A scarce late-nineteenth century Nantucket guide-book and map, covering the Island’s history, towns, boat and mail services, telegraph and telephone services, railroad and steamboat schedules, horse and buggy prices, lighthouses, ancient structures, secret organizations, churches, museums, and so on. Also included is an annotated business directory. The history is especially.....
A real estate map promoting property at Lands End in Rockport, Massachusetts, a popular seaside summer community for Bostoners. Beginning as a village on Cape Ann, known for its rocky coast, fishing industries, quarries, coves, and granite production, Lands End was promoted as a summer community beginning in the.....
![Manuscript receipt for a copy of his Map of Boston and Vicinity.]. John G. Hales](/pictures/thumb/3987_1.jpg?v=1560463483)
A rare manuscript receipt in the hand of mapmaker John G. Hales for the advance purchase of a copy of the map that would prove his most notable cartographic achievement. Recorded here is Hales’ receipt of “the sum of three dollars” from one “En. Silsby” for “a Map of.....
One of the largest and most spectacular bird’s eye views of Boston ever published, with the built environment of the city rendered in meticulous detail. This magnificent view shows the city from an elevated imaginary vantage point in the east, looking toward the Charles River and Cambridge in the.....
A very scarce map of the historic town of Danvers in Essex County, Mass., situated just north of Salem. This informative and handsome map shows the town’s streets, buildings, and landowners, as well as rail lines and topography. Seven detailed vignettes of local scenes embellish the margins, including a......
A skillfully drawn manuscript map, which appears to have been compiled for an official purpose, but does not appear to have been published. This map focuses on the waterfront villages of Marshfield, Massachusetts, a town perhaps best known as the home of Daniel Webster, whose house in Green.....
A very scarce and dramatic map produced by an important engraver in Boston during the Revolutionary War, including details of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The first map of the Battle printed in Boston, it shows all of Boston and Charlestown, and depicts the Battle at its height, including the.....
An attractive map of Gloucester and Rockport by one of the most accomplished and prolific U.S. mapmakers of the mid-nineteenth century. The map is divided into four sections, with maps of Rockport Village and Gloucester Harbor Village on the left, a general map of Rockport and Gloucester at the.....