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1795rif. 21088Brest 1795 1 feuillet avec en-tête préimprimé : Liberté Egalité AU NOM DE LA REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE et orné d'une vignette en noir (avec symboles révolutionnaires : faisceaux d'Armes et bonnet Phrygien), manuscrit à l'encre brune sur papier vergé ligné filigrané, format 19,4 centimètres de large par 30,5 centimètres de haut, Lettre écrite à BREST, le 23 Germinal 3ème année républiquaine, signature manuscrite de THIRAT,
1816rif. 185242London.: Thomson. 1816. Engraved map with full handcolour 50.5 x 59.7 cms ; 53.9 x 73.8 cms sheet central fold a few minor edge tears one intruding into the top border the map unscathed marginal edgewear two corners with some loss but the map in very good crisp condition. An elegant map with great detail prepared for John Thomson's influential "New General Atlas" 1814-1821. Showing India from 20 degrees to 7 degrees north of the equator and includes the northern half of Ceylon with territorial interests attractively coloured. . Thomson. unknown
1850rif. List2416Great Britain 1850. Broadside measuring 9 ⅞ x 15 ⅜ inches. Some chipping and wear to edge ink number written in corner two small section of loss due to improper mounting very good overall. Coat of arms of the United Kingdom above printed text. Very Good. A scarce broadside relating to British postal rates across the Panama Route through the Chagres River which supplied mail to California and Oregon beginning in 1848 before eventually being replaced by the Overland route in 1860. The service was characterized by long delay times as steamships on either side of the isthmus were often not coordinated causing major delays in the delivery. Several different steamship companies operated privately some carrying express mail. The letters were transported by canoe or pack animal across the isthmus. Postmaster General Cave Johnson began establishing post offices in California in 1848. Johnson also oversaw the transition to the prepaid delivery system. The broadside here of which we find no other records does state that postage must be prepaid and that the route can be accessed by writing “via New York” on the letters. A scarce postal history item relating to the expansion of mail services to California. We find no other records of this institutionally or in the trade. unknown
1850rif. List2416Great Britain 1850. Broadside measuring 9 ⅞ x 15 ⅜ inches. Some chipping and wear to edge ink number written in corner two small section of loss due to improper mounting very good overall. Coat of arms of the United Kingdom above printed text. Very Good. A scarce broadside relating to British postal rates across the Panama Route through the Chagres River which supplied mail to California and Oregon beginning in 1848 before eventually being replaced by the Overland route in 1860. The service was characterized by long delay times as steamships on either side of the isthmus were often not coordinated causing major delays in the delivery. Several different steamship companies operated privately some carrying express mail. The letters were transported by canoe or pack animal across the isthmus. Postmaster General Cave Johnson began establishing post offices in California in 1848. Johnson also oversaw the transition to the prepaid delivery system. The broadside here of which we find no other records does state that postage must be prepaid and that the route can be accessed by writing “via New York” on the letters. A scarce postal history item relating to the expansion of mail services to California. We find no other records of this institutionally or in the trade. unknown books
1953rif. 013812New York Ace Books, Inc. - Collection « Ace double books » D-15 1953 In-12 broché, couverture illutrée Signé par l'auteur
1900rif. 5708Chicago: Rand Mcnally & Co 1900. Two color map 28x21" folding to 6x3.5." Few small marginal tears at folds some toning else very good. Attached to original Burlington Route folder lacking front cover. Uncommon Indiana pocket map from the Burlington Route showing roads counties cities etc. with an emphasis on railways which are listed in red at the bottom right corner. List of chief cities with populations along left margin. . Rand, Mcnally & Co unknown
1901rif. 51617N.P.: Privately printed 1901. 1901. 9 1/4" x 8" in clorful pictorial wrapper folded at center. 12 pp. Illustrations. Schedule. Overview of San Francisco along with information on its climate Chinatown The Cliff House Golden Gate Park Sutro Baths and Museum Nob Hill and side trips from San Francisco to include brief information on Monterey San Jose Paciic Grove Lake Tahoe Los Angeles etc. Information on the Burlington Route train and its railroad cars. Finally a schedule for the trip from Omaha .by way of Denver and Salt Lake City and onto San Francisco. Light soiling and light wear to the extremities. Very good. Privately printed, 1901. unknown
1951rif. 214601Delhi.: S.B. Makhija & Brothers. circa1951. Printed colour map 98.6 x 69 cm folding into pictorial wrappers 25.3 x 19.5 cm five pictorial colour inserts of pagodas and the Shwethalyaung reclining Buddha wrappers a little chipped marginal wear and three small fold splits in the map but overall in very good condition. Attractive large map of Burma with the provinces coloured steamship routes shown in red and printed in the booklet a range of information printed based on the 1951 census including climate agriculture and form of government "Burma became an independent nation completely outside the British Empire on January 4 1948 and is now a sovereign independent republic known as the Union of Burma". . S.B. Makhija & Brothers. unknown
