, laid into original 16mo. green cloth boards.....
Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857. Pocket map, 15 x 17 1/2 inches, handcolored, folded to 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Original cloth folder, stamped in blind and gilt. Minor toning and soiling to map, minor separation at one corner fold. Contemporary bookseller's label on front pastedown. Near fine. A handsome.....
![Item #WRCAM56733 NEW POCKET MAP OF VERNON COUNTY, MISSOURI [wrapper title]. Missouri](https://williamreesecompany.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/WRCAM56733.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1624298570)
Kansas City, Mo. F.E. Gallup Map Co., [ca. 1910]. Colored map, 18 1/2 x 17 inches, entitled "Map of Vernon County, Mo." Folding into original printed wrappers. Minor edge wear. A few tiny separations at crossfolds, one small closed tear in the map area (with no loss). Very good. An.....
Philadelphia. 1846. Folding handcolored pocket map, 12 1/2 x 15 inches. Tipped into original 12mo. cloth folder. Separating at corner folds. Light soiling and foxing. Light wear to folder. Good. A pocket variation of Mitchell's map of Mexico and Guatemala. "This is based largely on 1845 FREMONT" - Wheat. Mitchell.....
Philadelphia. 1843. Two colored folding maps, 33½ x 24 inches and 34¾ x 25½ inches. In original elaborately gilt pictorial morocco, brass clasp intact. Small tear in second map (i.e. the chart). Otherwise fine and bright. In a half morocco box. The national map shows the United States west to.....
Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1838. Handcolored folding pocket map, 18 x 21 1/2 inches, in a 16mo. morocco folder, cover stamped in blind and gilt. Lightly rubbed at extremities. Minor toning, a few small spots of foxing. A few small separations at corner folds. Colors fresh and bright. Very good.....
Liverpool & London: Engraved by George Philip & Son, 1867. Folding map, 35 x 38 inches, partially colored, backed on linen. In original 12mo. brown cloth folder, gilt. Front board detached, spine perished. Map with some slight foxing. Overall very good. A large, handsomely detailed map of New Brunswick, showing.....
Hartford: Case and Waters, 1836. Colored map, 22 x 15 3/4 inches, folding into original 16mo. gilt calf binding. Map cracking and splitting on some folds, one portion detached but present. Else good. An uncommon New York state pocket map. An inset shows the profile of the "Levels in the.....
![Item #WRCAM52713 AMÉRIQUE OU INDES OCCIDENTALES [caption title]. Didier Robert de Vaugondy](https://williamreesecompany.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/WRCAM52713.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1593711851)
Paris: Chez l'Autheur, 1771. Copper engraved folding map with original handcolored outlining. Sheet size: 20 1/2 x 26 inches. Contemporary paste paper boards, manuscript label on front board, partial manuscript on spine. Contemporary Latin manuscript waste used as pastedowns. Slight toning along fold lines, but overall a fine copy. The.....
Boston. [1857]. Folding color map, 32 x 24 inches. 16mo. Original printed wrappers. Spine split and repaired with old tape. Map color bright and clean. Very good. A rare early map of Minnesota. Like other Minnesota maps of this period, the present map is most valuable for showing nascent development.....
Chicago. 1889. Colored folding map, 36 1/4 x 51 inches. Closed splits along several folds, but with no loss in map image. Two tears in left margin, with some paper loss. Good overall. One of the first maps of South Dakota published after it became a state in 1889. This.....
