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GREAT WAR PERIOD FULL MOUNT RESIDENTIAL GLOBE
 W. & A.K. Johnston.
12 Inch International Globe Constructed from the latest authorities.
Warranted absolutely accurate. [title on label] ... Copyright by W. & A.K. Johnston Ltd. W. & A.K. Johnston. Edinburgh.
c1915. 12 inch plaster orb with coated very detailed steel engraved gores, Oceans in olive green with time dial at North Pole. Ocean currents and isothermal lines
emphasized but with equator, ecliptic and large analemma and undersea cables. International Date Line in red. Full ring cast iron meridian mounted in a conforming cradle raised on a bronze three leg table stand with paw feet and raised floral motifs. Cradle supports a laminated wood horizon ring with colored meridian table with months, zodiac signs, time degree scale. Mountain ranges shown with minute hachures. Petrograd shown in Russia but not yet Czechoslovakia. Huge Austro-Hungarian Empire. Some surface soiling, discoloring and small blemishes, horizon ring scale chipped with some losses but an ideal World War I period globe. I.D.#10060.

CLASSIC RAND
MCNALLY ON FULL MOUNT
Rand
McNally & Co.'s New Twelve Inch Terrestrial globe. Chicago. 1916
Revised. Coated paper gores over plaster, time dial at North Pole.
Oceans finished in avocado green with Ecliptic, Equinoctial
Colure, Isothermal Lines and elliptical analemma. On the full
mount stand of full ring firmly fixed to the patented Rand McNally
tripod Gothic Revival stand with wooden horizon ring with paper
scale. Stand incorporates the three globe bosses, three globes
being grasped by talons and the company cipher within escuscheons.
Same orb as I.D.#07286 but on the most complete mount. Once
repaired and partially relacquered in southern hemisphere. I.D.#08291.

Rand,
McNally & Co.'s New Twelve Inch Terrestrial globe. Chicago. 1916
Revised (actual date) ©1891. Coated paper gores over pasteboard,
time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in dark blue green with
Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, Isothermal lines, ocean currents and
O-form analemma. Axis pivoting only without meridian, from offset
bracket mounted on Rand, McNally gothic revival bronze tripod
stand. Very few surface blemishes but two long cracks in Pacific
and Asia areas. Nice Rand, McNally globe from the middle of the
Great War. I.D.#07286.

HANDSOME FULL MOUNT
RAND MCNALLY
Rand
McNally & Co.'s New Twelve Inch Terrestrial globe. Chicago. 1916,
revised (actual date). Coated paper gores over metal, time dial at
North Pole. Oceans finished in pea green with isothermal lines,
ecliptic, equinoctial colure, ocean currents and elliptical
analemma scale. Full mount cast iron table stand with patented
Rand McNally gothic tripod base, cast full ring meridian in cradle
with thumb screw adjuster to which is fixed a wooden horizon ring
with lithographed month and latitude scale. Shows Petrograd in
Russian, German colonies in Africa. I.D.#08773.

Johnston, W. & A. J. and A. J.
Nystrom & Co. 8 Inch Terrestrial globe by W. & A.K.
Johnston, Limited geographers, engravers, printers. A.J. Nystrom &
Co. sole United States agents. W. & A.K. Johnston/A.J. Nystrom.
Chicago. c1917. Coated paper gores printed in Edinburgh, Scotland
over plaster. Time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in avocado
green with Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, isothermal lines and ocean currents. Cast bronze offset
bracket with spindle on raised tripod base with paw feet.
Petrograd shown in Russia, pre-Versailles Europe. Russia called
Russian Empire. Nice condition.
SOLD.
I.D.#10098.

Weber
Costello Co. 12 inch Terrestrial globe. C.S. Hammond & Co. New
York. Copyright by W. & A.K. Johnston, Ltd. Chicago. c1917. Coated
paper gores over plaster, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished
in dark avocado green with isothermal lines, ecliptic, Equinoctial
Colure/International Date Line, ocean currents and analemma.
Offset cast bracket on Weber Costello tripod stand with paw feet.
Still shows Austria-Hungary in Europe, Petrograd in Russia but
German colonies gone from Africa. Copper engraved gores done in
Edinburgh. Interesting Great War issue showing major world
railroads. Quite handsome. I.D.#08776.

Weber
Costello Co. Peerless 6 inch globe. Terrestrial globe... Pat. Aug.
3, 1909 Copyrighted. Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights, Ill.
1918. Coated paper gores over pasteboard, without time dial.
Oceans finished in pale gray with Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic,
tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and analemma with note. Bent wire
stand without meridian. Child's individual schoolroom globe. Few
surface dents in southern hemisphere, losses from horizon scale
and dust soiling yet well preserved. Still shows "Congo State"
which became the Belgian Congo in 1908 but now with "Petrograd" in
Russia, a name first used in 1914. German colonies gone in Africa,
Austria-Hungary broken up but the Versailles borders not yet shown
in Europe. Interesting pre-Versailles Treaty version. I.D.#08982.

CHILD'S SCHOOL GLOBE
Rand, McNally & Co.
Rand, McNally New Six Inch Terrestrial globe. Pat Aug. 3, 1909 Copyrighted. Rand, McNally & Co. Chicago. 1919. Colored gores on coated stock over pasteboard without time dial or meridian. Oceans finished pea green, analemma scale in Pacific. Attractive title graphics. On bent wire stand fashioned to correct inclination. Detailed map surface, orb may have been available on other mounts. Post Versailles Treaty Europe with Polish Corridor and Czechoslovakia, German colonies gone from Africa, Russia is shown during the Kerensky Provisional Government period with St. Petersburg still called "Petrograd" rather than Leningrad, Baltic states still independent. Afghanistan is called "Balochistan", Indo China called "Annam". Mongolia and Manchuria are a part of "China" which was the Chinese Republic. Losses to equator scale with separating. Individual
children's schoolroom globes such as this are fragile.
I.D.#10044.

