RB321 |
POTTER, Jonathan.
Country Life Book of Antique Maps.
London, Studio Editions, 1992.
4to, boards, d/w illus, slight wear; pp. 192, illus some colour.
A comprehensive and invaluable general reference work. |
£25 |
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RB322 |
HUMPHREYS, Arthur L.
Antique Maps and Charts.
London, Bracken Books, 1989.
4to, cloth, illus. wrappers, lightly worn; pp. 191, fully illus. some colour.
A re-print of the earlier work by A.L.Humphries, with introduction by Jonathan Potter. |
£30 |
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RB323 |
TOOLEY, R.V. et al.
Landmarks of Mapmaking. An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmakers. Maps chosen and Displayed by...
New York, Thomas Y. Cromwell Co, 1976.
Large 4to, cloth-backed faux morocco, d/w, worn; pp. 275, illus. throughout, folding plates.
A re-issue of "A History of Cartography". |
£70 |
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RB324 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.31 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, June 1985.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
National Maritime Issue. Contains articles on: The Seaman's View, by Christopher Terrell - The Cartographic Treasures of Greenwich, by Jenny Wetton - The 'Blueback' Charts, by Susanna Fisher. |
£9 |
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RB325 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. With a Preface by Helen Wallis.
Tring, Map Collector Publications, 1979.
8vo, cloth & illus. d/w, showing signs of heavy use, otherwise sound; pp. xii + 684, illus. |
£190 |
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RB326 |
EDEN, Peter (Editor).
Dictionary of Land Surveyors and Local Cartographers of Great Britain and Ireland 1550 -1850.
Kolkeston, Dawson, 1976.
8vo, paper wrappers, tope edge of some pages bumped; pp. 377.
Part III, S - Y. |
£8 |
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RB327 |
BARRETO, Luis Filipe and GARCIA, José Manuel.
Portugal in the Opening of the World.
Lisbon, 1990.
8vo, printed card wrapper; pp. 91, fully illustrated.
An exhibition catalogue, illustrates the role of the early Portuguese explorers and the discovery of the World. |
£18 |
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RB328 |
PHILLIPS, Philip Lee.
A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress.
Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1967.
8vo, cloth boards; pp. 1137.
A reprint of the 1901 catalogue published by the Washington Government Office. |
£120 |
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RB329 |
BERTHON, Simon & ROBINSON, Andrew.
The Shape of the World. The mapping and discovery of the earth.
London, George Philip, 1991.
8vo, cloth, illust. d.w; pp. 192. Fully illustrated.
A book published in conjunction with the Granada TV series. |
£20 |
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RB330 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.32 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, September 1985.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: Panoramas and the Illustrated Weeklies, by Ralph Hyde - States of Uncertainty: A Cartographical Conundrum, by Francis Herbert - Mount Etna and the Distrorted Shape of Sicily on Early Maps, by R. W. Bremner - Jodocus Hondius. Creator of the Decorative Map Border, by Günter Schilder. |
£9 |
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RB331 |
CLIFFORD, Sue and KING, Angela.
From Place to Place maps and Parish Maps.
London, Common Ground, 1996.
8vo, printed card; pp. 104 + 23, illus.
A selection of papers on various subjects including; Putting Devon on the Map, Parish Maps in Shropshire, Parish Maps and others. |
£10 |
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RB332 |
The International Society for the History of Cartography.
Imago Mundi. The Journal of... 29 (Second Series, Volume 3). (EXTRACT).
Lumpne Castle, Imago Mundi Ltd, 1977.
8vo, paper wrappers; pp. 23 - 34, illus.
An extract from volume 29 of the Imago Mundi series. Thomas Hornor: Pictural Land Surveyor by Ralph Hyde. |
£2 |
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RB333 |
COX, Edward Godfrey.
A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel. Including Tours, Descriptions, Towns, Histories and Antiquities, Surveys, Ancient and Present State, Gardening, etc. Volume Three Great Britain.
New York, Greenwood Press, 1969.
8vo, cloth; pp. xiii + 732.
Originally published in 1949. |
£65 |
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RB334 |
The International Society for the History of Cartography.
Imago Mundi. The Journal of... 27 (Second Series, Volume 1).
Lumpne Castle, Imago Mundi Ltd, 1975.
8vo, cloth; pp. 128, illus.
Includes; C. Koeman, Dutch Atlases in Polish Libraries, Jeffrey C. Stone, A copy of Mercator's Scotia Regnum, etc. |
£28 |
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RB335 |
HARLEY, J. B. & WOODWARD, David.
The History of Cartography volume two, book one.
The University of Chicago Press, 1992.
4to, cloth & d/w, worn; pp. xxiv + 579. Fully illustrated many in colour.
Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies. |
£90 |
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RB336 |
LEITHÄUSER, Von Joachim.
Mappae Mundi.
Berlin, 1958.
8vo, cloth, printed d/w, worn; pp. 402, illus.
A A fine reference work on maps of the World with text in German.
| £32 |
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RB337 |
ROSENTHAL, Jon K. (comp.).
Antique Map Price Guide & Handbook for 1993.
Amhurst, Mass, Kimmel Publications, 1993.
