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Beck, Henry Charles
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This is the second year of publication of Beck's revolutionary map of the London subway system. Beck radically simplified the mapping to make the subway lines and their routes and intersections more clear for travelers. His design became the standard for transport systems world wide.
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Kodama, Matashichi
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[Tokyo]: Kodama Matashichi
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Orange paper covers with black text on white labels.
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Uemura, Shigesaburō
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Tokyo : Uemura Shigesaburō
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Cover title.
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Yokoi, Sataro; Imaeda, Shinzaburo
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Nagoya : Keiisha
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Cover title. East Asian Library call number: Cb134.
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Uemura, Shigesaburo
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[Tokyo] : Uemura Shigesaburo
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Cover title. East Asian Library call number: Cb100.
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Watson, Gaylord
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Inside front cover. List of maps, charts, guide books, etc. issued by Gaylord Watson with a paste down stamp of "H.T. Wright & Co... Kansas City, Missouri."
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Watson, Gaylord
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Stamped cloth covers 18x12 with "Watson's Rail-Road Map Of The United States Mexico Etc." in gilt on the cover. Catalog of Watson's maps and charts on the inside cover with a paste down stamp of "H.T. Wright & Co... Kansas City, Missouri."
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Lloyd, J. T.
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Pattered dark brown cloth covered boards 19 x 12 with ties.
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Zero Per Zero
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2 maps on 1 sheet 52x38, both sides folded into slip cover with slots inside for passport ticket and pass card. Including updated map of Osaka metropolitan area on one side and Osaka railway system on verso is visualized as an octopus, the main ingredient of octopus dish Osaka is known for, with the head being Osaka and the legs sprawling out to the other four cities. Maps showing JR lines, subways, private railways, cable tram, Tokyo Bay, tourist attractions, train stations, roads, airports and rivers. Landmarks shown pictorially. Includes legend and key to symbols.
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Zero per Zero
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Smaller color maps of New York city on 1 sheet both sides. Includes: Railway system map of New York City in pink and untitled map of New York City, with inset of Ellis Island and Liberty Island. Designed and produced by Zero Per Zero, inspired by the shape of heart from Milton Glaser's "I love NY" logo. Famous landmarks and tourist attractions are incorporated into the map, creating a sense of New York City as a tourist spot. Zero Per Zero City Railway System is a new approach to projecting the identity of a city onto its subway map. Showing boroughs of New York, streets, parks, cemetery, tourist attractions, train stations, airports, express and normal trains. Landmarks shown pictorially. Includes legend and street index. For copies of this map see http://www.zeroperzero.com/
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King Associates. Cartographic Division
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Color map 93 x 72, folded to 26 x 19. In English and Japanese. Shows railways, universities and colleges, military installations, shrines, parks, Ku boundaries, fire and police stations, embassies, missions, art galleries and museums, principal commercial buildings, streetcar lines, post offices, etc. On verso in red black and white "Outline Map of the Streetcar, Railway and Subway Systems of Tokyo" and index in Japanese and English.
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JinbunshaCo., Ltd.
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2 maps on 1 sheet both sides, 44x62, folded into covers 23x11. Showing railways and subway system in Tokyo and vicinity, National and private electric railways, mono rail and subways. Includes subway station guide, railway station, indexes to points of interest and legend. Includes view of train station, "Printed in the beginning of Meiji Era (1872). Date estimated.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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Ivory cover. Stiff paper. London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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Ivory cover. Stiff paper. London subway.
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State Publishers for Foreign Trade
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Date estimated. Folder covers.
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FHS
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Sky blue cover. Stiff paper. London subway.
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Gill, Leslie MacDonald, 1884-1947
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London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Northern Pacific Railroad Company
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"Northern Pacific Country. View of Tacoma, Washington Territory. The Pacific Coast terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad." Back cover: ... Ths sectional land map of western and central Washington ...
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Associated Railway Land Dept of Florida
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Illustrated col. cover: Florida: map showing lands of the Associated Railway Land Department of Florida. Back cover: Florida: map illustrating its geographical position of the "Plant" and Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West systems.
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[Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, Northern Pacific Railroad Company]
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[New York Central Railroad Company, Rand McNally and Company]
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Light blue heavy paper covers with "New York Central Lines. Map of the United States showing New York Central Lines with list of traffic representatives."
