RB1 |
BROWN, Lloyd A.
The Story of Maps.
Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1949.
4to, pictorial cloth, slight wear; pp. x + 397, illus.
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RB2 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Maps and Map-Makers.
London, B.T. Batsford, 1970.
8vo, cloth & illus. d/w, soiled, some wear and short tears ; pp. xv + 140, illus.
Probably the most used general reference work on antique maps.
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£32 |
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RB3 |
RISTOW, Walter W.
A Guide to the History of Cartography.
Washington, Library of Congress, 1973.
8vo, cloth; pp. 96.
An annotated list of references on the history of maps and mapmaking.
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£10 |
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RB4 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, 1999. Volume 4, number 5.
4to, paper wrappers; pp. 80, illus.
Contains articles on: More to Life than Maps, High End, Soft Sell, Lone Wolf of the North.
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£4 |
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RB5 |
CRONE, G.R.
Maps and their Makers. An Introduction to the History of Cartography.
London, Hutchinson & Co., 1968.
8vo, cloth, printed d/w, chipped and worn; pp. 192, illus.
Fourth revised edition. Covers early cartography, cartograpger and projections.
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£10 |
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RB6 |
WALLIS, Helen & ROBINSON, A.H.
Cartographical Innovations. An International Handbook of Mapping Terms to 1900.
Tring, Map Collector Publications, 1987.
8vo, cloth & d/w, chipped and worn; pp. xx + 353, illus.
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RB7 |
LISTER, Raymond.
How to Identify Old Maps and Globes.
London, G. Bell & Son, 1970.
8vo, blue cloth, light wear; pp. 256, 59 photo plates.
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£28 |
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RB8 |
CRONE, G.R.
Maps and their Makers. An Introduction to the History of Cartography.
London, Hutchinson University Library, 1966.
8vo, pictorial wrappers, worn; pp.192, illus. Ex Library Copy.
Reprinted third edition.
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£8 |
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RB9 |
HILL, Gillian.
Cartographical Curiosities.
London, British Museum Publications, 1978.
Oblong 8vo, illus. wrappers; pp. 63, illus.
Caricatures, myths, monsters, etc.
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RB10 |
NORDENSKIÖLD, A.E.
Facsimile-Atlas to the Early History of Cartography with Reproductions of the Most Important Maps Printed in the XV and XVI Centuries... With a New Introduction by J.B. Post.
New York, Dover Publications, 1973.
Folio, illus wrappers, slightly worn; pp. x + 141 + plates.
First published 1889.
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RB11 |
RAISZ, Erwin.
General Cartography.
New York and London, McGraw-Hill, 1938.
8vo, cloth, light wear, old ownership inscription on front end-paper; pp. x + 370, illus.
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RB12 |
GEORGE, Wilma.
Animals and Maps. Preface by Helen Wallace.
London, Seckar & Warburg, 1969.
8vo, cloth, light wear; pp. 235; illus.
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RB13 |
QUINN, D.B.
The Hakluyt Handbook.
London, The Hakluyt Society, 1974.
8vo. Two volumes, blue cloth, embossed, printed d/w, light wear; pp. xxvi + 331 vol I, xiii + 334 - 707.
An appreciation of the works of Richard Hakluyt by various authors including G.R.Crone, R.A.Skelton and Helen Wallis.
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£30 |
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RB14 |
HODGKISS, A.G.
Understanding Maps: A systematic history of their use and development.
Folkestone, Dawson, 1981.
Large 8vo, cloth & d/w, torn and chipped; pp. 209, illus.
With a chapter "The evolving world map".
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£30 |
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RB15 |
SKELTON, R.A.
Explorers' Maps: Chapters in the Cartographic Record of Geographical Discovery.
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958.
8vo, cloth, worn and slightly faded dustwrapper, pp. xii + 337, illus.
With chapters on the exploration of each new frontier.
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£45 |
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RB16 |
WALLIS, Helen & TYACKE, Sarah (eds).
My Head is a Map: Essays & Memoirs in honour of R.V. Tooley.
London, Francis Edwards, 1973.
Small 4to, cloth, worn with tear to front; pp. xvi + 148, illus.
