Land Ho! Antique Maps

Used for Centuries to Navigate Routes Over Earth and Sea, Antique Maps Now Attract a host of Collectors--and a Few Thieves

Neil A. Grauer
From the Print Edition:
John F. Kennedy, Nov/Dec 98

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ASSOCIATIONS
Associations of map collectors can be highly specialized. For example, there are associations of collectors who concentrate on the maps of specific states, regions, or cities. Among the more general associations of map collectors are:

International Map Collectors' Society
Contact: Jenny Harvey, 27 Landford Road
Putney, London, SW15 1AQ, UK
e-mail:jeh@HARVEY27.DEMON.CO.UK

Road Map Collectors of America
Contact: Mark Adkinson, 5832 N.W. 62nd Terrace, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73122

BOOKS
Books on antique maps can be as specialized as the field itself. Good general reference volumes and guides (some of which may only be available in libraries) include:

Antique Map Price Record & Handbook
1997-98 edition ($46) Contact: Jon Rosenthal, Kimmel Publications, P.O. Box 12, Amherst, Massachusetts 01004; phone: (413) 256-8900

Antique Maps
by Carl Moreland and David Bannister (1992, paperback, 326 pages, $24.95) Contact: Mercator's World Bookshop, phone: 800/840-3810

Collecting Old Maps
by F. J. Manasek (1998, 328 pages, $65 plus $4 for U.S. shipping)Contact: G.B.Manasek Inc., Box 1204, Norwich, Vermont 05055; phone: (802) 649-1722

The Story of Maps
by Lloyd A. Brown (1949, Little, Brown & Co., Boston) Out of print, although a Dover Press paperback came out in 1980, but is also no longer in print.

The W. Graham Arader III Grading System for Antique Maps
by W. Graham Arader Available for $225 from the W. Graham Arader III Gallery, 29 East 72nd Street, New York, New York 10021; phone:(212) 628-3668

 

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