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Auction 162, Lot 144
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"Literary Journeys - A Pictorial Chart of Children's Literature in the United States for Elementary Schools and Libraries", Smith, J.L.

Subject: United States

Period: 1940 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
34 x 22.3 inches
86.4 x 56.6 cm
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This large folding map of the United States is filled with illustrations that tie children's literature to geography. A sampling of the illustrations include: Little House on the Prairie (Kansas), Johnny Appleseed (Ohio), Br'er Rabbit (Mississippi), and Buffalo Bill (Colorado). The corners of the map are decorated with illustrations of well-known book titles. Compiled by Ernest A. Choate, and drawn and lithographed by J.L. Smith in Philadelphia.

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Condition: A

A clean and colorful example with a short edge tear confined to the right blank margin that has been closed on verso with archival tape.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $95

Closed on 4/26/2017

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