rif. 174950Gotha.: Justus Perthes. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 32.2 x 40 cm text in German five inset maps central fold slight marginal toning and spotting on the verso but in very good condition. A most handsome and highly detailed map detailing the Eastern provinces of the Byzantine/Roman Empire in the time of the Roman Emperor Justinian 527-565. The inset maps depict Carthage Rome Constantinople Naples and a Western continuation of the main map originally issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit" . Justus Perthes. unknown
1874rif. 174914Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1874. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 32.2 x 40 cm three inset maps text in German central fold slight marginal toning in very good condition. A most handsome map detailing the Eastern Roman Empire from the immigration of Hungarians in Ponnonia around 895 to the subjugation of the Bulgarian Empire by Emperor Basilius in 1019. The inset maps depict Divisions of the Empire Palestine and the Themata around Propontis present day Sea of Marmara issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit". . Justus Perthes unknown
1876rif. 174911Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1876. Map with original colour and outline hand-colour 32.2 x 40 cm text in German four inset maps central fold slight marginal toning and spotting on the verso but in very good condition. A most handsome and highly detailed map detailing the Eastern provinces of the Byzantine/Roman Empire before the Fourth Crusade. The inset maps depict Constantinople Divisions of the Empire and Antioch issued for the "Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelatters und die Neueren Zeit" . Justus Perthes unknown
1894rif. 57598San Francisco CA: Standard Asphalt Company of California Printed by Bosqui Printing & Engraving Co. 1894. 8vo. 8 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black. Black printed softcovers white lettering front cover company logo illust. on back cover minor shelfwear slight rubbing very slight chip to upper right corner still VG copy. First edition of this scarce promotional brochure by this pioneering California oil and mining company initially drawing upon petroleum and asphalt mines near Bakersfield California by the late 1880’s. They had originally drawn upon deposits in Asphalto and Hazleton but later these were played out due to high production costs to refine out the clay but later the company made a large discovery in 1893 just prior to the publication of this promotional piece touting 79% level of bitumen and production of asphalt vital for use in lacquers paints and road construction. Worldcat locates 1 copy UC Berkeley; See: Asphaltum Mineral Resources of the United States 1893-1894 1895 pp. 633-634; Asphaltum Standard Asphalt Company of California Los Angeles Herald April 5 1891 p. 6. Standard Asphalt Company of California, Printed by Bosqui Printing & Engraving Co., paperback
rif. 147183First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small folio; morocco-grain cloth lettered in gilt; in fine condition. The volume contains: a manuscript personal diary of the trip octavo 6 leaves removed from a small journal and loosely inserted; a typed transcript of the diary quarto 4 leaves printed rectos only; typed transcripts of journals kept by two other members of the same expedition both quarto printed rectos only the first 10 leaves plus signed cover letter the second i ii 34 leaves plus a map complimentary copy number 7 inscribed and signed by the author; and 74 colour photographs each 88 × 130 mm mounted next to printed captions they show desert scenery waterholes Aboriginal rock art explorers' inscriptions and more. Also bound in are photocopies of four publications or extracts relating to the Canning Stock Route. hardcover
1723rif. 54819Rainer Ottens. 1723. A most attractive map with early outline hand colour vertical fold barely visible diagonal crease upper half of map few very pale small brown spots otherwise a clean and bright image. Numbering in red pencil few annotations in pencil and light number stamp on reverse however not at all visible from front of map or affecting image. Sheet measures 46.6 x 60.2cm. . Rainer Ottens. unknown
1925rif. 44354Chicago IL: Engineering and Contracting Publishing Co. 1925. 4to. 320 pp. 100s of photo illusts. diagrams text illusts. Embossed & decorated gray cloth lettering & decorated border red & black lettering on spine minor shelfwear light rubbing to corners VG copy w/ former ownership markings on ffep. First edition numbered on verso of title of this fascinating work illustrating the equipment and materials needed to build the roads and highways in the early automobile era. Included are asphalt companies oil burning equipment for road building and repairs expansion joint steel fencing companies steam rollers graders cranes excavators and much more. Engineering and Contracting Publishing Co., hardcover