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£12 |
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RB17 |
GODWIN, Joscelyn.
Athanasius Kircher. A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Knowledge.
London, Thames and Hudson, 1979.
8vo. illus. Card, light wear; pp. 96, fully illus.
Chapters include; The last of the polymaths and Kircher's life.
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£10 |
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RB18 |
FLETCHER, Francis.
The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake.
London, Hakluyt Society, 1854.
8vo. blue embossed cloth, gilt, discoloration to spine; pp. xl + 295, folded world map.
Sir Francis Drake, being his next voyage to Nombre de Dios. Collated with an unpublished manuscript of Francis Fletcher chaplain to the expedition.
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£65 |
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RB19 |
STONE, Jeffrey C. (Introduction).
A Colonial Surveyor at Work: the field diary of W.G. Fairweather, Assistant Surveyor, Northern Rhodesia Government, 1913-1914.
Aberdeen, 1993.
4to, printed paper wrappers, worn; pp. 45 + map.
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£3 |
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RB20 |
HEAD, Major F.B.
The Life of Bruce.
London, John Murray, 1830.
8vo. printed boards, light wear; pp. vii + 535, folded map.
The life of James Bruce "The African Traveller". Folded map of his expedition on the Red Sea in Abyssinia, Nubia and Egypt.
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£65 |
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RB21 |
ARMSTRONG, Terence.
Yermak's Campaign in Siberia. A selection of documents translated from the Russian by Tatiana Minorsky and David Wileman,,,
London, The Hakluyt Society, 1975.
8vo. blue cloth, embossed, printed d/w, light wear; pp. x + 315, profusely illus.
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£15 |
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RB22 |
KOEMAN, C. - KOK, M. et al.
In de Gekroonde Lootsman.
Amsterdam, 1989.
8vo, illus. Boards, light wear; pp. 104, fully illus. some colour.
The life and times of the firm Van Keulen, text in Dutch.
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£10 |
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RB23 |
KOEMAN, C.
Joan Blaeu and His Grand Atlas.
Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd, 1970.
8vo, printed wrappers, light wear; pp. vi + 114, illus.
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£18 |
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RB24 |
DONNO, Elizabeth Story.
An Elizabethan in 1582. The Diary of Richard Madox, Fellow of All Souls.
London, The Hakluyt Society, 1976.
8vo. blue cloth, embossed, printed d/w, light wear; pp. xvi + 365, illus.
A fascinating insight into Elizabethan life. Chronicling, in the main, the initial (albeit abortive) attempt to establish a spice trade in the Moluccas, the Diary of Richard Madox covers a single calendar year.
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£18 |
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RB25 |
BROWN, Basil.
Astronomical Atlases, Maps & Charts. An Historical & General Guide.
London, Dawsons, 1968.
Small 4to, buckram gilt, pp. 200, illus.
A re-print of the 1932 edition.
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£38 |
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RB26 |
Baltimore Museum of Art.
The World Encompassed. An Exhibition of the History of Maps...
Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, 1952.
4to, printed wrappers, worn and bumped at corners; pp. xiv + 126, addenda sheet, 60 half-tone plates.
Fully illustrated exhibition catalogue.
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£25 |
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RB27 |
WAGNER, Henry R.
The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800.
Amsterdam, Nico Israel, 1968.
4to, cloth, light wear to front endpaper; pp. x + 543, plates, many folding.
Reprint of the 1937 edition. The standard work for this area, very comprehensive.
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£85 |
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RB28 |
CUMMING, William P., SKELTON, R.A. & QUINN, D.B.
The Discovery of North America.
New York, American Heritage Press. 1971. First American Edition.
4to, cloth d/w sl. worn; pp. 304, illus.
The standard reference work for the discovery of North America from Columbus to the Pilgrims 1620.
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£38 |
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RB29 |
VILES, Donald M. and Charlene.
North America's Hidden Port of Acapulco.
Oregon, 1982.
8vo, paper wrappers, lightly worn; pp. 38, illus.
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RB30 |
MOOREHEAD, Alan.
Darwin and The Beagle.
Middlesex, Penguin, 1978.
