Dec 07, 2023 - Sale 2655

Sale 2655 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(PICTORIAL MAPS.) Group of 5 mid-twentieth-century illustrated maps. Vp, vd

Additional Details

- (JERSEY SHORE.) Harry Tower, Jr. Barnegat Bay from Bayhead to Seaside Park - Including Toms River. Large lithographed pictorial map of ocean activities along the Barnegat Peninsula enclosed by a wonderful maritime-themed border. 29x21 1/2 inches sheet size, wide margins; minor toning and edge wear, small stain at lower margin. Np, 1936.

- (PARIS.) Willy Landelle. Paris. Color lithographed pictorial plan of a bustling Paris. 20 1/4x28 1/2 inches sheet size, wide margins; small discoloration at lower left but generally fine. Angers: Editions Jacques-Petit, 1949.

- (ITALY -- VINO.) Umberto Zimelli. The Wines of Italy. Color lithographed map of Italy illustrating the many wine-producing regions of the country; verso printed with extensive text and additional vignettes by Zimelli. 26x18 3/4 inches sheet size; original pamphlet folds, minor signs of age. Rome: Ente Nazionale Industrie Turistiche (Italian State Tourist Department), 1933.

- (HAWAII.) Ruth Taylor White. Island of Oahu. Color-printed pictorial map of Oahu with a fascinating uncommonly-seen border of official insignia of United States Army Units stationed in the Hawaiian islands. 18x21 inches sheet size; virtually no flaws. Honolulu, circa 1931.

- (TEXAS HUMOR.) Mary Leader. Texan's Idea of the United States. Kitschy color lithographed map of an outsized Texas comprising much of the country's footprint, with the rest of us relegated to mundane significance. 13 1/2x18 inches sheet size, wide margins; scattered creases. New York: Hagstrom Company, 1949.