First Edition. A large-scale study of the maps of the Texas coast. 225 pages. 15-1/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Numerous maps, printed and manuscript, reproduced in black and white, with detailed descriptions. An edition limited to 350 copies in a dust jacket, folding chemise, and a slipcase. First edition (first printing).....

An attractive handcolored map showing what was known in detail in Europe of the Far East in the late 18th century. While the interior of China is quite compressed, it is filled with geographical details and place names. Japan, Korea, Formosa (Taiwan) and other regions are shown in outline only.....

An engraved map of the Chinese empire by the French geographer A. H. Brué, with wide margins and period outline color. This map includes all of modern-day China, showing Tibet in the west, Mongolia at the north, Korea and Manchuria to the east, and the edges of India and Burma.....

An engraved map of China and the countries to the east by Ambrose Tardieu, with period outline color. The text is in French. 22 by 16 inches on a larger sheet. Dated 1821 in the plate and published in Atlas pour servir a l'Intelligence de l'Histoire Générale des Voyages de.....

A lovely, large map of China from Pinkerton's Modern Atlas with period outline color. Pinkerton's atlas was one of the best of the period. Provinces outlined; many place names in English transcription; topography detailed with crosshatching. 22-1/4 by 19-3/4 inches on a larger sheet. Drawn by L. Hebert under the.....

A real estate auction map for a portion of the Caspar Semlar (sometimes spelled Semler, as in the map title) farm in what is now the Rose Hill neighborhood of New York. This was part of the Common Grounds land Casimir Goerck surveyed in the late 18th century, with the.....

A somewhat worn map for a mid-19th century sale of three full city blocks and parts of four other blocks in what is now Chelsea. The map shows the area from 24th to 28th Streets and from the Hudson River to 10th Avenue and advertises properties, as well as "water.....

An attractive manuscript survey map with period handcoloring of a section of Greenwich Village between Greene and Mercer Streets just south of Waverly Place (here called Sixth Street). William Thomas, the late owner of these 18 city lots, owned a large house surrounded by ample grounds. The house is depicted.....

First edition. A set of six color lithograph reproductions of Covarrubias's map murals done for the Pacific House at the Golden Gate International Exposition held in San Francisco. With the large portfolio case and wooden dowel. The lithographs, in brilliant color, depict the Pacific Ocean and the countries surrounding it.....

A very unusual original (not a copy, despite the title) promotional real estate map for San Francisco's Castro district. While this map has been described as a lithograph (see PBA Galleries, April 21, 2022, $1,375), it is actually letterpress printed entirely from type elements (the bite of the type can.....

Second Edition. This is the second edition of one of the crowning achievements of Japanese Edo-period mapmaking, a five-color woodblock atlas of the provinces of Japan. The maps are printed in light blue, dark blue, black, yellow, and red and mark administrative divisions (villages, provinces, counties), roads, stations, historical places.....