RB161

WYATT, A.G.N.

Charting the Seas in Peace and War.

London, HMSO, 1947.
8vo, printed paper wrapper, soilied; pp. 24, illus.
The Story of the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty over a hundred and fifty years 12th August, 1795 to 12th August, 1945.

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RB162

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.

£4

RB163

The Map Collector.

[ Issue No.20 ].

Tring, Map Collector Publications, September 1982.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slight wear, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: The Early Mapping of the Falkland Islands, by R.V.Tooley - An Early Map of Japan on a Porcelain Plate, by Rodney Shirley - The Rotz Atlas, by Helen Wallis.

£8

RB164

Mercator Society.

English Mapping of America 1675-1715. An Informal Selection of Printed and Manuscript Maps Produced During the Formulative Years of the English Map Trade.

New York Public Library, 1986.
8vo, printed wrappers, pp. (58), illus. with maps. 1
Maps picked and described by Tooley, Wallis, Quinn, Cumming, etc.

£8

RB165

MORELAND, Carl & BANNISTER, David.

Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook.

London, Longman, 1983.
8vo, cloth; pp. [viii] + 314, illus. 28

£18

RB166

JERVIS, W. W.

The World in Maps. A study in map evolution.

London, George Philip & Son, Ltd. 1936.
8vo, cloth, faded and soiled; pp. 208 + illus.

£10

RB167

BAGROW, Leo.

History of Cartography. Revised and enlarged by R.A. Skelton...

Chicago, Precedent Publishing, Inc., 1985.
Large 8vo, cloth & d/w; pp. 512, 23 colour plates + 116 half-tone illus. 75
The second and revised edition of this cartographic masterpiece.

£75

RB168

NEBENZAHL, Kenneth.

Atlas of Columbus and the Great Discoveries.

Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Rand McNally, 1990.
Large 4to, cloth & d/w, very slightly worn; pp. viii + 168, fully illus. some colour.
Selected printed & mss. maps, with a separate description for each map, finely illustrated.

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RB169

SKELTON, R.A.

Explorers' Maps: Chapters in the Cartographic Record of Geographical Discovery.

London, Spring Books, 1970.
4to, cloth & d/w, worn and slightly torn; pp. xii + 337, illus.
With chapters on the exploration of each new frontier. First published 1958.

£32

RB170

SKELTON, R.A.

Maps: A Historical Survey of their Study and Collecting. Illustrated Edition.

University of Chicago, 1975.
8vo, printed wrappers, pp. xvi + 138, illus.

£12

RB171

HODGKISS, A.G.

Discovering Antique Maps.

Princes Risborough, Shires Publications Ltd, 1975.
Small 8vo, printed wrappers, pp. 72, illus.
Second edition.

£3

RB172

BIRCH, T.W.

Maps Topographical and Statistical.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1949.
8vo, cloth, lightly worn; pp. xiv + 240, illustated.
First edition published in 1949 this very useful book covers early mapping, projection, surveying and triangulation.

£15

RB173

EDEN, Peter (Editor).

Dictionary of Land Surveyors and Local Cartographers of Great Britain and Ireland 1550 -1850.

Kolkeston, Dawson, 1979.
8vo, cloth; pp. 528.
Part 1. Compiled from a variety of sources by Francis Steer, John Andrews, Peter Eden, Sean McMenamin, Avril Thomas and others.

£8

RB174

HILL, Gillian.

Cartographical Curiosities.

London, British Museum Publications, 1978.
Oblong 8vo, illus. wrappers; pp. 63, illus.
Caricatures, myths, monsters, etc.

£23

RB175

The Map Collector.

[ Issues 1 - 74).

Tring, Map Collector Publications, 1977-1996.
4to, illus. wrappers; with indexes. First eight issues bound in red cloth, with labels to the spines, otherwise 66 issues as published.
The complete run of The Map Collector, in all 74 issues, with leaflets and loose papers throughout.

£780

RB176

NORDENSKIÖLD, A.E.

The A. E. Nordenskiöld Collection in the Helsinki University Library. Annotated Catalogue of Maps made up to 1800.

Helsinki, University Library, 1979.
4to, cloth, 3 volumes, light wear from use, small abrasion on endpaper of each volume; pp. (xxxi) + 250, + 322, + 253.

£120

RB177

WOODWARD, David (ed).

Five Centuries of map printing.

Chicago, Newberry Library, 1975.
4to, cloth, paper wrapper; pp. xii + 177, illus.
Lectures on printing techniques from woodcut to offset lithography.

£25

RB178

HARVEY, P.D.A.

Maps in Tudor England.

London, Public Records Office & British Library, 1993.
4to, cloth & d/w, pp. 120, illus.
The impact of cartography on England.

£23

RB179

BAYNTON-WILLIAMS, Roger.

Investing in Maps.

London, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969.
4to, cloth & illus. d/w, lightly worn; pp. 160, illus.
A general reference book on the investment potential of antique maps.

£24

RB180

MORELAND, Carl & BANNISTER, David.

Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook.

London, Longman, 1983.
8vo, cloth; pp. [viii] + 314, illus.
Signed by the authors.

£32

RB181

HODGKISS, A.G.

Understanding Maps: A systematic history of their use and development.

Folkestone, Dawson, 1981.
Large 8vo, cloth & d/w, torn and chipped, front endpaper has a small worn patch; pp. 209, illus.
With a chapter "The evolving world map".