8vo, blue cloth gilt; pp. viii + 344.
| £20 |
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RB338 |
HARVEY, P.D.A.
The History of Topographical Maps. Symbols, Pictures and Surveys with 116 illustrations, 10 in colour.
London, Thames & Hudson, 1980.
Small 4to, cloth & d/w, pp. 199, illus.
The development of cartography.
| £32 |
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RB339 |
FORDHAM, Sir Herbert George.
Studies in Carto-Bibliography, British and French, and in the Bibliography of Itineraries and Road-Books.
London, Dawsons, 1969.
8vo, boards; pp.x + 180, 4 illus.
Reprint of the first edition.
| £35 |
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RB340 |
MORELAND, Carl & BANNISTER, David.
Antique Maps: A Collector's Handbook.
Oxford, Paidon-Christie's, 1989.
8vo, cloth & d/w, worn; pp. vii + 314, illus.
| £25 |
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RB341 |
HODGKISS, A.G.
Discovering Antique Maps.
Princes Risborough, Shires, 1981.
Small 8vo, printed wrappers, pp. 72, illus.
| £4 |
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RB342 |
CAMPBELL, Tony.
Early Maps.
New York, Abbeville Press, 1981.
Folio, cloth & d/w, slight wear; pp. 148, illus.
A fine survey of early maps of all areas of the world, including manuscripts.
| £80 |
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RB343 |
GOHM, D.C.
Maps and Prints for Pleasure and Investment.
London, John Gifford, 1971.
8vo, cloth & d/w; pp. [viii] + 198, illus.
| £28 |
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RB344 |
RADFORD, P.J.
Antique Maps.
Portsmouth, The Author, 1965.
Oblong 8vo, illus. cloth; pp. (ii) + 46, illus.
With short biographies of cartographers.
| £8 |
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RB345 |
STEWART, David MacDonald.
The Discovery of the World. Maps of the Earth and the Cosmos.
University of Chicago, 1985.
4to, paper wrappers with a colour-illus. label; pp. 87.
Examples of maps from the Davis M. Stewart collection of Quebec, including cartographic curiosities.
| £28 |
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RB346 |
RAISZ, Erwin.
General Cartography.
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1948.
Large 8vo, cloth, pp. xvi + 354, half-tone illus.
With chapters on mss. maps, history of cartography and American maps.
| £32 |
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RB347 |
TOOLEY, R.V. et al.
Landmarks of Mapmaking. An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmakers. Maps chosen and Displayed by...
Oxford, Phaidon, 1976..
Large 4to, cloth-backed faux morocco, d/w; pp. 275, illus. throughout, folding plates.
A re-issue of "A History of Cartography".
| £70 |
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RB348 |
GOSS, John.
Blaeu's The Grand Atlas of the 17th Century World. Introduction, Captions... by John Goss.
London, Studio 1990.
Large 4to, cloth & d/w, slightly worn; pp. 224, profusely illus. in colour.
A history of the great Bleau atlas, with many large, full colour illustrations of maps covering all areas of the World.
| £65 |
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RB349 |
FORDHAM, Sir Herbert George.
Some Notable Surveyors & Map-Makers of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries and their Work.
London, Cambridge University Press, 1929.
8vo, boards, private library book-plate; pp.xii + 99, illus.
| £35 |
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RB350 |
[COLE, Michael.]
International Rare Book Prices: Voyages, Travel & Exploration.
The Clique Ltd, 1987.
8vo, boards; pp. x + 250.
| £10 |
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RB351 |
Various.
The Geographical Magazine.
London, April 1960.
4to, paper wrappers; 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.
| £6 |
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RB352 |
KING, Geoffrey.
Miniature Antique Maps.
Tring, Map Collector Publications, 1996.
8vo, cloth & d/w. pp. 200, illus.
An illustrated guide for the collector.
| £20 |
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RB353 |
GOHM, Douglas.
Antique Maps of Europe, the Americas, West Indies, Australasia, Africa, the Orient.
London, Octopus Books, 1972.
4to, cloth & d/w; pp. 128, illus, many in colour.
Over 160 illustrations.
| £28 |
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RB354 |
BOOTH, John.
Looking at Old Maps.
Westbury, Cambridge House Books, 1979.
4to, cloth, pictorial d/w, lightly worn; pp. xviii + 167, illus.
With biographies of cartographers & inserted Guide to Map Prices.
| £40 |
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RB355 |
SKELTON, R.A.
Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries.
London, Staples Press, 1952.
4to, cloth, slightly worn, University of London library book-plate; pp. viii + 80, 84 plates.
A re-print of the 1926 edition.
| SOLD |
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RB356 |
SKELTON, R.A.
Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries.
London, Spring Books, 1965.
4to, cloth & illus. d/w worn and slightly torn; pp. viii + 80, 84 plates. Signed dedication in ball point pen.
A general reference work covering many aspects of collecting, well illustrated.
| £28 |
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RB357 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers Supplement.
Tring, Map Collector Publications, 1985.
8vo, cloth & d/w, pp. x + 116, illus.
| £45 |
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RB358 |
BROWN, Lloyd A.
The Story of Maps.
Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1950.
4to, pictorial cloth, slight wear; pp. x + 397, illus.
| £45 |
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RB359 |
D'AGAPEYEFF, Alexander & HADFIELD, E.C.R.
