Blaeu/Goss. GRAND ATLAS. 1997.
Blaeu’s Grand Atlas of the 17th Century World. Introduction. Captions and Selection of Maps by John Goss ... Foreword by Peter Clark... Published in Co-Operation with Royal Geographical Society London. London: Studio, 1997. 11”w x 14” h. 224 pages, 100 maps illustrated in color.

Blaeu’s Atlas Major was first published in 1662 and contained over 600 maps, more than any other atlas.

Diercke & Gaebler. SCHOOL ATLAS 1906.
Diercke Schul-Atlas fur Höhere Lehranstalten. Bearbeitet und Herausgegeben von C. Diercke und E. Gaebler. Imprint: Braunschweig: George Westermann, 1906. 14 ¼” h x 9”w. This is a German school atlas. Three-page table of contents and 156 pages of maps; approximately 20 double-page and 4 fold-out. Printed color; most are richly colored. Numerous cellophane tape repairs. Poor condition.

U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ATLAS. 1906.
Geologic Atlas of the United States. St. Marys Folio. Virginia-Maryland. Washington, U. S. Geological Survey, 1906. 22”h x 18 ½”w. Front cover soiled and missing pieces of upper right and lower right corners.

Contains:

Cover page with title and “Index Map” showing coverage of this folio atlas in a broader view of parts of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey.

1 page on the inside of the front cover describing USGS topographic maps in general.

7 pages: “Description of the St. Marys Quadrangle”.

1 sheet: “Maryland-Virginia St. Marys Quadrangle”. A topographic map in color, scale 1:25,000, centered on the lower Chesapeake Bay as far south as Smith Island. A portion of the topo map is shown at the upper left.

1 sheet: “Areal Geology” covering the same area as the topographic map but showing geologic features.

1 page on the inside back cover continuing the description of USGS maps in general. On the outside of the back cover is a list of published geologic folios.

Parke-Bernet Galleries. 1950.
The World-Renowned Hauslab-Liechtenstein World Global Map of 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller: The Only Known Copy of the First Published Globular Map of the Western Hemisphere and the First Globular Map on Which the Name America Appears.... New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1950. 11 ½”h x 8”w. Printed wrappers. 20 pages. Double-page full-scale illustration of the map, actually 12 gores to make up a globe. The word “America” appears on an outline of South America in the three right-hand gores. This is the first use of the word ‘America’, and the first printed portrayal of the Earth as a globe. Also, for the first time, North and South America were individually distinguished and the Pacific Ocean depicted.

The map was offered at auction in New York by Parke-Bernet on May 24, 1950 with a reserve of $50,000. At the time of the auction it was thought to be the only extant copy.

On June 8, 2005 Christies (London) sold a copy of the 1507 map for £545,600 / $1,002,267, a world record price for any single-sheet map at auction. The map, one of four known examples, was rediscovered in the collection of a European collector after he had read a newspaper article about Waldseemüller and his map of the world. Charles Frodsham and Co. Ltd., a company that makes, collects and deals in clocks, watches, chronometers and associated items, including maps and books, bought the Waldseemüller map.

Baynes-Cope, A. D. Book Care. 1989.
Caring for Books and Documents. 2nd edition. London: British Library, 1989. 6”w x 9”h. 48 pages. Illustrated. Paperback. Very good condition. A practical guide to maintaining a collection at its best.

Booth, Richard (ed.). Book Collecting. 1976.
Book Collecting. Florence, AL: House of Collectibles, 1976. Printed and bound in Great Britain. 7 ½”w x 10”h. 192 pages. 200 illustrations, some in color. Cloth. Book very good. DJ very good.

From the DJ: “All of the contributors are or have been connected with the antiquarian and secondhand book trade. After introductory sections on how and what to collect and on the history of the book, areas of prime interest to the collector are covered in whole chapters: the book before 1800, children's books, Victorian fiction, illustrated books, modern first editions, natural history, travel and topography, philosophy and religion.”

Darley, Lionel S. BOOK BINDING. 1976.
Introduction to Book Binding. London: Faber and Faber, 1976. 7 ¾”h x 5”w. 120 pages. Paperback with brown and black covers, illustrations, bibliography, index and 4 pages of b/w plates. Very good condition.

Lewis, Roy Harley. Antiquarian Books. 1978.
Antiquarian Books: An Insider’s Account. New York: Arco Publishing, 1978. 5 ½”w x 9”h. 200 pages. Illustrations. Brown cloth. DJ. Very good condition.

Excerpt from DJ: “In this book Roy Harley Lewis takes us on a guided tour of the realm of antiquarian books. With a wealth of intriguing information and often hilarious anecdotes, he introduces us to the literary forger and the great names of antiquarian bookselling, both past and present, and invites us into the auction room and the workshop of the craftsman-binder.”

On the back panel of the dust jacket is a reproduction of Ronald Searle's hilarious drawing, "Anatomy of an Antiquarian Bookseller."