Anonymous.
"Kitsch" Globe. untitled. Made in England. c1920. 1.6" transfer
painted steel orb. Simplified map surfaces. Housing a pencil
sharpener. Surface mentions Persia, Micronesia, etc. Reproduces an
earlier German toy. Very good condition. I.D.#09966.

American?
untitled. [Arts and Crafts copper clad hemispheres] Hand wrought
half spheres, copper over plaster, each showing an art
representation of the Eastern Hemisphere. Weighted, serves as
bookends. American. c1920. I.D.#09919.

Anonymous.
"Kitsch" Globe. German. untitled. Orb marked "Germany. c1920. 1.6"
transfer painted steel orb. Very simplified map surfaces. Orb
within conforming ferule made from stamped tin atop round tan
finished base of the same material. Different surface from
I.D.#08081 and by another manufacturer. I.D.#08126.

BOHEMIAN CARVED MUSE STAND
Felkl & Sohn, J.
Zemekoule. Tiskem a nakladem vy d ali J. Jelkl a Syn.
Tovarna
na pomucky ucebne v Rostok ach u Prahy. J. Felkl a Syn. Roztok
ach u Prahy. c1920. 12 inch earth globe, metal and plaster, coated
paper gores. Time dial lacking. Oceans finished in pale green with
ecliptic and extensive ocean currents. Surface text entirely in
Czech emphasizing Czechoslovakia as an independent country. Shows
Petrograd in Russia.
Post Versailles Treaty borders. Mounted above a carved blackwood
muse figure of Bohemian origin, holding a bouquet in her right
hand. Base at her feet seems replaced. No meridian. Scarce newel
post pedistal globe. Overall height 40 inches. I.D.#09987.

American? untitled. [Art
Moderne copper clad hemispheres with a nude boy atop each]
Half spheres, copper over plaster, each showing an artistic
molding of two nude boys in contemplation atop a globe of the
earth. Serves as bookends. American. c1920.
I.D.#10147.

American.
"Kitsch" globe. Art globe bank/paperweight. 3" orb
on ornate
catafalque-like base. Bronzed white metal, weighted. With motto,
"Conquer the world's unrest by saving and thrift. Pat. Aug. 30,
1921. American. 1921. Rare advertising bank. Handsome. I.D.#07772.

Anonymous.
"Kitsch" Globe. German. untitled. Orb and base marked "Made in
Germany." c1921. 1.6" transfer painted steel orb. Simplified map
surface. Base red finished standing pencil sharpener, orb within
conforming wire ferule. Design different from I.D.#08081. Shows
prewar map but issued after World War 1. Rusted, distressed
condition. I.D.#08105.
SOLD.

Rand
McNally & Company. Terrestrial globe 12 inch. Rand McNally & Co.
Chicago. c1921. Fine private residence table globe with dull paper
gores over plaster, brass time dials at both North and South
Poles. Oceans tinted a bright blue green. Unusual large analemma
scale in Pacific and gives currents, isothermal lines and ice
flows. Without meridian but raised on a heavy modernistic style
cast metal tripod stand with stylized leaf and shield design.
Treaty of Versailles Europe, Chinese Republic, Italian Somaliland,
etc. Unusually fine condition. I.D.#04066. SOLD.

IMMEDIATE
POST-VERSAILLES BOUNDARIES
Rand
McNally & Co. Rand McNally & Company Terrestrial globe 12 inch.
Made in U.S.A. Chicago. 1922. Dull paper gores over metal, time
dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in pale blue appearing green
due to lacquer. With ecliptic, Equinoctial colure ocean currents
and elliptical analemma. Full mount cast iron table stand with
patented Rand McNally gothic tripod base, cast bronze full ring
meridian in cradle with thumbscrew adjuster. Walnut horizon ring
an expert reproduction. Shows "Czecho-Slovakia", "Kingdom of the
Serbs-Croats-Slovenes." Russian Empire broken up but with
Petrograd still shown. Rare short-lived map surface. With
cartographic error: No Slovenes but Slavs lived in Yugoslavia. I.D.#08774.
SOLD.

EMPHASIS ON WORLD
TRANSPORTATION
Hammond,
C. S. & Co. Philips' 12 inch terrestrial globe. C.S. Hammond &
Co., N.Y. George Philip & Son, Ltd. London Geographical Institute.
New York/London. 1922. Dull paper gores over plaster, time dial at
North Pole. Oceans finished in pea green with Ecliptic, nautical
distances from England, major railroads and physical features of
the earth. Locates Northern Equatorial Current, California
Current, etc., ocean depths. Simplified surface printed in England
retailed by Hammond in New York. American cast solid bronze full
ring meridian raised from bronze tripod table base with paw feet.
Shows Petrograd in Russia, post-Versailles Treaty boundaries in
Europe. German colonies gone from Africa, Czechoslovakia shown but
name abbreviated. Some joint discoloration but in remarkably clean
attractive condition with a very legible surface. I.D.#09906.

Johnston,
W. & A. J. and A. J. Nystrom & Co. 8 Inch Terrestrial globe. by W.
& A.K. Johnston, Limited geographers, engravers, printers. A.J.
Nystrom & Co. sole United States agents. W. & A.K. Johnston/A.J.
Nystrom. Chicago. c1922. Coated paper gores printed in Edinburgh,
Scotland over plaster. Time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in
avocado green with Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, and tropics of
Cancer and Capricorn, a few nautical routes and ocean currents.
Cast bronze full ring meridian in an adjustable cradle on raised
tripod base with paw feet. Petrograd still shown in Russia,
post-Versailles Europe. Interesting small table globe. Ideal for
desk or bookcase. I.D.#07575.
SOLD.