Maps.
London, O.U.P., 1945.
8vo, blue cloth & d/w, chipped; pp. viii + 140.
The creation and use of maps, with chapters on history, the Ordnance Survey and charts.
| £10 |
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RB360 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, January/February 2002. Volume 7, number 1.
Large 8vo, paper wrappers; pp. 80, illus.
Contains articles on: Guatemala in Relief, by John Mitchell - Mapping the Solar System, by Nick Kanas - Charting the Northern Mists, by Gary Turley.
| £5 |
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RB361 |
HAYWARD, Robert J.
Fire Insurance Plans in the National Map Collection.
Ottawa, 1977.
4to, illus. card; pp. xxvi + 171, illus.
A catalogue of Fire Insurance Plans. Many by Chas. E. Goad and the Underwriters' Survey Bureau.
| £48 |
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RB362 |
BUISSERET, David.
Rural Images: the Estate Plan in the Old and New Worlds.
Chicago, The Newberry Library, 1988.
Oblong 8vo, printed card wrappers; pp. vi + 37, illus.
A Cartographic Exhibit at The Newberry Library on the occasion of the ninth series of Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography.
| £8 |
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RB363 |
SIDER, Sandra, with ANDREASIAN, Anita and CODDING, Mitchell.
Maps, Charts, Globes: Five Centuries of Exploration.
New York, The Hispanic Society of America, 1992.
4to, cloth, illus. d/w; pp. xvi + 128, fully illus.
A New Edition of E. L. Stevenson's Portolan Charts and Catalogue of the 1992 Exhibition. A superbly illustrated work with many rare portolans, charts and globes.
| £60 |
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RB364 |
ROTHERMUND, Dietmar.
Periplus 1998. Jahrbuch Für Aussereuropäische Geschichte.
Münster, 1998.
8vo, printed card; pp. vi + 186, illus.
Covers early exploration of Asia, text in German.
| £20 |
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RB365 |
Various.
Mercator's World, magazine.
Oregen, 1996. Volume 1, number 2.
Large 8vo, 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.
| £15 |
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RB366 |
HEATH, Wendy Y. (Editor).
Book Auction Records. A Priced and Annotated Annual Record of International Book Auctions. Volume 87.
Folkestone, Dawson, 1990.
4to, cloth; pp xvii + 658.
| £65 |
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RB367 |
SCHRIRE, David.
MCC: 4. Adams' and Pine's Maps of the Spanish Armada.
London, Map Collectors' Circle, 1963.
8vo, printed wrappers, slightly worn; pp. 10 + 10 pages of illus.
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£6 |
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RB368 |
HEATH, Wendy Y. (Editor).
Book Auction Records. A Priced and Annotated Annual Record of International Book Auctions. Volume 86.
Folkestone, Dawson, 1989.
4to, cloth; pp xvii + 611.
| £65 |
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RB369 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.21 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, December 1982.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: Large Scale English County Maps and Plans of Cities not Printed in Atlases, Part 6, by R.V.Tooley - Burned for His Beliefs. The Story of Michael Servetus, by László Gróf - The Forming of Nordenskiöld's Famous Map Collection, by Douglas Marshall.
| £8 |
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RB370 |
HEATH, Wendy Y. (Editor).
Book Auction Records. A Priced and Annotated Annual Record of International Book Auctions. Volume 90.
Folkestone, Dawson, 1993.
4to, cloth; pp xviii + 714. |
£65 |
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RB371 |
HEATH, Wendy Y. (Editor).
Book Auction Records. A Priced and Annotated Annual Record of International Book Auctions. Volume 88.
Folkestone, Dawson, 1991.
4to, cloth; pp xvii + 690.
| £65 |
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RB372 |
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 |
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RB373 |
OSLEY, A.S.
Mercator: A Monograph of the lettering of maps, etc. in the 16th century Netherlands with a facsimile and translation of his treatise on the italic hand and a translation of Ghim's Vita Mercatoris.
London, Faber & Faber, 1969.
4to, cloth & d/w slightly worn. pp. 209, illus.
| £50 |
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RB374 |
ROPER, Peter W.
Jedediah Hotchkiss. Rebel Mapmaker and Virginia Businessman.
Pennsylvania, White Mane, 1992.
8vo, cloth, d/w; pp. xii + 300, illus.
Early surveying of Virginia.
| £20 |
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RB375 |
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; pp. 45 + map.
| £8 |
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RB376 |
PEDLEY, Mary Sponberg.
Bel et Utile. The Work of the Robert de Vaugondy Family of Mapmakers.
Tring, Map Collector Publications, 1992.
4to, cloth & d/w, pp. 251, illus.
With catalogues of maps and atlases. Ltd edition of 750; this is number 713.
| £75 |
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RB377 |
SNYDER, George Sergeant.
Maps of the Heavens.
New York, Cross River Press, 1984.
Large 4to, cloth, colour illus. d/w; pp. 144, illus., many in colour.
Finely illustrated history of celestial charts.
| £50 |
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RB378 |
VAN DER KROGT, Peter C. J.
Advertenties voor Kaarten, Atlassen, Globes e.d. in Amsterdamse Kranten 1621-1811.