8vo. illus. Card, light wear; pp. 223, fully illus.
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£8 |
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RB31 |
ANDREWS, Kenneth R.
English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies 1588-1595.
Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, 1959.
8vo. blue embossed cloth, gilt, printed d/w; pp. xxvii + 421, illus, map.
From the second series No. CXI. Documents relating to English voyages to the West Indies from the defeat of the Armada to the last voyage of Sir Francis Drake, including Spanish documents contributed by Irene A. Wright.
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£35 |
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RB32 |
HOOKHAM, Hilda.
A Short History of China.
London, Longman, Green & Co. 1969.
8vo. Printed card, light wear; pp. 240, fully illus.
A comprehensive history of China from 11th century BC to the People's Republic.
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£10 |
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RB33 |
MILLS, J.V.G. (translated by).
Ma Huan Ying-Yai Sheng-Lan. 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' [1433].
Cambridge, University Press, 1970.
8vo. black cloth, gilt, illus. d/w, light wear; pp.xix + 393, folding map.
Tranlated from the Chinese text edited by Feng Ch'eng-Chün. Covers fifteenth century Chinese exploration across the Indian Ocean, Southern Africa to Timor.
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£18 |
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RB34 |
ARASARATNAM, Sinnappah. (translated & edited).
François Valentijn's Description of Ceylon.
London, Hakluyt Society, 1978.
8vo. blue cloth, embossed, gilt, printed d/w; pp. xv + 395, illus.
An early description of Ceylon.
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£35 |
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RB35 |
BEAGLEHOLE, Prof. J.C.
The Exploration of the Pacific.
London, Adam & Charles Black, 1966.
8vo. dark blue cloth, gilt, illus. d/w, worn; pp. x + 346, folding maps.
A comprehensive reference work on the early discovery of Australia and New Zealand.
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£23 |
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RB36 |
STEVENS, M.A., Henry N. (Editor).
New Light on the Discovery of Australia.
London, Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles, 1930.
8vo, dark blue cloth and gilt; pp. xii + 261, folding map in pocket at back of volume.
The discovery of Australia from the journal of Captain Don Diego De Prado y Tovar. Translated by George F. Barwick, keeper of printed book, British Museum 1914-1919.
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£40 |
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RB37 |
MOOREHEAD, Alan.
The White Nile.
London, Penguin, 1973.
8vo. printed card, light wear; pp. 320, illus. throughout.
A comprehensive reference work from the early exploration of 1856.
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£8 |
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RB38 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Collector's Guide to Maps of the African Continent and Southern Africa.
London, Carta Press, 1969.
8vo, cloth, illus. wrappers, worn and short tears; pp. xvi + 132, colour frontis. and 6 plates, + 100 b/w plates. SIGNED by the author.
An important book for the collector of maps of Africa.
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£58 |
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RB39 |
OLIVER, Roland, MATHEW, Gervase, HARLOW, Vincent and CHILVER, E.M. (editors).
History of East Africa.
Oxford, Clarendon, 1963.
8vo. two volumes. Black cloth, gilt, printed d/w, light wear; pp. xiii + 500, vol II, xlix + 768, illus. Previous owners name in ink front endpaper of vol II.
An in depth history of Africa from the stone age to modern times.
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£20 |
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RB40 |
BULPIN, T.V.
Discovering Southern Africa.
Cape Town, 1980, second edition.
8vo. Printed cloth, light wear; pp. 899. Ink dedication on front endpaper.
Very comprehensive reference work on Southern Africa.
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RB41 |
VIRE, François and HEBERT, Jean-Claude.
Madagascar, Comores et Mascareignes à travers la Hawiya d'Ibn Magid (866 H./1462).
1987.
8vo, paper wrappers; pp. 55 - 80, an extract.
An extract from a paper on Madagascar, text in French.
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£2 |
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RB42 |
CRAWFORD, O.G.S. (Editor).
Ethiopian Itineraries circa 1400-1524.
Cambridge, Hakluyt Society, 1958.
8vo. blue cloth, embossed, gilt, printed d/w; pp. xxvii + 252, illus.
