DARTON AND CLARK

The Travellers' Guide Through England and Wales Including the Principal Part of Scotland

London, Darton and Clark. 1839. Book, The Travellers' Guide Through England and Wales including the Principal part of Scotland published by Darton and Clark London 1839. A map on folding linen in 24 sections size 77 by 66 cm. Scale 15 miles to the inch. A key provides an explanation to 23 features such as turnpike roads railways navigable canals and tunnels. Hand-coloured. Piano-style borders. A detailed map. Folds into original stiff decorative boards. VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000837

Keywords: Maps

CLARKE

Map of London 1836

London, Baldwin and Cradock. 1836. Book, Map of London 1836 published by Baldwin & Cradock for the Society for the Diffusion of Christian Knowledge drawn by Clarke and engraved by Henshall. On folding linen in six sections size 78 by 44 cm. Scale three inches to the mile. With two vignettes of London scenes and 24 smaller engravings of London landmarks beneath the map. Covers an area from Kilburn across to Hackney in the north and from Walham Green and Battersea across to Greenwich Park in the south. Uncoloured. A plain cloth border provides an edge to the linen backing. Vg condition. Images available.

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Book number: 001350

Keywords: Maps

COLBY

Old Series Ordnance Survey Map of England Sheet XIV Chilterns & Berkshire Downs

London, Ordnance Survey. 1866. Book, Old Series Ordnance Survey Map of England sheet XIV . Published by the Ordnance Survey London. Electrotype edition dated 1866 of a map first published in 1830 by Colby at the Tower of London. Scale one inch to the mile. Size 83 by 64 cm. On folding linen in 21 sections. A detailed map with many of the early railways. Includes Reading Abingdon Oxford Wantage and the west of the Chilterns. Heights shown by hachuring. Good to VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000883

Keywords: Maps

COLBY

Old Series Ordnance Survey Map of Wales Sheet LXXV Snowdonia

London, Ordnance Survey. 1868. Book, Old Series Ordnance Survey Map of Wales sheet LXXV. Published by Colby for the Ordnance Survey London. Electrotype edition dated 1868 of an 1840 map. Scale one inch to the mile. Size 95 by 65 cm. On folding linen in 24 sections. A detailed map with some of the early railways. Includes the Lleyn peninsula Harlech and part of Snowdonia. Good to VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000884

Keywords: Maps

COLBY

Old Series Ordnance Survey Map of England Sheet 98 Lake District

London, Ordnance Survey. 1866. Book, Old Series Ordnance Survey Map of England sheet 98 . Published by the Ordnance Survey London. Electrotype edition circa 1866. Scale one inch to the mile. Size 95 by 65 cm. On folding linen in 24 sections. A detailed map with many of the early railways. Includes much of the Lake District Ambleside and Kendal. Some folds have been repaired with archival quality linen tape to the reverse. Good condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000885

Keywords: Maps

COLBY

Ordance Survey Map Sheet LXII Se (60 Se) Birmingham and the West Midlands

London, Ordnance Survey. 1840. Book, Ordnance Survey Map Sheet LXII SE (60 SE) published by Lt. Colonel Colby for the Ordnance Survey London 1831. Birmingham and the West Midlands with parts of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. On folding linen in 18 sections size 80 by 67 cm. Scale one inch to the mile. An edition from around 1840 showing the London and Birmingham and the Grand Junction railways. Folds into original leather slipcase. Some wear to case but map in VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000835

Keywords: Maps

COLBY

Ordnance Survey Map of Middlesex Sheet VII

London, Ordnance Survey. 1822. Book, Ordnance Survey Map of Middlesex Sheet VII 1822. Published by the Ordnance Survey under the direction of Major Colby at the Tower of London. On folding linen in 24 sections. Size 96 by 64 cm. Covers an area from Princes Risborough across to Little Berkhamstead in the north and from Binfield across to Central London in the south. An edition from the early 1840s which includes the GWR and London and Birmingham Railways and much of west central and south London. Folds into dark green shiny cloth covers size 19 by 12 cm. VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000519

Keywords: Maps

COLBY

Ordnance Survey Map of Berkshire Sheet XIII

London, Ordnance Survey. 1830. Book, Ordnance Survey Map of Berkshire Sheet XIII 1830. Engraved under the direction of Lt. Colonel Colby and published by the Ordnance Survey at the Tower of London. Scale one inch to the mile. On folding linen in 24 sections. Size 83 by 65 cm. Covers an area from Bampton in the Bush across to Thame in the north and from Chilton Foliat to Reading in the south. An edition of the early 1840s which includes the Great Western Railway from London to Reading. Folds into dark green shiny cloth covers size 19 by 12 cm. VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000520

Keywords: Maps

COLBY

Ordnance Survey Map Sheet XXXV (35) Bristol, the South Cotswolds and the Wye Valley

London, Ordnance Survey. 1830. Book, Ordnance Survey Map Sheet XXXV (35) published by Lt. Colonel Colby for the Ordnance Survey London 1830. Bristol the South Cotswolds and the Wye Valley. On folding linen in 15 sections size 80 by 64 cm. Scale one inch to the mile. An edition from about 1840 which shows the arrival of the Great Western Railway. Folds into marbled covers. VG condition. Image available.

