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No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A very detailed original antique map drawn by John Dower FRGS. no date of publication but with details of the MPs returned by the Division of Northamptonshire, coloured in outline, slight foxing at edges - impressive and reasonably priced. John DOWER (illustrator).

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A very detailed original antique map drawn by Edward Weller FRGS. no date of publication but with information about the MPs returned for the North Division of Hampshire, coloured in outline, slight foxing at edges - impressive and reasonably priced. Edward WELLER (illustrator).…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A very detailed original antique map drawn by John Dower FRGS. no date of publication but with a lot of information about the Southern Division of Northamptonshire and its population based on the 1861 census and with crime statistics dated 1862, coloured in outline, slight foxing at edges - impressive and reasonably priced. Bottom righthand corner torn with loss affecting bottom border of map only. John DOWER (illustrator). …

Sin Encuadernar. Zustand: Bien. MARCO NO INCLUIDO. Featuring precise typography, balanced coloration, and detailed physical and political geography of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Measuring , the map was designed as a folding supplement and retains excellent visual impact. Presenta detallada representación física y política de Inglaterra, Escocia, Gales e Irlanda, con la reconocida calidad gráfica y precisión tipográfica característica de la cartografía editorial de mediados del siglo XX.…

Very good. Backed on archival tissue for stability. Extended left margin. Exhibits some foxing. Blank on verso. Size 19 x 31.5 Inches. This is an 1847 Edmund Hardcastle map of the actions of General William Jenkins Worth's division during the Battle of Churubusco which took place near the end of the Mexican-American War. Oriented towards the east, the map depicts the battlefield from the bridge crossing the Churubusco River to south of the Hacienda San Antonio, one of the key positions during the battle, and focuses on the road between Churubusco and San Antonio. During the battle, General Worth's First Division was tasked with two critical objectives: first, to drive the Mexican forces defending San Antonio out of their stronghold, and, once that was accomplished, to attack Santa Anna's troops at the bridgehead crossing the Churubusco River. Hardcastle's map effectively traces the maneuvers involved in both objectives, illustrating how two of Worth's brigades moved off the causeway leading into San Antonio in an effort to cut off the Mexican troops stationed there. However, Santa Anna's forces retreated before they could be surrounded, and set up a new position at the tete-de-pont on the south side of the Churubusco River. Here, Worth's troops attached from multiple sides and eventually drove the Mexico forces across the bridge and into a full retreat towards Mexico City. This map was drawn by Lieutenant Edmund La Fayette Hardcastle and published in a U.S. government report in 1847. Of the maps from this report that we have acquired, this appears to be one of the rarest, as it only appears in a handful of institutional collections and rarely appears on the private market. References: OCLC 310562354.…

Very good. Minor foxing. Size 10.5 x 8.5 Inches. This is a lovely 1854 map of the Chittaldroog Division of Mysore by Pharoah and Company. It extends from Kunigal to D. Hirehal near Ballari and includes the city of Chitel-Droog (Chitradurga). Notes important towns, roads, lakes, rivers and topography. The Kingdom of Mysore was divided into four divisions, each named after the principal town in the division. This particular map is of the Chittaldroog division of Mysore. Named after the nearby hill Chitrakaldurga, the Chitradurga District dates to the Maurya Empire of the 3rd century BC. During British times, the region was named Chittaldroog. This map was engraved by J. and C. Walker and issued as plate no. 14 by Pharoah and Company in their 1854 Atlas of Southern India . References: OCLC: 710811507.…

Very good. Minor foxing. Size 10.5 x 8.5 Inches. This is a lovely 1854 map of the Nuggur Division of Mysore by Pharoah and Company. It extends from Harihar south to Kudremukh and the Western Ghats and includes the city of Shimoga. Notes important towns, roads, lakes, rivers and topography. The Kingdom of Mysore was divided into four divisions, each named after the principal town in the division. This particular map is of the Nuggur division of Mysore. The historic village of Nagara is noted as Bedenoor-Nuggur. Part of modern day Shimoga District, it was called Bidanoor or Bidnoor when it was under the rule of the Keladi Nayakas. It became a part of the Kingdom of Mysore in 1763. This map was engraved by J. and C. Walker and issued as plate no. 15 by Pharoah and Company in their 1854 Atlas of Southern India . References: OCLC: 710807649.…

Very good. Creasing. Size 17.5 x 23.5 Inches. Created by Theodore MacKechnie, a veteran of the 42nd Infantry Division, this 1945 pictorial route map traces the path of the 42nd from its landing at Marseille on December 9th, 1944, until its arrival Austria in Austria after serving 106 days in combat. A wonderfully comic depiction of an incredibly serious subject, MacKechnie used the division's nickname, 'Rainbow', to inspire his depiction of their route across Europe. The Map's Details - A Contrast of Combat and Humor Key battles and other events in the division's drive toward victory are interspersed with comical vignettes which, along with the bright colors, lend an air of lightness to this astonishing piece. A soldier celebrates receiving a 3 day pass to Paris (of course marked by the Eiffel Tower), and a snowman in the Vosges Mountains are illustrated next to the division's hard fighting at Hatten, when the 42nd and the rest of Task Force Linden repulsed repeated German counterattacks during the 'Operation Northwind' offensive, the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front. It was during the fighting around Hatten that Private First Class of the 242nd Infantry earned the Medal of Honor after a 48-hour defense of the Command Post. Hatten was also the site of fierce fighting experience by the 222nd Infantry Regiment, which engaged furious German attacks for twenty-four hours, but the Germans never broke through the 222nd's lines, for which the 222nd was awarded the Presidential Unit Citiation. Other comic elements, such as a 'sour-kraut' and a sign in Germany that reads 'Under New Management - U.S.A' are present as well. Fraternization Fraternization between American soldiers and European women, a common theme found in maps of this genre and not something to be taken lightly, appears in several different places. A redhaired French woman appears next to the division's command post in Marseille with the words ' Mon Dieu! (My God!) next to her. A woman in bedclothes stands next to a bed across the 'non-fraternization line' with the word ' Verboten? (Forbidden?) appearing above her head. And lastly, after the long journey from Marseille to Austria, a G.I. is illustrated watching a woman in a bikini near Kitzbühel, a fashionable mountain resort, with the caption 'Still Looking!', which implies that the soldiers, even though fraternization was officially forbidden, didn't necessarily follow orders. More Combat and the Liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp Even with the perhaps necessary comic distractions, MacKechnie traces the 42nd's progress in detail. The map notes that the division crossed the Rhine (an important landmark for almost all American soldiers) at Worms and then crossed the Main River four times, going on to capture the cities of Würzburg, Schweinfurt, and Fürth in April 1945. The 42nd entered the Dachau concentration camp, marked here by a skull and the distinctive insignia of the SS, on April 29, 1945. The 42nd, which arrived at the camp at the same time as the 45th Infantry and the 20th Armored, helped liberate over 30,000 prisoners from the camp. The Division's Nickname The 42nd Infantry Division became known as the 'Rainbow Division' shortly after its organization following the United States' entry into World War I. After the U.S. declared war, many National Guard units were federalized to help build up the Army (the same happened in the months following the declaration of World War II in December 1941). Douglas MacArthur, then a major in the Army, suggested that a division be formed from non-divisional units from multiple states. In so doing, MacArthur supposedly stated that the division would 'stretch over the whole country like a rainbow'. MacArthur's statement was put to use, and he was promoted to colonel and made the new division's chief of staff. The division's distinctive arm patch also has its roots in World War I, when soldiers modified the original patch, a half-arc rai. …