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Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Very good. Marginal mend well away from printed image, else excellent. Size 20.75 x 29.75 Inches. This is a striking c. 1960 Claude Brusseau bird's-eye view or map of the White Mountains, New Hampshire. Overlooking the mountains from a fictional point high above Lake Winnipesaukee, Mount Washington and the Presidential Range is illustrated to the right while the Franconia Range is on the left. The Mount Washington Cog Railway appears on the left side of Mount Washington where the train makes its way up the mountain (This train formerly operated on Mount Desert Island). Pink dots mark popular activities and sites, including the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, 'The Flume', 'Story Land', 'Santa's Village', and the 'Wildcat Mountain Gondolas'. Several towns, including Littleton, Jefferson, Conway, and Plymouth, are labeled and the region's highways are identified. Publication History and Census This view was drawn by Claude Brusseau and published by the White Mountains Recreation Association c. 1960. Scarce.…

Very good. Minor verso reinforcement at some fold intersections. Minor wear along original fold lines. Original folder included. Size 27.5 x 26.25 Inches. A dramatic 1902 top-down George H. Walker chromolithograph bird's-eye view of Mt. Washington and the White Mountains, New Hampshire. This view was issued for the Boston and Maine Railroad, which not only operated the best trains to get to the White Mountains, but also the famous Mount Washington Cog Railway. A Closer Look Circular panoramic views, as here, became popular in Europe in the second half of the 19th century, but this is the first such we are aware of to highlight an American mountain. The clever view can be rotated with the uppermost portion always being right-side up. Landmarks, including Lake Winnepesaukee, Sunday River, Sebago Lake, Portland, and the Isle of Shoals - just a few of the 189 places noted. Mount Washington In the heart of New Hampshire's White Mountains, Mt. Washington is the highest mountain in the northeastern United States. With the Naturalism movement in the second half of the 19th century, the White Mountains in general and Mt. Washington specifically became a hotbed of tourism. On Mt. Washington, several luxurious hotels opened, including Summit House (#2, 1852), a 64-foot-long (20 m) stone hotel anchored by four heavy chains, and Tip-Top House (#4, 1853). An observation tower (#3) was also built. Both a stage road (#6, 10) and the Mount Washington Cog Railway (#1, 1869) were constructed to facilitate travel - both remain in use today. Mount Washington even had its own newspaper, Among the Clouds , (#5) published each summer from 1885 to 1917 by Henry M. Burt. Boston and Maine Railroad Commonly known as the 'B and M', the Boston and Maine Railroad was chartered in New Hampshire on June 27, 1835. The firm consolidated several smaller companies, including the Andover and Haverhill Railroad and later the Boston and Portland Railroad. It merged with the Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Railroad in 1842 but retained the Boston and Maine operating name. In the subsequent decades, it acquired or leased several other railroads, including the Boston and Lowell (1887), Northern (1884), Connecticut River (1893), Concord and Montreal (1887), and Fitchburg (1900). In 1897, it expanded service with the scenic Lake Shore Line, which ran along the southern shore of Lake Winnipesaukee. In 1910, it was acquired by J. P. Morgan and his New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The firm initially prospered on the development of mill towns throughout New England and later capitalized on tourism from urban centers in Boston and New York. Nonetheless, the railroad went through a decline during the Great Depression, when most of the old textile mills closed. Part of the Boston and Maine network remains in operation today under the Pan Am Railways (PAS) brand. Chromolithography Chromolithography, sometimes called oleography, is a color lithographic technique developed in the mid-19th century. The process uses multiple lithographic stones, one for each color, to yield a rich composite effect. Generally, a chromolithograph begins with a black basecoat upon which subsequent colors are layered. Some chromolithographs used 30 or more separate lithographic stones to achieve the desired effect. Chromolithograph color can be blended for even more dramatic results. The process became extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when it emerged as the dominant method of color printing. The vivid color chromolithography made it exceptionally effective for advertising and propaganda. Publication History and Census This view was drawn in 1902 and published in chromolithograph by George H. Walker of Boston for the Passenger Department of the Boston and Maine Railroad. The map is well represented institutionally, but has become extremely scarce to the market.…

Very good. Professionally cleaned and backed on linen. Some restoration and acid discoloration around title and long bottom of margin. Some spotty soiling in margins. Size 15.5 x 29 Inches. A fine example of Lucian Burleigh's extremely rare 1887 view of White Plains, New York. The map is oriented with northeast at top. It extends from Kensico Street (Now S. Kenisco Ave) to the conjunction of Banks Street and Fisher Avenue, and from the Bronx River to Old Post Road (Maple Ave). The viewpoint is from a low perspective somewhat southwest of the city. In an unusual exception to Burleigh's style, which restricts presentation to buildings and landscapes, and does not include people, animals, or carriages, the present map features a train entering the city from the southwest. Streets are labeled directly, and important buildings are identified numerically via a key in the lower margin. The view identifies five churches, public schools, the County Jail and Courthouse, a soldier's monument, and the railroad station. American Bird's-Eye City Views The tradition of the bird's-eye city view emerged in the United States in the middle part of the 19th century and coincided with the commercial development of lithographic printing. Before the rise of lithography, the ability to own and display artwork in the home was largely limited to the extremely wealthy, the advent of lithographic printing made it possible for everyone to own visually striking artwork. A robust trade developed in portraits of political leaders, allegorical and religious images, and city views. City views were being produced in the United States as early as the 1830s, but the genre exploded after the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). Bridging the gap between maps and pictures, most 19th century American bird's-eye views presented cities to the public from high vantage points. Some were imagined, but others were drawn from hot-air balloons or nearby hills. The presentation, combining high elevation, commercial interest, and new printing technology, created a uniquely American art form, as described by historian Donald Karshan, Some print connoisseurs believe that it was only with the advent of the full-blown city-view lithograph that American printmaking reached its first plateau of originality, making a historical contribution to the graphic arts. They cite the differences between the European city-view prints and the expansive American version that reflects a new land and a new attitude toward the land. The vogue for bird's-eye city views lasted from about 1845 to 1920, during which period some 2,400 cities were thus portrayed, some multiple times. Although views were produced in many urban centers, the nexus of view production in the United States was Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The major American viewmakers were Stoner, Wellge, Bailey, Fowler, Hill, Ruger, Koch, Burleigh, Norris, and Morse, among others. Publication History and Census This map was drawn and published by Lucian Burleigh. It is known in only three other examples, one housed at the Library of Congress, a second in the archive of the Pennsylvania State University, and a third in private hands. References: Reps, John, Views and Viewmakers of Urban America (University of Missouri, Columbia, 1984), #2984.…