Netherlands, HES Publishers, 1985.
8vo, cloth; pp. xv + 473.
Text in Dutch, with introduction in English.
| £48 |
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RB379 |
STEVENSON, Edward Luther.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes. Their History and Construction.
London, The Hispanic Society of America, 1921.
8vo, cloth, very slightly worn. pp 218 + 291. Fully illustrated.
Limited editon 1000 copies. 2 vols. Possibly the finest reference work on globes.
| £280 |
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RB380 |
MODELSKI, Andrew M.
railroad Maps of North America. The First Hundred Years.
Washington, Library of Congress, 1984.
Oblong 8vo, cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper, slightly worn; pp. xxi + 186, fully illustrated.
A superb book with b & w photographs showing the construction and and many maps showing the routes.
| £68 |
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RB381 |
BOUTIN, Bernard L. (Foreword).
Civil War Maps in the National Archives.
Washington, 1964.
4to, paper wrapper, worn; pp. ix + 127.
| £23 |
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RB382 |
BENES, Peter.
New England Prospect. A Loan Exhibition of Maps at the Currier Gallery of Art.
Boston, 1981.
4to, illus. card; pp. xx + 123, illus.
A catalogue of the exhibition.
| £38 |
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RB383 |
MORISON, Samuel Eliot.
The Oxford History of the American People.
London & New York, Oxford University Press, 1965.
8vo, cloth, lightly worn; pp. xxvii = 1150, some maps.
| £45 |
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RB384 |
HOWELL, John.
Catalogue 50 Part 1. California Spanish Exploration to American Statehood. The Library of Jennie Crocker Henderson. With additions 1979.
California, John Howell, 1979.
8vo, cloth boards; pp. 582, some illus.
A useful catalogue of Californian related material.
| £56 |
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RB385 |
CHRISTIE, MASON & WOODS.
Colonial American Documents including The Declaration of Independence from The Chew Family Papers.
New York, 1982.
8vo, cloth; pp. 54, illus.
| £10 |
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RB386 |
WAGNER, Henry R.
The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800.
Amsterdam, Nico Israel, 1968.
4to, cloth; pp. x + 543, plates, many folding.
Reprint of the 1937 edition.
| £190 |
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RB387 |
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. Presentation sticker inside front board.
| £150 |
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RB388 |
JOHNSON, Adrian.
America Explored: A cartographical history of the exploration of North America.
New York, Viking Press, 1974.
Large 4to, buckram, chipped and rubbed; pp. x + 254, illus.
Many illustrations.
| £68 |
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RB389 |
REPS, John W.
Cities on Stone. Nineteenth Century Lithograph Images of the Urban West.
Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum, 1976.
Oblong 8vo, cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper, slightly worn; pp. 99, fully illustrated, b & w and some in colour.
A fine production.
| £55 |
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RB390 |
HÉBERT, John R. (Compiler).
Panoramic Maps of Anglo-American Cities.
Washington, Library of Congress, 1974.
Oblong 8vo, card wrapper; pp. 118, illus.
A checklist of Maps in the Collections of the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
| £38 |
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RB391 |
O'SHEA, Richard.
American Heritage Battle Maps of the American Civil War.
Alan Sutton, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1994.
4to, cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper; pp. 176, fully illustrated.
A fascinating book covering the American Civil War, shows troop movements, battle lines and pictorial battle scenes.
| £45 |
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RB392 |
[STREETER, Thomas Winthrop.].
The Celebrated Collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Wintrop Streeter. Volume Two.
New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc, 1967.
8vo, cloth, spine torn off and signs of regular use; pp. 427 - 984.
Volume Two of the famous Streeter Collection of Americana; covers, New England, The American Revolution, The Middle Colonies, The French and the Indian War, The Carolinas, Georgia, Florida etc.
| £60 |
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RB393 |
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.
| £56 |
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RB394 |
NELSON, Christopher.
Mapping the Civil War.
Washington, Library of Congress, 1992.
8vo, cloth and d/w; pp. 176, illus.
| £45 |
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RB395 |
KOEPP, Donna P. (ed.)
Exploration and Mapping of the American West: Selected Essays. Occasional Paper No. 1.
Chicago, Speculum Orbis Press, 1986.
8vo, blue cloth gilt; pp. vi + 182, illus.
Includes Nebenzahl's "Mapping the Trans-Mississippi West: Annotated Selections".
| £25 |
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RB396 |
STEPHENSON, Richard W.
The Cartography of Northern Virginia. Facsimile Reproductions of Maps Dating from 1608 to 1915.
Fairfax County, Virginia, 1981.
Oblong 8vo, card; pp v + 138, pp. iv + 145, fully illustrated.
A superb reference work for the collector of maps of Virginia, maps selected by Richard W Stephenson.
| £68 |
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RB397 |
COBB, David A.
Guide to U.S. Map Resources.
Chicago - London, 1986.
4to, cloth; pp. xvi + 196.
A useful book for the researcher.
| £28 |
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RB398 |
REPS, John W.
Cities of the Mississippi. Nineteenth-Century Images of Urban Development.
Missouri, University of Missouri, 1994.
Oblong 8vo, cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper, slightly worn; pp. 342, fully illustrated, b & w and some in colour.
