Map of the English Coast: Pas de Calais and North Sea to Lowestoft

Paris, Depot des cartes et Plans de la Marine. 1875. Book, Entre de la Mer du Nord et Pas de Calais A Map of the English Coast published by the French Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine Paris 1875 updated to 1891. Covers the English coast from Hastings to Lowestoft and the coast of mainland Europe from Cap Gris Nez to the Amsterdam Canal. A very detailed map with some hand-colouring to show lights. Rolled but has had a central fold. Small tear to one corner outside margins has been repaired to reverse with archive-quality tape. VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000542

Keywords: Maps

A Map of the Country Ten Miles Around London

London, Snow. 1820. Book, A Map of the Country Ten Miles Around London published by Snow London circa 1820. A circular map 10 cm. in diameter set in a 14 by 11 cm. card frame. Hand-coloured. Covers an area from Enfield in the north across to Croydon in the south and from Ealing in the west to Ilford and Plumstead in the east. VG condition. Image available.

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Book number: 000643

Keywords: Maps

Map of the Environs of London 1900

London, Gall and Inglis. 1900. Book, Map of the Environs of London published by Gall and Inglis London circa 1900. On folding linen size 75 by 65 cm. Scale two miles to the inch. Folds into stiff cloth covers. Original owner's name in ink to top of front cover. Map in Good condition with some strengthening of folds to reverse with clear archival quality tape. Images available.

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Book number: 000876

Keywords: Maps

Map of France. Carte Speciale Des Chemins de Fer, Des Routes Et Des Voies Navigable de la France,

Paris, Andriveau Goujon. 1910. Book, Map of France. Carte Speciale des Chemins de Fer des routes et des voies navigable de la France published by Andriveau Goujon Paris 1910. Sold in England by Stanford. On folding linen in 28 sections size 98 by 84 cm. Scale approximately 33 km. to the inch. In colour with the lines of the major railway companies coloured by hand relating to a key in the bottom left hand corner of the map. Includes an inset map of the Paris region. Folds into marbled endpapers. A very detailed map in good condition. Repaired to reverse with archival standard tape. The signature of John R Sutro in ink dated 1913 appears on the reverse. Images available.

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Book number: 000955

Keywords: Maps

Map of Lima 1835

New York, Harper. 1835. Book, Map of Lima 1835. A facsimile of an original map from 1685 published by Harper New York 1835. On folding paper size 54 by 42 cm. Uncoloured. Includes a key to 61 buildings and other features. Houses churches and fortifications are shown in considerable detail as if from an aerial view. A decorative cartouche surrounds the key. Two small worm holes but otherwise Good condition. Imahe available.

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Book number: 001177

Keywords: Maps

Map of Algeria. Algerie D'Apres Les Cartes de L'Etat-Major Et Les Documents Du Ministere de la Guerre

Paris, Andriveau-Goujon. 1873. Book, Map of Algeria. Algerie d'apres les cartes de l'etat-major et les documents du ministere de la guerre published by Andriveau-Goujon Paris 1873. Engraved by Gerin Dalmont Smith & Fontaine. On folding linen in 21 sections size 97 by 67 cm. Includes an inset map of north Africa showing the colonies of the European powers. Some hand-colouring. A very detailed map with a key to military installations roads railways churches centres of Arab population etc. Folds into original stiff cloth-covered boards. Original owner's initials and date in ink to reverse. Some foxing to reverse but map and boards in VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 001412

Map of the Occupation of Germany and Austria 1945. Carte Des Zones D'Occupation de L'Allemagne Et de L'Autriche

Paris, French Ministry of Public Works and Transport. 1945. Book, Map of the Occupation of Germany and Austria 1945. Carte des Zones d'Occupation de l'Allemagne et de l'Autriche published by the French Ministry of Public Works and Transport Paris 1945. On folding linen in 24 sections size 88 by 72 cm. Scale 1:500000. Includes inset maps of Berlin and Vienna also showing the occupied zones. Colour. With a key to towns with their sizes and populations; railways; canals; 1937 frontiers; 1944 German borders etc. plus a colour-coded key to the zones of allied occupation and the German-Polish and Polish-Russian frontiers in the period July to August 1945. Folds into soft card covers with the map House label bearing a hand-written title. A most unusual survivor and a snapshot of Europe at the very end of the Second World War and immediately before the descent of the iron curtain. Vg condition. Images available.

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Book number: 001838

Keywords: Maps

Map of Persepolis & Iran

Tehran, Iranian Government Department of Communications. 1955. Ill.: Hakemi. Map, Map of Persepolis designed by Aziz Hatami circa 1955 published by the Iranian Government Department of Communications. Based on a plan by Ali Hakemi. On paper size 45 by 33 cm. Scale 1:1,000. Colour. With an index or key to dozens of features and small photographic images of many of them. To the reverse is a Road Map of Iran. Uncoloured. Includes a key to roads of various classifications, railways, caravan tracks, provincial capitals, international and local airports, historic sites abd petrol pumps. The city of Shiraz has been circled in ink and the word Persepolis has also been added in ink with a Japanese translation. Good condition. Images available. Good.