Early travels in Africa, including those collected by Alessandro Zorzi at Venice in the years 1519-24.
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£18 |
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RB43 |
HALE, J.R. (editor).
The Travel Journal of Antonio de Beatis.
London, Hakluyt Society, 1979.
8vo. blue cloth, embossed, gilt, printed d/w, light wear; pp. xii + 206, folded map.
The travel journal of Antonio de Beatis in Germany, Switzerland, The Low Countries, France and Italy 1517-1518. Translated by J.R. Hale and J.M.A. Lindon.
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£24 |
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RB44 |
ZACHARAKIS, Christos.
A Catalogue of Printed Maps of Greece 1477 - 1800.
Athens, Samourkas Foundation, 1992.
4to, illus. card wrappers, light wear; pp. 483. Illus.
A comprehensive reference work for the collector of maps of Greece. Includes the Addendum et Corrigendum (Athens 1998),
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£50 |
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RB45 |
Essex Record Office.
The Art of the Map-Maker in Essex 1566 - 1860.
London, Heron, 1947.
4to cloth, slightly worn; pp xv + xxx plates.
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RB46 |
BONAR LAW, Andrew.
The Printed Maps of Ireland to 1612.
New Jersey, The Author, 1983.
8vo, illus. wrappers; pp. 36.
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RB47 |
HAPGOOD, Charles H.
Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings. Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age. Revised Edition.
London, Turnstone Books, 1979, revised edition.
4to, illus. card wrapper; pp. xii + 276, illus.
An examination of a strangely accurate portolan by Piri Re'is, a very informative reference work.
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£28 |
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RB48 |
MOIR, A.L.
The World Map in Hereford Cathedral... The Pictures in the Hereford Mappa Mundi by Malcolm Letts.
Hereford, Friends of Hereford Cathedral, 1979.
8vo, pictorial wrappers, some ink annotation in the margins; pp. 40, illus.
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£10 |
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RB49 |
WILSON, Elena.
The Story of the Blue Back Chart.
London, 1937.
8vo, dark blue cloth, light wear, slightly faded; pp. 40, fully illus.
A brief but comprehensive study of the development of blue back charts, from John Seller 1670 to Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. 1903.
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RB50 |
HOWSE, Derek & SANDERSON, Michael.
The Sea Chart. An Historical Survey based on the Collections in the National Maritime Museum.
Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1973.
4to, cloth & pictorial d/w, slightly worn, minor soiling; pp. 144, 60 plates.
A superb reference on the development of the sea chart.
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£35 |
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RB51 |
BICKHAM, George.
The British Monarchy or A New Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain.
Newcastle upon Type, Frank Graham, 1967.
4to, cloth, lightly stained, light wear; pp. ii + 6 (intro), + ii + 188 (facsimile), illus.
Bickham's famous bird's eye county maps, first published 1749.
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£35 |
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RB52 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
English Books with Coloured Plates 1790-1860.
London, B.T.Batsford 1954.
8vo, cloth gilt, light wear, minor staining, light paper abrasion to front end paper; pp. viii + 424.
First edition of an influential book.
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£48 |
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RB53 |
BEAZLEY, C. Raymond.
The Dawn of Modern Geography. A.D. 1260 - 1420. Vols I - II & III.
New York, Peter Smith, 1949.
8vo, cloth; pp. Vol I (xiv) + 538, illus. Vol II (xviii) + 651 illus. Vol III (xvi) + 638 illus.
A history of exploration and geographical science from the middle thirteenth to the early years of the fifteenth century. Three volume set, very comprehensive.
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£75 |
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RB54 |
ROBINSON, Arthur H. & PETCHENIK, Barbara Bartz.
The Nature of Maps. Essays towards Understanding Maps and Mapping.
University of Chicago, 1976.
8vo, cloth & d/w, light wear; pp. xii + 138, text illus.
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£15 |
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RB55 |
ISRAEL, Nico.
Catalogue 22. Interesting Books and Manuscripts on Various Sunjects.
Amsterdam, Fall 1980.
8vo, brown cloth, light wear; pp.196, illus.
