Rare Books and Maps - 588 Gedney Street

This shop is too expensive for most locals. Like Hardwicke’s stamp and coin business, the majority of Edwin Tillinghast’s trade is done by mail. Valuable books and maps are not on display. Students rarely frequent this place, though people like Stuart Portman and Edward Derby do. Original editions of Mather’s works, and holographs by Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, and others are among the many gems of Tillinghast’s collection. He is strong in 15th-16th century Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English charts, and in Colonial-era coastal sailing guides.

Tillinghast belongs to the Arkham Historical Society and has a lively interest in New England and Western European history.