San Diego Zoo.: If you go down to the zoo today
by SCHULTHEIS, R.W
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[Los Angeles],: Lowell Jones,, [c1940].. 420 by 560mm. (16.5 by 22 inches).. Large colour printed pictorial map on recto, and two smaller maps on verso, folding into self-wrappers: 'Recreational Map San Diego Zoo 25c', and address label. The main bird's-eye view map of the park shows it pioneering a cageless zoo design: divided into four mesas, housing reptiles, primates, 'Heavy Mammals', and hoofed animals. Between the mesas are canyons where the wild birds, 'bears, lions, and tigers', sea mammals, and cats, can be seen. The park is well served by no fewer than six restaurants and canteens, and an Animal Hospital. The two smaller additional maps are: a 'Pictorial Map of Balboa Park', with a key and "showing the location of San Diego Zoo in relation to the Exposition Area. Most of the building were originally constructed for the Panama-California Exposition held in 1915, and restored for the California Pacific International Exposition held in 1935-36"; and 'Downtown San Diego: Showing principal routes leading to Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo'. San Diego Zoo was founded in 1916 in Balboa Park to house the animals left behind after the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 and the menagerie from the Wonderland Amusement Park. At the time of this map, the zoo was managed by the only female zoo director in the world: Belle Benchley. Surprisingly rare, only known in one institutional example, at Yale.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15101
- Title
- San Diego Zoo.
- Author
- SCHULTHEIS, R.W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Lowell Jones,
- Place of Publication
- [Los Angeles],
- Date Published
- [c1940].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- San Diego, California, Zoo, Schulteis, pictorial
- Product_type
- Maps
- Size
- 420 by 560mm. (16.5 by 22 inches).
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About the Seller
Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
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London
About Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
Daniel Crouch Rare Books is specialist dealer in antique atlases, maps, plans, sea charts and voyages dating from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Our carefully selected stock also includes a number of fine prints and globes, and a selection of cartographic reference books.Our particular passions include rare atlases, wall maps, and separately published maps and charts. We strive to acquire unusual and quirky maps that are in fine condition. We are members of the following trade associations: The Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (ABA); The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA); Confédération Internationale des Négociantes en Oeuvres d'Art (CINOA); The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD); and The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF). Daniel and Nick are also both members of The Company of Art Scholars, Dealers, and Collectors.