BK200 |
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.
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BK201 |
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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BK202 |
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.
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BK203 |
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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BK204 |
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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BK205 |
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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BK206 |
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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BK207 |
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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BK208 |
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.
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BK209 |
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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BK210 |
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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BK211 |
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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BK212 |
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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BK213 |
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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BK214 |
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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BK215 |
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.
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BK216 |
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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BK217 |
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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BK218 |
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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BK219 |
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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BK220 |
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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BK221 |
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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BK222 |
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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BK223 |
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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BK224 |
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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BK225 |
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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BK226 |
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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BK227 |
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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BK228 |
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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BK229 |
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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BK230 |
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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BK231 |
NELSON, Christopher.
Mapping the Civil War.
Washington, Library of Congress, 1992.
8vo, cloth and d/w; pp. 176, illus.
| ** £45 |
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BK232 |
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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BK233 |
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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BK234 |
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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BK235 |
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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BK236 |
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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BK237 |
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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BK238 |
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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BK239 |
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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BK240 |
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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BK241 |
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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BK242 |
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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BK243 |
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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BK244 |
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.
| ** £60 |
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BK245 |
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.
| ** £5 |
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BK246 |
FELL, R. T.
Early Images of South-East Asia.
Singapore, Oxford University Press 1991, second edition.
Small 8vo, printed boards; pp. (xii) 122, illus.
| ** £25 |
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BK247 |
CORTAZZI, Hugh.
Isles of Gold. Antique Maps of Japan.
New York, John Weatherhill, 1983.
4to, cloth & d/w illus. d/w; pp. 177, illus.
| ** £85 |
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BK248 |
GOLE, Susan.
India Within the Ganges.
New Delhi, Jayaprints, 1983.
8vo, cloth; pp. 239, illus.
| ** £35 |
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BK249 |
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.
| ** £45 |
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BK250 |
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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BK251 |
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.
| ** £50 |
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BK252 |
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.
| ** £2 |
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BK253 |
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.
| ** £40 |
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BK254 |
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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BK255 |
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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BK256 |
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.
| ** £8 |
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BK257 |
MICHAEL, D.P.M.
The Mapping of Monmouthshire.
Bristol, Regional Publications 1985.
4to, pictorial wrappers, pp. 112. illus.
| ** £12 |
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BK258 |
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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BK259 |
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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BK260 |
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.
| ** £25 |
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BK261 |
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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BK262 |
WELCH, Edwin.
Southampton Maps from Elizabethan Times.
Southampton, 1964.
8vo, printed card; pp. x + 92, illus.
| ** £15 |
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BK263 |
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.
| ** £20 |
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BK264 |
SCOTT, Valerie G. and BARTY-KING, Hugh.
County Maps & Histories of Sussex.
London, Quiller Press, 1985.
4to, boards, pp. 34, illus.
| ** £20 |
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BK265 |
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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BK266 |
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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BK267 |
ANDREWS, J.H.
Irish Maps.
Dublin, Easton & Son, 1978.
8vo, pictorial folding wrappers, pp. 24, illus.
| SOLD |
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BK268 |
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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BK269 |
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.
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BK270 |
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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BK271 |
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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BK272 |
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 m
ap 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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BK273 |
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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BK274 |
GARNETT, William.
A Little Book on Map Projection.
London, George Philip & Son, 1928.
8vo cloth, slightly worn; pp. vii + 120, illus.
| SOLD |
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BK275 |
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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BK276 |
KUNTE, Capt. Dr B. G. (editor).
Catalogue of the Maps in the Bombay Archives. Volume I.
Bombay, 1979.
8vo, cloth; pp. xi + 121, with folding maps.
| ** £12 |
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BK277 |
POTTER Ltd, Jonathan.
A selection of Catalogues.
London, from 1984.
4to, paper wrappers; various sizes and content.
In all seven large dealer catalogues with various content, the earliest dates back to 1984.
| ** £20 |
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BK278 |
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Five Centuries of Maps and Map-Making.
Westminster, 1953.
8vo, printed wrapper, rebound in marbled boards and cloth; pp.128.
A catalogue of the Exhibition of maps and instruments, held at 12 Great George Street, Westminster, 1953.
| ** £12 |
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BK279 |
SMITH, Clara A, (compiler).
List of Manuscript Maps in the Edward E. Ayer Collection.
Chicago, The Newberry Library, 1927.
8vo, cloth, leather spine; pp. vii + 101.
| ** £25 |
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BK280 |
BARRON, Roderick M.
A selection of dealer catalogues.
Sevenoaks, various dates from 1992.
4to, paper wrappers; various sizes.
A selection of eleven dealer catalogues from 1992 onwards. Covers many area of the World.
| ** £12 |
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BK281 |
STEVENS, Henry.
