New York Map Guide

Folding map with original stiff pictorial wrappers. 48 pp. text. Very good condition, with light wear. First edition. One of the most monumental cartographic feats of the 20th century, Bollmann's bird's-eye view of central Manhattan has become an iconic image of New York in the age of Mad Men. This guide was sold at the New York World's Fair of 1964-65, with some of the descriptive text in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese. There are ads for many storied Manhattan businesses, corporations, restaurants and hotels. Bollmann spent many years designing and executing this great work, which incorporated over 67,000 photos, including 17,000 from the air. For more information, see Augustyn and Cohen, Manhattan in Maps, p.152.