Johnston, W. & A.K.
12 inch Terrestrial globe by W. & A.K. Johnston Limited
geographers, engravers and printers. A.J. Nystrom & Co. sole
United States agents. Chicago. c1922. Coated paper gores printed
in Scotland, over plaster, time dial at North Pole. Oceans
finished in avocado green with Equinoctial Colure/International
Date Line, Ecliptic isothermal lines, ocean currents, topography
and analemma. Hanging schoolroom globe with suspension bracket
fixed to cast bronze full ring meridian. Cords and weight lacking,
meridian repaired. Else fine, scarce globe. Shows post-Versailles
Europe. I.D.#07891.

Rath,
Paul. Lipsia-Erdglobus 33 cm. Paul Rath G.m.b.H. Leipzig (on
label) Die Erde nach den neuesten Erforschungen und besten Quellen
bearbeitet. Paul Rath. Leipzig. 1923. 13" orb without time dial.
Oceans finished in parchment tan, landmasses shown in a lighter
shade tan bordered in green. Shows Equator, Ecliptic and Prime
Meridian only and broad bands of ocean currents. Europe shows "Tschech-Slow."
and other post-Versailles borders. German colonies gone from
Africa. Still shows Petersburg in the "Russische S-Reich". While
the Russians changed it to Petrograd in 1914 to avoid a
German-sounding name, the Germans continued to call it Petersburg.
"Australien" takes in all of Polynesia. Offset steel bracket and
axis spindle raised from a turned round column and turned round
wooden base. Minor surface damage but an interesting globe from a
period the Germans wished later to forget.
I.D.#09015.
SOLD.

OUTSTANDING 18 INCH
SIZE ON ART NOUVEAU SOLID BRASS FLOOR STAND
Weber
Costello Co. WC [logo] 18 Inch globe. Made by Weber Costello Co.
Chicago Heights, Ill... Printed in England... [by] G.W. Bacon &
Co. Ltd... Weber Costello Co. Chicago. c1920. Coated paper gores
over plaster, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in light
pea green with Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, isothermal lines,
ocean currents, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and analemma. Cast
brass full ring meridian on art nouveau brazier-style floor stand
with mahogany horizon ring above three conforming brackets and incurvate legs, flame motif, with round, clear marble casters.
Same style ornamental floor stand as on I.D.#07337 but 18-inch
size and in solid brass. Corrosion spots to upper hemisphere,
horizon ring has been replaced with fine mahogany replacement.
Still shows Petrograd in Russia, post-Versailles European borders.
Exceedingly handsome ornamental globe intended for the mansion or
top executive office. Overall 46 inches high. Weber Costello’s
best of all possible worlds. I.D.#09911. SOLD.

Weber
Costello Co. 12-inch globe made by Weber Costello Co. Chicago
Heights Illinois... G.W. Bacon & Co. London... Printed in England.
Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights, Il. 1923. Dull paper gores
over plaster, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in pea
green with Ecliptic, Equinoctial Colure, ocean currents,
isothermal lines, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and analemma.
English gores printed for Weber Costello by Bacon, London. Cast
solid bronze full ring meridian in cradle with thumbscrew raised
from bronze tripod table base with paw feet. Shows Petrograd in
Russia, post-Versailles Treaty boundaries in Europe. German
colonies gone from Africa, Czechoslovakia shown but not named.
Some surface rubbing and soiling, yet a very attractive residence
library globe with a legible surface. Later edition of I.D.#08853. I.D.#08989.

GLOBE GORES GAME
Nystrom,
A. J. & Co. Form-a-globe (Geoplanus) Patent June 12, 1923. A.J.
Nystrom & Co. Chicago. c1923. Colored lithographed globe gores
with eyes either end, permitting them to be fastened together in
sequence, forming a small terrestrial globe. Rare and in good
condition. I.D.#09026.

SCARCE INDIVIDUAL CHILD'S
SCHOOLROOM GLOBE
Weber
Costello Co. Peerless 6 inch globe. Terrestrial globe
Pat.
Aug. 3, 1909
Copyrighted. Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights, Ill. c1924.
Coated paper gores over pasteboard. No time dial at North Pole.
Oceans finished in light pea green. Shows equinoctial colure,
ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and analemma in
Pacific. On bent wire stand. Surface a bit dusty but very well
preserved. Unusually fine child's student globe from the first
quarter of the 20th Century. I.D.#10028. SOLD.

IDEAL DESK/CABINET
GLOBE
Weber
Costello Co. 8 inch globe Made by Weber Costello Co. Chicago
Heights Illinois Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights. 1925. Coated
paper gores over cork, lacks time dial at North Pole. Oceans
finished in pea green with isothermal lines, ocean currents, trade
winds, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and analemma. Bronzed full
mount tripod table stand with paw feet, horizon ring a modern
reproduction. Length of tape stuck to surface, full ring meridian
welded, cracked at South Pole. Shows Leningrad in Russia but does
not yet mention U.S.S.R. Desirable small size in best mount of
period. SOLD. I.D.#08959.

Weber
Costello Co. New Peerless 8 inch globe. Terrestrial globe... Weber
Costello Co. Chicago Heights, IL. 1925. Coated paper gores over
pasteboard, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in pale blue
with Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn.
Precisely cast bronze full ring meridian on full mount table stand
with turned legs and stretchers. Shows Chosen in
same color as Japan. Rare reading: Leningrad (Petrograd). I.D.#08974.

English.
George Philip & Son, Ltd. Philip's 9 inch Terrestrial globe Warm
currents-Red. Cold currents-Blue. Principal Steamship routes with
distances in nautical miles. ...4520... George Philip & Son.
London. 1925. Dull paper gores over cork. Without time dial.
Oceans finished in gray with International Date Line, ocean
currents, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, nautical distances.
Conforming brass plated ferule raised on an ebonised turned column
and round turned plinth base. Slight repairs to base, bottom
grommet replaced. Bottom pin screw lacking. Surface with a few
small scuffs, vertical crack in Pacific Ocean area. Shows
Leningrad in Russia, Palestine called Levant. British Empire in
pink. Nice English home table globe with simplified political
surface. I.D.#09913.

