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United States Coast Survey. Diagrams Illustrating Plan Of Magnetic Observatory At Key West Florida And Mode Of Mounting And Arranging The Instruments 1860. GPO. Washington, DC. 1855 . With chart of readings.  I.D.#10065.

Daniel G. Brinton. A Guide-Book Of Florida And The South, For Tourists, Invalids And Emigrants, With A Map Of The St. John River, by Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D. George MacLean/Columbus Drew. Philadelphia/Jacksonville. 1869. 12mo, vi, 9-136 p. fold. map, table. Purple cloth. A little faded but a very nice copy. Howes B778. Not in Phillips.  I.D.#09114.


Quincy Adams Gillmore. "...Reports From Colonel Gillmore Containing Plans And Estimates For The Improvement Of Saint John’s River, Florida, &C., With Accompanying Maps." GPO. Washington, DC. 1884, January 18. 8vo, 12 p. 2 fold. charts Disbound. (48th Cong., 1st sess. Senate. Ex.Doc. No.65).  I.D.#07140.


Key West And Dry Tortugas. 28th Cong., 1st sess. Ho. of Reps. Rep.No.407. Fortifications... Mr. Haralson, From The Committee On Military Affairs, To Whom Was Referred The Resolution Of The House... Directing An Inquiry Into The Expediency Of An Immediate Occupation Of Key West And The Dry Tortugas, As Military And Naval Stations, Report:... Blair & Rives. Washington, DC. 1844, April 2. 8vo, 19 p. engr. fold. map by J.V.N. Throop, sc. of the Gulf and Caribbean showing currents and flags of occupation. Disbound.  I.D.#03348.


Max Bloomfield. Bloomfield’s Illustrated Historical Guide, Embracing An Account Of The Antiquities Of St. Augustine, Florida (With Map). To Which Is Added A Condensed Guide Of The St. John’s, Ocklawaha, Halifax, And Indian Rivers. Distance Tables To Points On The Above-Mentioned Rivers And Principal Cities North, East And West. Every Tourist In Florida Should Procure A Copy. No Book Published Containing Such A Complete Account. Max Bloomfield, Bookseller, Newsdealer, & Stationer... St. Augustine. 1884. Thin 8vo, 110 p. 2 fold. maps. Red brown cloth, one map misfolded. Final map is an 1883 Rand, McNally issue on india paper.  I.D.#03204. SOLD.


Harbor of Key West, Fla. GPO. Washington, DC. 1889, December 11. 8vo, 26 p. 11 fold. charts Disbound. (51st Cong., 1st sess. House. Ex.Doc. No.39).  I.D.#07139. SOLD.


Survey of Sarasota Bay, Florida. GPO. Washington, DC. 1889, December 18. 8vo, 7 p. 3 fold. charts Disbound. (51st Cong., 1st sess. House. Ex.Doc. No.61).  I.D.#07138.


William Murray Black. "...Report From The Chief Of Engineers Relating To Work At North Point And On Anastasia Island, In The Harbor Of St. Augustine, Fla. In Response To Senate Resolution..." GPO. Washington, DC. 1890, May 29. 8vo, 3 p. 3 fold. charts Disbound. (51st Cong., 1st sess. Senate. Ex.Doc. No.132).  I.D.#07141.


United States Fish Commission 15.-Report Upon An Investigation Of The Fishing Grounds Off The West Coast Of Florida. By A.C. Adams and W.C. Kendall. GPO. WASHINGTON, DC. 1890. 8vo, pp. 289-312. 2 large fold. charts. disbound. (Bull. U.S.F.C. 89 -- 19) One chart of the Giant Scallop beds off Mount Desert Island, Maine.  I.D.#07079.


Mrs. H. K. Ingram. Florida: Beauties Of The East Coast. Joseph Richardson, agent, Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River Railwa. St. Augustine. 1893. Oblong 8vo, unpaged. photo illus., route map Green illus. wraps. edges slightly browned. Shows the beginnings of Florida as a tourist mecca. The railroad by then reached only to West Palm Beach.  I.D.#06926.


...Papers And Map... Advantages And Value Of A Barge Canal Connecting The Water Of The Mississippi River, Through The State Of Florida, With The Waters Of The Atlantic Seaboard. GPO. Washington, DC. 1894, December 20. 8vo, 24 p. 2 fine col. maps of the Gulf coast, very large map and profile of ship canal. Disbound. (53d Cong., 3d sess. Senate. Mis. Doc.No. 37). The pet project of a Maj. Robert Gamble of Tallahassee. Nice maps.  I.D.#07445.


Survey of Apalachicola Bay, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War... GPO. Washington, DC. 1896, December 21. 8vo, 5 p. 1 fold. chart. Disbound. (54th Cong., 2d sess. House. Document No. 129).  I.D.#07443.


Survey Of Withlacooche River, Florida, From Its Mouth To The Head Of Navigation. GPO. Washington, DC. 1898, January 7. 8vo, 7 p. 2 large fold. charts Disbound. (55th Cong., 2d sess. House. Document No.199). I.D.#07136. SOLD.


Water Hyacinth Obstructions. Letter from the Secretary of War... GPO. Washington, DC. 1898, December 17. 11 p. 2 photos, 2 fold. plans. Disbound. (55th Cong., 3d sess. House. Document No. 91). Obstruction of inland waterways by the aquatic plant known as the water hyacinth.  I.D.#07444.


Florida East Coast Railway. A Resume Of The Famous Luxurious East Coast Hotels Which Are Located At St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Ormand, Miami And Nassau, Bahamas Profusely Illustrated From Special Camera Pictures And Therefore Are Entirely Accurate And Represent The Localities As They Actually Are. Offered For Your Favorable Consideration By The Florida East Coast Hotel Company And The Florida East Coast Railway. Matthews-Northrup Works. Buffalo/New York. c1904. Folded small 4to, unpaged. col. Florida map, illus. Illustrated embossed wrappers, cord tied. Also includes Havana, Cuba. The magnificence of turn-of-the-century Florida is hard to describe though the winter season lasted only from January 10 to April 15. Excellent railway map by FL East Coast Rwy.  I.D.#06883. SOLD.


J. Murray Jordan. St. Augustine And Vicinity. [cover title]. J. Murray Jordan. Philadelphia. c1905. n.d. Oblong 8vo. only illus. Decorated wrappers, defective, two leaves missing.  I.D.#03329.


Hotel Windsor. Jacksonville, Florida. c1917. Folding leaflet. col. and uncol. views.  I.D.#07146.


Miami In A Coco-Nut. Land Of Palms And Sunshine. Seven Days In Miami... Chamber of Commerce. Miami. 1924. folding 12mo. illus., coconut cover art. Suggested daily plans for a week stay in the city. Useful for the list of hotels then operating.  I.D.#04031.


Scarborough Motor Guide Co. Automobile Green Book. Vol. 2. 1926. Road Reference And Tourists’ Guide. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Central Canada And Florida, With Trunk Lines To New England And The West. Golf Club Guide. Price $3.00. Indianapolis/Boston. c1926. 8vo. var. paging. fold. green tint road maps and distance tables, hotel illus. Limp green fabricoid. Fine Florida section with large folding road map.  I.D.#03582.


Miami Beach, Florida. Panoramic Roll-Up Mailer View Of The Beach Front. 28.5" x 7." Tichnor Brothers/C.R. Adamson. Miami. c1938. Color photolithography.  I.D.#09713.


Helen Muir. Miami, U.S.A. ... Illustrated... Henry Holt. New York. c1953. 8vo. photo illus. Boards, ex-library. First edition.  I.D.#04929.

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