£32

RB182

CRONE, G.R.

Maps and their Makers. An Introduction to the History of Cartography.

London, Hutchinson University Library, 1953.
8vo, cloth, printed d/w; pp. 181, 7 maps in text.

£15

RB183

WILFORD, John Noble.

The Mapmakers.

London, Junction Books, 1981.
Large 8vo, cloth & d/w; pp. xii + 414, illus.
History and contemporary map-making.

£40

RB184

LISTER, Raymond.

How to Identify Old Maps and Globes.

London, G. Bell & Son, 1965.
8vo, blue cloth & d/w worn & chipped; pp. 256, 59 photo plates.
Reprint of the first edition.

£32

RB185

LYNAM, Edward.

The Mapmaker's Art. Essays on the History of Maps.

London, Batchworth Press, 1953.
Small 4to, cloth & d/w chipped and missing pieces; pp. xii + 140, illus.
Includes essays on Saxton, Flemish engravers in England, South Sea Buccaneers and Early Days in the Bahamas.

£21

RB186

THROWER, Norman J.W. (ed).

The Compleat Plattmaker. Essays on Chart, Map, and Globe Making in England in the Seventeeth and Eighteenth Centuries.

Berkeley, University of California, 1978
8vo, cloth, pp. xviii + 241, illus.

£48

RB187

POST, J.B.

An Atlas of Fantasy.

London, Souvenir Press, 1979.
Oblong 8vo. printed card wrappers, light use, perfect binding; pp. xix + 210, fully illus.
A facinating reference work on fantasy maps of all parts of the World.

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RB188

CRONE, G.R.

Maps and their Makers. An Introduction to the History of Cartography.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1962.
8vo, cloth, printed d/w; pp. 181, 7 maps in text.

£12

RB189

HODGKISS, A.G.

Discovering Antique Maps.

Princes Risborough, Shires Publication Ltd, 1977.
Small 8vo, printed wrappers, pp. 72, illus.

£3

RB190

HINKS, Arthur R.

Maps and Survey.

Cambridge, University Press, 1944.
8vo, cloth, light wear; pp. xii + 311, illus.
Map making and surveying explained in detail. Fifth edition.

£15

RB191

MORRISON, G. James.

Maps Their Uses and Construction.

London, Edward Stanford Ltd, 1929.
8vo, gilt cloth, light use; pp. xii + 152, illus.

£10

RB192

BROWN, Lloyd A.

The Story of Maps.

New York, Bonanza Books, 1949.
4to green cloth, very light wear; pp. xii + 393, illus.
A cornerstone general reference work for the map collector.

£39

RB193

KOEMAN, Dr Ir.C.

Atlantes Neerlandici.

Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1967.
4to, cloth, light wear from use, otherwise very good; Volume I Van der Aa - Blaeu, pp. xxx + 377. Volume II Blussé - Mercator, pp. xxxvi + 547. Volume III Merula - Zeegers, pp. xxvi + 220. Volume IV Celestial and Maritime atlases and pilot books, pp. xlvi, 519. Volume V Indexes, pp. 287. Volume VI. pp. xv + 249. A Supplement to the Volumes I - V and a bibliography of geographical, celestial and thematic atlases published in the Netherlands between 1880 and 1940.
The monumental work by Dr Koeman; Bibliography of terrestrial, maritime and celestial atlases and pilot book, published in the Netherlands up to 1940. Six volumes.

£750

RB194

KEUNING, J.

Willem Jansz Blaeu. A Biography and History of his work as a Cartographer and Publisher.

Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd, 1973.
8vo, cloth, pictorial d/w, lightly worn; pp. xi + 164.
Revised and edited by Marijke Donkersloot-De Vrij.

£34

RB195

HARLEY, J.B.

Christopher Greenwood: County Mapmaker and his Worcestershire Map of 1822.

Worcestershire Historical Society, 1962.
Large 8vo, cloth, minor discolouration, slight spotting to some pages; pp. viii + 72, illus, 4-sheet facsimile map in pocket at rear.

£56

RB196

O'DONOGHUE, Yolande.

William Roy. 1726-1790. Pioneer of the Ordnance Survey.

London, British Library, 1977.
4to, illus. wrappers; pp. 56, illus.
Exhibition catalogue, largely concentrated on the military survey of Scotland 1747-55, with Paul Sandby.

£10

RB197

BEVAN, The Rev. W. L. & PHILLOTT, The Rev H. W.

Mediaeval Geography. An Essay in Illustrations of the Hereford Mappa Mundi.

Amsterdam, Meridian, 1969.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. xlvii + 182.
A reprint of the 1873 edition, with introduction.

£28

RB198

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.

£12

RB199

ALEXANDER, Michael (ed).

Discovering the New World. Based on the works of Theodore de Bry.

New York, Harper & Row, 1976.
4to, grey cloth, d/w, map on endpapers; pp. 224, illus. from de Bry.
With de Bry's text.

£48

RB200

SCHWARTZ, Seymour I. & EHRENBURG, Ralph E.

The Mapping of America.

New York, Harry N. Abrahams, 1980.
Oblong 4to, cloth & illus. d/w, some wear; pp. 363, illus.

£80

RB201

FITE, Emerson D. & FREEMAN, Archibald.