Weber
Costello Co. New Peerless 8 inch globe. Terrestrial globe... Weber
Costello Co. Chicago Heights, IL. 1925. Coated paper gores over
pasteboard, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in pale blue
with Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn. Simplified surface. Cast bronze full ring meridian on
raised table stand with tripod claw foot legs. Shows Chosen in
same color as Japan. Rare reading: Leningrad (Petrograd).
I.D.#09958.
SOLD.

Weber Costello Co.
Peerless 6 inch globe. Terrestrial globe... (Pat. Aug. 3, 1909).
Chicago Heights, IL. c1925. Uncoated gores over pasteboard. No time
dial. On bent wire stand. A child's individual schoolroom globe
with the map greatly simplified. Very similar to I.D.#03118 but
with gores printed in Chicago. Shows Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic
and analemma; unusual for so small a size. Professional
restoration. Port Arthur shown as Japanese. I.D.#07315.

FULL MOUNT KITTINGER TABLE GLOBE
Johnston, W. & A. J. and A. J.
Nystrom & Co. 8 Inch Terrestrial globe [by W. & A.K.
Johnston, Limited geographers, engravers, printers. A.J. Nystrom &
Co. sole United States agents.] W. & A.K. Johnston/A.J. Nystrom.
Chicago. c1925. Coated paper gores printed in Edinburgh, Scotland
over metal. Time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in avocado
green with Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, isothermal lines and ocean currents. Cast bronze full
ring meridian in cradle, full mount table stand with horizon ring
and four turned legs and stretchers. Post-Versailles Europe.
Russia called Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Petrograd now
called Leningrad, names include Siam, Persia, Beluchistan, Korea
is part of Japanese Empire. Emphasizes the earth's physical
characteristics. Title obscured with round label of the Kittinger
Company Incorporated. manufacturers of fine furniture in Buffalo,
N.Y. Chip with loss on horizon ring scale, otherwise in nice
condition.
SOLD. I.D.#10099.

FULL MOUNT
KITTINGER TABLE GLOBE
 Johnston,
W. & A. J. for Kittinger Company. 8 Inch Terrestrial globe
The coated paper globe gores were printed by W. & A.K. Johnston,
Limited geographers, engravers, printers, W. & A.K.
Johnston/Kittinger Company. Chicago (gores printed in Edinburgh,
Scotland). c1925. Edinburgh, Scotland. Hollow orb of metal or
bakelite. Time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in dark green
with Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, isothermal lines and ocean currents. Legend shows
markings for railroads, undersea cables and the International
Date Line. Cast bronze full ring meridian in cradle with set
screw for securing meridian; full mount table stand with horizon
ring and four turned legs and stretchers. Post-Versailles
Europe. Russia called Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.
Petrograd now called Leningrad, names include Siam, Persia,
Beluchistan, Korea is part of Japanese Empire. Emphasizes the
earth's physical characteristics. Title obscured with round
label of the Kittinger Company Incorporated. manufacturers of
fine furniture in Buffalo, N.Y. Unusually fine, intact horizon
ring scale, and globe gores. One of the finest examples of table
globes from the "Roaring 20s".
I.D.#10168.

HAMMOND’S HANDSOME
STYLIZED STAND
Hammond,
C. S. & Co. Hammond's 12 inch Terrestrial globe. --2615--Principal
steamship routes with distances in nautical miles. Principal
transcontinental railways. C.S. Hammond & Co. Geographical
Publishers, 20 Church St. New York City. Printed in Great Britain
C.S. Hammond & Co. New York/Brooklyn/Boston. c1925. Dull finish
paper gores over pasteboard. Oceans finished in tan, time dial at
North Pole. Nautical distances and analemma only. On a cast iron
naturalistic tripod mounting with paw feet. Shows Polish Corridor
in Europe, 'Leningrad (Petrograd)' in Russia, Manchuria still
independent, Korea called Chosen. Some surface darkening and
repairs. Residential library table globe from the mid Twenties. I.D.#08207.

HANDSOME DOUBLE SOCKET GLOBE LAMP
Rand McNally & Company. Rand
McNally eight-inch terrestrial globe.
Rand McNally & Company. Chicago. c1925. Dull
paper gores over bakelite, without time dial. Oceans finished in
pea green with Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, nautical distances
in red, International Date Line and analemma. Land masses shown in
tan. Mounted within a full-mount of solid brass, bronzed, with
unmarked ferules impaled with an arrow raised on a bell-form base
above which is a double socket with finial of dolphins. A handsome
well-constructed art moderne lamp and not the unual globe lamp
intended for a child's room. Orb surface shows Leningrad, Russia
(not USSR), Persia, Siam, Baluchistan, etc. Mid-1920's geography.
Nice age patina. Unusual.
I.D.#09981. (have more
photos if needed)

UNUSUAL HAMMOND-BACON-WEBER
COSTELLO
Weber Costello Co. Time Tested W.C.
School Supplies [logo]. 8 inch globe. Terrestrial Globe C.
S. Hammond Co. New York [on label] Copyright G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd.
London. Printed in England. Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights,
Il. c1925. A Weber Costello globe, with English Bacon gores,
retailed by Hammond and charged with their title label obscuring
that of the manufacturer. Coated paper gores over cork, time dial
at North Pole. Oceans finished in pale blue with ocean currents,
isothermal lines, trade winds and analemma. The emphasis is on
weather producing factors. Offset mounted on a solid bronze
three-legged Weber Costello style table stand. British Empire in
pink. Shows Leningrad in Russia. Example of cooperation in
commercial cartography. Nicely preserved and handsome.
I.D.#08294. SOLD.

