Search Results: Cartography from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Indianapolis, Indiana: Scarborough Motor Guide Company, no date, circa 1920. 8vo (9" x 5.5"), vi & 102 pages, indexed, pages 2 through 87 provide color printed maps (many double-page). Publisher's green faux leather over flexible boards lettered in white on the front cover.
Cover lettering dull, slight wear at upper corners & spine extremities, otherwise Near Fine.
Includes key to map pages, route numbers, distances, explanation of signs, index of towns, advertisers, & city maps.

New York: C.S. Hammond & Company, no date, ca. 1930. Jigsaw puzzle, 95 pieces comprising paper printed in color on Upson board. Completed, the puzzle measures 12 inches by 9 inches. Included is the original two-piece box, the top piece duplicating the map.
Couple of pinholes in the corner pieces, slightly toned, box briefly rubbed, otherwise Very Good.
Shows civil divisions, towns, roads, railroads & more.

Los Angeles, California: Hill Map Company,1939. Original card covers (7.5" x 4"), with 12 pages providing "index to contents" plus 3 maps on a single sheet measuring 22 inches by 28 inches laid in. The maps are printed recto & verso in red & black & present a street map of Los Angeles with index on one side & maps of the western portion of L.A. & Auto Road map of Long Beach & vicinity on the other.Covers lightly age toned, with slight edge wear, otherwise Very Good. The map, once attached, now laid in, is lightly soiled & has a few tiny splits at fold intersects, otherwise Very Good.
Quite uncommon, OCLC locates a single copy at the University of California Los Angeles (accession number 38657118).

Los Angeles: "compiled by Los Angeles County Chamber of Commerce, lithographed by Sterling Press," (1931, taken from map). 8vo (9" x 6"), 48 unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated mostly from photographs, with double-page map. Original pictorial, stapled light card covers.
Lightly rubbed at the spine, trace edge wear, otherwise Near Fine.
Includes sections on cities, recreation, beaches, mountains, culture, education, commerce, transportation, & agriculture.

London: Map Collectors' Circle, 1963 - 1965, numbers 1 through 20. First editions. Octavos (9.75" x 7.25"), variously paginated, profusely illustrated. Publisher's printed & decorated light card covers house in a pair of gilt-lettered maroon folding cloth cases. Prospectus & facsimile catalog laid-in.
Modest occasional edge wear, couple of creased corners, otherwise very good or better in rubbed cases with edge wear & some splitting at the folds.
The first 20 monographs of an eventual 110 relating to the field of historical cartography. The circle's mission was to "stimulate interest in and publish material on early printed maps, atlases, cartographers, etc."

Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, engraved by Young & Delleker, no date (circa 1824). Original copper-plate engraved map on thick paper with contemporary hand-coloring measuring approximately 8.5 inches by 11.25 inches on a 10.25 inch by 13.5 inch sheet. Removed from the Finley's New General Atlas. Upper margin trimmed close to neatline, light foxing & toning, offsetting on verso from adjacent map, otherwise Very Good or better. A lovely map with strong visual impact map showing 28 South Carolina counties which reflects the configuration prior to 1826. The state now has 46 counties. Finley's New General Atlas was issued seven times between 1824 & 1834.

Washington, D.C.: American Automobile Association, no date (circa 1940s). Original brochure, single sheet measuring 18 inches by 23.75 inches folding as issued to 9 inches by 4 inches, featuring map in color on the recto, which includes insets of Nashville, Tennessee & Asheville, North Carolina, with illustrated advertisements & descriptive text on the verso. Lightly soiled, couple of small splits at folds & nicks at fold intersects, easily Very Good or better. An attractive & uncommon map. The text covers "Principal Attractions," "The Environs," "Where to Stop," etc.

Los Angeles: All-Year Club of Southern California, 1947. First edition. Single sheet measuring 35 inches by 22.25 inches folding as issued to 8.75 inches by 5.75 inches, printed recto & verso in color.
Lightly rubbed & soiled, small chip at the top corner of the rear cover, couple of short splits at folds (two now repaired with archival tissue, not affecting text or illustration), couple of nicks at fold intersects, easily Good or better.
"Includes index, map of Mono Lake region, Death Valley, Kern County, and southern California to the Mexican border. Text, index, map of "Los Angeles County," "Highlight sight-seeing tour of Los Angeles County," and color illustrations on verso." 
~Abstract courtesy OCLC.

Boston: [Wright and Potter]; Massachusetts Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, 1882. Large folding map measuring 20 inches by 42.75 inches including margins printed on light paper issued to accompany the Report of the Harbor and Land Commissioners for 1882. Modern archival reinforcement on the verso, moderately toned, couple of small stains, couple of nicks & short tears in the margins, tear (1.5") & unobtrusive loss at the lower left corner, still Very Good.
Quite uncommon, OCLC locates two copies only as of 6/1/2022 (accession number 9094065, Harvard; State Library of Massachusetts).

New York: Port of New York Authority, 1934. Original brochure, single sheet measuring 18 inches by 12 inches folding as issued to 9 inches by 4 inches, featuring map in color on the recto with illustrations from photographs & descriptive text on the verso.A Fine & apparently uncirculated example.
"Interstate vehicular crossings between New York and New Jersey afford comfortable and expeditious traveling both for long distance tourists and for local motorists. Particularly attractive is the ease with which points of exceptional interest may be visited with little reference to their location on the easterly or westerly side of the dividing line separating the two states ..."
 ~Excerpted from the text.