A Book of Old Maps Delineating American History from the Earliest Days down to the close of the Revolutionary War.

New York, Dover Publications, 1969.
4to, illus. card wrappers; pp. xvi + 299, illus.
Descriptions of 74 maps, with full-page illustrations.

£28

RB202

CUMMING, William P. & QUINN, D.B.

The Exploration of North America 1630-1776.

London, Paul Elek, 1974.
4to, cloth & pictorial d/w, slightly worn and chipped; pp. 272, illus.
A fully illustrated standard reference work on the early exploration of North America.

£42

RB203

HARLEY, J. B.

Maps and the Columbian Encounter. An Interactive Guide to the Travelling Exhibition.

Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin, 1990.
4to, illus. card; pp. xiii + 149, illus.
An Exhibition Guide, the early discovery of the America's by Columbus.

£24

RB204

CUMMING, William P., SKELTON, R.A. & QUINN, D.B.

The Discovery of North America.

New York, American Heritage Press. 1971. First American Edition, 1972.
4to, cloth, pictorial d/w, worn; pp. 304, fully illus.
A superbly illustrated work on early North America.

£45

RB205

BURDEN, Philip D.

The Mapping of North America. A list of printed maps 1511 - 1670.

Rickmansworth, Raleigh Publications, 1996.
4to, cloth, illus. d/w, light use; xxxiv + 568, fully illus. some colour.
The foremost reference for the collector of maps of North America.

£100

RB206

FITE, Emerson D. & FREEMAN, Archibald.

A Book of Old Maps Delineating American History from the Earliest Days down to the close of the Revolutionary War.

New York, Harvard University Press, 1926
Small folio, boards, worn; pp. xvi + 299, illus.
Descriptions of 74 maps, with full-page illustrations. The first edition.

£100

RB207

GOSS, John.

The Mapping of North America. Three centuries of map-making 1500-1860.

New Jersey, Wellfleet Press, 1990.
4to, cloth & d/w, light wear, missing front flyleaf; pp. 184, 85 plates.
A finely illustrated reference work.

£23

RB208

KARPINSKI, Louis C.

Maps of Famous Cartographers Depicting North America. An Historical Atlas of the Great Lakes and Michigan, with Bibliography of the printed maps of Michigan to 1880. Second Edition.

Amsterdam, Meridian Publishing Co., 1977
8vo, cloth & illus, lightly worn; pp. 539, illus.
Re-print edition, first published 1931.

£85

RB209

KRIEGER, Alex & COBB, David, with TURNER, Amy,

Mapping Boston.

The Muriel G. and Norman B. Leventhal Family Foundation, 1999.
Oblong 4to, cloth, pictorial d/w; pp. xiv + 278, illus. some colour throughout.
A superb production and very comprehensive

£58

RB210

TIBBETTS: G.R.

Arabia in Early Maps: a bibliography of maps covering the Peninsula of Arabia.

London, Oleander Press, 1978.
4to, cloth & illus. d/w, very slightly worn; pp. 175, illus.

£65

RB211

GOLE, Susan.

Early Maps of India.

Edinburgh & London, Charles Skilton Ltd, 1978..
8vo, cloth & illus. d/w, worn; pp. 126, illus.

£32

RB212

YEO, Julie.

Mapping the Continent of Asia.

Singapore, 1994.
4to, printed card wrappers, illus; pp. 88, fully illus.
A useful and comprehensive catalogue reference work on maps of Asia, dedicated to the memory of Mike Sweet.

£18

RB213

CORTAZZI, Hugh.

Isles of Gold. Antique Maps of Japan.

New York, John Weatherhill, 1983.
4to, cloth & illus. d/w; pp. 177, illus.

£65

RB214

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.

£12

RB215

SCHILDER, Gunter.

Australia Unveiled.

Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd, 1976.
8vo, cloth & dw, torn. pp 424 illus.
The share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. Translated from the German by Olaf Richter.

£68

RB216

CLANCY, Robert & RICHARDSON, Alan.

So Came They South.

Silverwater, Shakespeare Press, 1988.
4to, cloth & d/w, very slightly worn; pp. 176, illus.
The advances made in navigation leading to the discovery of Australia and New Zealand.

£38

RB217

TOOLEY, R.V.

The Mapping of Australia and Antarctica. With an index compiled by Douglas Matthews.

London, Holland Press, 1979.
Large 8vo, cloth & illus d/w, some wear and soiling, wear to front flyleaf, old ownership removal perhaps; pp. xx + 633, illus.
The foremost reference for the collector of maps of Australia. Signed by the author on titlepage.

£210

RB218

LAOR, Eran.

Maps of the Holy Land. Cartobibliography of Printed Maps, 1475-1900.

New York, Alan R. Liss, 1986.
Oblong 4to, cloth & d/w worn, small abrasion to front endpaper; pp. xx + 201, illus.
The most comprehensive list of maps of the Holy Land available.

£420

RB219

TOOLEY, R.V.

Collector's Guide to Maps of the African Continent and Southern Africa.

London, Carta Press, 1969.
8vo, cloth, illus. wrapper, light wear, missing front flyleaf; pp. xvi + 132, colour frontis. and 6 plates, + 100 b/w plates.

£45

RB220

NORWICH, Oscar I.

Norwich's Maps of Africa. An illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography.