EARLY NOVELTY
GLOBE: CARDINAL RICHELIEU & CALIF AS AN ISLAND + LIONS, TIGERS,
BEARS & ELEPHANTS. OH MY!
 French.
Sphere Terrestre. Avec les grands derniers decouvertes
selon le Planisphere universel fait par Yan Guerard, de Dieppe,
par l'ordre du Cardinal Richelieu, ministre du Roi Louis XIII.
La Rochelle. 1634. Paris. c1925> Interesting rather crude
facsimile of the Richelieu globe, created in La Rochelle by Yan
Guerard in 1634. 10 inch orb. Gores coming loose from orb with
some loss of paper. On a wrought iron and carved wood mount.
Interesting early novelty globe.
I.D.#10091.

EXTRAORDINARY
DECORATIVE BRASS BASE
 Rand
McNally. Rand McNally Eight-Inch Terrestrial globe printed color
paper gores over plaster, then shellacked. Metal time dial at
North Pole. Analemma and "railroad and steamship lines" with
distances. On unusual bronze pedestal table stand, stepped
round base surmounted with fluted barrel and offset ornate pivot
arm. Orb mounted by rod from pivot and topped by
day/night time dial and round brass finial. Oceans in
brownish green; land in Orangish brown. Rand McNally &
Company. Chicago. c1925. Political names indicate at
least Mid-1920's: Persia, Leningrad (1924), Siam Manchuria
(Pre 1931, Japanese Empire includes Chosen (Korea). Substantial
stand for this size globe. Shellac uneven; couple of
fingernail-size losses in blank part of Pacific; otherwise, a
strikingly handsome desk globe.
I.D.#10154.

INTERESTING FULL
MOUNT WEBER COSTELLO RETAILED BY RAND MCNALLY
Weber
Costello Co. Time tested W.C. School supplies. [logo] 12 inch
globe Terrestrial globe. Rand McNally & Company Chicago. Copyright G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. London. Printed in England. Chicago Heights,
Il. 1926. Coated paper gores over metal, time dial at North Pole.
Oceans finished in pea green with isothermal lines, ecliptic,
International Date Line, ocean currents, earth’s curvature and
analemma scale. Red bronze full mount table stand with tripod legs
and paw feet, cast full ring meridian with thumb screw and cradle.
Attached laminated wood horizon ring with the full color date and
zodiac scale copyrighted in 1898 by T.H. Costello. Shows Leningrad
in Russia, Treaty of Versailles boundaries in Europe and Africa.
Unusual combo of three globe firms. Very nice condition. I.D.#08775.
SOLD.

CLASSIC
1920's FULL MOUNT TABLE MODEL
 W.
&. A.K. Johnston for A.J. Nystrom. 8 inch terrestrial globe.
W. & A.K. Johnston | A.J. Nystrom. Edinburgh/Chicago. 1926,
circa. Coated paper gores over hollow metal orb, time dial at
North Pole. Oceans finished in dark pea green with bold ocean
currents, Ecliptic, Equinoctial Colure, and British Empire in
pink. Cast bronze full ring meridian seated within lithographed
horizon scale on wooden ring raised by four turned walnut legs
joined by turned stretchers. Some surface spots and dust soiling
but well cared for and intact. Shows Leningrad in Russia and with
U.S.S.R. in its earliest designation. An attractive period table
globe in a desirable size. One stretcher repaired. I.D.#08229.
SOLD.

American.
untitled. Child's globe. "Made in U.S.A." Transfer painted over tin.
Simplified surface. Shows Leningrad in Russia. n.p. c1926. 5" diam. orb. Oceans finished in dark olive Raised from a stepped metal base by wire rod and ferule. No time dial or meridian. Good general depiction of the continents. Text in English as intended for export. Some rubbing and surface ripples. I.D.#10058.

 Weber
Costello Co. Peerless 6 inch globe. Terrestrial globe.
... (Pat. Aug. 3, 1909). Weber Costello Co. manufacturers.
Chicago Heights, IL. c1926. Coated gores over pasteboard. No
time dial. On bent wire stand. A child's individual schoolroom
globe with the map more detailed. Very similar to I.D.#03118 but
with gores printed in Chicago. Weber Costello Co. call
themselves Manufacturers. Shows Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic and
analemma; unusual for so small a size. Shows Leningrad in USSR.
Port Arthur shown as Japanese.
I.D.#10162.
SOLD.

FINE RESIDENCE
GLOBE ON REDESIGNED TABLE STAND
Rand McNally &
Company. Terrestrial globe 12 inch... Rand, McNally & Company.
Chicago. c1926. Coated paper gores over metal and plaster orb,
time dials at North and South Poles. Oceans finished in pale blue,
usual Rand McNally 0-form "race track" analemma scale in Pacific.
Surface shows nautical distances. Axis pivoting only without
meridian, from cast ornamental offset bracket with finial mounted
on a redesigned modernistic bronzed cast iron table stand with
embossed cartouches and fern leaves design on curved legs.
Petrograd now called Leningrad in Russia, no Japanese incursions
into the Republic of China. A couple slight surface dents but in
fine condition. Overall height 19 inches. I.D.#04797.

JOHNSTON/NYSTROM
FULL MOUNT
Johnston,
W. & A. J. and A. J. Nystrom & Co. 12 inch Terrestrial globe by W.
& A.K. Johnston, Limited geographers, engravers, printers
Edinburgh. A.J. Nystrom & Co. sole United States agents. Chicago.
W. & A.K. Johnston/A.J. Nystrom. Chicago. c1926. Dull steel
engraved paper gores printed in Edinburgh, Scotland over plaster.
Time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in olive green with bold
International Date Line in red, Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, ocean currents, and analemma. Fully mounted with cast
bronze full ring meridian in an adjustable cradle on raised tripod
table stand with paw feet. Includes laminated wood horizon ring
with the colored lithographed scale designed and copyrighted by
T.H. Costello in 1898. Leningrad shown in Russia but an
independent Manchuria. Surface dust soiled and with some chip
losses to horizon scale yet quite attractive. I.D.#08097.
SOLD.

