BK300 |
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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BK301 |
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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BK302 |
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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BK303 |
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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BK304 |
ISRAEL Rare Books.
Catalogue 26 and 28, Rare and Important Books and Maps.
Amsterdam, 1996 and 1998.
4to, paper wrappers; pp. 80 and 101, illus.
Two well written dealer catalogues covering many areas including some real rarities.
| £6 |
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BK305 |
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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BK306 |
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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BK307 |
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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BK308 |
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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BK309 |
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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BK310 |
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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BK311 |
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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BK312 |
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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BK313 |
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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BK314 |
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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BK315 |
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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BK316 |
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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BK317 |
WHITFIELD, Peter.
The Image of the World. 20 Centuries of World Maps.
London, British Library, 1994.
4to, cloth & d/w, v.slightly worn; pp. viii + 144, illus.
Examples of world maps, many colour-illustrated.
| £25 |
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BK318 |
HODSON, Donald.
County Atlases if the British Isles Published after 1703. Volume I: Atlases published 1704 to 1742 and their subsequent editions.
Welwyn, Tewin Press, 1984.
8vo, cloth, wrapper slightly worn; pp. xvi + 200.
The continuation of the work on English County atlases started by R.A.Skelton.
| £35 |
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BK319 |
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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BK320 |
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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BK321 |
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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BK322 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 45 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Winter 1988.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: Lost Harbour Found! The truth about Drake and the Pacific by Bob Ward - Italian atlases and their makers 1770-1830 by Vladimiro Valerio - An early atlas of Asia by Susan Gole - Differences found on Waghenaer charts by Lord Wardington.
| £8 |
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BK323 |
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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BK324 |
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 Dahl - The Chinese Terrestrial Globe of 1623 by Helen Wallis.
| £12 |
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BK325 |
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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BK326 |
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 Exhibition of 1851 by Richard Oliver.
| £8 |
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BK327 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 51 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Summer 1990.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: A specialised collection: military maps at the Imperial War Museum by Colin Bruce - The Mapping of Corfu by Rodney Shirley - British Artillery and Trench Maps of the Western Front 1914-18 by Peter Chasseaud - Master James Cook's Gulf Coast cartography by Robert Rea.
| £8 |
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BK328 |
VERNER, Coolie.
MCC: 76. Maps by John Arrowsmith in the Publications of the Royal Geographical Society.
London, MCC, 1971.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 35.
| SOLD |
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BK329 |
VERNER, Coolie.
MCC: 89. Maps in the Parliamentary Papers by the Arrowsmiths. A FINDING LIST. Part II.
London, Map Collectors' Circle, 1973.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 68.
| SOLD |
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BK330 |
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 Zandvliet - Copperplates in the Northern Netherlands by Marc Hameleers.
| £8 |
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BK331 |
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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BK332 |
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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BK333 |
SKELTON, R.A.
Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries.
London, Spring Books, 1965.
4to, cloth & illus. d/w worn; pp. viii + 80, 84 plates.
| £32 |
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BK334 |
EDEN, Peter (Editor).
Dictionary of Land Surveyors and Local Cartographers of Great Britain and Ireland 1550 -1850.
Kolkeston, Dawson, 1976.
8vo, paper wrappers; pp. 377.
Part III, S - Y.
| £8 |
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BK335 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 42 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Spring 1988.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: Armada Maps of Plymouth by Elizabeth A.Stuart - The Decorative Cartographic Title-page. Part 2. By Rodney W.Shirley - James Baker's Picturesque Plans of England and Wales bu David Smith & David Webb - The First Printed Map of the Swedish Colony on the Delaware by Paul A.Erling.
| £8 |
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BK336 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.27 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, June 1984.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slightly soiled, otherwise fine.