Buisseret, David. FRENCH EMPIRE IN AMERICA. 1991.
Mapping the French Empire in North America: An Interpretive Guide to the Exhibition Mounted at the Newberry Library on the Occasion of the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the French Colonial Historical Society La Société d’Histoire Coloniale Française. Catalog prepared by David Buisseret. 11”h x 8 ½” w. Chicago: Newberry Library, 1991. Pictorial wraps. 102 pages. 45 maps described with full-page illustrations.

Fischer, David Hackett and James C. Kelly. EXHIBITION CATALOG. 1993.
Away I’m Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement. Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1993. 8 ½”w x 12”h. Pictorial wraps. 273 pages.

A catalog of an exhibition at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, October 6, 1993-May31, 1994 supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 200 rare and historical items are described and illustrated.

The catalog is preceded by 136 pages of related and illustrated articles setting the stage for the exhibit: “I. Movement to Virginia”, “II. Movement within Virginia”, “III. Movement beyond Virginia”, and “IV. The Legacy of Virginia’s Westward Movement”.

Fitzgerald, Joseph H. FLORIDA MAPS. 1984.
Changing Perceptions: Mapping the Shape of Florida, 1502-1982. A special exhibition at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida September 22 – November 18, 1984. 7”w x 9” h. Wraps. 110 pages.

Describes 198 maps in the exhibition. The catalog of maps is preceded by an Introduction, 18 essays on map-related subjects with 17 related illustrations, and a Bibliography.

Fitzgerald, Joseph H. EXHIBITION CATALOG. 1992.
Quest for the Indies: Routes of Exploration. 8 ½”w x 11”h. Miami: Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 1992. 116 pages followed by 26 map plates without page numbers. 136 maps are identified and illustrated in the text. Dr. Fitzgerald was the guest curator.

Quest for the Indies expands upon themes introduced in an exhibition of the same name produced by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. The time-frame is primarily from the mid-1400s to the mid-1600s and two-thirds of the maps pre-date 1650.

Harley, J.B. EXHIBITION CATALOG. 1990.
Maps and the Columbian Encounter: An Interpretive Guide to the Traveling Exhibition. Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin, 1990. Pictorial wraps. xiii, 149 pages. 119 items illustrated and described. The exhibit celebrates the then forth-coming 500th anniversary of the first Columbus voyage.

J. Brian Harley (1932-1991) was a professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was founding co-editor of the History of Cartography Project. The Project is a research, editorial, and publishing venture drawing attention to the history of maps and mapping. Its major work is the multi-volume History of Cartography series.

Haskell, John D. and Margaret C. Cook. EXHIBITION CATALOG. 1988.
Treasures of the College of William and Mary Library. Compiled by John D. Haskell, Jr., Associate University Librarian, and Margaret C. Cook, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books. Williamsburg: The College of William and Mary, 1988. 8 ½”w x 11”h. Pictorial wraps. xii, 69 pages; numerous illustrations, many in color.

“An Exhibition Commemorating the Rededication of the Earl Gregg Swem Library.” The exhibition included the categories of Americana, Virginia History, Literature, College of William and Mary, Science and Technology, World History, and The Art of the Book.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania. EXHIBITION CATALOG - PENNSYLVANIA. 1977.
Pennsylvania on Paper: an exhibition at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 11 ½”w x 8 ½”h. Illustrated wraps. 55 items described, mostly maps. Illustrations. Introduction by Peter J. Parker, Curator (1970-1984) and Director (1984-1990) of the Pennsylvania Historical Society.

Low, Betty-Bright P. EXHIBITION CATALOG. 1978.
France Views America: 1765-1815. An Exhibition to Commerate the Bicentenary of French Assistance in the American War of Independence. Wilmington: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, 1978. 8 ¼”w x 9 ½”h. Paper with covers illustrating the armies and fleet at Yorktown in 1781. Chronology, 231 items described and many illustrated, list of lenders.

The exhibit was shown at seven different historical societies and museums during the period January 1978 to July 1979.

Lunny, Robert M. EXHIBITION CATALOG. 1961.
Early Maps of North America. 8 ¾” w x 9 ¾”h. Newark, New Jersey Historical Society, 1961. Hardback, 48 pages, illustrations of historic maps. No dust jacket. Very good condition. Text by Robert M. Lunny. The final two pages are devoted to the “Check List of An Exhibition: Early Maps of North America. December 12, 1961 – January 20, 1962 at The New Jersey Historical Society”.

The book was published simultaneously with the opening of the exhibition of 60 maps in the Museum of the New Jersey Historical Society. Robert Miller Lunny, the former director of the New Jersey Historical Society, died in 2008 after a long illness. He was 81 years old. Lunny, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, headed the Society from 1956 until his retirement in 1977.