UNUSUAL ETRUSCAN
STYLE FULL MOUNT FLOOR GLOBE
Johnston,
W. & A. J. and A. J. Nystrom & Co. 12 inch Terrestrial globe by W.
& A.K. Johnston, Limited geographers, engravers, printers
Edinburgh. A.J. Nystrom & Co. sole United States agents. Chicago.
W. & A.K. Johnston/A.J. Nystrom. Chicago. c1926. Dull steel
engraved paper gores printed in Edinburgh, Scotland over plaster.
Time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in olive green with bold
International Date Line in red, Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, ocean currents, and analemma. Fully mounted with cast
bronze full ring meridian in an adjustable cradle on raised
Etruscan style torchiere floor stand with four paw feet. Includes
laminated wood horizon ring with the colored lithographed scale
designed and copyrighted by T.H. Costello in 1898. Leningrad shown
in Russia but an Manchuria still part of Chinese Republic. With
some chip losses to horizon scale, minor surface blemishes, modern
fasteners but on an unusual period decorator mount. I.D.#08965.
SOLD.

Johnston,
W. & A. J. and A. J. Nystrom & Co. 12 inch Terrestrial globe by W.
& A.K. Johnston, Limited geographers, engravers, printers
Edinburgh. A.J. Nystrom & Co. sole United States agents. Chicago.
W. & A.K. Johnston/A.J. Nystrom. Chicago. c1926. Dull steel
engraved paper gores printed in Edinburgh, Scotland over plaster.
Time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in light blue with bold
International Date Line in red, Ecliptic, tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, ocean currents, and analemma. Red and blue isothermal
lines. Mounted with cast bronze full ring meridian in an
adjustable cradle on raised tripod table stand with floral vines
and paw feet. Leningrad shown in Russia and an independent
Manchuria. Surface rubbed and spotted. Some chipping to label.
Nice fine residence globe. I.D.#09007.

Weber
Costello Co. 8 inch globe Made by Weber Costello Co. Chicago
Heights Illinois... Copyright by G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. Chicago
Heights, Ill. c1926. A Weber Costello globe, with English Bacon
gores. Dull paper gores over plaster, time dial at North Pole.
Oceans finished in olive green with ocean currents, isothermal
lines, trade winds and analemma. Offset mounted on a cast iron
three-legged table stand, modernistic with paw feet. Shows
Leningrad in Russia, Treaty of Versailles Europe. Considerable
surface losses. Recoloring. Desirable size. Best seen at a
distance. I.D.#09042. SOLD.

Weber Costello Co.
8 inch globe Made by Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights
Illinois... Copyright by G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. Chicago Heights,
Ill. c1926. A Weber Costello globe, with English Bacon gores. Dull
paper gores over plaster, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished
in olive green with ocean currents, isothermal lines, trade winds
and analemma. Cast bronze full ring meridian in cradle mounted on
a bronze plated cast iron three-legged table stand, modernistic,
with paw feet. Same orb as I.D.#09042 but on a nicer mount. Shows
Leningrad in Russia, Treaty of Versailles Europe. Considerable
surface losses. Recoloring. Desirable size. I.D.#09910.
SOLD.

EXQUISITE TIFFANYESQE BRONZE BASE
 Weber Costello Co.
12-inch globe made by Weber Costello Co. Chicago
Heights Illinois. G.W. Bacon & Co. London. Printed in England
Weber Costello Co.
Chicago Heights, Il. 1926. Dull
paper gores over plaster, time dial at North Pole. Oceans
finished in pea green with Ecliptic, Equinoctial Colure, ocean
currents, isothermal lines, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and
analemma. English gores printed for Weber Costello (by Bacon,
London?) Cast solid bronze half ring meridian raised from bronze
art moderne table base. Remounted top and bottom with new grommet.
Shows Leningrad in Russia, post-Versailles Treaty boundaries in
Europe. German colonies gone from Africa,
Czechoslovakia shown and named. Some surface repair and fading.
Later edition of I.D.#08853. MOST ATTRACTIVE BASE of this type we
have encountered. I.D.#10020.

FULL MOUNT TABLE MODEL
W. &. A.K. Johnston for Kittinger
Company. 8 inch Terrestrial Globe Kittinger Company
manufacturers. Buffalo, N.Y.
W.
& A.K. Johnston. Edinburgh/Chicago. c1926.
Dull paper gores over hollow metal orb, time dial at North Pole.
Oceans finished in pea green with bold ocean currents, Ecliptic,
Equinoctial Colure, and Cast bronze full ring meridian seated
within lithographed horizon scale on wooden ring raised by bronze
cradle above turned walnut column above four incurvate side base
with turned feet. Some surface spots and dust soiling but well
cared for. Shows Leningrad in Russia and with U.S.S.R. An
attractive table globe in a desirable size complete with horizon
ring. I.D.#09990. SOLD.

ATTRACTIVE SIX INCH DESK GLOBE
Weber Costello Co.
Peerless 6 inch globe. Terrestrial globe. Weber Costello
Co. Chicago Heights, Ill. 1926. Dull paper gores over bakelite.
No time dial, simplified surface. Oceans finished in robin egg
blue, with Ecliptic, Equinoctial Colure, and analemma. Cast
bronze full ring meridian set walnut finish wood stand with turned
round base and two pencil grooves. Shows Leningrad and "U.S.S.R.
Russia" but Manchuria still independent. I.D.#08293. SOLD.

Johnston, W. & A.K.
/A.J. Nystrom & Co. 12 inch Terrestrial globe by W. & A.K.
Johnston Limited geographers engravers printers Edinburgh. A.J.
Nystrom & Co. sole United States agents, Chicago. Natural Scale
1:42,130,000... Printed by W. & A.K. Johnston Ltd. Edinburgh,
Scotland. c1926. Suspension globe on cast bronze full ring
meridian, moving suspender indicator to the north. Lacks cords,
pulleys and weights. Shows Leningrad but a still independent
Manchuria. Strong ocean currents but a simplified surface.
Unusually good condition. I.D.#08079.