Johannesburg, A D Donker Ltd, 1983. First Edition.
8vo, cloth, lightly worn; pp. 444, illus.
With 345 maps described and illustrated, mainly continental and South Africa.

£68

RB221

ZACHARAKIS, Christos.

A Catalogue of Printed Maps of Greece 1477 - 1800.

Athens, Samourkas Foundation, 1992.
4to, illus. card wrappers; pp. 483. Illus.
A comprehensive reference work for the collector of maps of Greece.

£48

RB222

ZACHARAKIS, Christos.

A Catalogue of Printed Maps of Greece 1477 - 1800.

Nicosia, 1982.
4to, illus. card wrappers, light wear; pp. 483. Illus.
A comprehensive reference work for the collector of maps of Greece.

£52

RB223

BENNETT, Francis.

Road-Books, Road-Maps & Itineraries of Great Britain 1535 to 1850.

Exeter, 2007.
8vo, printed card wrappers; pp. vi + 145, illus.
A catalogue annotated for Devon & Cornwall.

£15

RB224

EVANS, Ifor M. & LAWRENCE, Heather.

Christopher Saxton: Elizabethan Map-Maker.

London, Holland Press, 1979.
4to, cloth & d/w, worn a lightly soiled, front endpaper with small worn area; pp. xvi + 186; colour frontis and 18 plates.
Signed by Heather Lawrence.

£70

RB225

CHUBB, Thomas.

The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland. A Bibliography, 1579 - 1870.

Folkestone, Dawson, 1966.
4to, green cloth, spine weak, back almost torn off, some staining to boards; pp. xviii + 479; illus.
Has a letter to a Mr Austin, dated 24th Aug. 1918 from Thomas Chubb (signed) pasted to inside front cover.

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RB226

HARLEY, J.B.

Maps for the Local Historian: A Guide to the British sources.

London, 1972.
8vo, printed wrappers, slightly worn; pp. 86, illus.

£10

RB227

SHIRLEY, Rodney W.

Early Printed Maps of the British Isles. 1477-1650. A Bibliography.

London, MCC, 1973-4.
5 issues, 8vo, bound in cloth, light wear to spine; pp. 190 + [vii] [index], plates.

£48

RB228

BENNETT, Francis.

The Roads of Devon & Cornwall.

Exeter, 2007.
8vo, printed card wrappers; pp. 194, illus.
An historical journey along the tracks and roads of the West Country with the directions and road books of the guide, the maps of the surveyor and the itineraries of the travellers.

£15

RB229

NICOLSON, Nigel.

The Counties of Britain A Tudor Atlas by John Speed.

London, Pavilion Books, 1988.
8vo, cloth, pictorial d/w, slightly worn; pp 288, fully illus, mostly colour.
A valuable reference work for the collector interested in John Speed's county maps.

£45

RB230

QUIXLEY, R.C.E.

Antique Maps of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Penzance, the Author, 1966.
Oblong 8vo, boards & d/w; pp. 60, illus.
With notes on editions.

£48

RB231

HULL, F.

Kentish Maps and Map-Makers 1590 - 1840.

Maidston, Kent County Council, 1973.
4to,illus. wrappers; 36pp, fully illustrated, some colour.
Early manuscript maps of Kent.

£10

RB232

FORDHAM, Herbert George.

Hertfordshire Maps A Descriptive Catalogue of the Maps of the County 1579 - 1900 Supplement.

Hertford, Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd, 1914
4to, cloth, light use; pp. vii + 58.
One of seventy copies of this edition, this being number 69. Signed by Forham and dated 16.x.1922. Other notes alongside the text in Fordham's hand.

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RB233

HARLEY, J.B. & DUNNING, R.W. (introduction).

Somerset Maps. Day & Masters 1782, Greenwood 1822.

Taunton, Somerset Record Society, 1981.
8vo, printed card wrappers; pp. 37, illus.
Full size facsimiles of two great maps of the county, with 37 page introduction.

£25

RB234

ANDREWS & DURY.

Andrews' & Dury's Map of Wiltshire 1773.

Devizes, Wiltshire Record Society, 1974.
8vo, blue cloth; pp. 57, illus.
A reduced facsimile of the large scale county map, introduction by Elizabeth Crittall.

£20

RB235

British Museum Catalogue.

London. An Excerpt from the British Museum Catalogue of Printed Maps, Charts and Plans Photolithographic Edition to 1964.

London, British Museum, 1967.
4to, printed wrappers; unpaginated, approx 100pp.

£5

RB236

PROCKTER, Adrian & TAYLOR, Robert.

The A to Z of Elizabethan London.

London Topographical Society, 1979.
4to, cloth & printed d/w; pp. xii + 62; illus.
A comparison of the Agas, Braun & Hogenberg and "Copperplate Map" map-views of London, with an index of places.

£25

RB237

DARLINGTON, Ida & HOWGEGO, James.

Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850.

London, George Philip & Son, 1964.
8vo, cloth & d/w chipped & worn; pp. x + 257, illus.

£25

RB238

DARLINGTON, Ida & HOWGEGO, James.

Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850.

London, George Philip & Son, 1964.
8vo, cloth; pp. x + 257, illus.

£28

RB239

CLOSE, Col. Sir. Charles.

The Early Years of the Ordnance Survey. A Reprint was a new Introduction by J.B. Harley and with an Index added.

