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Rare First edition of Mark Mills Pomeroy's The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party
POMEROY, M. M.
The Life and Public Services of Benjamin F. Butler, Major-General in the Army of the Republican Party.
New York: M. M. Pomeroy, 1868.
First edition of Pomeroy's scathing satirical biography of Union Army General Benjamin Butler. 12mo, engraved illustrated title page. Lacking the front wrapper. In very good condition. Very rare.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 139376
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Rare Original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' Stereograph Card; Produced By Historic Bennington Vermont Optical Company H.C. White
ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
Original Theodore Roosevelt ‘Perfec’ Stereograph Card.
Bennington, Vermont: H.C. White Co, 1902.
Rare original Theodore Roosevelt 'Perfec' stereograph card featuring two views of Roosevelt in the Cabinet Room of the White House. The card measures 7 inches by 3.5 inches.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 96585
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"America's most interesting city" Rare collection of New Orleans souvenir albums, pictorial travel brochures, and postcards
New Orleans Souvenir Album and Travel Brochure Collection.
Various, 1938-1960.
Rare collection of 5 souvenir albums and nine pictorial travel brochures printed between 1938 and 1960. The souvenir albums include a "Souvenir Condensed History of New Orleans for the Tourist" (c. 1955), a "Souvenir du Restaurant Antoine", "New Orleans, America's Most Interesting City", an early accordion-style pictorial album, and "Winter in New Orleans: Season 1908-1909" issued by the Southern Pacific Railway (1909). The brochures include a Louisiana Road Map issued by the Tourist Bureau of Baton Rouge, visitor's city guides, a 1938 Spring Fiesta brochure, a guide to Bellingrath Gardens, and a collection of original postcards from the Montenegro Hotel.…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 117352
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Rare Supreme Court Ruling Document; signed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
BURGER, Warren E.
Warren E. Burger Signed Supreme Court Ruling Document.
Washington, D.C.: June 11, 1986.
Rare typescript Supreme Court ruling document signed by the 15th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Warren E. Burger. Two pages, typescript, signed by Burger on the first page. Decided on July 11, 1986, the document offers Burger's opinion in the Richard Thornburgh, et al., Appellants v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists et al. regarding the legality of a minor seeking an abortion without parental consent. In fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 122766
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First Edition of Philip Stern's The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
STERN, Philip M.
The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969.
First edition of this early biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "For Joan and Arthur Gardner With the warmest and fondest wishes of their friend Phil S. November, 1969." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 143398
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First Edition of J. R Perkins' Trails, Rails and War; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
PERKINS, J. R. [William T. Sherman].
Trails, Rails and War: The Life of General G. M. Dodge.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929.
First edition of this biography of Union Army officer and railroad executive, General Grenville Mellen Dodge; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece portrait of General G. M. Dodge at seventy, illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed by the author on a note laid in, wishing the recipient a merry Christmas and prosperous New Year. P. T. Sherman's bookplate adhered to the front free endpaper with his ownership signature to the half title page. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the spine and front panel. General William Tecumseh Sherman's son P. T.…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145733
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Doctor Absalom Baird's Authentic Letters and Papers; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
BAIRD, Absalom [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Copies of Authentic Letters and Papers Throwing Some Light on the History of Doctor Absalom Baird of the Army of the Revolution Who Died at Washington, Pennsylvania in 1805 Likewise Referring to His Associates.
Pittsburgh: Reed & Witting, Press, 1909.
Scarce early 20th century primary account of the history and politics of revolutionary Pennsylvania, printed solely for their preservation among the author's descendants; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with rubbing and a few losses to the extremities and rear panel, some creasing to the front panel, and toning to p. 14 and 15 where a newsclipping of 'Out of My Mind To the Freshmen' by Katharine Brush is laid in. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 145937
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"Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation": Out of the Crisis; Lengthily Inscribed by W. Edwards Deming
DEMING, W. Edwards.
Out of the Crisis.
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1986.
Early printing of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece portrait of W. Edwards Demings. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Ms. Minato Asakawa. May your work in cross-cultural be successful, & may the 1990s bring you health & happiness. W. Edwards Deming 22 April 1990." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 146267
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Inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Angus Deaton
DEATON, Angus.
Essays in the Theory and Measurement of Consumer Behaviour: In Honour of Sir Richard Stone.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981.
First edition of this collection of essays in honour of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Stone. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the editor Angus Deaton on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 75092
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The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System; Signed by Economists Robert J. Shiller, John Campbell, Kenneth R. French and Frederic S. Mishkin
FRENCH, Kenneth R.; Martin N. Baily; John Y. Campbell; Robert Shiller.
The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010.
