Webster's Fine Books & MapsMegan Webster

$475

Wells, Edward/ Moxon, Joseph. A New Map of Denmark, Norway, Sweden & Muscovy Shewing Their Present General Divisions, Chief Cities or Towns Rivers, Mountains &c. Published in Edward Well’s Atlas “A New Sett of Maps both Ancient and Present Geography” c. 1700-38. 14-1/2" x 1-1/2"-36.8 x 39.5 cm. Copperplate engraving with hand colouring. Left margin a little ragged and browned otherwise very good A very good map of Scandinavia including parts of Poland, Livonia and Russia. Towns, universities and bishoprics are shown. The Great Northern War was in full swing during the publication of this map where Sweden was reinforcing its stronghold against the King of Poland, the King of Denmark and the Tzar of Russia. Dedicated to the Duke William of Gloucester. Erik van Mingroot, Eduard van Ermen, Tony Mackrill: Scandinavia in Old Maps and Prints, Knokke 1987, pp. 105Shirley. BL Atlases T.WELL-1a, #26.

$80

Lowry, H.D. [ed]. The Happy Exile. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1898. Illustrated with 6 etchings by E. Philip Pimlott. xii, [201] pp.. 8vo, half green morocco and marbled boards, gilt floral stamped spine panels, t.e.g. Light rubbing and bumping to corners, front hinge starting with tear to endpaper, titlepage spotted and light sporadic spotting throughout mostly confined to the blank margins, generally good. Bookplate of Elise West Ames. Pimlott was a British artist who was active during the late 1890's. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, New English Art Club, and at the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.

$200

Dheulland/Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. Plan Du Port Et De La Ville De Nangaski. Published in "Histoire Generale des Voyages". 7-3/4" x 13-1/2"- 19.6 cm. x 34.2 cm. Copper engraved map with hand colouring. Offsetting, short tear to right margin (trimmed at the top and a bit ragged at the bottom) ,else very good. A detailed plan of the city of Nagasaki including the Emperor's Palace, Governor's houses, temples, the house of the Port inspector and the Chinese quarter. The port indicates an area where Dutch ships were docked and the Desima, an artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki is located. This was where the Dutch East India Company was permitted to conduct trade with the Shogun's representatives from Edo (Tokyo). Below the compass rose is an " intended place where enemy ships are burned". Walter. Japan A Cartographic vision. #101.

$65

[Leonard Scott Pub.] Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Vol XCVii. January-June, 1865. No. DXCI-DXCII . New York: Leonard Scott, 1865. American edition-Vol. Lx. 778 pp. 8vo, 1/2 calf and marbled boards with leather spine labels. Boards worn and rubbed, front hinge cracked with darkening to perimeter of ffeps and title, one or two spots to margins or gutter or light age toning but generally clean. A compilation of historical and literary articles including: Civil War related material-"A Visit to the Cities and Camps of the Confederate States, 1863-64"; Descriptions of Capri Island, the Nile Basin; Demonology; biographical sketches on William Gladstone, Earl Russell, William Blake; rate of Interest and monetary crises; "Thirty Years Policy in New Zealand" and the first appearance of serialized work by Margaret Oliphant "Miss Majoribanks".

$125

[S.D.U.K.]. Starling/T. Liverpool. London: Baldwin & Cradock for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1836. Steel engraved map with hand colouring. 12" x 14.5"- 30.4 x 36.8 cm. Margins creased with short tears, small pinhole lower margin else very good A detailed map of Liverpool showing the Mersey River, streets, buildings, docks and engraved vignettes of comparison of the principal buildings of Liverpool to lower margin. Views of Liverpool in 1729, the Blackrock Lighthouse and a plan of Liverpool in 1729 to upper portion of map. Liverpool at the time of the publishing of this map did not have a central focal point but rather four distinct areas which were connected by a series of irregular narrow city blocks. Long before the Beatles made it famouse, and even before the Industrial Revolution took hold Liverpool was a fast expanding urban area, especially the docklands area where trade within the United Kingdom and overseas became a focal point of the economic makeup of the city. Raw goods, manufactured goods and slaves were all being transported through Liverpool. Economic development took precent over decent living quarters. It was noted that 'In Liverpool one-sixth of the population lived in "underground cellars" , overcrowded damp dirt dwellings which had a devastating affect on public health-at the time of this map being published the life expectation for Liverpool was 26! Branch. An Atlas of Rare City Maps. Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842.p. 28.

$85

Mallet, Alain Manesson. Amsterdam. Paris: Published in Mallet's "Description de l'Univers", 1683 Copperplate engraving. 5.75" x 4.25"-14.6 x 10.7 cm. Fine. First edition. A charming early view of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands with ships in the foreground and the town in the background. Founded in1275, Amsterdam became one of the most important maritime trading cities of Europe. The 17th century was considered the Golden Age for Amsterdam and Holland as a nation as economic prosperity through trading continued as the network of canals were established. But by the end of the 17th Century the city's fortunes were starting to wane amongst political corruption and the increasing divide between the rich and the poor.

$225

Rapkin, John/Tallis, John. West India Islands. Published in Martin's "The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical" London & New York, c. 1851 9-3/4" x 13"-24.7 x 33 cm. Steel plate engraving with hand colouring in outline. Light browning along centrefold but generally very good A decorative map of the Caribbean extending from Florida and the Bahamas to Trinidad. Lovely steel engraved vignettes of the Kingston Jamaica, native inhabitants, the seal of Jamaica and ships in the Caribbean Sea.

$175

Jane, Cecil. The Voyages of Christopher Columbus Being the Journals of His First and Third, and the Letters concerning his First and Last Voyages, to Which is Added the Account of His Second Voyage Written by Andres Bernaldez. London: The Argonaut Press, 1930. Illustrated with 5 maps. [vi], 347, [i] pp, 4to, vellum backed cloth with heraldic shield device, spine yellowed, else very good, uncut. Cox II, p. 235. Limited to 1050 numbered copies. A detailed account of Christopher Columbus's Four Voyages to the New World.

$475

D'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguinon. Graeciae Antiquae Specimen Geographum. Published in "Géographie Ancienne", 1769. 20-1/2" x 19-1/2"-52 x 49.5 cm. Copper engraved map hand coloured in outline. Fine. A good detailed map of Greece with an inset map of Macedonia and the Illyrian coast. D'Anville was a leading French cartographer of the 18th Century. His eye for detail and accuracy gained him widespread respect and the title of Geographer to the King at the tender age of twenty two.

$35

Findley, Timothy. Famous Last Words.Toronto/Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company, [1985]. Later printing. 8vo, cloth and dustjacket. Inscribed on the title page. Narrator Hugh Selwyn Mauberly is found in the dying days of the Second World War in an Austrian Alp hotel room with an ice pick through his eye. His notes describing various government conspiracies are burned but his tales of treason are found scrawled on the walls. Part thriller part social commentary Findley's work explores fascism, treason, and political corruption.