A fine production, a must for any collector of the area.
| £85 |
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RB399 |
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.
| £48 |
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RB400 |
Public Record Office.
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office. 2. America and West Indies.
London, H.M.S.O., 1974.
8vo, cloth & d/w; pp. xv + 835.
| £48 |
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RB401 |
TYNER, Judith.
Deveopment of the American Atlas: 1790-1980.
California, 1995.
8vo, printed paper wrapper; pp. 9.
Occasional Paper number 2, from the California Map Society.
| £2 |
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RB402 |
DEAK, Gloria-Gilda.
American Views Prospects and Vistas.
New York, 1976.
Oblong 4to, cloth and d/w; pp. 134, fully illus.
A splendid production with high quality illustrations.
| £45 |
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RB403 |
TANNER, Helen Hornbeck. (Editor).
Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History.
Oklahoma, 1987.
4to, card; pp. xv + 224, illus.
| £40 |
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RB404 |
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.
| £30 |
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RB405 |
THOMPSON, Edmund.
Thompson's Maps of Connecticut. Two volumes in one.
Norwich, Vermont, G.B. Manasek, 1995.
8vo, blue cloth gilt; pp. 66 + (iv) + 111, illus.
Reprints of "Maps of Connecticut Before the Year 1800", originally published 1940, and "Maps of Connecticut for the Years of the Industrial Revolution 1801-1860", 1942.
| £30 |
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RB406 |
MOFFAT, Riley Moore.
Printed Maps of Utah to 1900: An Annotated Cartobibliography.
Santa Cruz, Western Association of Map Libraries, 1981.
8vo, illus wrappers, slight wear; pp. xvi + 176 + 2pp (ads).
| £28 |
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RB407 |
PHILLIPS, P. Lee.
Maps and Views of Washington and District of Columbia.
Norwich, Terra Nova Press, 1996.
8vo, cloth; pp. iv + 87, frontis.
Reprint of the first edition of 1900.
| £22 |
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RB408 |
McWILLIAMS, Richebourg Gaillard. (translator).
Iberville's Gulf Journals.
Alabama, 1981.
8vo, boards and illus d/w; pp. x + 195, illus.
Covers; The First Voyage to the Mississippi and the second from the journal of the Chevailier D'Iberville on the Renommée.
| £35 |
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RB409 |
ALLEN, David Yehling.
Long Island Maps and Their Makers: Five Centuries of Cartographic History.
New York, Amereon House, 1997.
8vo, cloth; pp. xvii + 153, illus.
A highly detailed reference work on the mapping of Long Island.
| £40 |
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RB410 |
CORCORAN, Irma.
Thomas Holme 1624-1695 Surveyor General of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, 1992.
8vo, cloth and d/w; pp. xviii + 317. Illus.
| £48 |
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RB411 |
JAVORSKI, Mary.
The Canadian West Discovered: an exhibition of printed maps from the 16th to early 20th centuries.
Calgary, Glenbow Museum, 1983.
Oblong 8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 75, illus.
| £35 |
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RB412 |
DEAN, William G. - HEIDENREICH, Conrad E. - McILWRAITH, Thomas F. - WARKENTIN, John.
Concise Historical Atlas of Canada.
Toronto - Buffalo - London, 1979.
4to, cloth and d/w; pp. 180, illus.
| £30 |
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RB413 |
WINEARLS, Joan.
Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867. An annotated bibliography of manuscript and printed maps.
Toronto - Buffalo - London, University of Toronto, 1991.
4to, cloth, spine torn; pp. xli + 986.
A comprehensive guide and bibliography.
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RB414 |
KERR, Donald. (Editor).
Historical Atlas of Canada. Volume III Addressing the Twentieth Century 1891-1961.
Toronto - Buffalo - London, 1961.
4to, cloth and d/w; pp. 196, illus.
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RB415 |
THOMSON, Don W.
Men and Meridians. The History of Surveying and Mapping in Canada.
Ottawa, 1966.
8vo, cloth; pp. vii + 345, illus.
Volume I prior to 1867. A fine reference work.
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RB416 |
NICHOLSON, N.L. and SEBERT, L.M.
The Maps of Canada. A guide to Official Canadian Maps, Charts, Atlases and Gazetteers.
Folkestone, Sawson, 1981.
8vo cloth, gilt; pp. x + 251, illus.
A history of the mapping and surveying of Canada.
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RB417 |
VILES, Donald M. and Charlene.
North America's Hidden Port of Acapulco.
Oregon, 1982.
8vo, paper wrappers; pp. 38, illus.
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RB418 |
ANON.
Portugal - Brazil: The Age of Atlantic Discoveries.
New York, 1990.
8vo, printed paper wrapper; pp. 18, illus.
A pamphlet printed to accompany an exhibition organised by The Brazilian Cultural Foundation.
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RB419 |
SIARY, Gérard.
Dictionaire Illustré des Explorateurs et Grand Voyageurs Français du XIXe Sièle.
Paris, 1992.
4to, cloth, d/w; pp. xvi + 452, illus.
A dictionary of the French Exploration of Asia, text in French.
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RB420 |
SUÁREZ, Thomas.
Early Mapping of Southeast Asia.