A dealer catalogue. Includes The Oldest Portolan Chart outside the great institutions, Ptolemy, Atlas 1478 and Pomponius Mela, World Map 1482.
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£8 |
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RB56 |
HOPPEN, Stephanie.
Cartographica Curiosa.
London, c.1980.
Oblong 8vo, illus. wrappers; unpaginated, 114 items catalogued, illus.
Includes Wall maps, several Leo Belgicii, Bünting, etc.
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RB57 |
Weinreb & Douwma Ltd/Robert Douwma.
Catalogue 16: Foreign Maps.
London, 1976.
8vo, printed wrappers, light wear; pp.68, illus.
Most of the map cataloguing is by Tony Campbell, Map Curator of the British Library.
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£6 |
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RB58 |
Weinreb & Douwma Ltd/Robert Douwma.
Catalogue 22: Rare and interesting printed maps up to 1800.
London, 1979.
8vo, printed wrappers, light wear; pp.64, illus.
Most of the map cataloguing is by Tony Campbell, Map Curator of the British Library.
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£6 |
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RB59 |
WEINREB & DOUWMA Ltd.
Catalogue 13: English Decorative Prints.
London, 1974.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp.24, fully illus.
Cataloguing is by John Cumming.
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£4 |
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RB60 |
Weinreb & Douwma Ltd/Robert Douwma.
Catalogue 6: Maps, Outline of the British Isles: printed maps 1482-1887.
London, 1970.
8vo, printed wrappers and bound in cloth, with calf label on spine; pp.107, illus.
Most of the map cataloguing is by Tony Campbell, Map Curator of the British Library.
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£10 |
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RB61 |
DOUWMA, Robert.
Catalogue 28: Admiralty Charts and Selected Maps Part 1.
London, 1984.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp.60, illus.
Most of the map cataloguing is by Tony Campbell, Map Curator of the British Library.
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£5 |
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RB62 |
Weinreb & Douwma Ltd/Robert Douwma.
Catalogue 17: The British Isles 'Part 1'.
London, 1977.
8vo, printed wrappers, light wear; pp.116, illus.
Most of the map cataloguing is by Tony Campbell, Map Curator of the British Library.
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£8 |
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RB63 |
Weinreb & Douwma Ltd/Robert Douwma.
Catalogue 25: Foreign Maps & Prints.
London, 1981.
8vo, printed wrappers, light wear; pp.108, illus.
Most of the map cataloguing is by Tony Campbell, Map Curator of the British Library.
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£7 |
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RB64 |
WALLIS, Helen & ROBINSON, A.H.
Cartographical Innovations. An International Handbook of Mapping Terms to 1900.
Tring, Map Collector Publications, 1987.
8vo, cloth & d/w, light wear, old ownership inscription on inside cover and front endpaper; pp. xx + 353, illus.
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RB65 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, 1997. Volume 2, number 4.
4to, paper wrappers; pp. 82, illus.
Contains articles on: Moreira's Manuscript, The Portuguese Century and Maps, Metaphor, and Memory.
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RB66 |
BOORSTIN, Daniel.
The Discoverers.
Middlesex, Penguin Books Ltd, 1986.
8vo, card wrappers (paperback); pp. xvi + 745.
A history of man's search to know his world and himself.
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RB67 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, 1996. Volume 1, number 3.
4to, paper wrappers; pp. 82, illus.
Contains articles on: Early European Adverturers and the Opening of Japan, Thomas Jefferson, Cartographer and Nautical Charts for a New Century.
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RB68 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, 1997. Volume 2, number 2.
4to, paper wrappers; pp. 82, illus.
Contains articles on: The Pope Makes Peace with the Aid of Maps, A Map for Getting Lost, Bermuda and the Golden Mean.
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RB69 |
LISTER, Raymond.
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.
London, Bell & Hyman, 1979.
8vo, cloth & d/w chipped and torn; pp. 256, 59 half-tone plates, text illus.
With a short dictionary of mapmakers.
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RB70 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 64 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Autumn 1993.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: Six new world maps by Rodney Shirley - The Mapping of Everest by Michael Ward - The map of the Holy Land in the Coverdale Bible: a map by Holbein? By Elizabeth M.Ingram - John Rudd: a forgotten Tudo
r mapmaker? By David Marcombe.
