HUDSON RIVER from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

New York: Harper's, 1904. First printing. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. This half year bound volume of Harper's Weekly features the Russo-Japanese War, double page War map p464; war images pp967-975; X Ray invention p49; Steamer "General Slocum" on p99; San Juan Hill p955; Walter Travers golf p931; St. Louis World Fair p677; Southern California The Story of… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Art-Journal, 1868. Very good overall. An excerpt from The Art-Journal by Benson Lossing, with b&w woodcut illustrations throughout including Manhattan views - High Bridge, View on Washington Heights, Harlem Plains, Orphan Asylum, Manhattanville from Claremont, Turtle Bay and Blackwell's Island, and many more. Unbound, 13 3/8 x 9 7/8", 16pp, b&w, slt dusty along margin of one… Saber más sobre este artículo

1932. Susan Elizabeth Drake Sears married Richard Sears in 1913 and the couple lived in the Boston area. Photographs may be from the Boston environs, or the Hudson River area, as the album came from Millbrook NY and one photo is captioned "H. River." 157 vernacular snapshots all dating from the 1930's of what appears to be… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Mayor's Catskill Aqueduct Celebration Committee, 1917. Paperback. Very good condition. With 8 b&w photo illustrations, including the 'new Croton Dam in Westchester County.' 8vo, 27pp, cream paper, black text, staplebound. Spine starting to crack, otherwise very clean. OCLC: 1235573301.

1800. Very good condition. A lithographed map showing Verplanck's Point with two Revolutionary forts indicated, and Stony Point with one fort and several abattis marks, separated by "Riviere D'Hudson." Fort Lafayette was a Revolutionary War fort established in 1779 in the town of Verplanck, Westchester County, New York. It was captured by British forces before it was completed… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Appleton, 1845. First edition. Full Morocco. Very good condition. Roy. 8vo, letterpress & 20 hand-colored lithographs by Edwin Whitfield, lith. of Lewis and Brown of New York. Not only is this a most charming book, illustrating native American flowers pictured with Hudson River, Pennsylvania & New Jersey landscapes behind, but an interesting work in the transition… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Appleton & Co., 1869. First printing. Print. Fine. Long, folding wood engraved print of the Hudson River. The view looks north from Little Stony Point above Cold Spring towards Bull Hill, Breakneck, Storm King & Crows Nest. The river is a mass of traffic from the Dayliner (the Dean Richmond) to row boats with Undercliff house… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1879. Very good overall. A full page wood engraving of the sport of ice yachting, popular in parts of Europe as well as the Hudson River. 4 people ice yachting on a boat named, "Snow Squall." From the Harper's Weekly, a long running American newspaper well-known for its wood-cut illustrations. Approximately 11 x 16",… Saber más sobre este artículo

1860. Maps. Very good overall. A large lithograph with six maps on one page including Portland Harbour (sic), Boston Harbour, Hudson River, New York Harbour and vicinity, Baltimore, Philadelphia. With a light color wash. 12 3/8 x 18 3/4", small 1/4" closed tear at top.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1875. First printing. Paperback. Good + overall. Four monthly issues of The Art Journal of 1875 featuring an illustrated article on the Hudson River from the City up to and including West Point. The woodblock illustrations are by J.D. Woodward. January: The Hudson River, introduction, illustrated, pp5-8. NYC to The Palisades … Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: New York Mirror, 1834. Good + overall. Copper engraving by Hudson River artist A.B. Durand, as published in the New-York Mirror, Vl. XI, No. 49. 8 1/4 x 6" on 10 1/2 x 13 1/2"

New York, 1860. Photograph. Otherwise very good condition. A stereoview image of the view of Garrison's Landing looking south with stacks of cut wood for the steamboats in the foreground. This image shows the Landing well before the park area was filled in, with the water practically lapping up against the Garrison Art Center building. Albumen photographic image,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hudson Valley, NY, 1915. Hardcover. Very good condition. Samuel W. Browne was a cod liver oil magnate, a partner in the company Scott and Browne. This is a family photo album of the Browne family, with images of the family farm in Montgomery, Orange County including family, interior and exterior views, boys on bicycles, three shots of their… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Bowles, 1768. First printing. Print. Very good overall. This engraving is part of a series of views that were produced by Thomas Pownal, a British statesman and talented amateur artist who traveled extensively in the colonies. When his initial job as private secretary to Sir Danvers Osborne ended, Pownal was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Watson & Company, 1891. Very good condition. Large scale map of the area, with land owners and homesteads marked with owner names. The map includes Saugerties, Esopus Creek, Brick yard and Ice Co. to Tivoli, Madalin, Crugers Island, and properties for Macginnis, Vanderpool, Washburn, Schieffelin, Livingston and many more. Lithograph with original printed color. From the… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: American Scenery, 1860. Photograph. Overall in very good condition. A stereoview image of the hotel (now the Golden Eagle) on Garrison's Landing with "Washburn and Leroy grocery store" sign protruding from the building, the ferry building beyond and many people on both levels of the porch of the building. Merchandise is on the front porch and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Van Nostrand, 1867. First printing. Hardcover. Internally very good, binding holding.. Handsome little production, with very interesting maps. The map "1866 West Point and It's Vicinity" is a gem, including details on both sides of the river, including Garrison & Cold Spring, marking the Foundry and the Highland Hotel, which sat on the site of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Watson & Company, 1891. Very good condition. Large scale map of the area, with land owners and homesteads marked with owner names. The map includes Glenerie, Red Hook, and properties for Delano, Aspinwall, Bartlett, Hornback, Wittiker, Milliken, Baxter, Warren, Ten Broeck. Lithograph with original printed color. From the Hudson River Atlas, paper, 29 x 19"

New York: E. Anthony, 1860. Good + overall. View of the river looking north with land and a house in foreground. From the Beauties of the Hudson series, No. 548. Approx. 7 x 3.5", square edged images mounted on tan card, with rubbed corners, image somewhat effected by fox spotting.

New York: E. & H.T. Anthony Co., 591 Broadway, New York., 1860. Photograph. Good + overall. A stereoview image of the railroad tunnel just north of Garrison NY with station master (?) in foreground returning from his daily inspection of the tunnel. From the 'Beauties of the Hudson River" series No. 8008-'09 with that and the title printed… Saber más sobre este artículo