The Land of Make Believe
Holland, MI: Charles R. Sligh Co., 1958. Third edition. Large color map, 26x37" The image remains bright, but there is moderate wrinkling throughout, more severe at the edges. There are several tape repairs to the margins and corners, and several other edge tears, one extending about 2" into the image. A good copy that has seen much use. Will ship rolled, as was found.
This is an original 1958 printing of this iconic pictorial fantasy map from Czech-born, Michigan landscape painter, Jaro Hess (1889-1979). Hess painted and first published this in 1930, the map showing some 60+ references to nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and children's stories, and offering escapism during the Great Depression. The first edition of the map, shows a figure "The Wandering Jew" which was later, as here, changed to "The Wanderer." This third edition was published by the furniture magnate, Charles R. Sligh, and printed by Dickinson Brothers, a lithography firm in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hagstrom co. acquired the rights to the image about 1982 and issued reprints.
A bright, and as typical, heavily worn example of this beautiful and whimsical map. Item #9265
Price: $350.00