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RB71 |
HARLEY, J. B. & WOODWARD, David.
The History of Cartography volume one. Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean.
The University of Chicago Press, 1987.
4to, cloth & d/w, lightly worn; pp. xxi + 559. Fully illustrated many in colour.
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RB72 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, 1996. Volume 1, number 2.
4to, paper wrappers, worn and slightly torn at spine; pp. 82, illus.
Contains articles on: A 2000-year Premonition, by Thomas Suarez - Teixeira's Act of Possession, by Michael Layland - Cut and Run: Cartographic Thievery, by F.J. Manasek.
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RB73 |
Various.
The Geographical Magazine.
London, April 1960.
4to, half-cloth, marbled boards; pp. approx 50, illus.
The Geographical Magazine with articles on Early Atlases and Colour in Mapmaking by R. A. Skelton. Atlases Today by W.G.V.Balchin, The Ordnance Survey by Major-General L.F. de Vic Carey and other interesting cartographic
essays.
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RB74 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Maps in Italian Atlases of the Sixteenth Century, being a comparative list of the Italian map issued by Lafreri, Forlani, Duchetti, Bertelli and others, found in atlases.
Originally published, 1937.
8vo, plastic folder, photocopy; pp. 35.
A difficult work to find. Originally published by Iamgo Mundi in 1937.
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RB75 |
LYNAM, Edward.
The Mapmaker's Art. Essays on the History of Maps.
London, Batchworth Press, 1953.
Small 4to, cloth, light wear on front endpaper; pp. xii + 140, illus.
Includes essays on Saxton, Flemish engravers in England, South Sea Buccaneers and Early Days in the Bahamas.
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** £21 |
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RB76 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, 1997. Volume 3, number 4.
4to, paper wrappers; pp. 82, illus.
Contains articles on: Mapping Britain from Afar, Frozen Sea of Dreams and S Marks the Spot.
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RB77 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, 2003. Volume 8, number 1.
4to, paper wrappers; pp. 80, illus.
Contains articles on: Browsing the Digital Stacks, The Terraqueous World of Ludo Slagmolen and He Swallowed His Maps.
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RB78 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, 2002. Volume 7, number 1.
4to, paper wrappers; pp. 80, illus.
Contains articles on: Virtual Collecting, Guatemala in Relief and Mapping the Solar System.
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RB79 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, 2000. Volume 5, number 2.
4to, paper wrappers; pp. 80, illus.
Contains articles on: Overland to the Sea, War of the Maps and To Make Observations on the Magneticall Needle.
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RB80 |
KOEMAN, C. - KOK, M. et al.
In de Gekroonde Lootsman.
Amsterdam, 1989.
8vo, illus. boards; pp. 104, fully illus. some colour.
The life and times of the firm Van Keulen, text in Dutch.
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RB81 |
EERDE, Katherine S. van.
Wenceslaus Hollar Delineator of His Time.
Virginia, 1970.
Large oblong 8vo, cloth, illus d/w, torn and worn, other light wear; pp. xv + 122, illus.
A superbly illustrated reference work on Hollar, with many fine illustrations.
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** £78 |
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RB82 |
PEARSON, Karen et al.
Portraits of the World: An Exhibition of World Maps from the Period of the Great Discoveries.
Lincoln, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 1981.
4to, illus. wrappers; pp. iv + 73, illus.
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RB83 |
WAGNER, Henry R.
The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800.
Amsterdam, Nico Israel, 1968.
4to, cloth, light wear to front endpaper; pp. x + 543, plates, many folding.
Reprint of the 1937 edition.
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** £120 |
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RB84 |
CUMMING, William P.
The Southeast in Early Maps. With an annotated check list of printed and manuscript regional and local maps of southeastern North America during the Colonial period.
Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, 1973.
4to, cloth, light wear; pp. ix + 284
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** £90 |
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RB85 |
WALLIS, Helen.
Raleigh & Roanoke. The First English Colony In America, 1584-1590. Text by...
N. Carolina Museum of History, 1985.
4to, illus wrappers, pp. 116; half-tone illus.