Mayor, A. Hyatt. Prints. 1964.
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Guide To The Collections - Prints. First edition. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964. 6”w x 9”h. 32 pages plus 1 page “Notes” about the sources of the illustrations. 57 B&W illustrations. This staple-bound paperback is exceptionally clean and tight. The pictorial covers are clean, bright, and have no creases. Very good condition. A few pencil notes.

New York Public Library. EXHIBITION CATALOG. 1985.
Treasures from the New York Public Library. 8 ½”w x 11”h. New York: New York Public Library, 1985. 132 pages with about 300 illustrations.

The catalog is divided into 19 categories of the Library’s treasures and the items depicted are numbered according to the same categories. Details for each item are included.

Pearson, Karen and Tom Murphy. EXHIBITION CATALOG. 1981
Portraits of the World: An Exhibition of World Maps from the Period of the Great Discoveries. Lincoln: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 1981. 11”h x 8 ½”w. (iii), 74 pages. Wrappers with illustration of world map. 58 world maps illustrated (many in color) and described. Bookplate of John Howell.

Catalog of an exhibition of the private collection of Tom Murphy held at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1981.

Reps, John W. IMAGES OF AMERICAN CITIES. 1979.
Cities on Stone: Nineteenth Century Lithograph Images of the Urban West. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1979. 2nd printing. 8 ½”h x 11”w. Exhibition catalog with paper covers, (iv), 99 pages including an introductory essay with illustrations followed by 50 full color plates.

This publication accompanied an exhibit of about 145 shown in mid-west and western cities in 1976-1977.

Ste.Claire, Dana (Ed.). CATALOG OF NEW WORLD MAPS. 1995.
Borders of Paradise: A History of Florida through New World Maps. With Catalogue Annotations and Essay by Peter A. Cowdrey, Jr. and Essays by Dana Ste.Claire. Daytona Beach: The Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1995. 11”w x 8”h. Pictorial wraps. 63 pages. Full-page illustrations and descriptions of 16 maps from the museum’s collection, preceded by 21-page introduction and history.

Strom, Robert F. (Intro). EXHIBITION CATALOG. 2001.
Treasures Revealed from the Paul Mellon Library of Americana. Charlottesville: Virginia Historical Society, 2001. 10 ¼” w x 10 ¼” h. 232 pages. 102 items illustrated in color and described. Introduction by Robert F. Strom, Associate Director of the Virginia Historical Society.

The following is an excerpt from the On-Line version of “Treasures Revealed”.

“For the last half of the twentieth century, Paul Mellon was known as one of America's greatest patrons of the arts, a generous benefactor of cultural and educational organizations across the country and beyond. He is perhaps best known for his highly visible support of the National Gallery of Art and similar institutions.

“Among his signal achievements, however, was one that eluded general notice, the amassing of a collection of rare books, maps, manuscripts, and drawings relating to the history of the Americas and of Virginia in particular. He bequeathed this fabulous collection to three institutions, Yale University, the University of Virginia, and the Virginia Historical Society. In all, the VHS received nearly 2,000 items, including many rare or unique titles. These constitute the most important gift of its kind in the organization's 170-year history. The new exhibition, Treasures Revealed, presents for the first time more than 100 rare books, manuscripts, prints, and objects from Paul Mellon's extraordinary collection.

“Paul Mellon was a great patron of the arts, a generous benefactor of cultural and educational institutions, and a man who devoted his life to sharing the benefits of the immense fortune that he inherited. The son of industrialist / philanthropist Andrew W. Mellon, Paul Mellon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1907. Mellon graduated from Yale University in 1929, and attended Cambridge University in England, receiving degrees in 1931 and 1938. He became a Virginia resident in 1936, establishing himself at "Rokeby," an estate in Upperville. After serving in the army during World War II, Mellon retired to a life of philanthropy. He spent more than fifty years amassing a rich collection of art, developing his library of American rarities, and breeding champion horses.”

Wolf, Eric W. EXHIBITION CATALOG. 1995.
From Plantagenet to Saxe-Coburg: Maps from the Fiat Lux Library, 1482-1899. An Exhibition at the Gelman Library, The George Washington University, Washington, D. C., May 22 – July 28, 1995. Catalog complied and Edited by Eric W. Wolf.

A catalog of 50 maps from the private library of the late Eric W. Wolf. All maps are illustrated.

American Geographical Society. 1922. COLONIAL SETTLEMENT.
A Short Account of the First Settlement of the Provinces of Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New-Jersey, and Pensylvania (sic) by the English ... London: Printed in the Year MDCCXXXV. Reprint. Printed at the Conde Nast Press, in Greenwich, Conn., by Douglas C. McMurtie, June 1922. Published by American Geographical Society. Originally published in London in 1735. 10"h x 7"w. 20 pages plus large folding facsimile map in outline color: "A Map of Virginia Anno 1606 Also of the Adjacent Country called by the Dutch Niew Nederlant Anno 1630 By John Senex 1735." From an edition of 790 copies. Backstrip separating. Library copy.