GILLESPIE’S GUIDE: Los Angeles City and County. Author: [California] Title: GILLESPIE’S GUIDE: Los Angeles City and County Publication: Los Angeles: California Map Company, 1950. The 1950 Cosmopolitan Edition of this pocket-size street atlas of Los Angeles County. Fully indexed, it features 122 two-color street maps (most two-panel), a three-color sectional map that extends to four panels, and 4 small zone maps. Includes bus and rail lines, a roster of engineers, and an index to movie, radio and television studios. The original Gillespie’s Guide appeared in 1913 and for a time, the company rivaled the renowned Thomas Brothers. Octavo: xii, 106, 244 p. Spiral bound in limp blue buckram with decorative yellow embossing on the front panel. Minor stain to the top corner of about 15 maps, with some occasional mild toning; otherwise very good. Scarce, OCLC locates only one holding, at the Library of Congress. Established in 1981, Johnson Rare Books & Archives offers a wide array of materials from fine first editions to holographic letters, vernacular photography, archives, and other cultural resources. Our bricks and mortar location in downtown Covina, The Book Shop, is located about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. The shop is open six days a week and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. As proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA), we uphold our association’s code of ethics. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