Contains articles on: How an Early Sea Chart led to a Shipwreck and its Treasure by Günter Schilder - Cartographical Treasyres of the Yale University Library by Barbara McCorkle - Famous Mapmakers. Christopher Saxton by Heather Lawrence - The Ficticious Islands of Lake Superior by Conrad E Heidenreich.
| SOLD |
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BK337 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 53 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Winter 1990.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: The Vinland Map: fake, forgery or jeu d'esprit by Helen Wallis - The map that never was by Rodney Shirley - The Catalan World Map of Modena by O.A.W.Dilke and Margaret S.Dilke - Humboldt's mapping of New Spain (Mexico) by Norman J.W.Thrower.
| £8 |
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BK338 |
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.
| £32 |
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BK339 |
SKELTON, R.A.
Explorers' Maps: Chapters in the Cartographic Record of Geographical Discovery.
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1960.
8vo, cloth, d/w worn; pp. xii + 337, illus.
With chapters on the exploration of each new frontier.
| £65 |
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BK340 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.29 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, December 1984.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slightly soiled, otherwise fine.
Contains articles on: Famous Mapmakers. Vincenzo Coronelli by O.A.W & M. Dilke - The Original Beaver map by De Fer, Ed. Dahl - Where is Paradise? By Fred Plaut - From Anian to Alaska by Dee Longenbaugh.
| £9 |
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BK341 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.4 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, September 1978.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slight wear to spine, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: Care and Handling a Map Collection by Bob Akers - How Art Overcame Adversity by Simon Pointer - Women in the Map World by R.V.Tooley - Old Korean Hand Atlases by Shannon McCune.
| £12 |
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BK342 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.5 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, December 1978.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slight wear, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: Fauna on the Printed Map by Wilma George - History of Paper Making by Bob Akers - Large Scale English County Maps and Plans of Cities not printed in Atlases by Ronald V.Tooley - Some Decorative Maps of Holland 1569 - 1610 by Günter Schilder.
| £10 |
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BK343 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.7 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, June 1979.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slight wear, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: The Great Lakes of Africa by Ronald V. Tooley - An Unusual Collection of Maps in a Pre-Overton Atlas by Rodney W. Shirley - Fat Tailed Sheep by I. Norwich.
| £10 |
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BK344 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.8 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, September 1979.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slight wear, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: Christopher Saxton and the First Atlas of England & Wales 1579 - 1979 by J.B.Harley - A False Start on Christopher Saxton's Wall-map of 1583? By Tony Campbell - Lewis Morris, Chartmaker Extraordinary by Adrian Robinson.
| £10 |
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BK345 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.9 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, December 1979.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slight wear, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: The Maps of de Bry by Lohn Garrett - Maps that Made Cabmen Honest by Ralph Hyde - Aaron Arrowsmith by R.V.Tooley.
| £6 |
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BK346 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.2 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, March 1978.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slight wear to spine, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: The Strait that Never Was by Ronald V.Tooley - Military Mapping During the American Revolution by Peter J.Guthorn - A Bird's-Eye View of the Bickhams by David Lyon.
| £20 |
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BK347 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.11 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, June 1980.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slight wear, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: John Ogilby's Eleventh Hour by Ralph Hyde - Collecting Maps on Stamps by John Goss - A Minor Cartographic Mystery by David Buchanan-Dunlop - A History of the Mapping of New Zealand by P.L.Barton.
| £10 |
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BK348 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.14 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, March 1981.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slightly soiled, with an ink annotation on page 1, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: The Ebeling-Sotzmann Atlas von Nordamerika by Walter Ristow - Large Scale English County Maps and Plans of Cities, part 3 by R.V.Tooley - Lafreri Atlases by R.V.Tooley.
| £10 |
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BK349 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.18 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, March 1982.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slightly soiled, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: The Techniques of Atlas Making by David Woodward - The Neapolitan Saxton and his Survey of the Kingdom of Naples by Vladimiro Valerio - The Modern Mapping of Nova Scotia by Walter Morrison.
| £9 |
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BK350 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 55 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Summer 1991.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: Early Map Collections in Australian Libraries by Maura O'Connor - The Mapping of Terra Australis by Robert Clancy - The origin of place-names on maps by W.A.R.Richardson - The Wyld Family Firm by David Smith.
| £8 |
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BK351 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 58 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Spring 1992.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: Columbus and maps by F.Fernández-Armesto - Maps and the invention of America by J.B.Harley - In the wake of Columbus by R.Knox-Johnston - Is the Paris map the long-sought chart of Columbus? By H.Wallis. |
£8 |
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BK352 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.3 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, June 1978.
