Book of Knowledge
Title/Content of Map: Book of Knowledge
Date: 1920 ca.
2 West 45th Street, New York. Educate your children - it pays. Natural Scale: 1:42,400,000. 670 miles to one inch. Pat. Aug. 3, 1909 Copyrighted. 12 inch orb with dull paper gores, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in olive green with Equinoctial Colure, Eliptic and analemma in Pacific. Mounted without meridian from an offset bracket above an oak peg-fitted table stand. Surface dimple over U.S., some equator strip scale loss. Some darkening. Post-1918; mentions Petrograd in Russia, Yugo-Slavia, Czechoslovakia. Scarce early advertising globe with label pasted to surface over Weber Costello logo. The 1912 patent date coincides with the first edition of the Book of Knowledge. Shows large parts of Africa unexplored, to such extent that the book said that dinosaurs might still be found there! On Mission Oak Stand - Advertising for The Book of Knowledge
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Title/Content of Map: Book of Knowledge
Date: 1920 ca.
2 West 45th Street, New York. Educate your children - it pays. Natural Scale: 1:42,400,000. 670 miles to one inch. Pat. Aug. 3, 1909 Copyrighted. 12 inch orb with dull paper gores, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in olive green with Equinoctial Colure, Eliptic and analemma in Pacific. Mounted without meridian from an offset bracket above an oak peg-fitted table stand. Surface dimple over U.S., some equator strip scale loss. Some darkening. Post-1918; mentions Petrograd in Russia, Yugo-Slavia, Czechoslovakia. Scarce early advertising globe with label pasted to surface over Weber Costello logo. The 1912 patent date coincides with the first edition of the Book of Knowledge. Shows large parts of Africa unexplored, to such extent that the book said that dinosaurs might still be found there! On Mission Oak Stand - Advertising for The Book of Knowledge
Reserve: $900.00
Shipping:
Domestic: Flat-rate of $65.00 to anywhere within the contiguous U.S.
International: Foreign shipping rates are determined by destination.
Combined shipping: Please ask about combined shipping for multiple lots before bidding.
Location: This item ships from Tennessee
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Photos, descriptions, and estimates were prepared with the utmost care by a fully certified expert and appraiser. All items in this sale are guaranteed authentic.
In the rare event that the item did not conform to the lot description in the sale, Jasper52 specialists are here to help. Buyers may return the item for a full refund provided you notify Jasper52 within 5 days of receiving the item.
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