Colton’s RR map of Missouri from very scarce 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.

“New Railroad and County Map of Missouri” from an exceedingly scarce 1882 edition of Cram’s Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World.” Collections of vintage maps of Missouri will n

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

Gray’s New Map of Georgia by Frank A. Gray with a copyright date of 1877 by O. W. Gray. This very impressive and scarce map is from Gray’s very scarce 1884 National Atlas. It is a

Dramatic and huge map of Florida naming and showing all rail lines in the state. Every rail line is named, numbered and color-coded by a legend on the map. From the very scarce Cram’s Bankersâ

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

Large and dramatic double-page map of Arizona naming and showing all rail lines in the state. Every railroad line is named, numbered, and color-coded by a legend on the map. From the very scarce Cram�

Large and dramatic double-page map of New Mexico naming and showing all rail lines in the state. Every railroad line is named, numbered, and color-coded by a legend on the map. From the very scarce Cr

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

Lovely and informative, hand colored steel plate engraved railroad map of Colorado by William Bradley in 1894. From the Potter-Bradley atlas, a scarce atlas that appears to have had only one edition.

Dated 1856. Hand colored plate 46 from an atlas. 19.25"h. 22"w.

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

Reserve Reduced! An attractive and scarce 1853 Colton map of Washington and Oregon, inclusive of the modern-day states of Idaho, Montana & Wyoming. This map appeared in the 1856 Colton 2-volume Atlas

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

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

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 lovely and clean map from the very scarce Colton’s General Atlas of 1890, likely the last atlas the Colton family produced (Phillips lists 1888 as the last date). In over twenty years in the map b

“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

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

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