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Auction 176, Lot 256

"Dallas Handy Map and Guide",

Subject: Dallas, Texas

Period: 1922 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
12.9 x 7.6 inches
32.8 x 19.3 cm
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This small map of Dallas shows the street grid pattern of the city with north oriented to the bottom left corner of the sheet. Identifies street car lines by letter code with an index at bottom listing 11 routes. A full street index and list of buildings is at right and on verso. Self-folds into pictorial paper wrappers (4.1 x 7.9") and published by Goodman Bursetown, a rabbi who published only two maps (Dallas and San Francisco). A rare map with no copies listed on OCLC or elsewhere.

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Condition: B+

Light wear along the fold lines with several tiny fold separations and minor soiling in the image. Wrappers are moderately soiled. Issued folding.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $800

Closed on 2/12/2020

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