BELLIN

Map of la Presqu'Isle de L'Inde

Paris, Bellin. 1755. Book, Map of La Presqu'Isle de L'Inde pour server a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages by Bellin published Paris circa 1755. On paper size 26 by 23 cm. Uncoloured. Scale 50 French leagues to the inch and with a second scale in Indoustan cosses. Shows India south of a line from Bombay across to Marapour with the Isle de Ceylan or Sri Lanka. A detailed map with towns rivers coastal features and with hills and mountains shown in a stylised form. Title is in a decorative cartouche. Good to VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 001025

Keywords: Maps

BELLIN

Plan de la Ville de Hang-Tcheou-Fou Ou Hang-Chew-Fu, the Capital of the Province of Che-Kiang

Paris, 1750. Ill.: Bellin. Map, China City Map. Plan de la Ville de Hang-Tcheou-Fou ou Hang-Chew-Fu, the Capital of the Province of Che-Kiang by Bellin, published Paris circa 1750. On paper size 23 by 18 cm. Scale two and a quarter inches to the league. Uncoloured. Includes a compass rose. Heights are shown by symbols. Includes the fortified or walled quarter. Cropped outside the left margin. Good to VG condition. Good.

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Book number: 002112

Keywords: BellinMaps, China

BERNARD, C

Lecons de Physiologie Experimentale

Paris, Balliere. 1855. Book, Lecons de Physiologie Experimentale appliquee a la medecine faites au College de France by Claude Bernard published by Balliere Paris 1855. A 1st edition. In a half-leather binding size 21 by 14 cm. 512 pages. Includes 22 engravings and several tables. Previous owner's name in ink to half-title page dated 1886. A small cutting pasted to the front endpaper appears to have come from a sale catalogue of around 1900. A new title has been laid between the raised bands on the spine. Good to VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000639

Keywords: Medicine

BETT, H

The Games of Children

London, Methuen. 1929. Book, The Games of Children by. Henry Bett published by Methuen London 1929. A 1st edition In stiff red cloth-covered boards size 20 by 13.5 cm. 132 pages plus publisher's advertisements. An early work on childhood focusing on areas including weddings funerals springtime sunshine fairies and sacrifices. Good to VG condition with small ink owner's signature to front endpaper.

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Book number: 000377

Keywords: Childrens

BETT, H

Nursery Rhymes and Tales, Their Origins and History

London, Methuen. 1924. Book, Nursery Rhymes and Tales their Origins and History by Henry Bett published by Methuen London 1924. A 1st edition. In stiff blue cloth-covered boards size 20 by 13.5 cm. 130 pages. A splendid copy of an important early work. Good to VG condition with occasional minor fore-edge foxing. Images available.

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Book number: 000378

Keywords: Childrens

BETTS

Betts's Road and Railroad Map of England and Wales, Compiled from the Latest Parliamentary Documents 1842

London, Betts. 1842. Book, Betts's Road and Railroad Map of England and Wales compiled from the latest Parliamentary Documents. Published by John Betts London 1842. On folding linen in 24 sections size 79 by 65 cm. Scale 15 miles to the inch. There is a colour-coded key to railroads open and and to railroads in progress. Contemporary hand-colouring. The publishers announce in their publicity to the endpapers that the Railroads on their maps are corrected monthly so that the traveller can at any time see with certainty what parts he will be able to reach by Railway." Folds into original stiff cloth - covered boards with the title gold-stamped to the front. The head and foot of the spine are frayed and corners bumped though the map is in Good condition. Images available.".

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Book number: 001844

Keywords: Maps

BETTS

Betts's New Railway and Commercial Map of England and Wales

London, Betts. 1848. Hardcover. Map, Betts's New Railway and Commercial Map of England and Wales, on which are the various Lines of Railroad, the Turnpike and Principal Cross Roads with the Courses of the Rivers and Canals, are carefully laid down, and the situation of the Cities, Market Towns and Villages accurately & clearly described. Published by John Betts, London 1848. On folding linen in 24 sections, size 94 by 79 cm. Scale 12 miles to the inch. Hand-coloured. A larger and more detailed version of the Betts Railroad map of the same period. A key provides an explanation of the lines opened, lines in progress, and projected railways. Includes a small inset map of the Scillies and the tip of Cornwall. Folds into cloth covers with the title and some pricing information, and then into original slipcase with the title gold-stamped to the front. Above the title to the top margin of the map is an ink signature and the rather grand address of the original owner. Map in VG condition, case slightly rubbed. Images available. Very Good.

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Book number: 002276

Keywords: Maps, Railways

GRESTY AND BIRCHALL

Plan Shewing Shropshire Union Canals

Chester, Gresty and Birchall. 1880. Book, Plan Shewing Shropshire Union Canals lithographed by Gresty and Birchall Chester circa 1880. On folding linen size 63 by 59 cm. Covers an area from Manchester in the north Lake Bala and Newtown in the west Buxton in the east to Birmingham in the south. A colour-coded key provides information on seven different canals. The map also shows the coalfields of the region. Folds into stiff boards with title and a label of the Earl of Powis to the front. VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 002063