New York, M. Kelley, 1969.
8vo, cloth & d/w, pp. xxxv + 164, half-tone plates.
First published 1926.

£14

RB240

WHITE, Lieut-Colonel T. Pilkington.

The Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom.

Edinburgh - London, Blackwood, 1886.
8vo, red cloth, front endpapers lose, ownership inscription; pp. x + 173.

£25

RB241

CLOSE, Col. Sir. Charles.

The Map of England or About England with an Ordnance Map.

London, Peter Davies, 1932.
8vo, cloth & d/w, worn and soiled, book-plate of previous owner, missing front endpaper, pp. x + 166, 8 half-tone plates.
The Author was Director-General of the Ordnance Survey.

£9

RB242

RAVENHILL, William.

Christopher Saxton's 16th Century Maps.

Chatsworth Library, 1992.
4to, cloth and d/w; pp. 100. Fully illustrated in colour.
A fully illustrarted work on Christopher Saxton and his county maps.

£25

RB243

BONAR LAW, Andrew.

The Printed Maps of Ireland to 1612.

New Jersey, The Author, 1983.
8vo, illus. wrappers; pp. 36.

£8

RB244

BONAR LAW, Andrew.

John Speed Maps of Ireland.

Dublin, The Author, 1979.
8vo, illus. wrappers, ownership inscription on front; pp. 22, illus.
Includes comparisons of the different editions.

£8

RB245

STONE, Jeffrey.

Illustrated Maps of Scotland from Blaeu's Atlas Novus of the 17th Century.

London, Studio Editions, 1991.
4to, cloth, illus. d/w; pp. 46, illus. colour.

£14

RB246

LEWIS, M. Gwyneth.

The Printed Maps of Radnorshire 1578-1900.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, 1977.
8vo, printed card wrappers; pp. 30, illus.

£8

RB247

LEWIS, M. Gwyneth.

The Printed Maps of Breconshire, 1578-1900.

Newport, The Brecknock Society, 1972.
8vo, printed card wrappers; pp. 36.

£8

RB248

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; pp. ii + 6 (intro), + ii + 188 (facsimile), illus.
Bickham's famous bird's eye county maps, first published 1749.

£40

RB249

ROCQUE, John.

An Alphabetical Index of the Streets... of the Cities of London and Westminster...

Kent, Harry Margary, 1971.
4to, cloth; pp. xii + 47, folding index map.
Facsimile of the Index volume to Rocque's 24-sheet map of London.

£12

RB250

SAYER & BENNETT.

Sayer & Bennetts Catalogue of Prints for 1775.

London, The Holland Press 1970.
Small 8vo, cloth, illus wrappers; pp. 150 + 66 plates. Reprint.

£20

RB251

HOWSE, Derek & BILLINGS, Pat.

Handlist of Manuscript Sea Charts and Pilot Books executed before 1700.

Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, 1973.
8vo, printed card wrappers; pp. 57, illus.
A comprehensive listing.

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RB252

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 & d/w, light signs of use; pp. 144, 60 plates.

£42

RB253

TERRELL, Christopher.

The Evolution of the Sea Chart.

Nicosia, The Bank of Cyprus, 1999.
4to, printed card wrappers; pp. 46, illus.
The Sea Chart from its origins in the Mediterranean to its development by European Seaman into their principal instrument of navigation.

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RB254

RAINERO, Romain H.

Manoscritti Cartografici nella Biblioteca Vaticana secc. XIV-XVII.

Vatican, Bibloteca Apostolica, 1981.
4to, green cloth; pp,65 + xviii illustration most in full colour.
A finely produced catalogue of an exhibition at the Vatican between June and December 1981. Exhibition includes rare and important maps, charts (including portolans) and scientific instruments. Italian text.

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RB255

THROWER, Norman J.W. (ed).

The Three Voyages of Edmond Halley in the Paramore 1698-1701.

London, The Hakluyt Society, 1981.
8vo, cloth, printed wrapper; pp. 392, illus.
A comprehensive and invaluable reference work.

£48

RB256

ALLEN, Philip.

The Atlas of Atlases. The Map Maker's Vision of the World.

London, Ebury Press, 1992.
4to, boards & d/w, slightly worn; pp. 160, colour illus. throughout.
Fine photographs of atlases in the Cadbury Collection, Birmingham Central Library.

£25

RB257

NORDENSKIÖLD, A.E.

PERIPLUS. An essay on the Early History of Charts and Sailing-Directions. Translated from the Swedish Original by Francis A. Bather.

New York, Burt Franklin, c.1970. A reprint of the original 1897 edition.
Folio, blue cloth, gilt title; pp. x + 208 + 60 plates.
First published in 1897. The facsimile covers Greek and Roman cartography before Ptolemy, Maps and Sailing directions from the 2nd century, Portolanos and much more.

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RB258

KOEMAN, Dr Ir.C.

Atlantes Neerlandici. IV. Maritime Atlases.

Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1970.
4to, cloth; Volume IV Celestial and Maritime atlases and pilot books, pp. xlvi, 519. Volume V Indexes, pp. 287.
The monumental work by Dr Koeman; Bibliography of terrestrial, maritime and celestial atlases and pilot book, published in the Netherlands up to 1880. Volume IV only, but complete in itself for the reference on Maritime Atlases.

£95

RB259

KENNEY, Cyril Ernest.

