The map below traces André Breton’s walks through Paris in October and November 1926, as described in his 1928 novel Nadja. It’s taken from the wonderful Guide de Paris mystérieux, edited by François Caradec and published by Tchou in 1966. Tchou published a series of “Guides Noirs” that are full of intriguing things. (Posted by […]

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Raymond Roussel’s novel Locus Solus (serialized in 1913 and published as a book in 1914) takes place on the estate of the wealthy inventor Martial Canterel. The 1965 edition by Jean-Jacques Pauvert includes, as an appendix, maps and diagrams by Jean Ferry. Here’s Ferry’s depiction of Canterel’s estate. (Posted by Doug Skinner)

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The Dell mapbacks were not confined to mysteries. Here, for example, is the map intended to guide the reader through P. G. Wodehouse’s Leave It to Psmith. Perhaps the presence of jewel thieves made the book enough of a mystery to warrant it. More surprisingly, Edgar Rice Burrough’s Cave Girl, in which a modern collegiate […]

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