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Book number: 002302

Keywords: HakemiMaps, Asia

Maps to Accompany Handbooks of Serbia, Montenegro and Albania and Macedonia and Surrounding Territories Prepared by the Admiralty War Staff

London, British Admiralty. 1916. Book, Maps to accompany Handbooks of Serbia Montenegro and Albania and Macedonia and surrounding Territories prepared by the Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division and drawn and printed by the Ordnance Survey 1916. A set of 10 maps (of the 11 published) in their original slipcase. The maps are on paper with the 6 maps of Serbia Montenegro Albania and parts of Greece on a scale of 1:400000; the key map of Routes and Sectional Sheets on a scale of 1:1500000; the map of Thessaly and Southern Epirus at 1:200000; the map of Northern Albania at 1:200000 and the map of Northern Albania showing Distribution of Tribes at 1:400000. The sizes vary from 50 by 48 cm. up to 95 by 76 cm. A series of detailed keys provide information on such features as motor roads cart tracks light railways churches mosques mountain huts wireless stations ports and anchorages etc. One map has an explanation of local Albanian geographical terms in English! Colour and with colour-coding for heights which are also shown with contours. Lacks map 6 which covers the area south of Veles and includes Monastir. VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 002018

Keywords: Maps

Mother Goose's Book of Nursery Rhymes

London, Warne. 1935. Book, Mother Goose's Book of Nursery Rhymes published by Warne London no date but circa 1935. In stiff illustrated boards size 25 by 18 cm. Many illustrations including four colour plates by A E Bestall. Split to head of spine and front hinge weak. In sound condition but has been well read. Images available.

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Book number: 000622

Keywords: Childrens

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland

London, Vertue. 1864. Book, The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland published by Vertue London 1864 . In 12 volumes. In stiff blue cloth-covered boards size 28 by 19 cm. Gold-stamped decoration to fronts and spines. Average contents of each volume 240 pages. Complete with over 60 double-page maps of the counties of England Wales Scotland and Ireland in colour. Includes a 131-page gazetteer and an appendix that provides details of the 1861 census and Poor Law returns. With Poole public library stamps and bookplates which do not affect text or maps. Good condition with minor rubbing to some of the spines and some sunning to the boards Images available.

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Book number: 000821

Keywords: Maps

The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 1806

London, Commissioners of Longitude. 1803. Book, The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the year 1806 published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude London 1803. In a full leather binding with raised bands and gold-stamped decoration to the spine. Size 21 by 13 cm. 162 pages plus another 6 pp of publisher's information. With a preface by Nevil Maskelyne and an introduction that lists the Commissioners and explains their role in promoting the discovery of longitude at sea. Good condition with minor rubbing to head of spine and corners of boards. Images available.

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Book number: 000947

Keywords: Naval History

The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 1817

London, Murray. 1814. Book, The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the year 1817.published by John Murray for the Commissioners of Longitude London 1814. In a full leather binding with raised bands and gold-stamped decoration to the spine. Size 21 by 13 cm. 162 pages plus another 6 pp of publisher's information. With a preface by Nevil Maskelyne and an introduction that lists the Commissioners and explains their role in promoting the discovery of longitude at sea. Minor rubbing to head of spine and corners of boards but overall in Good condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000948

Keywords: Naval History

The Naval Chronicle Volume VII, January to July 1802

London, Bunney and Gold. 1802. Book, The Naval Chronicle Volume VII January to July 1802 published by Bunney and Gold London. In stiff marbled boards and new leather spine with gold-stamped bands and title. Size 23.5 by 15 cm. 532 pages plus index. Contains all plates as listed with 12 engravings and one map. With an engraving of the capture of the French privateer L'Invention off Dunkirk a view of Wampooh in China and a large folding map of Newfoundland. This volume includes articles on various courts martial a section on naval education and an account of the relative merits of English oak and Indian teak in addition to the usual month-by-month update on naval events. Some minor foxing but otherwise Good to VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000274

Keywords: War

The Naval Chronicle Volume XI, January to July 1804

London, Gold. 1804. Book, The Naval Chronicle Volume XI January to July 1804. Published by Gold London. Size 23 by 15 cm. 494 pages plus index. Rebound in quarter leather with marbled boards and new endpapers. Plates include a view of St. John's Harbour Antigua and a view of Spithhead both engraved by Medland from original drawings by Pocock. Lacks one engraving. Contains 11 engravings and one map but lacks a plate. Includes a detailed appendix on the composition and state of the Navy to May 1804. Images available.

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Book number: 000276

Keywords: War