Maps
HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH of the WESTERN HEMISPHERE of the Globe; [North & South America]
New York: Colton, 1855. Folio's overall measurements c.14 1/2" W x 16 3/4" H; printed area measures c.13 1/2" x 14 1/4" H. Attractive and detailed, hand-colored, lithographed map of the globe's Western hemisphere. Very frameable with minor defects mainly confined to the margins. More
A NEW MAP OF ILLINOIS; with its proposed Canals, Roads & Distances
Philadelphia: Augustus Mitchell, 1849. Lithographed. First Edition. Hand-colored Map. Folio overall measures 13 3/4" x 17 1/4" with the printed area being 12" W x 15 1/4" H. Hand-colored. Published soon after Illinois became a state. Noteworthy depiction of booming lead mining region centered on Galena. More
SHERLOCK HOLMES; My Life And Crimes
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1984. B&W photos. First Edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected dust jacket illustrated by J. A. Grimshaw's "St. Paul's from Ludgate Circus," profusely illustrated with V&W photographs, 208 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: Tight, bright, & clean internally and externally..... More
THERE AND BACK AGAIN: The MAP of THE HOBBIT plus A MAP of Tolkien's MIDDLE-EARTH
New York: Harper Prism, 1994. John Howe. Reimagining of Christopher Tolkien Map copyright 1982. Paperback. Small 8vos (7 3/4" x 5 1/4"), text by Brian Sibley, imaginative full-color Illustrations for both maps (T&BA: 28"W x ~29"H; T'sME: 28 1/4"W x 28 2/4"H) by John Howe, 22 + [1] & [21]..... More