First edition of this "excellent primer on the workings and failures of today's sophisticated financial system" (Alan Greenspan). Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Robert J. Shiller, John Campbell, Kenneth R. French and Frederic S. Mishkin on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 114879
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First Edition of Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film; Signed by Him
STONE, Oliver.
Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film.
New York: Hyperion, 1995.
First edition of the screenplay which was the basis for the work by the legendary director. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Oliver Stone on the title page. In fine condition. Edited by Eric Hamburg. Screenplay by Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, and Oliver Stone.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133168
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First Edition of Garry Wills' Pulitzer Prize-winning work Lincoln at Gettysburg; Inscribed by Him
WILLS, Garry.
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Re-Made America.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Dick what fun, Garry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Original article regarding this title from the New York Times laid in.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 133476
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Rare Author's Edition of Lincoln: A Picture of Story of His Life; Signed by Stefan Lorant
LORANT, Stefan.
Lincoln: A Picture Story of His Life.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957.
Rare author's edition of this pictorial history of the sixteenth president of the United States of America. Quarto, original half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs, documents, and political drawings. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase. Accompanied by two portraits of Lincoln which appear in a manila envelope with Lincoln's signature in facsimile.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146569
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First Edition of Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data; Warmly Inscribed by Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman
HECKMAN, James J. and Burton Singer.
Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
First edition of this important contribution to the field of longitudinal analysis. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Rogers With Respect Jim Heckman 9/18/15." Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 116193
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Rare First Edition of "one of the most influential books of the 20th Century" The Lonely Crowd
RIESMAN, David with Reuel Denney and Nathan Glazer.
The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1950.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 120191
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"One of the most important documents of World War II": Rare First Edition of Mary Berg's The Warsaw Ghetto
BERG, Mary.
Warsaw Ghetto.
New York: L.B. Fischer Publishing Company, 1945.
First edition of this powerful collection of diary entries begun by Berg at the age of fifteen, one of the most important documents in the age of Hitler. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 132202
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Igor Sikorsky The Story of the Winged-S; inscribed by him
SIKORSKY, Igor.
The Story of the Winged-S: with New Material on the Latest Development of the Helicopter.
New York: Dodd, Meade & Company, 1942.
First edition, early printing of the autobiography of the Russian-American aviation pioneer and designer of the first viable American helicopter. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the half-title page, "To Mr. Henry Drans with kindest personal regards of I. Sikorsky Dec 16 1942." In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138142
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Inscribed by the President of the Philippines to Henry Kissinger
RAMOS, Fidel [Henry A. Kissinger].
Philippines: A Vision For The Nations.
Philippines: Studio Designs, 1995.
First edition of this work on the Philippines. Quarto, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by Philippines President Fidel V. Ramos (while in office) to the great American elder statesman of world affairs Henry Kissinger, "To Dr. Henry Kissinger with best wishes. Mabuhay! Fidel Ramos 8 Jan 96." Ramos was the 12th President of the Philippines, serving 1992-1998 after succeeding Corazon Aquino (who endorsed Ramos.) Includes a short introductory essay by Ramos.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 5314
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First Edition of Greeley's The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America
GREELEY, Horace.
The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America.
Hartford: O.D. Case & Company, 1865.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in three quarters calf, gilt titles to the spine, illustrated. In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 131811
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First edition of Sir Walter Scott's The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French Revolution
BY THE AUTHOR OF "WAVERLY," &c. [Sir Walter Scott].
The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French Revolution.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827.
First edition of Sir Walter Scott's Life of Napoleon. Royal octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Napoleon. In very good condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 139524
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“If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing will appear to man as it is, infinite": First Edition of Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception
HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Doors of Perception.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1954.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper Jacket design by John Woodcock. A very nice example.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146401
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First Edition of Daniel Ellsberg's Papers on the War; Signed by Him
ELLSBERG, Daniel.
Papers on the War.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972.
First edition of the signal work that further established Ellsberg "as one of our most refined analysts of that awful war." Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, "9 April 1973 To Julie, For peace! Dan Ellsberg." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Barbara Shapokas.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 112364
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"WHAT YOU KNOW CANNOT REALLY HURT YOU": The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable; Signed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
TALEB, Nassim Nicholas .
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.
New York: Random House, 2007.
First edition, early printing of this work concentrating on outlier events. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Thomas Beck Stvan. Jacket art by Photodisk/ Getty Images.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 142962
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First Edition of Values of Non-Atomic Games; Inscribed by Nobel Prize winning-economist Robert Aumann
AUMANN, Robert J. and Lloyd S. Shapley.
Values of Non-Atomic Games.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.
First edition of this "first class contribution to the field of game theory" (Oskar Morgenstern). Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Robert Aumann on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 45076
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First Edition of I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust; Inscribed by Livia Bitton-Jackson
BITTON-JACKSON, Livia.
I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997.