Catalogue of an exhibition lent by the British Library.
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RB86 |
FITZGERALD, Joseph H. (Guest Curator) and others.
Changing Perceptions: Mapping the Shape of Florida, 1502 - 1982.
Miami, 1984.
4to, printed card wrappers; pp. 110 + illus.
Exhibition Catalogue; September 22 - November, 1984.
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RB87 |
DIVINE, David.
The Opening of the World. The Great Age of Exploration.
New York, G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1973.
8vo, cloth, illus. d/w, ligh wear; pp. 272, fully illus.
Early exploration and discovery.
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** £28 |
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RB88 |
New York Public Library.
Portugal - Brazil: The Age of Atlantic Discoveries.
New York, 1990.
8vo, printed paper wrapper; pp.18, illus.
An exhibition catalogue, the discovery of Brazil from the age of Prince Henry "the Navigator".
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RB89 |
FITZGERALD, Joseph H. (Guest Curator) and others.
Quest for the Indies: Routes of Exploration.
Miami, 1992.
4to, printed card wrappers; pp. 116 + illus.
Exhibition Catalogue; April 23 - September 13, 1992.
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** £8 |
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RB90 |
WALTER, Lutz (ed.).
Japan: A Cartographic Vision. European Printed Maps from the Early 16th to the 19th Century.
Munich & New York, Prestel, 1994.
4to, cloth & d/w, slightly worn, old ownership signature on front endpaper; pp. 232, illus.
An important reference work for the collector of maps of Japan.
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** £58 |
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RB91 |
WALTER, Lutz (ed.).
Japan: A Cartographic Vision. European Printed Maps from the Early 16th to the 19th Century.
Munich & New York, Prestel, 1994.
4to, illus. card wrapper, small abrasion on front endpaper; pp. 232, illus.
An important reference work for the collector of maps of Japan.
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** £45 |
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RB92 |
GREENHILL, Basil. (Director National Maritime Museum).
James Cook. The Opening of the Pacific.
London, HMSO, 1980.
Oblong 8vo, illus. card wrappers; pp. 32, fully illus.
An informative look at the life and achievements of James Cook.
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RB93 |
PATAY, Palne. (Exhibition arranger).
Old Maps on Hungary 1528 - 1900.
Buda, Hungary, 1989.
4to, illus. Card wrappers; pp. 72, illus.
An exhibition catalogue covering maps of Hungary. Printed in Hungarian and English.
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** £15 |
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RB94 |
VAN DER VEKENE, Emile.
Les Cartes Géographiques de Duché de Luxembourg.
Luxembourg, Krippler-Muller, 1980.
4to, printed cloth, pp. xx + 391, illus.
A definitive reference work for the collector of maps of Luxembourg. Text in French.
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** £78 |
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RB95 |
ARPAD, Papp-Váry. - PAL, Hrenkó.
Magyarország régi térkéyeken. (Hungary on Old Maps).
Budapest, 1989.
4to, cloth, illus. d/w; pp. 256, fully illus. nearly all in colour.
The mapping of Hungary, shows printed maps from 1478 - 1900. Text in Hungarian.
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** £68 |
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RB96 |
HODSON, Donald.
County Atlases if the British Isles Published after 1703. Volume III: Atlases published 1764 to 1789 and their subsequent editions.
British Library, 1997.
8vo, cloth, signs of old ownership removal on front endpaper; pp. xvi + 208. New.
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** £32 |
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RB97 |
EMMISON, F. G. (Editor).
Catalogue of Maps in the Essex Record Office First Supplement.
London, E.T. Heron & Co. Ltd, 1952.
4to, printed paper wrappers, lightly worn; pp. 53.
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** £5 |
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RB98 |
Essex Record Office.
Catalogue of Maps in the Essex Record Office: Second Supplement.
London, Heron, 1964.
4to, printed card wrapper; pp. iv + 52..
A list of Estate maps of the county.
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RB99 |
Essex Record Office.
The Art of the Map-Maker in Essex 1566 - 1860.
London, Heron, 1947.
4to cloth, printed d/w; pp xv + xxx plates.
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