May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -

Sale 2706 - Lot 253

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
(FLORIDA.) George S. Brockway. Atlas of Palm Beach Florida. Illustrated title-page, 3 index leaves, and 61 (of 63) diazotype or similarly-printed cadastral mapsheets. Oblong folio, 8½x14 inches, Accopress card wrappers within a sturdy plain cloth National clamp binder; no tears or damages, map 26 (Ocean Boulevard between Via Del Lago and Woodbridge Road) annotated in pencil with contemporary lot pricing, each leaf with Brockway's 5-line accuracy statement unobtrusively stamped on verso and not affecting images; ownership inscription of George T. McCarthy III in pencil to the title-page. While a few single leaves of this important early real estate atlas appear on the market with some infrequency, OCLC locates only one other complete example, at the Library of Congress. West Palm Beach, 1936