VINTAGE POSTERS & BROADSIDES
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The Tables Turned – “You Sabe Him? Kealney Must Go!”
Political satire from one of San Francisco’s first antiquarian booksellers.
Cartographer(s): Isidor Nathan ChoynskiPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1879$575 Add to cart -
Fortunes, Follies And Far-Out Ideas. A Look Back At The Personal Computer Era.
A period-specific broadside that maps the incredible journey of personal computing.
Place/Date: San Jose / ca. 1987$550 Add to cart -
San Francisco Oz by the Bay
Zell-Breier’s whimsical pictorial map of San Francisco in the 1980s.
Place/Date: Fremont / 1989$2,400 Add to cart -
The Castro, San Francisco
A rare poster map of unknown origin depicting San Francisco’s iconic Castro District in the mid-1980s.
Cartographer(s): Graham BrucePlace/Date: San Francisco / 1985$1,600 Add to cart -
STEAMERS ON THE NILE / THEWFIKIEH NAVIGATION COMPANY.
Gorgeous Victorian travel poster for the Egyptian Thewfikieh Navigation Company’s Nile Cruises.
Cartographer(s): Stafford & Co.Place/Date: Netherfield / ca. 1899$4,500 Add to cart -
The Blue Ridge Path through France, Luxembourg, Germany, and Austria
Patton’s 80th Infantry Division — liberators of two concentration camps!
Cartographer(s): U.S. ArmyPlace/Date: Not listed / 1945$2,350 Add to cart -
Contro La Repressione e L’Imperialismo del Comunismo Sovietico.
Italian Anti-Communist Poster protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the arrest of peace activist and nuclear physicist, Andrey Sakharov.
Cartographer(s): Democrazia CristianaPlace/Date: Villa San Lucia, Frosinone / 1980$750 Add to cart -
[Political broadside] Solidarity with the People and Students of the DPR of Korea
A mixed-message piece of propaganda from the late stage of the Cold War.
Cartographer(s): The International Union of StudentsPlace/Date: Not listed / ca. 1987$550 Add to cart -
The Sunday Times China Time Chart from 1500 B.C.
Time-chart of Chinese cultural history from 1500 BC until modern times, issued after Nixon’s first visit.
Cartographer(s): Times Newspapers Ltd.Place/Date: London / 1973$675 Add to cart -
Cunard R.M.S. Caronia / Great African Cruise 1950
A stunning and extremely rare advertisement for the Cunard Line’s 1950 cruise to Africa, with a stop in the new capital city of Tel Aviv.
Cartographer(s): D.E. BatesPlace/Date: England / 1949$2,800 Add to cart -
They Cheer When You Forget Your Maps
This whimsical World War II poster, promoting aviation safety practices with US Air Force pilots, is as charming as it is rare.
Place/Date: Not listed / ca. 1943$775 Add to cart -
The World According To Ronald Reagan
A satirical look at The World According To Ronald Reagan [First State].
Cartographer(s): David HorseyPlace/Date: Seattle / 1982$900 Add to cart -
Palestine. Land of Dispute.
1947 British broadside featuring three maps of Palestine on the eve of partition.
Cartographer(s): Bureau of Current AffairsPlace/Date: London / September, 1947$900 Add to cart -
The Historical War Map.
Printed broadside that provided the American public with a comprehensive overview of the Civil War, with an extensive narrative on the war’s progress.
Cartographer(s): Asher & Co.Place/Date: Indianapolis / 1863$975 Add to cart -
Baseball. 1987 Edition
A 1987 baseball-themed pictorial map of the United States.
Cartographer(s): World ImpressionsPlace/Date: Foster City, CA / 1987$250 Add to cart -
Second Year of the State of Israel. . שנת שתיים למדינת ישראל
The ultimate early Israel commemorative map, celebrating its second anniversary with Social Realist imagery.
Cartographer(s): Joseph Szapiro & Michael KarraPlace/Date: Tel Aviv / 1949$1,300 Add to cart -
Maps of the New and Popular St. Louis and Texas Short Line!
An eye-catching 1878 broadside inviting people to come and settle in Texas; a state in which a formal civilian government had only been restored eight years earlier.
Cartographer(s): Woodward, Tiernan & HalePlace/Date: St. Louis / 1878$1,800 Add to cart -
“As the Crow Flies” A 200-Ft. “Airline” Boulevard Between Fort Worth and Dallas
A highly artistic broadside for the visionary Dallas-Fort Worth Airline Boulevard: a Depression-era infrastructure project designed to bridge and unite two Texas cities.