SCARCE ADVERTISING
GLOBE
Cram, George F. Co.
Cram's 7 inch globe. The George F. Cram Co.
Indianapolis. c1927. Rare 7 inch version of advertising globe
manufactured by Cram. 7 inch orb with dull paper gores over
pasteboard, time dial at North Pole missing. Oceans tinted blue
but lacquered so as to become a pea green, analemma scale in
Pacific. Few ocean distances and ecliptic. Table mount with bent
steel ferule above a green tone base inset with notes about the
earth and its motions. Simplified surface. Manchuria still
independent. Shows French Indo China and Siam. Versailles Treaty
borders in Europe, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in Africa. Surface
abrasions and wear but very scarce odd size. "Distributed By The
Circulation Department The Bellingham Herald Bellingham -
Washington". Spacer at South Pole replaced.
I.D.#10156.

MASSIVE 18 INCH
SUSPENSION GLOBE
Rand McNally 18
inch globe. Rand McNally & Company. Chicago/NY. c1927. Dull paper
gores over plaster, time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in
pale blue with ocean depths and continents in tan. Shows
equinoctial colure, ecliptic, nautical distances in red, ocean
depths, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Treaty of Versailles
boundaries. Massive cast iron full meridian nickel-plated.
Moveable pulley at top. Lacks round iron (moon) counterweight.
Normally schoolroom suspension globes that survive have been
severely abused. Great dents appear where students have smashed
the counter weight against the surface. While the shellacked
surface here has minor peeling, the surface is very legible and
intact. I.D.#09941.

ON ORNATE SHERATON FOUR LEG FLOOR
STAND
Johnston,
W. & A.K. /A.J. Nystrom & Co. 12 inch Terrestrial globe
by W. & A.K. Johnston Limited geographers engravers printers
Edinburgh. A.J. Nystrom & Co. sole United States agents,
Chicago. Printed in Scotland ... Printed by W. & A.K. Johnston
Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. c1928. Dull engraved
gores over metal, Oceans finished in pea green. Floor globe on
cast bronze full ring meridian, time dial at North Pole. Shows
Leningrad but a still independent
Manchuria.
Strong ocean currents and a very detailed surface. Full mount
walnut stand with four curved legs with acanthus carved knees,
four curved stretchers and carved central column. Color
lithographed horizon ring scale. Unusually good
condition. I.D.#10022. SOLD.

WITH HAMMOND’S
MODERNISTIC STYLE STAND
Hammond,
C. S. & Co. Hammond's 12 inch Terrestrial globe. --3036--Principal
steamship routes with distances in nautical miles. Principal
transcontinental railways. Copyright patent pending. C.S. Hammond
& Co. New York/Brooklyn/Boston. c1928. Dull finish paper gores
over aluminum orb. Special stamped brass C.S. Hammond & Co. style
time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished in a dark pea green,
nautical distances and analemma only. On a cast iron art mounting,
green-toned patina, modernistic style, with offset bracket ending
in a stylized lotus, raised on six-footed round base with recessed
band of laurel leaves. Shows Polish Corridor in Europe, Leningrad
in Russia, Manchuria still independent, Korea called Chosen. Some
surface darkening and surface rubbing with losses. Slight
roughness at equator. A later version of I.D.#04008, a good
residential library table globe from the late Twenties. I.D.#06417.

EARLY CHEIN TIN
GLOBE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
untitled.
[child's table globe] J. Chein & Co. Burlington, N.J. c1928. 5.5
inch transfer painted steel orb without time dial. Oceans finished
in gray green, very simplified map surfaces without air distances
or famous flights. Half meridian of shaped hollow tin, brown
wood-grained, with hollow tin column, on round pressed tin same
finished base. Korea called Chosen, no Japanese incursions into
China. Earlier version of I.D.#04801 with very much simpler map
surfaces. Very fine condition. Near new. I.D.#06555. SOLD.

untitled.
[child's table globe]. Ohio Art Co. Bryan, Ohio. c1928. 4 inch
transfer painted steel orb without time dial. Oceans finished in
medium blue, very simplified map surfaces. With Eliptic and
International Date Line and a few nautical distances. Conforming
steel ferule on pressed tin brown-grained cabochon base. Korea
called Chosen and colored same as Japan. Small dents and
scratching to surface but in very good condition. I.D.#06566.
SOLD.

untitled. [Child's
6" table globe.] The Ohio Art Co. [Bryan, Ohio]. c1928. Transfer
painted steel orb with time dial at North Pole. Unsigned, with
oceans finished in gray. Earlier edition of I.D.#04529 with
transatlantic nautical distances only. Without meridian on a
conforming strap steel mount. Round orange finish base with the
zodiac periods, the months, the seasons and equinoxes. Manchuria
not yet annexed by Japan. Some surface pitting and dents.
I.D.#07786.

EARLY PHYSICAL
PLATFORM FLOOR GLOBE
Rand
McNally & Company. Sixteen Inch Simplified and Indexed
physical-political globe... Scale 1:31,680,000 One Inch = 500
Statute Miles or 434 Nautical Miles. One Centimeter = 317
Kilometers.... Rand McNally & Company. Chicago. c1928. Coated
paper gores over hollow steel, time dial at North Pole. Oceans
finished in light blue with tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and
analemma with explanatory note. Lecture platform floor stand
mounting with cast iron full ring meridian and cradle raised on
adjustable pipe stand on heavy round cast iron base with rollers.
Patented Rand McNally mount. Emphasis is on physical features.
Shows Leningrad in Russia but with Manchuria still independent.
Shows British Mandate in Palestine. Discolorations at joints and
some dust soiling. I.D.#08093.