The Quadrant and the Quill. A book written in honour of Captain Samuel Sturmy, "a tryed and trusty Sea-man," and author of The Mariner's Magazine, 1669.

London, the Author, 1947.
4to, cloth-backed illus. boards; pp. 166, 93 half-tone plates. Limited edition of 600 copies.

£45

RB260

WHEAT, James Clement & BRUN, Christian F.

Maps and Charts Published in America before 1800: A Bibliography. Revised Edition.

London, Holland Press, 1978.
8vo, cloth & d/w, pp. xxiv + 215, plates.

£55

RB261

TOOLEY, R.V.

The Mapping of America. With an Index compiled by Douglas Matthews.

London, Holland Press, 1985.
8vo, cloth pictorial d/w; pp. xii + 519, illus.
The old cornerstone book on the mapping of America.

£170

RB262

GUTHORN, Peter J.

American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution.

Monmouth Beach, Philip Freneau, 1966.
4to, green cloth gilt; pp. 48, illus.
Mss. and engraved maps.

£39

RB263

TOOLEY, R.V.

The Mapping of Australia and Antarctica. With an index compiled by Douglas Matthews.

London, Holland Press, 1979.
Large 8vo, cloth & illus d/w, light wear and soiling; pp. xx + 633, illus.

£210

RB264

SHIRLEY, Rodney W.

Early Printed Maps of the British Isles.

Revised Edition, London, Holland Press, 1980.
8vo, cloth & d/w; pp. xxvi (Corrigenda & Addenda)+ 188, illus.
One of the best references available for the collector of maps of the British Isles.

£68

RB265

SPEED, Jeffrey John.

Tudor Townscapes.

Waddesden, Bucks, Map Collector Publications, 2000.
Oblong 8vo, board and pic. d.w; pp. 172, fully ilustrated in colour.
The Town Plans from John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine 1610'. Limited and signed edition to 250 copies and numbered. Full colour illustrations of the town plans from the county maps by John Speed.

£40

RB266

KING, Geoffrey L.

The Printed Maps of Staffordshire 1577 - 1850.

Staffordshire County Library, 1982.
8vo, printed paper wrapper, very light wear; pp. 37, illus.

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RB267

KEERE, Pieter van den.

Atlas of the British Isles. Introduction by Helen Wallis.

Lympne Castle, Harry Margary, 1972.
Oblong 8vo, cloth & d/w; pp. (viii) + 44, 44 full-size facsimile maps.
Facsimile of the so-called "Miniature Speed", c.1605.

£25

RB268

BOUGUEREAU, Maurice.

Le Théatre Françoys.

Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. 1966.
Folio, brown cloth, printed d/w in card envelope; pp. xvi + 100, double page facsimile maps and other illus.
A full size facsimile of the original atlas published at Tours 1594. With an introduction by F. de Dainville S.J. One of series of atlas facsimiles published by T.O.T. in Amsterdam.

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RB269

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, colour illus. boards; pp. xii + 276, illus.
An examination of a strangely accurate portolan by Piri Re'is.

£45

RB270

TAYLOR, E.G.R.

The Haven-Finding Art. A History of Navigation from Odysseus to Captain Cook.

London, Hollis & Carter 1956.
8vo, dark blue cloth, faded; pp. xii + 295, illus.
The standard reference work for the understanding of early navigation techniques.

£42

RB271

COLLINDER, Per.

A History of marine Navigation.

London, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1954.
8vo, light blue cloth, faded; pp.195. Illus b & w.
A comprehensive guide to the art of navigation from the earliest times.

£28

RB272

THROWER, Norman J.W.

Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage, 1577-80. Essays commemorating the quadracentennial of Drake's circumnavigation of the Earth.

Berkeley, University of California Press, 1984.
4to, cloth-backed boards, colour-illus. d/w, torn; pp. xx + 214, half-tones and a colour folding map.

£40

RB273

BLEWITT, Mary.

Surveys of the Seas. A Brief History of British Hydrography.

London, MacGibbon & Kee, 1957.
4to cloth gilt; 168, 66 plates inc. 1 colour.
Examples of British maritime surveying, including two by Cook: York Harbour in Labrador and Botany Bay.

£80

RB274

BOZZANO, Lucio.

Old Sailing Charts.

Rome, Edindustria Editoriale, 1961.
4to, light brown cloth, pictorial colour printed d/w; pp. 37 Foreward and text + pp.15 facsimile regarding portolans and 10 folding facsimile portolan charts in full colour.
A well ilustrated book on portolan charts.

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RB275

FISHER, Susanna.

The Makers of the Blueback Charts.

Cambridgeshire, Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. 2001.
8vo, cloth, illus d/w; pp.158, illus.
A History of the chart makers Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd.

£25

RB276

FRABETTI, Pietro.

Carte Nautiche Italiane dal XIV al XVII Secolo. Conservate in Emilia-Romagna.

Florence, Leo S. Olschki, 1978.
8vo, green cloth, gilt title on spine; pp. xxi + 187.
A catalogue of rare and improtant Italian manuscript nautical charts from the 13th - 17th century. Italian text.

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RB277

WATERS, David W.

The Rutters of the Sea. The Sailing Directions of Pierre Garcie.

New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 1967.
4to, blue cloth, embossed compass rose, d/w illus; pp. xv + 478 fully illus.
A study of the first English and french printed sailing directions. With facsimile reproductions. A comprehensive reference work.