Americana. Books, Pamphlets and Maps relating to The United States, The Artic, Canada and Latin America.
Farnham, 1964 and 1965.
8vo, card wrappers; pp. 56 and 61.
Two early dealer catalogues from Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles, catalogue 61 and 62. Relating to the Americas, Canada and the Arctic.
| ** £8 |
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BK282 |
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.
| ** £60 |
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BK283 |
FROSTICK, Raymond.
The Printed Plans of Norwich 1558-1840. A Carto-Bibliography.
Norfolk, 2002.
4to, card; pp. 82, fully illus.
A superb work, well researched and illustrated, a must for any county map collector, particularly of Norfolk.
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** £15 |
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BK284 |
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.
| ** £48 |
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BK285 |
BOOTH, John.
Looking at Old Maps.
Westbury, Cambridge House Books, 1979.
4to, cloth, missing d/w, slightly worn; pp. xviii + 167, illus.
With biographies of cartographers & inserted Guide to Map Prices.
| ** £30 |
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BK286 |
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 and sl. torn; pp. 275, illus. throughout, folding plates.
A re-issue of "A History of Cartography".
| ** £70 |
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BK287 |
POTTER, Jonathan.
Country Life Book of Antique Maps.
London, Country Life, 1988.
4to, boards, slightly worn, no d/w; pp. 207, illus some colour.
| ** £24 |
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BK288 |
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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BK289 |
KING, Geoffrey L.
Miniature Antique Maps.
Oxfordshire, Tooley, Adams & Co. 2003, second edtition.
8vo, cloth, illus. wrappers, NEW; pp. 223, fully illus.
A completely revised, second edition, of this fine work for the collector. Extensive research and precise information has made this the best book available on miniature antique maps.
| ** £25 |
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BK290 |
BLAEU, Johan.
Johan Blaeu Le Grand Atlas ou Cosmographie Blaviane Vol. V.
Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., 1967.
Folio, simulated vellum, gold embossed cloth, fine; pp. 325, fully illus.
A lavish full size reproduction of volume V of the Blaeu Atlas.
| ** £300 |
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BK291 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 43 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Summer 1988.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: The Cartographic Treasures in the New York Public Library by Alice C.Hudson & Maud D.Cole - Rare seventeenth century wall map of the British Isles found, by Günter Schilder - The Cary Family by David
Smith.
| ** £8 |
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BK292 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 44 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Autumn 1988.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: On the cartography of the Galápagos Islands by John M.Woram - The French contribution to early printed charts of New Zealand. Part Two. By Brian Hooker - The Zagreb National and University Library Map
Collection by Ivan Matkovic.
| ** £8 |
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BK293 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 46 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Spring 1989.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: Understanding engraved maps by Tony Campbell - Compass Points. The Vine map G. & E. Wajntraub - Manuscript maps of Sussex reappear by Tessa Campbell & Roger Baynton-Williams - Which John Evans are we
talking about? by Iolo & Menai Roberts.
| ** £8 |
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BK294 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 41 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Winter 1987.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
The tenth commemorative issue - contains articles on: The Decorative Cartographic Title-Page by Rodney W.Shirley - My Powder Horn Map of Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA by Walter W.Ristow - My Unusual Steel Globe by Edward Da
hl - The Chinese Terrestrial Globe of 1623 by Helen Wallis.
| ** £12 |
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BK295 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 48 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Autumn 1989.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: The Hereford and other Mappae Mundi by Peter Barber - Ortelius' Map of France - An unrecorded 1627 reissue by Peter H.Meurer - 'The Corpse-Head', or, a bedtime story for map lovers by Francis Herbert
- Speed military maps discovered by Günter Schilder and Helen Wallis.
| ** £8 |
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BK296 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 50 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Spring 1990.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: The World by Lake Michigan by Howard Deller and J.B.Harley - Timothy Pont's remarkable feat by Jeffrey C.Stone - Finding Austraia's East Coast by Brian Hooker - The Ordnance Survey and the Great Exhib
ition of 1851 by Richard Oliver.
| ** £8 |
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BK297 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 47 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Summer 1989.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: Large Scale English county maps and plans of cities not printed in atlases. Part 13 Hampshire by Elizabeth M.Rodger - Not for sale. The map collection of the Dutch General State Archives by Kees Zandv
liet - Copperplates in the Northern Netherlands by Marc Hameleers.
| ** £8 |
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BK298 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Maps and Map-Makers. Second Edition, Revised.
London, B.T. Batsford, 1952.
8vo, cloth & d/w, slightly worn; pp. xii + 140, illus.
| ** £40 |
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BK299 |
POTTER, Jonathan.
Country Life Book of Antique Maps.
London, 1999, Revised Edition.
4to, boards, d/w illus; pp. 207, illus some colour.
| ** £23 |
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