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[Central Pacific Railroad Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company]
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A joint Union and Central Pacific Railway timetable and land promotion. Also has promotions for the Black Hills and Leadville Mines, Yosemite, Arizona and Montana, Pullman cars, and Pacific Mail Steamers to Japan, China and India. Plus illustrations of 24 scenes along the route. Map has printed outline color by state. Folded into light blue paper self wrappers 18x10.
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Rand McNally and Company
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Red paper covered boards printed with advertisements.
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Northern Pacific Railroad Company
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Smith, J. Calvin
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A separate issue of the map usually found in the Illustrated Hand Book (see our 1847, 1849, and 1856 editions). Changes from the 1850 edition are in the inset map of the west - California, Utah, and New Mexico appear in place of one large California in the 1850 map. With a nice paste down double hemisphere advertising book plate of J. Disturnell. Outline color. Folded into green patterned covers 14x9 with "Smith's New Guide For Travelers Through The United States Of America" stamped in gilt and blind stamped.
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G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
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Heavy beige paper covers printed with the title: Map of the Richmond and Louisville Railroad, connecting the railroads of Virginia with the railroads of Kentucky on the shortest route east and west from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Ocean.
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[Frey, A.C., Nell, Louis]
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Hand painted in full color by county. Map is folded into stamped purplish mauve cloth covers 18x11.5 with "New Map Of New England" stamped in gilt.
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Dodge, J.R.
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1st edition, four vignette views. Shows extensive railroad building throughout the state. Map is full color by county, folded into embossed dark brown cloth covers with "Dodge's Map Of New Hampshire" in gold.
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Cooke, D.B & Co.
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1st edition was 1855 (Modelski). Elegant and clear railroad map showing Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and parts of the adjacent states. The railroads, both completed and projected, are growing rapidly and reshaping the landscape - the map emphasizes this. Folded into stamped red cloth covers 15x10 with "D.B. Cooke & Co's Railway Map Great Western" and an illustration of a train stamped in gilt. Publisher's advertisements inside front cover.
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Cram, George
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Full color map enclosed in a 14x10 brown cloth covered case entitled "Indexed Railroad And Township Map of Minnesota Published By Geo. F. Cram." Includes 12 page insert detailing populations by city and county.
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Colton, J.H.
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With C.C. Hall in Portland. Shows some differences with the 1856 wall map version, primarily at the forward edge of settlement in the north central region of the state; also some railroads are extended. In full color, folded into ornatedly embossed red leather covers 16x10.5 with "Township Map Of The State Of Maine Published By J.H. Colton" in gilt.
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Goldthwait, J.H.
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Exclusively railroads - only lists towns on R.R. lines. Classic Goldthwait format - simple, clear design. Shows town boundaries, no topographic features other than rivers and lakes. Folded into stamped brown cloth covers 14x9 with "Goldthwait's Rail Road Map Of New England And Eastern N. York" in gilt.
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Smith, J. Calvin
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This is one of J. Calvin Smith's most decorative pocket maps - five lovely vignettes of Niagara Falls, Mount Holyoke, the White Mountains, the Falls of Montmorenci, and several ships at sea surround the main map and two insets which are vividly colored in outline. Railroad routes are prominent, with connecting stage and steamboat routes. Outline color. Folded into stamped green cloth covers 14x10, with "Sherman & Smith's Illustrated Railroad Steamboat & Stage-Route Map Of New England, New York And Canada" in gilt.
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Colton, J.H.
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This edition is not listed by Karrow, who shows editions of 1853, 1854 (see our #4985) and 1856. In order to show more of the new Kansas and Nebraska Territories, this edition widens the map and slides it west, eliminating western New York and Pennsylvania; the title is shifted from the lower right to the upper left. Many new counties are shown in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Many new completed and proposed railroads are added. Full color by county, folded into stamped red leather covers 16x10.5 with "Map Of The Western States J.H. Colton" in gilt.
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Colton, J.H.
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Second edition, the first being 1853. Shows the northern Midwest from Ohio to Iowa. This is taken from Colton's large wall map titled "Colton's Map of the United States of America Including Canada and a Large Portion of Texas" (see our #4500). It is a very decorative map - there is an elaborate floral border and city views of St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Louisville, plus two vignettes of a buffalo and a deer in the upper corners. See our #5159 for the 1857 edition. Folded into stamped black leather covers 16x11 with "Map Of The Western States J.H. Colton." in gilt.