Keywords: Maps

BISSETT

Ship Ahoy! Nautical Notes for Ocean Travellers

Liverpool, Birchall. 1930, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, Ship Ahoy! Nautical Notes for Ocean Travellers by Captain J G P Bisset, published by Birchall, Liverpool 1930. In stiff illustrated cloth covered boards size 24 by 16 cm. 128 pages. Includes three folding maps and plans. Illustrated. Signed by the author and dedicated to a Mr J Chilton, a passenger on the RMS Ascania, with the additional hand-written information that the book was presented to him en voyage in the mid-Atlantic in September 1934. This might well be evidence of a little sideline in bookselling by the captain, who presumably had a captive audience. Includes information on such topics as icebergs, the use of wireles at sea, fancy dress, deck tennis, the Suez and Panama canals, navigation and the roles of various crew members. Includes an appendix on distances between ports. Small stain to the bottom edge that does not affect the text. Some scuffing to head and foot of spine but overall Good to VG condition. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 002291

BLACK

Black's Guide to England and Wales 1870

Edinburgh, Black. 1870. Book, Black's Guide to England and Wales containing plans of the principal cities charts maps and views and a list of hotels published by A & C Black Edinburgh 1870. Rebound in stiff red cloth-covered boards with new endpapers. Size 18.5 by 12.5 cm. Marbled edges. With 42 maps and town plans plus 10 engraved views. The text contains descriptions of the views to be had on each side of the railway carriage on dozens of train journeys. The folding map of England and Wales is a later facsimile and is inserted loose in the book. Good to VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 000669

Keywords: Railways

BLACK

Black's General Atlas of the World 1898

London, A & C Black. 1898. Book, Black's General Atlas of the World published by A & C Black London 1898. In stiff original boards size 48 by 35 cm. and in a half leather binding with raised bands to the spine and a gold stamped title to front and spine. Contains 89 maps in colour many of them double-page and all with no text to the reverse. Includes a 103-page index. What gives this late Victorian atlas its particular appeal is its range of maps of North America. Whilst there are 20 maps of Europe 11 of Asia 4 of Africa and 5 of Australasia there are 34 of North America and many of these are of individual or neighbouring pairs of states. All maps VG some foxing to endpapers and wear to head and foot of spine and rubbing to the raised bands but overall in Good to VG condition. Images available.

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Book number: 001595

Keywords: Atlases

BLACK

Black's Guide to London and Its Environs

Edinburgh, Black. 1891. Book, Black's Guide to London and its Environs published by A & C Black Edinburgh 1891. In stiff decorated boards size 17 by 11 cm. The title is gold-stamped to the front and the spine. 372 pages plus another 132-page section of advertising and miscellaneous information. With maps and plans plus engravings of important buildings and landmarks. The folding maps include Black's Plan of London in a pocket at the front endpapers and a Map of the Environs of London in the pocket at the back. Maps in the text include the City the West End the Westminster and St. James' Hyde Park and Regents Park areas. Some clear archival quality tape repairs to folds at the reverse of the first map; overall VG condition. Images available!.

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Book number: 002079

Keywords: London

BLANCHARD

Adams's Pocket Descriptive Guide to the Environs of the Metropolis; Embracing Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Essex in a Circuit of Thirty Miles Round London

London, Adams. 1850. Book, Adams's Pocket Descriptive Guide to the Environs of the Metropolis; embracing Berkshire Hertfordshire Middlesex Surrey Kent and Essex in a circuit of Thirty Miles round London embellished with a map of the environs from the most recent Ordnance Survey: also a splendid Map of the Thames by E L Blanchard published by Adams London circa 1850. In stiff decorated boards size 17 by 11 cm. 168 pages. With bookplate to front endpaper. Some signs of handling to front cover and a closed tear to one map but Good to VG condition overall. Images available.

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Book number: 001723

Keywords: London

BLOMFIELD

Lectures on the Philosophy of History

London, Black, Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen. 1819, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, Lectures on the Philosophy of History by the Reverend Ezekiel Blomfield, published by Black, Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen, London 1819. 1st edition. In stiff original boards size 28 by 23 cm. 161 pages of text, an 18-page introduction, 12 full page maps with contemporary hand-colouring plus a 9-page subscription list that contains the likes of William Wilberforce, members of the royal family and the odd bishop. Some pages are uncut. The series of lectures are an attempt to synthesise the history of the world, its faiths, economic systems and its geography. The maps are all world maps or hemispheres and have an emphasis on religions (3 maps); ethnicity, skin colour and economic activity (5 maps); empires and colonies (2 maps) and 2 others that are intended to show the extent of the knowledge of the world amongst ancient western civilizations. Signature of the original owner and the date 1820 appear in ink above the title page. Minor foxing throughout but binding sound and all maps in VG condition. Front free endpaper has signs of an old repair and corners have some rubbing. Later spine. Images available. Good.

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Book number: 002244

Keywords: Religion, Maps, Philosophy, History

BLONDEL

Map of Algeria 1856. Carte Generale de L'Algerie

Paris, French Ministry of War. 1856. Map, Map of Algeria 1856. Carte Generale de l'Algerie published by the French Ministry of War under the direction of Colonel Blondel. On folding linen in 24 sections, size 116 by 70 cm. Uncoloured. With four scales including leagues and kilometres, approximating to about 40 km. to the inch. Heights are indicated by hachuring. Folds into a pocket size and has a decorative label to the front with the signature of what might have been the original owner dated August 1864. A very detailed map in VG condition. Very Good.

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Book number: 002295

Keywords: Military, Maps, Africa