4to, illus. Wrappers, very slight wear to spine, otherwise very good.
Contains articles on: The Wall Map of the German Empire by Günter Schilder - The Map Collection of William Cecil, First Baron Burghley by J.B.Harley - Cartographers Versus the Demon Drink by Ralph Hyde - Maps of Palestine in the Atlas of Ortelius by R.V.Tooley.
| £20 |
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BK353 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 63 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Summer 1993.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: Thomas Kitchin's "Journey of Life". Part two by Laurence Worms - Large Scale English county maps and plans of cities not printed in atlases. Part 16. Huntingdonshire by Elizabeth M.Rodger - Chicago in 1832 by David Buisseret - Two new plans of San Francisco Bay found, by Neal Harlow & Alfred W.Newman.
| £7 |
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BK354 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 60 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Autumn 1992.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: Oriental medieval maps of the Persian Gulf by Cyrus Ala'I - Captain Cook's First Chart by Andrew David - A rare Italian atlas at Hatfireld House by Rodney Shirley.
| £7 |
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BK355 |
STERN, Capt. M. F.
MCC: 15. Ancient Maps and Explorers' Routes on Stamps.
London, Map Collectors' Circle, 1964.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 21, with illus.
| £5 |
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BK356 |
BEDDIE, M. K.
Bibliography of Captain James Cook.
Sydney, 1970. Second Edition.
8vo, cloth & d/w, pp. xvi + 894.
| £68 |
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BK357 |
KING, Geoffrey.
Miniature Antique Maps.
Tring, Map Collector Publications, 1996.
8vo, cloth & d/w. pp. 200, illus.
An illustrated guide for the collector.
| £30 |
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BK358 |
LISTER, Raymond.
How to Identify Old Maps and Globes.
London, G. Bell & Son, 1965.
8vo, blue cloth & d/w slightly worn; pp. 256, 59 photo plates.
Reprint of the first edition.
| £45 |
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BK359 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Maps and Map-Makers.
New York, Bonanza Books, 1962.
8vo, cloth, d/w slightly worn; pp. xii + 140, illus.
| £38 |
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BK360 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No. 69 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, Winter 1994.
4to, illus. Wrappers, fine.
Contains articles on: The Wandering Cape: the location of Pointe Riche, Newfoundland by Fabian O'Dea - Crossing the English Channel by Tony Burgess - Printed Maps of the Whole of Wales 1573 - 1837 Part II by Iolo and Menai Roberts.
| £7 |
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BK361 |
CRONE, G.R.
Royal Geographical Society A Record 1931-1955.
London, R.G.S., 1955.
4to, printed wrappers; pp. 38.
| £7 |
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BK362 |
ANDREWES, William J.H.
The Quest for Longitude.
Harvard College, 1998.
4to, cloth & d/w. pp. 437. Fully illustrated many in colour.
A facsinating book with reference to John Harrison and the need to find an accurate timepiece.
| £48 |
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BK363 |
McGECHAEN, Alexander and VERNER, Prof. Coolie.
MCC: 88. Maps in the Parliamentary Papers by the Arrowsmiths. A FINDING LIST. Part 1
London, Map Collectors' Circle, 1973.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 38.
| £4 |
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BK364 |
FORDHAM, Sir Herbert George.
An Address on the "Evolution of the Maps of the British Isles".
Manchester, University Press, 1923.
8vo, paper wrappers; pp. 20.
| £12 |
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BK365 |
BAYNTON-WILLIAMS, Roger.
Investing in Maps.
London, Corgi, 1971.
4to, illus. wrappers slightly worn; pp. 160, illus.
| £30 |
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BK366 |
BELLAIRE, Alfred.
Decorative Initial Letters. Map Collectors' Circle No. 52.
London, MCC, 1969.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 7 + 40 pages of illus.
| SOLD |
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BK367 |
HENSHALL, J. M.
Sir H. George Fordham, Carto-bibliographer. No.51.
