Vintage Literary Map of Los Angeles by Linda Ayriss, 1987
€ 445
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1987
Sheet size
51.6 × 67.3 cm (20.3 × 26.5 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14366
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Wear consistent with age and use. Very good vintage condition. Originally issued folding, with the expected fold lines and some light handling and age-related wear. Colors remain attractive and vibrant. Please examine the photographs carefully for condition.
About this sheet
"The Literary Map of Los Angeles", a pictorial map illustrated by Linda Ayriss with graphic design by Susan Lewis, published in Los Angeles by Aaron Blake Publishers in 1987. It is a color print, issued as a folding pocket map with an illustrated cover.
The city is drawn as a large blue swimming pool, with the principal streets and freeways forming the map on its surface and numbered white dots marking more than 120 places linked to 65 writers. Around the pool, an evening party in a Hollywood-style palm-fringed setting is peopled with portraits of authors, with their names lettered along the lower edge. They include William Saroyan, Henry Miller, S. J. Perelman, Langston Hughes, Dorothy Parker, Anaïs Nin, Ayn Rand, William Faulkner, L. Frank Baum, Nathanael West, Ray Bradbury, Aldous Huxley, Tennessee Williams, John Steinbeck, Raymond Chandler, Christopher Isherwood, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Mann.
A key across the bottom of the sheet lists the writers with the addresses and haunts tied to each, set in columns on a parchment-toned ground. The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection and the Library of Congress both record the work.