£78

RB278

HOBBS, J.S.

The British Channel {ilot, from the Downs to Bristol, etc.;

Truro, D. Bradford Barton Ltd, 1972.
8vo, cloth, printed wrapper; pp.132.
A reprint of the 1859 edition published by Charles Wilson.

£12

RB279

PUTMAN, Robert.

Early Sea Charts.

New York, Abbeville Press, 1983.
Signed Copy No.37; 4to, cloth & d/w, slight wear and fading to the spine; pp. 143, colour illus.

£80

RB280

BURTON, S.M.

The Art of Astronomical Navigation.

Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, 1975.
8vo, cloth printed paper wrapper; pp.144, some calculations illustrated.
Astronomical navigation explained and made easier to understand. Revised by Charles H. Cotter.

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RB281

JOURDIN, Michel Mollat du, et al.

Sea Charts of the Early Explorers.

New York, Thames & Hudson, 1984.
4to, red cloth & pictorial dustwrapper, cardboard slipcase; pp. 298, illus., mostly in colour.
A fine picture book of portolans with scolarly descriptions of each.

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RB282

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, faded ; pp. 144, 60 plates.
A superb reference on the development of the sea chart.

£48

RB283

GOHM, Douglas.

Antique Maps of Europe, the Americas, West Indies, Australasia, Africa, the Orient.

London, Octopus Books, 1972.
4to, cloth & d/w, lightly worn; pp. 128, illus, many in colour.
Over 160 illustrations.

£28

RB284

CAMPBELL, Tony.

Early Maps.

New York, Abbeville Press, 1981.
Folio, cloth & d/w, slight wear, short angular tear to front d/w; pp. 148, illus.
A fine survey of early maps of all areas of the world, including manuscripts.

£80

RB285

BAYNTON-WILLIAMS, Roger.

Investing in Maps.

London, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969.
4to, cloth & illus. d/w, lightly worn; pp. 160, illus.
A general reference book on the investment potential of antique maps.

£38

RB286

LISTER, Raymond.

Antique Maps and Their Cartographers.

London G. Bell & Sons, 1970.
Large 8vo, cloth, pictorial d/w, pp. 128, half-tone plates.

£38

RB287

SKELTON, R.A.

Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries.

London, Spring Books, 1967.
4to, cloth, worn; pp. viii + 80, 84 plates.

£35

RB288

REEVES, E. A.

Maps and Map-Making.

London, R.G.S., 1910.
8vo, cloth; pp xiii + 143, illus.

£18

RB289

GOHM, Richard van de.

Antique Maps for the Collector.

Edinburgh, John Bartholomew, 1972.
Large 8vo, cloth & d/w, lightly worn; pp. 157, illus.
A general reference work covering all parts of the World.

£30

RB290

The Clique.

Cole's Register of British Antiquarian & Secondhand Booksellers 1998.

The Clique Ltd, 1998.
8vo, printed boards; pp. Vi + 410.
An alphabetical listing of the addresses of 2,934 booktrade members and bookshops in Britain & Eire.

£8

RB291

BIRCH, T.W.

Maps Topographical and Statistical.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1964.
8vo, cloth, d/w; pp. xiv + 240, illustated.
Originally published in 1949 this very useful book covers early mapping, projection, surveying and triangulation.

£23

RB292

KUT, Turgot & TÜRE, Fatma.

Yazmadan Basmaya: Müteferrika, Mühendishane, Üsküdar.

Istanbul, 1996.
4to, printed card wrappers; pp. 148, fully illustrated, some colour.
A reference on the early developments of printing and map making within Turkey and particularly Instanbul, Text in Turkish.

£23

RB293

MOULE, Thomas.

The County Maps of Old England. Introduction by Roderick Barron.

London, Studio Editions, 1990.
4to, cloth & pictorial d/w; pp. 127, colour plate of each county.
A finely produced facsimile - slightly larger than the original, with each county described.

£25

RB294

NICOLSON, Nigel.

The Counties of Britain A Tudor Atlas by John Speed.

London, Pavilion Books, 1988.
8vo, cloth, pictorial d/w, slightly worn; pp 288, fully illus, mostly colour.
A valuable reference work for the collector interested in John Speed's county maps.

£48

RB295

HODGKISS, A.G.

Discovering Antique Maps.

Tring, Shires, 1977.
Small 8vo, printed wrappers, pp. 72, illus.

£3

RB296

SKELTON, R.A.

Maps: A Historical Survey of their Study and Collecting. Illustrated Edition.

University of Chicago, 1975.
8vo, printed wrappers, pp. xvi + 138, illus.

£18

RB297

JOLLY, David C.

Antique Maps, Sea Charts, City Views, Celestial Charts & Battle Plans. Price Record & Handbook for 1990.

Brookline, David C. Jolly, 1990.
8vo, cloth; pp. viii + 312, illus.

£20

RB298

ROSENTHAL, Jon K. (comp.).

Antique Map Price Guide & Handbook for 1993.

Amhurst, Mass, Kimmel Publications, 1993.
8vo, green cloth gilt; pp. viii + 344.

£20

RB299

TOOLEY, R.V.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. With a Preface by Helen Wallis.

Tring, Map Collector Publications, 1979.
8vo, cloth & illus. d/w, some wear to dust wrapper, otherwise sound; pp. xii + 684, illus.