1572rif. 160554Tokyo 東京: 統制社Tosei-sha. 昭和 Showa 18. 1943. Colour folding map 54 x 75.5cm with original envelope. Envelope a little torn some occasional browning very good. The 13th map in this Standard Maps of Greater East Asia series of 20 maps. All text in Japanese. Shows railways shipping routes administrative boundaries airfields ports lighthouses mines oil wells etc. . 統制社(Tosei-sha) unknown
1957rif. 005704Paris Agnès Capri 1957 60 x 40 cm Affiche Edition originale
1933rif. 58148Chicago: Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Printed by Poole Bros. Inc. 1933. Tall 8vo. 4 x 9 in. which folds out into 8 x 9 in. 4to. 20 pp unpaginated illustrated & printed in red & black throughout numerous photo illustrations text illustrations 1 double-page maps 1 double-page. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art on front of the Hall of Sciences back cover w/ pictorial map of Burlington Routes slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition of this very scarce promotional brochure advertising the low round trip rates being offered by the Burlington Route for tourists to the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. Detailed descriptions are included of the Exposition exhibits a birds-eye view of the Century of Progress grounds amenities in Chicago and the Travel & Transport Building which held a special Burlington Route exhibit. Kaufmann & Fabry was an active commercial photographic firm specializing in architectural photography in Chicago from before 1910 and are still in existence. No copies located in Worldcat. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, [Printed by Poole Bros., Inc.,] paperback
1796rif. 209283London.: George Nicol. 1796. Engraved copperplate map on Whatman paper 43.8 x 33.6 cm; 57 x 42 cm sheet including plate markscale in nautical and English miles; light undulation to sheet marginal toning and edgewear but in very good condition. Finely engraved and detailed map of two routes to Pekin Beijing along the White River Baihe from the Gulf of Petcheli and along the Imperial Highway from Jehol and includes commentary locating palaces and gardens type of cultivation "many barges" and "the road shaded by willow trees". The map elegantly drawn by Henry William Parish was published in George Staunton's account of Earl Macartney's embassy to China 1792-1794. . George Nicol. unknown
1900rif. 174904circa1900. Map printed in colour text in English provinces shaded in colour 28.3 x 23.2 cm central fold paper toned a small edge tear confined to the outer margin but in good condition. . unknown
1945rif. 194660New York.: Army Information Branch. Volume III No. 51F. 9 April1945. Folding colour map and six inset maps in a vertical panel 88 x 119 cms sheet and on the recto circular map of Europe smaller inset map of Asia and of the Ryukyu Islands descriptive text original folds in very good bright condition. Scarce Newsmap of "China Southeast Coast" from Shanghai to French Indochina with the islands of Formosa and Hainan. At the right edge are inset maps of the vicinities of Shanghai Wenchow Foochow Swatow Canton and Hong Kong. On the verso is a large map of the European theatre of operations centred on Berlin a map of the Pacific area noting the American occupation of Okinawa with a detailed map of this island. In unusually fine bright condition. . Army Information Branch. unknown
1940rif. 209821Los Angeles.: Los Angeles Examiner. 1940. Printed colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf 42.3 x 39.9 cms; 54.3 x 42.5 cms sheet archivally laid down on linen slight discolouration to lower centrefold and sheet slightly age-toned but in very good condition. A striking geopolitical map by Los Angeles Examiner artist Howard Burke covering China Japan Southern Russia and the northern part of French Indochina and Siam showing how the "Aggressors Divide China." Areas under Japanese occupation are shown in red and their naval blockade shown by an arc of naval vessels with vivid arrows indicating lines of supply. Text labels including sources of agricultural and raw materials provide a dynamic overview of the geopolitical situation and show the influence of American scientific illustrator and cartographer Richard Edes Harrison who argued for examining geographic issues from multiple perspectives and Los Angeles Times artist Charles Owens. . Los Angeles Examiner. unknown
1955rif. 173072Washington D.C.: Army Map Service U.S. Army. 1955. Large colour map. 1:250000 scale. Transverse mercator projection. 23°00'N 91°30'E-22°00'N 93°00'E. Series U502 Sheet NF 46-6 Edition 1-AMS. Map measures 57.3 x 75.8cm. Slight wear creasing even light browning small closed tears on edges upper-right corner little foxed. Shows signs of use but map is clean and complete. Corps of Engineers Army Map Service map of Chittagong and surrounds compiled in 1955. Based on the British Indian one-inch and half-inch map series from 1938-43 and 1936-43 respectively. . Army Map Service, U.S. Army. unknown
rif. 201324229Strasbourg, Automobile-club d'alsce, 1965 ; in-8, 36 pp., br. Bon état mais un tampons sur la page de titre, un peu écorné plat et coins un peu frotté texte bon rare -Illustrations de Pesch petites rousseurs.
rif. 201213518Roubaix, Automobile-club du nord de la france, 1960 ; in-8, 32 pp., br. Très bon état mais un tampons sur le 1er plat rare -Illustrations de Pesch petites rousseurs.