Hammond,
C.S. & Co. Hammond's 12 inch Terrestrial globe --- principal
steamship routes with distances in nautical miles ----- principal
transcontinental railways... Copyright patent pending. Brooklyn,
New York, Boston. c1928. Dull finish paper gores over aluminum
orb. Stamped brass C.S. Hammond style time dial at North Pole.
Oceans finished in dark pea green with nautical distances and
analemma only. On a cast iron art mounting, green-toned patina,
modernistic style, with cast iron half meridian ending in a
stylized lotus, raised on a six-footed round base with a recessed
band of laurel leaves. Same map surface and base as I.D.#06417 but
with the beautiful half meridian. Some surface losses and
restorations. Collecting Hammond globes is a hobby in itself. I.D.#08783.

MASSIVE BRONZE
MOUNT TABLE GLOBE
Weber
Costello Co. Time Tested W.C. School Supplies [logo] 18 inch
globe. Made by Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights, Illinois.
Printed in England... Copyright by G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd.
[London]... Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights. c1928. Dull paper
gores over pasteboard dressed in plaster, time dial at North Pole.
Oceans finished in pea green with highly detailed surface, showing
ocean currents, isothermal lines for January and July,
International Date Line, and very large analemma scale. Cast
bronze full ring meridian raised above cast red bronze gothic
revival tripod table stand with embossed vine and floral motifs,
incurvate legs bosses on knees ending in paw feet. Very legible
map surface that shows many place names and railroads. Shows
Leningrad in Russia and Manchuria before the Japanese invasion.
Shows King George V Land in Antarctica. Some restoration in
Canada, Central Asia, and East Indies. A dramatic top of the line
fine residence library globe envisioned for the large home or
mansion or university library. I.D.#05036.

VERY FINE IN
ORIGINAL BOX
Weber Costello Co.
Peerless 6 inch globe. Terrestrial globe... (Pat. Aug. 3, 1909.
Copyrighted). Chicago Heights, IL. 1929. Coated gores over
pasteboard. No time dial. On bent wire stand. A child's individual
schoolroom globe with the map greatly simplified. Shows Equinoctial
Colure/International Date Line, Ecliptic and analemma. Port Arthur
not yet Japanese. Fine condition with wire stand unrusted. In
original tan pasteboard printed carton. Three of four top flaps
missing, final flap loose. Very rare in this fine state of
preservation. I.D.#08262.

 Weber
Costello Co. New Peerless 8 inch globe Terrestrial Globe.
Weber Costello Co. manufacturers Chicago Heights, Ill. Pat. Aug.
3, 1908 Weber Costello Co. Chicago Heights, Ill. c1929.
Dull paper gores over pasteboard. Oceans finished in pea green.
Shows in red the International Date Line. Large analemma. On
bent heavy wire stand. A more heavy duty wire stand on a better
quality school globe as earlier ones didn't survive in great
numbers. Small dent in Indian Ocean but very well preserved.
I.D.#10161.

LARGE, LECTURE
PLATFORM FLOOR GLOBE
Denoyer-Geppert
Co. Cartocraft Physical-Political 16 inch globe... Edited by L.P. Denoyer... Denoyer-Geppert Co. Chicago. c1929. Dull paper gores
over plaster board, later time dial at North Pole. Oceans finished
in pea green with International Date Line, Ecliptic, Tropics of
Cancer and Capricorn and large analemma. Cast bronze full ring
meridian in moveable cradle mounted to adjustable lecture platform
floor stand. Good physical globe without national boundaries but
showing major cities. Heights of some mountains given and many
oceanic "deeps". Orb damaged, but repairable, with crack in south
Atlantic and surface loss in central Africa. Cradle handcrafted
and rewelded. A good geographer's globe. I.D.#07545.

untitled. [child's
table globe]. J. Chein & Co. Burlington, N.J. c1929. 5.5 inch
transfer painted steel orb without time dial. Oceans finished in
olive green. Very simplified map surfaces without air distances or
famous flights. With Meridian of Greenwich, Equinoctial Colure,
tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Company logo in Pacific near
Alaska. Half meridian of shaped hollow tin, yellow with brown
wood-graining. On hollow tin column with round pressed tin same
finish base. Korea not named, no Japanese incursions into China.
Surface rusting with losses, base rust damaged. Recolored.
I.D.#09004.

Cram, George F. Co.
12 Inch Terrestrial globe. Natural Scale 1=41,420882 One Inch =
653 Statute Miles. 69.17 mi. Length of a degree of longitude,
shown at each 10 degrees of latitude at meridian 30 w. Spellings
conform to official rulings of U.S. Dept. of Commerce Geographic
Section and Permanent Committee Royal Geographical Society...
Indianapolis, Ind. c1929. 12 inch hollow orb, probably bakelite,
dressed in white plaster, with dull paper gores. Oceans finished
in olive green, with Equinoctial Colure, Ecliptic, nautical
distances in red and large analemma. An attractive home table
globe retailed by Barowe, successors to Prouty, Chicago. Same
mounting of axis pivoting from an offset bronzed ornamental cast
metal bracket on same turned wood plinth and base. Scarce early
Cram globe. I.D.#07311.

SCARCE SCHOOLROOM
GLOBE WITH INSTRUCTIONS
Denoyer-Geppert Co.
4" globe made by Denoyer-Geppert Co. Chicago USA Scale 2000 miles
to the inch Copyright. Denoyer-Geppert Co. Chicago. ©1929. Hollow
steel orb transfer painted with simplified surfaces. Oceans
finished in gray green, tropics, Int. Date Line. Precision made
steel semi-meridian screwed to wire and round flat metal base.
Rare individual child's schoolroom instructional globe with
teaching instructions in orange on black finished base, entitled "Denoyer-Geppert
Co. Aids to Visual Education." Leningrad in Russia but with
Manchuria still independent. I.D.#07829. SOLD.
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