London, Map Collectors' Circle, 1969.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 60.
Contains: Christopher Saxton of Dunnigley, his life and work by Sir George Fordham.
| SOLD |
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BK368 |
SCHRIRE, D.
MCC 27: Bickham's Birds Eye County Views and the British Monarchy, including the North American Supplement, in full reproduction.
London, Map Collectors' Circle, 1966.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 9 + 32 facsimile plates.
With descriptions of the American colonies, c.1745.
| £5 |
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BK369 |
CAMPBELL, Tony.
MCC: 24: New Light on the Jansson-Visscher Maps of New England.
London, Map Collectors' Circle, 1965.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 20 + 24 illus.
| £7 |
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BK370 |
STEVENS, Henry and TREE, Roland.
Comparative Cartography. Map Collectors' Circle No. 39.
London, MCC, 1967.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 60 +.
Nearly One Hundred Maps and Charts of the American Continent published in Great Britain during the years 1600 to 1850.
| £5 |
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BK371 |
PHILLIPS, P. Lee.
Virginia Cartography: A Bibliographical Description.
Ann Arbor, Arbor Libri Press, 1995.
8vo, cloth; pp. vi + 85.
Reprint of the first edition of 1896.
| £17 |
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BK372 |
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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BK373 |
FORDHAM, Angela.
Maps of the Falkland Islands. Map Collectors' Circle No. 11.
London, MCC, 1964.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 18 + 12 illus.
| £5 |
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BK374 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Printed Maps of Australia, Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI and addenda.
London, MCC, 1965.
8vo, cloth; pp. 209, plates.
A bound set of the 6 parts on The Mapping of Australia, published by Map Collectors' Circle including the addenda.
| £75 |
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BK375 |
DAHLGREN, E. W.
Les Débuts de la Cartographie du Japon.
Upsal, 1911.
8vo, paper wrappers worn, missing back cover; pp. 65, illus. French text.
Early reference work on the mapping of Japan.
| £10 |
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BK376 |
HARGREAVES, R.P.
French Explorers Maps of New Zealand. Map Collectors' Circle No. 32.
London, MCC, 1964.
8vo, printed wrappers, lightly soiled; pp. 16 + 14 illus.
| £5 |
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BK377 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Printed Maps of the Continent of Africa.
London, Map Collectors' Circle, 1966.
Various parts taken from the Map Collectors' Circle series; 8vo, cloth; pp. Over 250, fully ilustrated.
A bound selection of the issues on the mapping of Africa - including: Printed maps of South and West Africa.
| £45 |
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BK378 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Maps of Africa. A selection of printed maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.
London, Map Collectors' Circle, 1968.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp.49 - 114, + 16 illus.
Part 2 of the series on Africa - Janvier to the Wylds.
| £6 |
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BK379 |
HAMY, Dr E. T.
Francisque et André D'Albaigne.
Paris, 1895.
8vo, paper wrapper worn and detatched; pp. 222-325. (uncut pages), Italian Text.
| £8 |
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BK380 |
KOPP, Prof. Dr. K.
Maps of Germany with Marginal Town Views. Map Collectors' Circle No. 35.
London, MCC, 1967.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 21 + 22 plates.
| £3 |
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BK381 |
HODSON, Donald.
County Atlases if the British Isles Published after 1703. Volume III: Atlases published 1764 to 1789 and their subsequent editions.
British Library, 1997.
8vo, cloth; pp. xvi + 208. New.
| £35 |
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BK382 |
SPEED, Jeffrey John.
Tudor Townscapes.
Waddesden, Bucks, Map Collector Publications, 2000.
Oblong 8vo, pictorial wrappers; 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.
| £23 |
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BK383 |
WARNE, Charles.
Dorsetshire: Its Vestiges, Celtic, Roma, Saxon, and Danish.
London; 1865.
8vo, embossed cloth; 56pp, one illus.
An index to the various influences of early civilisations in the county of Dorset.
| £10 |
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BK384 |
ELLIS, Sir Henry.
Speculi Britanniæ Pars: An Historical and Chorographical Description of the County of Essex, by John Norden 1594.
