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ORIGINA L MAPS AND LEATHER BOX - G. W. BACON . - 25 Individual maps. Boxed Set: England And Wales For Bacon's New Half-Inch Motoring Maps Reduced by Permission From The New Ordance Survey .
London: G. W. Bacon, Ltd, 127 Strand, [c.1920] . 0. Rare cased set of G. W. Bacon & Co Ltd, Motor Maps of England. 28cm hieght x 11.cm depth x 27.2cm width. Original brown leather case with carrying handle and key. It opens to a red velvet lined interior holding twenty-five individual, linen-backed folding maps of England and Wales (including Index Map), identified by area with a numbered tab. Each map bears the cartographer’s name, G. W. Bacon & Co Ltd, 127 Strand, London and Bacon’s Geographical Establishment. Scale 5” to one mile, maps show mileage between towns, woods, railways and golf links. Roads are pre-Ministry of Transport road-numbering scheme of 1923 and therefore are un-named. To the inside of the lid has two straps holding a ‘Universal Map Measurer’ in its card case (top absent). Marked with the maker’s trademark, ‘depose HC’ (for Henri Chatelain, toolmaker) and Made in France, the box shows the instructions for use. It has scales for inches to miles or centimetres to kilometres. Each map: coloured ; 66cm x 93cm; folded in cover 24.8cm x 11 cm. ; Index of town names, laid down to verso of each front cover. All maps in very good condition.
GBP 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 117.5 US$ 127.4 | JP¥ 20042] Booknumber: 50662
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GBP 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 117.5 US$ 127.4 | JP¥ 20042] Booknumber: 50662
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Total: GBP 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 117.5 US$ 127.4 | JP¥ 20042]
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