Hong Kong, Periplus Editions, 1999.
4to, printed boards & d/w; pp. 280, fully illus, many in colour.
A comprehensive reference work on South East Asia from the earliest exploration.
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RB421 |
FELL, R. T.
Early Images of South-East Asia.
Singapore, Oxford University Press 1991, second edition.
Small 8vo, printed boards; pp. (xii) 122, illus.
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RB422 |
CORTAZZI, Hugh.
Isles of Gold. Antique Maps of Japan.
New York, John Weatherhill, 1983.
4to, cloth & d/w illus. d/w; pp. 177, illus.
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RB423 |
GOLE, Susan.
India Within the Ganges.
New Delhi, Jayaprints, 1983.
8vo, cloth; pp. 239, illus.
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RB424 |
KIVELL, Rex Nan and SPENCE, Sydney.
Portraits of the Famous and Infamous Australia, New Zealand and Pacific 1492 - 1970.
London, Kivell & Spence, 1970.
Folio, boards; pp. 332. Fully illis.
A lavish production; well illustrated, many in colour. From the portraits section of the Rex Nan Kivell Australiana collection amongst others. This collection is now in the possession of The National Library, Canberra, Australia.
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RB425 |
CLANCY, Robert & RICHARDSON, Alan.
So Came They South.
Silverwater, Shakespeare Press, 1988.
4to, cloth & d/w, slightly worn; pp. 176, illus.
The advances made in navigation leading to the discovery of Australia and New Zealand.
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RB426 |
NEBENZAHL, Kenneth.
Maps of the Bible Lands. Images of Terra Sancta through Two Millennia.
London, Times Books, 1986.
Large 4to, cloth & d/w, 164, illus.
| £58 |
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RB427 |
BAHURA, Gopal Narayan and SINGH, Chandramani.
Catalogue of Historical Documents in Kapad Dwara, Jaipur. Part II : Maps and Plans.
Jaipur, 1990.
4to, cloth, d/w; pp. 168 + Plates xxxvi.
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RB428 |
WATANABE, Akira.
Cartography of Japan. Past and Present.
Japan, 1980.
8vo, card; pp. vi + 46 , illus.
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RB429 |
GURUNG, Harka.
Maps of Nepal, inventory and evaluation.
Bangkok, White Orchid Press, 1983.
8vo, illus. card; pp. 100, illus.
Proof copy.
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RB430 |
DAVID, Andrew.
The Voyage of HMS Herald to Australia and the South-west Pacific 1852-1861 under the command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham.
Melbourne, Te Miegunyah Press, 1995.
8vo, cloth, pictorial d/w; pp xxviii, + 521, some illus.
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RB431 |
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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RB432 |
STONE, Jeffrey C. (Editor).
Maps and Africa.
Aberdeen, 1994.
4to, printed card wrapper; pp. vi + 259, some illus.
Proceedings of a Colloquium at the University of Aberdeen April 1993.
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RB433 |
GEORGE, Pierre. (Preface).
Dictionnaire Illustré des Explorateurs et Grands Voyageurs Français du XIXe Siècle. I Afrique.
Paris, 1988.
4to, cloth, illus. d/w; pp. xxxi + 346, illus.
French text. A dictionary of the French contribution to the mapping and discovery of Africa.
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RB434 |
NORWICH, Oscar I.
Norwich's Maps of Africa. An illustrated and annotated carto-bibliography.
Johannesburg, A D Donker Ltd, 1983. First Edition.
8vo, cloth & illus. d/w, torn; pp. 444, illus.
With 345 maps described and illustrated, mainly continental and South Africa.
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RB435 |
MINGROOT, Erik van. and ERMEN, Eduard van.
Scandinavia in Old Maps and Prints.
Belgium, Mappamundi Knokke 1987.
Large 8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 143, many colour illus.
| £55 |
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RB436 |
GOLE, Susan.
Maps of the Mediterranean Regions Published in British Parliamentary Papers 1801-1921.
Nicosia, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 1996.
4to, printed boards, illus. endpapers, pp. 429, profusely illustrated, most in colour.
A luxurious production, with sections for each country, including Malta, Cyprus, Gibraltar and the Ionian Islands.
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RB437 |
PRONTERA, Franceso.
Geographia Antiqua.
Firenze, 1992.
4to, printed card; pp. 176, illus. Some colour.
A series of papers on antique Italy, Greece and others parts of the Mediterranean area, printed in Italian and German language.
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RB438 |
FAVIER, Jean. (Preface).
Espace Français Vision et aménagement, XVIe - XIXe siècle.
Alençon, 1987.
8vo, illustrated card wrapper; pp. 192, illus.
Various aspects of the mapping of France and parts.
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RB439 |
SIMMONS, J.S.G.
Russian Printed Atlases of the Eighteenth Century. A Preliminary Cheecklist.
London, 1969.
8vo, paper wrapper; pp. 8.
Prepared for the Map Collectors' Circle series but never published. Introductory note by R.V.Tooley.
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RB440 |
URIBEETXEBARRIA, Tomás. (preface).
Mapa - Bilbuma colección cartográfica.
Bilbao, 1994.
8vo, printed card; pp. 190, fully illustrated.
