Atlases, Cartography and Gazetteers

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There are 5 items in category Atlases, Cartography and Gazetteers on this page.

Sectional Road Map of England and Wales on 20 cards. Autocar. Published by Iliffe and Sons. Ltd., London. Together with a Map User's Companion of motoring information and plans of 15 towns. Book condition: The cards are in very good condition but the Map User's Companion is disbound and the last sheet has rather tatty margins. There is a very tatty wallet. New HALT sign and new left turn hand signal means the date is 1930. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 : Larger Image 4 Ref 10654 : £8 Return to Antique & Collectable Books Index	The Comprehensive Gazetteer; or Dictionary of Descriptive and Physical Geography, with an Introductory Treatise on Physical Geography Bryce, James Book Description: London: William Collins. 1861. Hard covers. First edition? 7 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in. Approx. 2 3/4 in thick, xlviii + 823 pages with 10 large fold-out colour maps inc the World in (separate) hemispheres, Australia and North America, some have a short marginal tear, repaired. Purple cloth boards and three quarter leather with 5 raised bands, blind tooled lozenges and gilt blocked title and lines on spine and to edges of leather on boards. AEG. Bookplate. The Gazetteer covers the whole world with numerous engravings in the text. Thick 8vo. A very handsome volume. Larger image Ref 10017 : £59 Return to Antique & Collectable Books Index	Maunder's Treasury of Geography. The Treasury of Geography, Physical, Historical, Descriptive, and Political; Hughes, William (compiled by) Maunder, Samuel (designed by) Containing a Succinct Account of Every Country of the World. Book Description: Longman, Green & Co., London, 1885. Hard covers. Orig. brown cloth as faux half morocco binding. Gilt title to spine. All edges marbled and with marbled endpapers. Engraved frontis with tissue guard, 16 very fine plates and 7 folding maps including Australia, Africa and North America, (xii) + 892 + 8 pp publisher's catalogue. Book Condition: Very Good. Head of spine is chipped and sl. split. The tissue guard has foxed and transferred some foxing to the plate. Otherwise Fine. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 Ref 10112 : £40 Return to Antique & Collectable Books Index	How To Identify Old Maps And Globes with a List of Cartographers, Engravers, Publishers and Printers Concerned with Printed Maps and Globes from c.1500 to c.1850 Lister, Raymond Book Description: G Bell & Sons, London, 1965. Hard Covers. Original blue cloth. 4to. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with a few short tears and chips and lacking one cm from base of spine. Plates showing 59 examples and illustrations in the text. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 Ref 10086 : £8 Return to Antique & Collectable Books Index
John Speed's Atlas of Wales. Part II of The Theatre of Great Britain. Rawnsley, John E. EP Publishing Ltd, Wakefield, 1970. Hard covers. Tall folio. Original cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Plain label covering owner's name on front pastedown. Twelve maps of the counties and one of the country. Facsimiles of the 1676 edition. All double page. See images. Larger image 1 : Larger Image 2 : Larger Image 3 Ref 10588 : £15 Return to Antique & Collectable Books Index
There are 5 items in category Atlases, Cartography and Gazetteers on this page.