C I R Q L A R

Original antique prints, books, maps and atlases

Name Of Atlas Rand McNally & Co.'s Indexed Atlas Of The World
Author/Artist Published Chicago: Rand McNally & Co. 
Date of Publication Dated on atlas 1892.
Type of Map Original printed color lithographed maps, complete as called for, save the map of Detroit which is missing in action (looks like it was never bound in however). 
Size of Image

Folio: app. 22" X 17". 383 pp.

Condition In overall very good to excellent condition. Full leather bindings, with some scuffing as expected. The spine is tight and the two covers are attached but worn. All the maps are all both present and fresh. This is a massively atlas weighing over 20 #: It is a BEAST. The maps are all present and overall very fresh.
Try finding this fine specimen anywhere even close to my ask. 

Description

We are pleased to offer this very rare and impressive original hand colored complete United States indexed atlas dated 1892. Complete, intact and clean Rand McNally's atlases of this ilk are increasingly difficult to acquire and this is a good solid copy. There are a plethora of the much sought after colored city maps including the usual suspects (NYC, Boston, Baltimore and DC for starters), but also the much more difficult to acquire smaller cities, which are all printed on one side (blank on verso). This is a true survivor.

We recently were able to acquire a very large quantity of Rand McNally and Cram's atlases all from the late 1800's to the early 1900's that we will be offering  in the ensuing weeks/months. This includes the very difficult to acquire the "Indexed" atlases as well as the "Commercial" atlases. Feel free to contact us should you be interested in a "critical mass" purchase of multiple copies. 

Thank you for looking and please be sure and look at our other auctions for other fine works by Audubon from the first as well as the 1860 editions of the Birds Of America. We also have other architectural, natural history plates as well as original maps, all guaranteed original.

 

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Cirqlar is a SquareTrade seller in good standing and we will do everything we can make this a positive experience for you. We don't hold checks for clearance (we have yet to receive a bad check after over 25,000 transactions!). Again, we will be happy to combine purchases to save on your shipping costs.

News flash! We are now using USPS for our North American shipments. Shipments are easy to track, and, well, frankly we have only lost one singular package out of the tens of thousands of packages we have sent. Good job USPS!

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 Please note that we now have (finally, mercifully) a legitimate "about me" section where you can find more information about who we are and what we do as well as more tips on collecting prints and the various types of printing techniques that have been used over the years. In addition, we have hundreds of rare prints and colorplate books, maps and atlases at set prices. We have recently been fortunate enough to acquire, for example,  the original watercolors from Lewin's "Birds of Great Britain". We also have listed several prints from Shaw and Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany", flower prints from Curtis' "Flora Londinensis", P.J. Redoute's "Les Liliacees". Please also check out our ebay listings for some phenomenal Abbeville edition elephant folio restrikes of Audubon's "Birds Of America" which are what many refer to as the preeminent 20th century facsimile edition of this important work. We will be updating this frequently. We are committed to offering the very best antique prints available with over the top superior service.

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