Search Results: Maps and Atlases from Knickerbocker Books

New York: G. W. Bromley & Co., 1925. 1925 edition. VERY GOOD+. Pages are near fine; lightly toned along the outside margins but otherwise clean and unmarked, the colors clear and bright. Two leaves have short closed tears at bottom edge, but otherwise pages are exceptionally fine. Black cloth hardcover, red stamped title on front, is clean, moderately rubbed along edges and hinges. Cloth is frayed at spine ends, corners and several spots on the outside edges. Binding intact though loose, the hinges wobbly. All pages are firmly held. The book should stand gentle use for some time but would benefit from a professional binding reinforcement. An extraordinarily detailed record of Manhattan in a series of 191 maps clearly showing the streets and outlines of each and every structure, every park, every railroad track including elevated railroads, water and sewer pipes and even fire hydrants, from Battery Park to 228th Street. Even more miraculously, details about the buildings are supplied through… Read More

New York: G. W Bromley & Co., 1928. 1928 Edition (original, not a facsimile). VERY GOOD. A clean, unmarked copy. Light marginal toning to pages, otherwise pages are near fine. Bound in brown cloth hardcover with titles stamped in red on front cover. Cover is worn with most of spine cloth missing or detaching, front and rear boards clean, moderately rubbed. Binding is intact but tender. The 4-page Street Index is loose but present. (It appears to have been intentionally removed from the binding, but is laid into the book, those pages edgeworn.) Book block is otherwise intact. Interior hinges are lined with reinforcing tape and hinges will probably last for some time with considerate handling. This is a large Folio, measuring 13 x 16-1/2". The book is superlatively produced with 169 full-page plates: hand-colored maps detailing streets and buildings color-keyed for type of structures (e.g. wood, brick, etc.) lot sizes and numbers, number of stories of each building…also providing names of… Read More

New York: HarperResource/HarperCollins, 2004. 2004 First Edition, First Prtg. HarperResource. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE unclipped, dust jacket. An endlessly fascinating tour of New York City - all the boroughs and waterways - with 369 wonderfully detailed, large format, color aerial photographic pages, plus index. This is a near fine copy - clean with no markings at all, pages in pristine condition. Bound in black hardcover with silver lettering on spine. Cover is clean and unworn. Dust jacket, price intact on flap, is clean with slight rubbing at edges. It is in a clear protector. Binding firm, hinges intact. 10-1/2 x 14-1/2"; 369 photographic pages + index. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Toronto: Academic Press Canada Ltd., 1979. 1979 Limited Edition, #354 0f 1500 copies, hand-numbered and SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on limitation page. NEAR FINE in slipcase. A beautifully produced folio with facsimile atlas of maps printed from the beginning of the 16th century through the mid 19th century. 46 maps are carefully reproduced - 5 in full color - many never before published in book form. Explanatory text accompanies each map. The book is printed on Strathmore Artlaid Natural paper. A NEAR FINE hardcover: fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound in a heavy cream cloth over boards, gilt decoration stamped on front board, title gilt stamped on spine. Limitation and title pages have 5" vertical crease extending from top edge. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. Near Fine slipcase, of matching cloth over boards, is gilt stamped on front panel. It is intact, with no splits; there are 3 light spottings to top edge of slipcase and cloth is slightly darkened/dust soiled.… Read More