£195

RB300

JOLLY, David C.

Antique Maps, Sea Charts, City Views, Celestial Charts & Battle Plans. Price Record & Handbook for 1992.

Brookline, David C. Jolly, 1992.
8vo, burgundy cloth guilt; pp. viii + 311, illus.

£20

RB301

JOLLY, David C.

Antique Maps, Sea Charts, City Views, Celestial Charts & Battle Plans. Price Record & Handbook for 1991.

Brookline, David C. Jolly, 1991.
8vo, blue cloth gilt; pp. viii + 311.

£20

RB302

ROSENTHAL, Jon K. (comp.).

Antique Map Price Guide & Handbook for 1999 - 2000.

Amhurst, Mass, Kimmel Publications, 2000.
8vo, black cloth gilt; pp. viii + 471.

£20

RB303

BAYNTON-WILLIAMS, Roger.

Investing in Maps.

London, Corgi, 1971.
4to, illus. wrappers slightly worn; pp. 160, illus.

£25

RB304

ROSENTHAL, Jon K. (comp.).

Antique Map Price Guide & Handbook for 1994.

Amhurst, Mass, Kimmel Publications, 1994.
8vo, black cloth gilt; pp. viii + 360.

£20

RB305

National Maritime Museum.

Atlases & Cartography. [Parts 1 & 2].

London, H.M.S.O., 1971.
2 vols, large 8vo, cloth, d/w on volume two, worn; pp. xii + 654 & x + 655-1166, illus.
The two parts comprise the third in a series cataloguing the extensive collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich.

£190

RB306

HARVEY, P.D.A.

Mappa Mundi The Hereford World Map.

London, Hereford Cathedral & The British Library, 1996.
4to, cloth & d/w, lightly worn; pp. 58, fully illus, some colour..
A comprehensive and well written study on the Hereford Mappa Mundi.

£28

RB307

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.
Reprinted third edition.

£15

RB308

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, fully illus.
A superbly illustrated work on early North America.

£45

RB309

NORMAN, Charles.

Discoverers of America a wilderness continent seen through the eyes of the first explorers.

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1968.
8vo, cloth d/w sl. worn; pp. xiii + 322, fully illus.
Chapters cover; Florida of the Indies, Raleigh's Virginia, New England and Canada.

£28

RB310

TIBBETTS: G.R.

Arabia in Early Maps: a bibliography of maps covering the Peninsula of Arabia.

London, Oleander Press, 1978.
4to, cloth & illus. d/w, worn and lightly soiled; pp. 175, illus.

£65

RB311

COBBE, Hugh.

Cook's Voyages and the Peoples of the Pacific.

London, British Museum, 1979.
8vo, illus. card wrappers, light wear and soiling; pp. 125, fully illus.
A well illustrated reference work.

£23

RB312

SKELTON, R.A.

County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1850. A Bibliography...

London, Carta Press, 1970.
8vo, cloth, d/w slightly worn and soiled; pp. viii + 262, illus.

£48

RB313

HODSON, Donald.

The Printed Maps of Hertfordshire 1577-1900.

Folkestone, Dawsons, 1974.
8vo, red cloth, slightly worn; pp. ii + 251.
First published in the Map Collectors' Circle.

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RB314

MOIR, D.G., et al.

The Early Maps of Scotland to 1850... Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged...

Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1973.
8vo, cloth & d/w, worn and soiled; pp. xii + 243, illus.
With a chronological list.

£10

RB314

MOIR, D.G., et al.

The Early Maps of Scotland to 1850... Third Edition, revised and Enlarged...; Volume 2...

Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1983.
8vo, cloth & d/w, worn; pp. viii + 310, illus.
Volume 1 covers maps of the whole of Scotland, Vol. 2 covers Counties, towns, railways, charts etc.

£10

RB315

Damms Antikvariat.

Catalogue 589 100 Atlases 1511 - 1850.

Oslo, Damms Antikvariat, 1977.
8vo, illustrated boards; pp. 35, plates.

£5

RB316

PARRY, J.H.

The Discovery of the Sea.

New York, The Dial Press, 1974.
Oblong 8vo, cloth & d/w, worn; pp. xvi + 302, illus.
Early European expansion, with developments in navigation, cartography and shipbuilding.

£48

RB317

POTTER, Jonathan.

Country Life Book of Antique Maps.

London, Country Life, 1988.
4to, boards, slightly worn, no d/w; pp. 207, illus some colour.
An informative and well illustrated general reference work covering all areas.

£24

RB318

GOHM, Richard van de.

Antique Maps for the Collector.

Edinburgh, John Bartholomew, 1972.
Large 8vo, cloth & d/w, lightly worn; pp. 157, illus.
A general reference work covering all parts of the World.

£30

RB319

RADFORD, P.J.

Antique Maps.

Portsmouth, The Author, 1965.
Oblong 8vo, illus. Cloth, d/w worn and lightly soiled; pp. (ii) + 46, illus.
With short biographies of cartographers.

£9

RB320

TOOLEY, R.V.

Maps and Map-Makers.

London, B.T. Batsford, 1978.
8vo, cloth & illus. d/w, lightly soiled; pp. xv + 140, illus.
The sixth edition of this foundation work, first published in 1949. A general reference book covering many areas and subjects for the collector.

£38