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Book number: 000834

Keywords: Maps

COLBY

Ordnance Survey Map of Manchester and the Neighbourhood with the Railways

London, Ordnance Survey. 1848. Book, Ordnance Survey Map of Manchester and the Neighbourhood with the Railways originally published by Ordnance Survey under the direction of Colby at the Tower of London 1848 and updated and amended by George Simms of Manchester. On folding linen in 21 sections size 79 by 67 cm. Scale one inch to the mile. Sheet LXXXI-SW. Covers an area from Horwich across to Clowes Moss and the tunnel through the Pennines in the north and from Little Leigh to Combs Moss and the Peak Railway in the south. Folds into original stiff boards with Simms label to the front. The map includes the existing railways and also shows several lines in the course of construction such as the Manchester South District and the Liverpool Extension- plus and the Macclesfield and Knutsford railway (which seems to have remained on the drawing board). Spine and edges of the boards slightly rubbed but map VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 001410

Keywords: Railways

COLE

A New and Accurate Survey of the Parishes of St. Andrews Holbourne, without the Freedom, St. George Queen Square, St. James Clerkenwell, St. Luke Old Street, St. Mary Islington and the Charterhouse Liberty

London, 1750. Ill.: Cole. Map, A New and Accurate Survey of the Parishes of St. Andrews Holbourne, without the Freedom, St. George Queen Square, St. James Clerkenwell, St. Luke Old Street, St. Mary Islington and The Charterhouse Liberty. Engraved by Cole. Published London circa 1750. On paper size 38 by 24 cm. Includes a compass rose. Hand-coloured. Occasional offsetting fromn text to reverse but overall Good to VG condition. With a modern card mount which could be removed for postage. Images available.

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Book number: 002189

Keywords: ColeMaps, London

COLE, T

Scratch Dials on Churches Interim List

London, The Hill Bookshop. 1934. Book, Scratch Dials on Churches. Interim List by T W Cole published by the Hill Book Shop Wimbledon London in 1934. A ten-page pamphlet in soft card covers with an illustration on the front cover of one of these primitive sundials. Size 22 cm by 14 cm. A rare inventory of an unusual architectural feature in the churches of Britain. Some wear to top edge and some rust to staples but otherwise in VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000363

Keywords: Clocks

COLLIN

Plan de Dieppe Et Ses Environs. A Coastal Chart Showing the English Channel with the Port of Dieppe

Paris, Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine. 1879. Book, Plan de Dieppe et ses environs. A coastal chart showing the English Channel with the port of Dieppe. Surveyed by the IngÚnieurs Hydrographiques de la Marine under Beautemps BeauprÚ drawn by Collin and published by the DÚp
¶ t-GÚnÚral de la Marine Paris 1841. The 1879 edition. On stiff good quality paper size 72 by 53 cm. Scale 5 inches to the nautical mile. Heights shown by hachuring or shading. Lights and lighthouses hand-coloured. VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 002069

Keywords: Maps

COLLINGRIDGE

The City of London Directory 1908

London, Collingridge. 1909. Book, The City of London Directory 1908 published by Collingridge London 1908. In stiff cloth-covered boards size 10 inches by 7. 1202 pages. A comprehensive reference work full of information on trades hospitals schools officials liveryrmen and livery companies streets-which are listed along with their occupants and businesses manufacturing commerce and crafts. The endpapers carry contemporary advertising and have some minor edge wear as does the contents page but the directory itself is in Good to VG condition with a new cloth spine. Images available.

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Book number: 001406

Keywords: London

COLLINS

Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 1875

London, Collins. 1875. Book, Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood: being a concise description of the chief places of interest in the metropolis and the best modes of obtaining access to them: with information relating to railways omnibuses steamers etc. With 58 illustrations by Sargent and others and a clue-map by Bartholomew. Published by Collins London 1875. In stiff decorated boards size 17 by 11 cm. 192 pages. The folding map of London opens to 37 by 32 cm. and includes all the railways and stations. Includes the ex-libris bookplate of the writer Gavin Stamp. One endpaper has a pencil list of the all the places visited by the original owner of the book on October 2nd 1875. Good to VG condition with some repairs to the reverse of the map. Images available.

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Book number: 001936

Keywords: London