A superb book covering the maps of the Pais Vasco area of Northern Spain, an invaluable reference work. Printed in Spanish and Vasco.
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RB441 |
ARMERO BUCHET, Jaime. - SAURO BADILLO, Angela.
Los Mapas Antiguos mas Bellos de España. De 1482 A 1895.
Madrid, Frame, 1992.
Oblong, 8vo, printed card wrappers; pp. 131, fully illus.
A catalogue of maps of Spain, published to coincide with the 1992 IMCoS Symposium in Madrid. Spanish text.
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RB442 |
GARCIA-BAQUERO, Manuel and VICUÑA, Saenz de.
Historia del Mapa Militar Itinerio de España.
Madrid, 1981.
8vo, printed card wrapper; pp. 70, many large scale folding maps.
Spanish text.
| £28 |
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RB443 |
Public Record Office.
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office. 1. British Isles c.1410-1860.
London, H.M.S.O., 1967.
8vo, cloth & d/w; pp. xv + 648.
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RB444 |
LYNAM, Edward.
British Maps and Mapmakers.
London, William Collins, 1944.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 48, 8 colour plates & 22 b/w.
A well-written history, from Matthew Paris's map of Britain 1250 to the Ordnance Survey.
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RB445 |
BAYNTON-WILLIAMS, Ashley.
Town and City Plans of the British Isles 1800 - 1855.
London, Studio Editions, 1992.
4to, illus. wrappers; pp. 128, illus.
| £25 |
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RB446 |
DICKINSON, P.G.M.
Maps in the County Record Office, Huntingdon.
St Ives, Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson, 1968.
8vo, printed wrappers, pp. viii + 72, map.
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RB447 |
MICHAEL, D.P.M.
The Mapping of Monmouthshire.
Bristol, Regional Publications 1985.
4to, pictorial wrappers, pp. 112. illus.
| £12 |
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RB448 |
EKWALL, Eilert.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names.
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1985.
8vo, cloth, printed d/w; pp. xlix + 546.
| £20 |
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RB449 |
RAVENHILL, William L. D.
Benjamin Donn A Map of the County of Devon 1765.
University of Exeter, 1965.
4to, cloth, printed d/w with light wear; pp. v + 120.
A good quality reproduction of Benjamin Donn's map of the county of Devon.
| £54 |
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RB450 |
COPLEY, Gordon J.
Camden's Britannia: Kent. From the edition of 1789 by Richard Gough.
London, Hutchinson, 1977.
8vo, cloth & d/w; pp. xxxii + 96, illus.
Camden's text, annotated and edited.
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RB451 |
EMMISON, F.G. (ed.).
Catalogue of Maps in the Essex Record Office.
Chemsford, Essex County Council, 1947.
4to, green cloth gilt, with d/w, chipped and stained; pp. xx + 106, plates.
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RB452 |
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.
| £20 |
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RB453 |
Anon.
A Gloucestershire and Bristol Atlas: a selection of old maps and plans from the 16th to the 19th century including the Isaac Taylor (1777) large scale map of the county in full.
London, Percy Lund, 1961.
4to, cloth & d/w, torn with light wear; pp. 24, plates.
| £30 |
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RB454 |
Anon.
A Gloucestershire and Bristol Atlas: a selection of old maps and plans from the 16th to the 19th century including the Isaac Taylor (1777) large scale map of the county in full.
London, Percy Lund, 1961.
4to, cloth & d/w; pp. 24, plates.
| £35 |
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RB455 |
WELCH, Edwin.
Southampton Maps from Elizabethan Times.
Southampton, 1964.
8vo, printed card; pp. x + 92, illus.
| £15 |
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RB456 |
KINGSLEY, David.
Printed Maps of Sussex 1575-1900.
Lewes, Sussex Record Society, 1982.
8vo, cloth & d/w, pp. xxxvii + 439, 40 half-tone plates, Corrigenda slip.
A very useful book, one of the most comprehensive antique county map lists available.
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RB457 |
SCOTT, Valerie G. and BARTY-KING, Hugh.
County Maps & Histories of Sussex.
London, Quiller Press, 1985.
4to, boards, pp. 34, illus.
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RB458 |
HARVEY, P.D.A. & THORPE, Harry.
The Printed Maps of Warwickshire 1576-1900.
Warwickshire County Council, 1959.
8vo., cloth & d/w worn and soiled; pp. xii + 279, half-tone frontis. + 12 plates.
| £65 |
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RB459 |
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.
| £13 |
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RB460 |
DARLINGTON, Ida & HOWGEGO, James.
Printed Maps of London circa 1553-1850.
London, George Philip & Son, 1964.
8vo, cloth & d/w signs of wear, torn and chipped, private library book-plate; pp. x + 257, illus.
| £36 |
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RB461 |
FORSHAW, J.H. and ABERCROMBIE, Patrick.
County of London Plan.
London, Macmillan & Co., 1943.
4to, cloth and d/w, chipped and worn; pp. xi + 188, illus.
| £30 |
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RB462 |
HODSON, Yolande.
An Exhibition to Celebrate the Bicentenary of Ordnace Survey.
London, Tower of London, 1991.
Oblong, 8vo, illus card; pp. 48, illus.
A superbly illustrated and well written catalogue.