London, The Camden Society, 1840.
8vo, embossed cloth, bumped and slightly worn; pp. Xliii + 42 + 35 uncut.
Edited from the original manuscript in the Marquess of Salisbury's library at Hatfield.
| £54 |
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BK385 |
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, pp. x + 166, 8 half-tone plates.
The Author was Director-General of the Ordnance Survey.
| £9 |
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BK386 |
PALMER, Margaret.
The Isles of Scilly. Map Collectors' Circle No. 3.
London, MCC, 1963.
8vo, printed wrappers, lightly soiled; pp. 16 + 8 illus.
| £8 |
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BK387 |
FORDHAM, Angela.
Town Plans of the British Isles. Map Collectors' Circle No. 22.
London, MCC, 1965.
8vo, printed wrappers, highlighted in yellow pen; pp. 17 + 32 illus.
| £5 |
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BK388 |
FLETT, Sir John Smith.
The First Hundred Years of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.
London, H.M.S.O. 1937.
8vo, cloth, sl.worn; pp. 280, illus. (ex.library copy)
Includes the early director's like; Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and Sir Jethro Justian Harris Teall.
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BK389 |
CRAIG, Maurice.
Irish Bookbindings.
Dublin, Eason & Son, 1976.
8vo, illus. wrappers, pp. 24, illus.
Examples of fine bindings.
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BK390 |
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.
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£65 |
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BK391 |
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.
| £90 |
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BK392 |
NURMINEN, Juha et al.
Mare Balticum. The Baltic - Two Thousand Years.
Helsinki, John Nurminen Foundation, 1995.
New. 4to, cloth & d/w, cardboard slipcase; pp. 287, illus.
Finely illustrated from contemporary maps and prints.
| £45 |
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BK393 |
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.
| £6 |
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BK394 |
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 |
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BK395 |
SKELTON, R. A. (Introduction).
Livio Sanuto Geografia dell' Africa. Venice 1588.
Amsterdam, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1965.
Folio, cloth & d/w sl.worn; pp. x + 300 +, fully illus.
Full size facsimile of the Sanuto atlas of 1588.
| £150 |
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BK396 |
SKELTON, R. A. (introduction).
Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Map-Making in the County of Sussex.
Kent, Harry Margary, 1970.
Large Folio, cloth with pasted label; pp. 28, introduction, with full size facsimile maps.
A superb production, with full sized facsimile maps of Sussex: Saxto, Norden, Speed, Ogilby, Budgen, Yeakell and Gardner etc. A history of the mapping of the County from 1575 to 1825.
| £180 |
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BK397 |
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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BK398 |
WILDER, F.L.
English Sporting Prints.
London, Thames & Hudson, 1974.
4to, cloth & d/w, pp. 224, illus.
A finely-illustrated study.
| £25 |
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BK399 |
WALLIS, Helen, & ZOGNER, Lothar.
The Map Librarian in the Modern World. Essays in honour of Walter W. Ristow.
London, K.G. Saur, 1989.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 295, illus.
| £5 |
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BK400 |
EDWARDS, Francis.
Description of a recently discovered "Lafreri" Atlas 1552-1580.
London, Francis Edwards Ltd, n.d. [c.1935].
Small 8vo, printed wrappers, pp. 16.
An atlas of 96 maps, in the original calf, for £800!
| £4 |
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BK401 |
MAGNA GALLERY.
Antique Maps and Prints of Oxford and Oxfordshire 1573-1850.
Oxford, 1987.
8vo, printed card: pp. 113, illus.
A dealer catalogue; an invaluable reference to collecting Oxfordshire.
| £6 |
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BK402 |
MAGNA GALLERY.
Antique Maps of England and Wales 1579-1864.
Oxford, 1982.
8vo, printed card: pp. 96, illus.
A dealer catalogue.
| £8 |
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BK403 |
BAYNTON-WILLIAMS, Roger.
Investing in Maps.
London, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969. 4to, cloth & illus. d/w; pp. 160, illus.
A general reference book on the investment potential of antique maps. |
£40 |
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BK404 |
FORDHAM, Sir Herbert George.
