World Map Press (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Very good. Exhibits wear along original fold lines. Areas of infill at some fold intersections. Size 37.25 x 48 Inches. This is a 1948 Janet Smalley and Jeanne McLavy pictorial map of the world. Icons placed across the world highlight historic landmarks, such as the Lincoln Memorial, Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro, the Sphinx at Giza, the Acropolis in Athens, St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, and the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. Other icons illustrate trains, planes, and buses, moving the world's people from one place to another. Churches appear throughout the world as well, although many are not identifiable. Penguins appear along the bottom border. Five blank boxes are scattered around the map, likely meant to highlight cultural events worldwide, since one box contains an illustration of the Boy's Festival in Japan. The Borders Content in the top and bottom border differs from that along the sides. Aspects of human culture appear on the left. Smalley and McLavy chose to highlight architecture (Notre Dame in Paris), sculpture (The Winged Victory of Samothrace), drama (embodied by the traditional masks of comedy and tragedy), science (a microscope), painting, chemistry, and music. On the right, industries are promoted, including farming, manufacturing, education, medicine, and mining. Four circular vignettes occupy the corners and illustrate four 'rights': the 'Right to a Good Home, the 'Right to Good Health,' the 'Right to Good Food,' and the 'Right to a Good School.' The majority of the top and bottom borders remain blank, indicating that this is a proof state. Some of the vignettes illustrate other rights, such as the 'Right to Read the Bible' and the 'Right to Vote Freely.' A view of a meeting of the World Council of Churches occupies the top center, and a view of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations appears at the bottom center. Publication History and Census This map was drawn by Janet Smalley and Jeanne McLavy and published by Friendship Press in 1948. This map is not cataloged in OCLC, and we are aware of only one other example.

Good. Laid down on archival tissue. Lower right corner reinstated. Size 21 x 30.5 Inches. This 1939 United Press and Columbia Broadcasting System map of the world ravaged by war. The political map at center belies the violence then rampaging across the globe, but its results are apparent. Nazi Germany encompasses Austria and half of Czechoslovakia and Poland, while the Soviet Unit occupies Poland's other half. War had been raging in Asia since 1937, mostly ignored here, apart from Manchukuo. Dashed lines trace global maritime trade routes and provide the distances. The Pictorial Border The border consists of printed photographs illustrating the European war, including the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, Nazi Germany's invasions of Poland and Czechoslovakia, and German ships set ablaze. Other images celebrate technological advances, such as the inaugural Pan-American trans-Atlantic clipper service and the 1939 New York World's Fair. Pope Pius XI's death is remembered, as is the crowning of Pius XII. Publication History and Census This map was created and published by the United Press and Columbia Broadcasting System in 1939. One example is cataloged in OCLC as being part of the collection at the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine. References: Rumsey 8136.000. OCLC 55796954.