Catalog Archive
Auction 170, Lot 209

"Rand McNally Junior Auto Road Atlas of the Western United States Including a Brief Description of the National Parks and Monuments", Rand McNally & Co.

Subject: Western United States

Period: 1927 (published)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
9.3 x 12.3 inches
23.6 x 31.2 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

This scarce road atlas was issued by the Metropolitan Automobile Association of California with maps by Rand McNally. It includes 25 detailed double-page and 11 single-page maps of states west of the Mississippi along with half-page maps of 16 large cities. The atlas also features single-page maps of Yellowstone and Glacier national parks. Each map shows the road network which is color-coded to a legend identifying its status (paved, graded, unimproved, etc). The Metropolitan Automobile Association of California was established in the 1920s apparently to compete with AAA. OCLC shows just 3 copies at the Newberry Library that houses the Rand McNally archive. Bound in red paper wrappers.

References:

Condition: B+

The maps are very good with uniform light toning. The pages are slightly dog-eared at bottom right. Paper wrappers have light wear with a chip to the bottom left corner of the back wrapper.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $50

Closed on 11/14/2018

Archived