Studies in Carto-Bibliography, British and French, and in the Bibliography of Itineraries and Road-Books.
Oxford, Clarendon 1914. First edition. 8vo, boards; pp.x + 180, 4 illus.
Ex library copy. |
£48 |
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BK405 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Maps and Map-Makers.
London, B.T. Batsford, 1970. Dedication and signed by the author. 8vo, cloth & illus. d/w, soiled; pp. xv + 140, illus. |
£42 |
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BK406 |
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. |
£48 |
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BK407 |
AVIEL, Yaakov.
Choice of Illustrations from Yaakov Aviel's collections of Holy Land.
Tel-Aviv, Yaakov Aviel, 1984. Large 8vo, printed wrappers, pp. xvi (intro.) + 72pp. (illus).
Maps, views and natural history. |
£3 |
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BK408 |
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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BK409 |
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. |
£5 |
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BK410 |
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; pp. x + 257, illus.
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£36 |
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BK411 |
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 & d/w slightly worn; pp. ii + 6 (intro), + ii + 188 (facsimile), illus.
Bickham's famous bird's eye county maps, first published 1749.
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£48 |
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BK412 |
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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BK413 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.34 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, March 1986.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: Mapsellers' at the Royal Exchange, by Laurence Worms - Large Scale English County Maps and Plans of Cities not Printed in Atlases, by R. V. Tooley - The Cartographic Treasures of the New-York Historical Society.
| £9 |
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BK414 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.33 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, December 1985.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: Engraved Maps on Powder Horns, by John S. du Mont - 'Most horrid, malicious, bloody flame', by David Smith - Tithe Maps, by Geraldine Beech - Two Peculiar 19th Century Globes, by Peter van der Krogt.
| £9 |
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BK415 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.35 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, June 1986.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: 'A Useful Collection of Maps and Charts', by Peter Clark - Ellis Martin and the Rise of Map Cover Art, by John Paddy Browne - 'So Geographers in Afric-Maps', by Helen Wallis.
| £9 |
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BK416 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.36 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, September 1986.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: How Rare is a Map and the Atlas it comes from?, by Marcel P. R. van den Broecke - Whose Map is it Anyway, by Christopher W. Lane - The Mystery of Cuba on the Ruysch Map, by Donald L. McGuirk.
| £9 |
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BK417 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.37 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, December 1986.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on:Two Balls of Parchment...or the tale of a chart, by Peter Barber - Felton Mathew's 1840 Foundation Plan of Auckland, by Brian Hooker - Famoud Mapmakers. Sebastian Münster, by Sandra Sider - Mapping of Arabia: Real or Imagined, by Stuart McMinn.
| £9 |
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BK418 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.38 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, March 1987.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: The Map Collection of William Wyndham Grenville, by Annie Hood - R. V. Tooley: a bibliography of published works, by Terry Kay - Ceylon: A Collector's Pearl, by Alan Bartlett - Saxton's Proof Map of Wales, by Huw Owen.
| £9 |
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BK419 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.40 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, December 1987.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: Maps at the Bibliothèque Nationale: a collection of collections, by Mireille Pastoureau - The Macraf Map of Brazil, by Peter J. Whitehead - Compass Points: Stedes - The Berkshire Village that Never Was, by Eugene Burden.
| £9 |
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BK420 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.16 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, September 1981..
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: The Treasures of the John Carter Brown Library, by Thomas Adams - Piri Reis. Turkish Admiral and Cartographer, by Osman Mardin - Murdoch Mackenzie and his Orcades Sea Atlas, by Adrian Robindson.
| £9 |
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BK421 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.30 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, March 1984.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: The Irish Charts in 'Le Neptune Francois', by R. S. J. Clark - The Long Term Protection of Private Map Collections, by John Wm. Morris - Large Scale English County Maps, by R. V. Tooley.
| £9 |
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BK422 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.39 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, September 1987.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: Maps in Bibles in the Sixteenth Century, by Catherine Delano-Smith - Aaron Arrowsmith's Map of North America and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, by Warren Heckrotte - Collectors' Forum: The Star Atlas that never was, by Jhn Booth - London as Seen Through a Fish's Eye, by Ralph Hyde.
| £9 |
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BK423 |
WHEAT, James Clement & BRUN, Christian F.
