Featured Maps

A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas

The third edition (1827) of Carey & Lea’s important atlas of the United States.

$9500

The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge

Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.’

$850.00

King-Bruwaert House Estate Chart

Unrecorded plan of a lavish Illinois estate established to care for ‘women of refinement’ in their later years.

$1500.00

Atlas of Cicero

Al Capone’s stomping grounds during the Roaring ’20s!

$2250

Albert Richard All-America Football Map

The 1941 edition of F.E. Cheeseman’s distinctive celebration of that uniquely American sport – football.

$275.00

The City of Chicago Cook Co. Illinois

An incredible pre-Fire impression of Chicago issued by a prominent local publisher.

$4750.00

Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada

An important map in the history of colonial America and the cartography of the Great Lakes.

$2000.00

The Aristocrat

One of the longest strip-style road maps ever commercially produced!

$1500

Military map of the island of Cuba

Probably the most detailed map of Cuba published during the 19th century.

$1100

Eaux Thermales Sulfureuses, Sodiques, & Arsenicales St. Honore Les Bains Nievre

Rare, possibly unrecorded, broadsheet advertising the baths at St. Honore Les Bains in France.

$1200

Denoyer-Geppert Science Series Conservation

“Conservation means wise use of the world’s resources”

$450

Illustrated Map of Dogs

Limited Deluxe Edition of a rare pictorial map highlighting the world’s love for dogs!

$995

Report of the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel Made by Order of the Secretary of War

The monumental efforts of Clarence King’s 40th Parallel Survey, including a volume donated to Yale by King himself!

$9000.00

[Maps of the Ohio Boundary Question – The Toledo War]

Mapping the conclusion to The Toledo War.

$3500

La Louisiane

A persuasive map promoting French interests across colonial America.

$10000

Nona Europa Tabula

An incredible 15th century map of the Balkan Peninsula.

$5500.00

La Terra de Hochelaga

The first plan of any settlement in the New World, in this case an indigenous village.

$3250.00

Tabula Terrae Novae

One of the earliest obtainable maps of the New World with contemporary notes about Columbus’s discoveries.

$11000.00

Orbis Universalis Descriptio [Typus Universalis]

First edition of the state of Munster’s world map from the mid-16th century.

$4500.00

Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta 1522

“A much sought after” map that “reflects the ambiguities of its age” [Shirley]

$7500.00

Kill That Eagle

‘A document of Albion’s perfidiousness’ [Text, lower left]

$4200

Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark!

Magnificent serio-comic map of Europe portraying the warring Entente and Central Powers as quibbling canines.

$3200.00

Nova Tabula Geographica Complectens Borealiorem Americae Partem [and] Carte Nouvelle Contenant La Partie d’Amerique la Plus Septentrionale

The second state of Visscher’s incredible two-sheet covering eastern North America.

$6000.00

Nova Anglia Novum Belgium et Virginia

First French edition of Jansson’s important map of America’s eastern coast.

$2500.00

USA 2000

An all-too-accurate prediction of the U.S. in 2000, drawn by a prominent Disney illustrator.

$550

Florida, et Regiones Vicinae

Foundational map of the southeastern United States.

$3000.00

Nova Francia et Regiones Adiacentes

“One of the foundation maps of Canada” [Philip Burden]

$1500.00

California

First edition of Jo Mora’s breathtaking pictorial map of California.

$2400

A New Mappe of the Romane Empire

Stunning example of Speed’s map of the Roman Empire during the Pax Romana.

$1950.00

Limes Occidentis Quiuira et Anian

One of the earliest maps to focus on the Pacific Northwest.

$2150

Granata Nova et California.

The first printed map dedicated to California and the American Southwest.

$3250

Map of the State of New York with parts of the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, etc.

An unrecorded edition of Amos Lay’s spectacular wall map of New York.

$4500.00

Mapa del Reynado de Sevilla

Stunning and gigantic map of the Kingdom of Seville during the reign of King Ferdinand VI.

$2500.00

A New Map of the English Empire in America

Competing colonial claims in the New World, from an English perspective.

$2100.00

Freedom or Slavery

Practically unknown propaganda poster utilizing the popular octopus motif.

$900

Andersonville Prison

A view of Georgia’s infamous Andersonville Prison based on the memory of a POW survivor.

$2500.00

Nineteenth Precinct, First Ward, Chicago

A bold representation of vice and immorality in late 19th century Chicago.

$425

The City of Chicago Cook Co. Illinois

Rare pre-fire map of Chicago published less than 20 years after incorporation as a city.

$6800

[The Wonderground Map]

The second edition of MacDonald Gill’s groundbreaking cartographic design for London’s Underground.

$2500.00

Map of Long Island with the Environs of New York and the southern part of Connecticut

Tremendous four sheet wall map of Long Island Sound and the surrounding area.

$4000.00

Goldthwait’s Map of the United States & Canada

Scarce wall map showing the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War.

$1900.00

Carte Nouvelle de L’Amerique Angloise

A striking compendium of North American geographic misconceptions from the 17th century.

$1400.00

Accurata delineatio celeberrimae Regionis Ludovicianae vel Gallice Louisiane

Early map of colonial North America satirizing an one of the first real estate “bubbles”.

$2750

Official Map of Chicago and Suburbs

Massive and unique city plan of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

$689

[Two Views Created by the Famed Anna Beek]

A gorgeous pair of views published and hand colored by royal commission.

$1100

A New and Correct Map of North America with the West India Islands…Which Compose the British Empire

A cornerstone map for collectors of the American colonial period.

$3900.00

Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae descriptio

An early, striking map of Russia published in the first modern atlas.

$2100.00

OCEANI OCCIDENTALIS SEV TERRAE NOVAE TABVLA.

One of the earliest obtainable maps of the New World – Terra Nova.

$11500.00

Tabula Italiae

Munster’s map of Italy in antiquity.

$495

Grand Panoramic View of the Heart of Chicago

A breathtaking panoramic view of Chicago published for the 1893 World’s Fair.

$1250