Scarce 1869 RR map of Arkansas from uncommon Colton atlas

Stunning example of 1855 map of Alabama from a very scarce edition of Colton’s New General Atlas. Great original hand coloring and an excellent impression. Nicely centered. Clean on sound paper.

Excellent map of North Carolina just one year after being readmitted to the Union following the Civil War. The map was originally created in 1855 by J. H. Colton from a larger wall map, then updated a

Lovely example of North Carolina map from the first edition of Colton’s Atlas of the World. One of the few mid-19th century maps to show North Carolina independently—it was more often mapp

Uncommon and large map of Wisconsin found only in the Wisconsin edition of the very scarce Jones and Hamilton Atlas of the World Illustrated, published 1875 by H. H. Hardesty. Huge top and bottom marg

From a very scarce Cram atlas comes this map of the Deep South showing the areas railway system in place in 1882. ”New Railroad and County Map of Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi.” The 18

Large and uncommon map of the upper eastern seaboard of the United States in an unusual layout. From the very scarce 1876 Jones and Hamilton Historical Atlas of the World Illustrated. Clean and sound

Map of Mississippi from the very uncommon 1857 edition of Colton’s General Atlas. The 1857 Colton maps are easy to spot because of the unadorned frame surrounding the map. It is very different

Rand McNally's first large format map of the United States, likely the earliest Rand McNally atlas map. Shows complete railroad network throughout the entire country. Untitled, but "Printed for Histor

Gray’s New Map of Iowa by Frank A. Gray. Copyright 1877 by O. W. Gray and found in a copy of Gray’s scarce 1884 National Atlas. Shows great detail, with railroads towns, rivers and other i

Gray’s New Map of Utah by Frank A. Gray. From a scarce 1884 edition of Gray’s National Atlas. Shows Indian reservations, deserts, railroads, topography. Clean with a 1.5” tear at top

Really nice original vintage map from the very uncommon 1857 Colton General Atlas. (See description of 1857 Colton atlas in item 215-22). Shows highly detailed representation of the coastal features o

Scarce and large 2-page map from the very scarce Cram’s 1897 Standard American Railway System Atlas of the World. Cram was unique in producing a special group of atlases for just a few years that hi

From the first edition of J. H. Colton’s Atlas of the World. Lovely map of Scotland with full original hand coloring. Highly detailed with lakes (or lochs), towns, rivers, railroads, canals, roa

Scarce large map of Texas with 1855 date, but with Johnson & Browning imprint. The Johnson & Browning imprint was found in only the 1859 Colton atlas and 1860 and 1861 Johnson Family atlases. This map

Unusual map of Maine with hand coloring down to the township level. On this map railroad lines are depicted as tiny railroad tracks. Map is dated 1855; it’s taken from a scarce copy of Colton&#8

Highly detailed map with identification of street names, important parks, rivers, and railroad lines. Lovely pastel red, green, tan, pink, and yellow hand coloring used to distinguish sections of the

Striking map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, hand colored by counties, from the exceedingly difficult to obtain New Universal Atlas, published 1853 by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.. Highlights railroa

Scarce map of New Jersey from the first mass-produced world atlas by George F. Cram. He published at least two versions of his 1883 Universal Family Atlas, an early edition and a later edition. The ea

A very uncommon map that did not show up in all editions of the Colton atlas. Interesting to check the sizes of these lakes and islands compared to what they are today. With 1855 copyright date and fo

From an 1855 edition of Colton’s General Atlas. However, since the imprint of Johnson & Browning appears as publishers of the map, the atlas would have been published no earlier than 1856. Hand colo

“New Railroad and County Map of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina” from the extremely scarce 1882 edition of Cram’s Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World. This was t

From the very scarce 1882 edition of Cram’s Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World. This was the last atlas that featured hand colored maps. Today it is extremely scarce, as are the maps contained

Toward the end of the 19th century, the better atlas makers had pushed the size and quality of their maps to the limit. George F. Cram was one of these publishers, but he also put out a special group

Significant map of the network of railroad lines in the United States from possibly the last American atlas to feature hand-coloring on its maps. Solid red lines represent railroads with dashed lines