Maps and Charts Published in America before 1800: A Bibliography. Revised Edition.
London, Holland Press, 1978.
8vo, cloth; pp. xxiv + 215, plates.
| £58 |
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BK424 |
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.
Maps picked and described by Tooley, Wallis, Quinn, Cumming, etc.
| £3 |
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BK425 |
ANDREWS, J.H.
Irish Maps.
Dublin, Easton & Son, 1978.
8vo, pictorial folding wrappers, pp. 24, illus.
| £5 |
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BK426 |
POTTER, Jonathan.
Country Life Book of Antique Maps.
London, Country Life, 1988.
4to, boards and d/w, illus; pp. 207, illus some colour.
An informative and well illustrated general reference work covering all areas. |
£28 |
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BK427 |
WOODWARD, David (ed).
Five Centuries of map printing.
Chicago, Newberry Library, 1975.
4to, illus card wrapper; pp. xii + 177, illus.
Lectures on printing techniques from woodcut to offset lithography.
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£25 |
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BK428 |
The Map Collector.
[ Issue No.30 ].
Tring, Map Collector Publications, March 1984.
4to, illus. wrappers, good.
Contains articles on: The Irish Charts in 'Le Neptune Francois', by R. S. J. Clark - The Long Term Protection of Private Map Collections, by John Wm. Morris - Large Scale English County Maps, by R. V. Tooley.
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£9 |
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BK429 |
BRITISH LIBRARY.
The American War of Independence 1775 -83. A Commemorative Exhibition organized by the Map Library and the Department of Manuscripts…
London, British Library, 1975.
8vo, cloth, pictorial d/w; pp. 167, fully illus.
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£38 |
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BK430 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
The Mapping of America. With an Index compiled by Douglas Matthews.
London, Holland Press, 1980.
8vo, cloth, pictorial d/w with light wear; pp. xii + 519, illus.
The old cornerstone book on the mapping of America.
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£180 |
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BK431 |
WIESER, Franz R.
Die Karten von Amerika in dem Islario General des Alonso de Santa Cruz.
Innsbruck, 1908.
4to, paper wrappers, soiled and stained, with some chipping and wear; pp. xx +59 + XV b/w plates on card.
Printed in German and Spanish. The early mapping of America, illustrated with early manuscript maps.
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£60 |
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BK432 |
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.
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£20 |
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BK433 |
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.
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£230 |
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BK434 |
SPHYROERAS, Vasilis./AVRAMEA, Anna.
Maps and Map-Makers of the Aegean,
Athens, Olkos Ltd, 1985.
4to, pictorial wrappers, light wear, card slip-case; pp. 263, illus.
A comprehensive reference work for collectors of Greece, Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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£65 |
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BK435 |
TAYLOR, E.G.R.
An Atlas of Tudor England and Wales. Forty plates from John Speed's Pocket Atlas of 1627 Introduced and Described by E.G.R. Taylor.
London, Penguin Books, 1951.
Small 8vo, illustrated cloth & d/w, pp. 32 + 40 colour plates.
Van den Keere's maps.
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£8 |
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BK436 |
KUPCIK, Ivan.
Cartes Géographiques Anciennes.
Paris, 1984.
Large 8vo, cloth with pictorial d/w; pp. 240, fully illus.
A general reference work, with text in French.
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£36 |
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BK437 |
TOOLEY, R.V.
Tooley's Handbook for Map Collectors. A Subject index record. The Map Collectors' Vade Mecum arranged by subjects and personalities alphabetically.
Chicago, Speculum Orbis Press, 1985.
8vo, blue cloth, pp. 144, illus.
Originally published as a book to be used and amended by the owner - this vade mecum is very useful for dates and starting points in cartographical research.
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£3 |
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BK438 |
National Maritime Museum.
Atlases & Cartography. [Parts 1 & 2].
London, H.M.S.O., 1971.
2 vols, large 8vo, cloth & d/w, light wear; 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.
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