First edition of this powerful memoir. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "April 1998 For with all good wishes, Livia Bitton-Jackson." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Zakris.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 105841
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"Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives": John Adams; Warmly Inscribed by David McCullough
MCCULLOUGH, David.
John Adams.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
First edition of the author's second Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "This first edition is for Adrienne and John- David McCullough." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Jacket painting by Gilbert Stuart.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 144341
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“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on": John F. Kennedy's Why England Slept
KENNEDY, John F.
Why England Slept.
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940.
Second printing, published one month after the first of John F. Kennedy's first book. Octavo, original red cloth. Introduction by Henry R. Luce. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 146286
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Rare photograph signed by THE PILOT OF THE ENOLA GAY, PAUL TIBBETS
TIBBETS, Paul W.
Paul Tibbets Signed Photograph.
Rare black and white photograph of the pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets. Signed and dated by Tibbets, "Paul Tibbets, Pilot 6 AUG 1945." The entire piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 115764
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"We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave, Shouting the battle cry of freedom!": James McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom; Lengthily Inscribed by Him
MCPHERSON, James M.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
First edition, early printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Phoebe Roberts Congratulations on your award, from a fellow lover of books James McPherson Princeton February 28, 1989." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 136611
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"with sincere gratitude" First Edition of James Truslow Adams' The Epic of America; Warmly Inscribed by Him
ADAMS, John Truslow.
The Epic of America.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947.
Early printing of the work which introduced the term "American dream" into the lexicon and the "single best volume of American history" (Allan Nevins). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Barbara Hegg, with the kind regards of James Truslow Adams." In near fine condition. Illustrated by M.J. Gallagher. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138823
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First Edition of Gore Vidal's The Second American Revolution and other essays (1976-1982); Inscribed by Him to his Stepmother
VIDAL, Gore.
The Second American Revolution and Other Essays (1976-1982).
New York: Random House, 1982.
First edition of this collection of essays. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Kit all love Gore Vidal." The recipient, Katherine "Kit" Vidal was Eugene Vidal's second wife; he married her in 1939 when she was a 20 year old model with the Powers Agency, only six years older than Gore. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. An exceptional association.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 125211
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Jeremy Siegel's Stocks For The Long Run; Signed by Him
SIEGEL, Jeremy J.
Stocks For The Long Run.
Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin, 1994.
First edition, early printing of this stock investing classic. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Bill- Good luck with stocks! Jeremy J. Siegel." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138167
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First Edition of David Finn's Corporate Oligarch; Inscribed by Him
FINN, David.
Corporate Oligarch.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969.
First edition of this classic work by the famed advertising executive. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Fran Horn with warm regards David Finn." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Fred Toller.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 129554
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Jeremy Siegel's Stocks For The Long Run; Signed by Him
SIEGEL, Jeremy J.
Stocks For The Long Run.
Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin, 1994.
First edition, early printing of this stock investing classic. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Good luck with stocks! Jeremy J. Siegel." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138399
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First Edition of Henry Kaufman's On Money and Markets; Inscribed by Him
KAUFMAN, Henry. Foreword by Paul A. Volker.
On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
First edition of Henry Kaufman's memoir of his life spent on Wall Street. Octavo, original half cloth. Foreword by Paul A. Volker. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Peter with best wishes Henry Kaufman 2/5/05." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 131708
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Rare First Edition of The Brother Andrews' A Daring Voyage, across the Atlantic Ocean; From the library of Adventurer Steve Fossett
ANDREWS, The Brothers.
A Daring Voyage Across the Atlantic Ocean.
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co, 1830.
First edition of this work regarding the crossing of the Atlantic, which the Andrews brothers sailed from Boston to England and then to France in a 20 foot Gloucester dory. Octavo, original gilt decorated cloth, with 12 illustrations. With Introduction and Notes by Dr. Macaulay. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the front free endpaper. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 112432
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First edition of The Campaign Text Book: Why The People Want A Change; from the library of American journalist William Safire
The Campaign Text Book. Why The People Want A Change. The Republican Party Reviewed: Its Sins of Commission and Omission.
New York: 1876.
First edition of this 19th century summary of the leading events in American history under Republican administration. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine. From the library of William Safire although not marked. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 136488
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Rare 17th century Jodocus Hondius map of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Jamaica
MERCATOR, Gerard; Henricus Hondius.
Cuba Insula. [17th Century Jodocus Hondius Map of Cuba].
Amsterdam: c. 1630.
Rare 17th century Jodocus Hondius map of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Jamaica. One page, hand-colored, the map shows the islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Jamaica with an inset of Havana and detailed embellishments of ocean waves, sea monsters and ships. In near fine condition. An excellent example of the bold and highly detailed Mercator-Hondius style of engraving.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 138671