Cartographer(s): C.K. Chambers (Southwestern Engraving Co.)Place/Date: Fort Worth, Texas / ca. 1930$2,900 Add to cart -
Golden Gate International Exposition 1940. May 25 to September 29. Treasure Island on San Francisco Bay
Promotional poster for the 1939-40 Golden Gate International Expo in San Francisco — an icon of late Art Deco poster art.
Cartographer(s): Cornelius “Neil” Cogswell SampsonPlace/Date: Not listed / 1940$2,900 Add to cart -
They’ve got an invisible program to end an undeclared war backed by a silent majority.
A sharp anti-Vietnam War protest broadside that captured the zeitgeist of the time, matched the moment, and pulled no punches.
Cartographer(s): Robert GrossmanPlace/Date: New York City / 1970$1,450 Add to cart -
[Sutro Baths] ON THE SHORE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
A monumental and vivacious rendition of San Francisco’s magnificent Sutro Baths.
Cartographer(s): AnonymousPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1896$18,000 Add to cart
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Tails of the City Alligator Oz The land of Make-Believe.
Henley’s revolutionary 1976 thematic map of homosexual San Francisco — a testament to the city’s progressive track record for tolerance and inclusion.
Cartographer(s): J Clark HenleyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
Voyage Autour du Monde / Round the World. 1891.
One of the greatest travel posters of the Belle Époque.
Place/Date: Paris / 1891Read more -
Tails of the City Alligator Oz The land of Make-Believe.
Henley’s revolutionary 1976 thematic map of homosexual San Francisco — a testament to the city’s progressive track record for tolerance and inclusion.
Cartographer(s): J Clark HenleyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
Ricordo storico della vittoria folgorante
1936 Italian map of East Africa with stark fascist imagery and language.
Cartographer(s): ViscegliaPlace/Date: Rome/Milan / 1936Read more -
Authorized Birds Eye View of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Seattle, U.S.A. 1909.
A dramatic bird’s-eye-view of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
Cartographer(s): Schmidt Label & Litho. Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1909Read more -
Three Centuries Of Great Music
New York Philharmonic thematic map tracing the history of classical music from 1650 to 1950.
Place/Date: New York / 1953Read more -
Antartide continente del giorno
The triumph of reaching the South Pole, and the fierce competition between Scott and Amundsen to win that great prize.
Cartographer(s): Officine grafiche de “La Scuola”Place/Date: Brescia / 1956Read more -
[Data Visualization] Le Pétrole Dans Le Monde.
Striking 1956 thematic map of the global petroleum industry — rare first edition published before the Suez Crisis.
Cartographer(s): Union des Chambres Syndicales du PétrolePlace/Date: Paris / 1956Read more -
[Great European Visit Memorial Flight Game]
A rare and splendid 1925 Japanese board game map celebrating a triumph of early aviation.
Cartographer(s): The Asahi ShimbunPlace/Date: Osaka / 1925Read more -
California Wine Land of America
A fabulous 1960s pictorial map promoting the emerging wines of California.
Cartographer(s): Amado GonzalezPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1965Read more -
Romance of the Missions. California
1939 Goodacre poster-map presenting the missions of California as an important part of the state’s historical heritage.
Cartographer(s): WJ GoodacrePlace/Date: Santa Barbara, CA / 1939Read more -
Bart Opens Embarcadero. First port o’call in San Francisco
Celebrating public transit — a pictorial view of downtown San Francisco announcing the 1976 opening of the Embarcadero BART station.
Cartographer(s): Heather KingPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
View of the World from 9th Avenue
Original run example of Saul Steinberger’s iconic illustration of the world as seen from a typical New Yorker’s perspective.
Cartographer(s): Saul SteinbergPlace/Date: New York / 1976Read more -
Bart Opens Embarcadero. First port o’call in San Francisco
A celebration of public transit — pictorial view of downtown San Francisco announcing the 1976 opening of the Embarcadero BART station.
Cartographer(s): Heather KingPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
A map of Berkeley, Oakland & Alameda
Exceptional 1930 Art Deco pictorial map of the East Bay.
Cartographer(s): Eugene Neuhaus; Sather Gate Book ShopPlace/Date: Berkeley / 1930Read more