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Colton, J.H.
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The 1859 edition was published by Johnson and Browning; this edition returns to J.H. Colton as the publisher, showing that Colton took back his publishing of pocket maps from Johnson (who only seems to have had the business for 1859 and part of 1860) in late 1860. Folded into stamped red cloth covers 14.5x9 with "Colton's Township Map Of The State Of Ohio J.H. Colton." in gilt. Full color by township. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C.
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[Desilver, Charles, Young, James H.]
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From the DeSilver/Mitchell Universal Atlas, plate 17, here in pocket map form, and dated 1859. Full color, folded into orange cloth covers 13.5x8.5 with "Virginia Chas DeSilver Philada." in gilt. Includes Principal Rail Road & Stage Routes through Virginia. Prime meridian is Washington D.C.
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Colton, G.W. & C.B.
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Small changes when compared to our 1855 edition (see #179), just a few railroads added. Still drawn by G.W. Colton, but Atwood's name removed as "Sculpt". Map is folded into dark brown cloth covers 14.5x9.5 with "Colton's Township Map Of The State Of New-York G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co." in gilt. Full color by township. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
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White Pass & Yukon Route
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Colton, G.W. & C.B.
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This is a strip map extending from the Mississippi River to San Francisco, following the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads. It is derived from Colton's Map of the States and Territories West of the Mississippi River. It is folded accordion style into dark brown cloth covers 9.5x16.5 with "Colton's Map Of The Pacific Railroad Route From The Mississippi River To The Pacific Ocean. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co." stamped in gilt. The cover title is printed along the long dimension of the covers with the binding along the top edge. It is not mentioned in any Colton catalogs of the period and is probably scarce. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
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Colton, J.H.
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Many new railroads compared to the 1853 edition. An example of Johnson & Browning publishing the Colton maps in 1859 and 1860. See also our #182, 4506, and 4096 for other Johnson & Browning/Colton pocket maps. Full color. Folded into stamped brown cloth covers 14.5x9 with "Colton's Township Map Of The State Of Ohio Johnson & Browning." in gilt. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C.
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Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning
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First edition listed by Modelski is 1857. With an inset map of the New England States and vignettes of an eagle and steam engine above the title. A publisher's notice states "The publishers of this map intend printing small editions at a time in order that additions may be made as Railroads are completed. They will feel under obligation to Contractors, Superintendents & others who will forward to their address reliable information respecting Proposed or Completed Railroads." Outline color by state. Folded into dark brown cloth covers 15.5x10 with the title "The American Railway Map Showing The Depots & Stations. Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning." and an illustration of an eagle and American flag stamped in gilt.
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[Rand McNally and Company, Smith, J.L.]
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An example of J.L. Smith issuing Rand McNally maps. On the map is a red rubber stamp with Smith's name and logo. The map is classic Rand McNally for the period, showing railroads only in the eastern half of the U.S. and railroads and roads in the less settled western half. This is a later, enlarged (into Mexico) issue of the 1883 Rand/Dripps U.S. (our #3259). Eight small insets are titled: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo & Niagara Falls, and Washington. Outline color by state, map folded into black cloth covers 16x11 with label reading "Map Of The United States And Territories J.L. Smith." Prime meridian is Washington D.C.
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Poor, Henry Varnum
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Illustrated in Modelski Railroad Maps of North America as plate 21. Poor was a major figure in U.S. railroading. Poor's maps were printed by David McLellen until 1860, then by Colton. Outline color by state. Folded into brown cloth covers 16x10.5 with "Poor's Railroad Map of the United States." stamped in gilt.
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Colton, G.W. & C.B.
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One of a series of regional pocket railroad maps that comprised Colton's "Railroad & Commercial Atlas Of The United States..." (see our #160). Full color by county, folded into dark brown cloth covers 15.5x10 with "G. Woolworth Colton's County & Distance Railroad Map of Virginia, West Va., N. Car., Kentucky & Tennessee. Showing every Station &c" in gilt.
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Rand McNally and Company
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Early, large pocket map showing the entire U.S. 1st edition, copyright 1883. Catalogue of "Pocket Maps of Foreign Countries" on inside front cover. See the 1883 Chicago & Alton Railway map - it is this map used as a railway map. Printed outline color by county. Map is folded into plain dark brown cloth covers measuring 17.5x10.
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