"I'v called it my magic map!" Luxor Price. (to accompany) The Magic Map, by Mary Graham Bonner, Illustrated by Luxor Price. New York, the Macaulay Company. Copyright, 1927.

Color pictorial map of the world. Showing mountains, oceans, lands, volcanoes and forests. Relief shown pictorially. "The Book of geography" in the top center beneath North Pole. North America in the lower right and Australia, Africa, South America and India in lower panel. Includes compas...

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Main Authors: Bonner, Mary Graham, 1890-1974, Price, Luxor
Format: Book
Language:unknown
Published: Macaulay Company 1927
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Summary:Color pictorial map of the world. Showing mountains, oceans, lands, volcanoes and forests. Relief shown pictorially. "The Book of geography" in the top center beneath North Pole. North America in the lower right and Australia, Africa, South America and India in lower panel. Includes compass rose oriented with the north to upper left. First edition of "The Magic Map" 1927, written by Mary Graham Bonner, teaching concepts of geography as fascinating and as adventurous as travel and actual exploration. Illustrated by Luxor Price in his distinctive style of map making and yet are full of whimsical fun and fact. It introduced young people to the fun of learning geography by humanizing in his illustrations the Atlantic Ocean, Latitude & Longitude, Cape Horn, etc. Published by the Macaulay Company in New York. In 238 pages of descriptive text with imprint on verso of title page and 16 illustrations, printed in blue and black. Includes colorful frontispiece and dust jacket depicting North and South America as people between oceans filled with peculiar fish. Includes flap text on the inside front and back of the dust jacket. Bound in orange cloth hard cover boards with black lettering and illustrations on the front board and spine. Illustrated end paper in black, white, and aqua, signed by Luxor Price affixed to the front and back, with inscription dated Dec. 25, 1930 in the front.