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RB463 |
ANON.
Ordnance Survey Catalogue.
Southampton, 1991.
4to, printed cars; pp. 32, illus.
A catalogue of OS products to mark the 200 years of Ordnance Survey.
| £2 |
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RB464 |
ANDREWS, J.H.
Irish Maps.
Dublin, Easton & Son, 1978.
8vo, pictorial folding wrappers, pp. 24, illus.
| £2 |
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RB465 |
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; pp. xii + 243, illus.
With a chronological list.
| £25 |
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RB466 |
STONE, Jeffrey C.
The Pont Manuscript Maps of Scotland: Sixteenth century origins of a Blaeu atlas.
Tring, Map Collector Publications, 1989.
4to, pictorial wrappers, light wear; pp. iii + 218, illus.
A study of the manuscript maps used by Blaeu for volume five of the Atlas Maior, now in the National Library of Scotland.
| £20 |
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RB467 |
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; pp. viii + 310, illus.
Volume 1 covers maps of the whole of Scotland, Vol. 2 covers Counties, towns, railways, charts etc.
| £28 |
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RB468 |
SHEP, Robert L.
Cleaning, Repairing and Caring for Books.
Guildford, Richard Joseph, 1991.
8vo, illustrated boards; pp. 147, some illus.
A practical manual.
| £25 |
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RB469 |
PIGOT, J.
Pigot & Co British Atlas.
London, Bramley Books 1997.
Large 4to, illus. boards & d/w. pp. 160.
A well produced facsimile of the Pigot atlas 'a masterpiece of Victorian cartography'. Contains all the county maps, full size, with the contemporary text relevant to each county.
| £20 |
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RB470 |
British Museum.
Six Early Printed Maps selected from those exhibited at the British Museum on the occasion of the International Geographical Congress, 1928.
London, British Museum & Bernard Quaritch, 1928.
Folio, printed boards, pp. (iv) + 6 facsimile maps, 4 double-page. Lightly soiled.
The maps are: Etzlaub's "Rom-Weg"; Lily's Britannia; Benjamin Wright's World on Blagrave's projection based on the North Pole; Wright's "Nova Francia" after Tatton; Elstrack's Mogol Empire after Baffin, the first English map of the Mogol Territories; and Visscher's "Nova Belgii", with one of the earliest views of New York as an inset.
| £90 |
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RB471 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
English Books with Coloured Plates 1790-1860.
London, B.T.Batsford 1987.
8vo, cloth gilt with paper wrapper, pp. viii + 424.
Re-printed edition of an influential book.
| £75 |
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RB472 |
L'Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.
1 er curs Introducció General A La Història de la Cartografia.
Barcelona, 1990.
8vo, illustrated wrappers; pp. 137, illus.
Papers including: Monserarrat Galera I Monegal - Les obres de Referència I la investigació and Eila Campbell - The Middle Ages from the Roman Legacy to the end of the fourteenth century.
| £10 |
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RB473 |
L'Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.
La Cartografia Dels Països Baixos.
Barcelona, 1994.
8vo, illustrated wrappers; pp. 267, illus.
Papers including: Official cartography in the Netherlands, Maps and Mapmakers, World Atlases, Maritime maps and atlases and The map trade c. 1670-1800.
| £18 |
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RB474 |
GARNETT, William.
A Little Book on Map Projection.
London, George Philip & Son, 1928.
8vo cloth, slightly worn; pp. vii + 120, illus.
| £18 |
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RB475 |
SPILHAUS, Athelstan.
Atlas of the World with Geophysical Boundaries showing Oceans, Continents and Tectonic Plates in their Entirety.
Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1991.
4to, cloth; pp. xiii + 92, colour illus.
A fascinating book illustrating the tectonic plates that make up the Earth.
| £25 |
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RB476 |
MACDONALD, Alastair.
Ordnance Survey Mapping the World. A History of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1946-1985.
London, HMSO, 1996.
8vo, cloth, pictorial d/w; pp. xvi + 210, illus.
| £20 |
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RB477 |
MANLEY, Prof. Gordon.
The Macdonald Illustrated Library Geography. Our Planet, its Peoples and Resources.
London, Macdonald, 1961.
4to, cloth and d/w; pp. 360, illus.
| £20 |
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RB478 |
WATT, Ian (Compiler).
A Directory of U.K. Map Collections, second edition.
London, McCarta Ltd, 1985.
8vo, printed card; pp. vi + 248.
A useful book for location map collections for research.
| £3 |
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RB479 |
HERVÉ, Roger - HUGONNARD-ROCHE, Henri - POGNON, Edmond.
Catalogue des Cartes Géographiques sur Parchemin conservées au Département des Cartes et Plans.
Paris, Bibliothéque Nationale, 1974.
8vo, cloth, leather spine; pp. 88.
A bound catalogue from the Bibliothéque Nationale.
| £18 |
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RB480 |
TOOLEY Ltd, R. V.
Dealer Catalogues.
London, from 1980.
8vo, paper wrappers; various sizes.
A selection of old dealer catalogues from 1980 The De Bry Exhibition, An Introduction to the History of Maps and Map Making 1980, two of Cartobibliographies and another catalogue Spring 1987.
| £15 |
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