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Click here to subscribe1840 Bradshaw's RAILWAY COMPANION, the 1st edition so titled and the 2nd "Bradshaw's". Pocket-sized, hard covers with gold-leaf title label. Fold-out map of London at front plus several hand-coloured area maps and a fold-out railway map of England & Wales plus charts, fares, timetables & advertisements. Spine has been restored, one or two small tears inside, other minor wear and a few pencilled annotations but overall a good example of this scarce issue. [1]
March 1912 Central London Railway POCKET MAP 'Central London Railway - The Direct Line' with a diagram of the line on the cover. Opens out to 10.5" x 8.5" (27cm x 21cm) and is in a very similar style to maps produced by the Underground Group (who took over the CLR the following year) but with considerable prominence given to its own line. The Ealing Broadway extension, not yet open, is shown in hatched form and that to Liverpool Street shown as operational although it didn't open until July. Apart from the 'cancelled' stamps on the cover, in excellent condition. [1]
Selection of British Railways (Southern Region) CARRIAGE PRINTS comprising 1960s 'Take your car to France' by Reginald Lander, 1962 'Don't open the door...' (unknown artist), 1960s 'It's not nice for you...' (litter) and c1966 Suburban System map diagram, still showing the East Grinstead to Tunbridge Wells line. All are glazed & framed in original or correct-style carriage frames. Sizes: 23-25" x 10" (58-61cm x 25cm). Some small creases, scuffs and age-marks but generally all are in good condition. [4]
Selection of 1913-1920s London Tramway LEAFLETS from LUT and LCC Tramways including March 1919 'Routes Worked', August 1919 'Tramway Routes', 1913 'Cheap Return Fares' for students (opens out to an LCC Tramways map), All-Night Cars, Coal Crisis (1926?), 'Tramways to the West End', 'Holidays in London', 'Board the First Car' etc. Mostly in good, lightly-used condition. [10]
1972 London Underground quad-royal POSTER MAP designed by Paul Garbutt and still with the traditional border of small bullseyes. Interchange stations are in upper case, the remainder in lower. Shows the Victoria Line complete and the Piccadilly extension to Heathrow as 'under construction'. A couple of edge nicks and scuffs but generally in excellent condition. [1]
1920s Southern Railway " Southern Electric" fold-out LINEN CARD MAP 'Suburban Area'. Opens to 8" x 4" (21cm x 11cm). Undated but c1927 as shows Caterham line & others being electrified. Also shows proposed light railway from Sanderstead to Orpington via Biggin Hill. In lightly-used condition with a little wear. [2]
1864 Wyld's New MAP of the Proposed Metropolitan Railways & Improvements. Prepared in Dec 1863 for the 1864 Parliamentary Session. Shows existing, approved & constructing and proposed (in red) railways and other works, eg Thames Tunnel. Proposed underground railways shown, eg Metropolitan District and Metropolitan. Single-sided, folded, opens out to 27" x 20" (69cm x 21cm). A couple of small edge-losses and nicks, a little fragile at some folds. [1]
1925 1st-edition 'Stingemore' linen-card London Underground MAP with red cover, dated 11-5-25. The year has been written on the cover, otherwise the map is very good. Plus a c1960 special issue of the London Underground POCKET MAP, a thin card version of the Hutchison issue produced by Heidelberg Printing Machinery. Heavily used with wear, stains and markings. [2]
c1911 London Underground Railways CARD POCKET MAP, considered by many to be the true ancestor of today's Tube map and the first to be printed on linen-card in a handy size. This is an unusual version issued by the Metropolitan Railway, despite the latter not being a part of the Underground Group. In used condition with some wear and age-spotting. [1]
1921 Railway Clearing House 'Official Railway MAP of London & its Environs'. These highly detailed, coloured maps were produced to help the office staff of the RCH to apportion the revenues to the railway companies from the operation of services over each other's tracks. Linen-backed inside hard covers, the map opens out to 51" x 40" (130cm x 102cm). In good, used condition with some scuffs to the lower edge. Ex-Libris label inside front cover. [1]
London Transport Metropolitan Line CARRIAGE MAP dated 1937, on thick card, showing the line in green. These maps were located in the compartments of T-stock and steam-hauled carriages. Measures 24.5" x 8.5" (62cm x 21cm). One vertical fold, slight damp-staining at lower edge, otherwise in very good, ex-use condition. [1]
The "District Railway" MAP of London, 5th edition, c1893. A large-scale, full-colour map (42" x 26", 107cm x 66cm), linen-backed and folded into hard covers. This is the 2nd of three known issues of this edition and shows the un-named Regent's Canal, City & Docks Railway and the City Lines route to Barbican as proposed and Barnsbury station on the North London Railway. Shows London's first tube line, the C&SLR, from City to Stockwell plus the planned extension to Clapham. The usual worn covers, the map is generally good. [1]
c1928/29 issue of the 'Stingemore' London Underground linen-card POCKET MAP. This is a special edition over-printed in German on the cover with (translated) 'To England via Flushing (daytime service) or Hook of Holland (night service)'. In excellent condition, other than some faint stains on the cover, barely a blemish. [1]
1970 (print-code 11/69) London Underground quad-royal POSTER MAP designed by Paul Garbutt and still with the traditional border of small bullseyes. Interchange stations are in upper case, the remainder in lower. Shows the Victoria Line extension to Brixton as 'under construction'. Minor edge-scuffing but generally in excellent condition. [1]
April 1926 issue of the 'Stingemore' London Underground linen-card POCKET MAP. This is a special edition produced for the Astoria Cinema and is over-printed on the map-side with details of the venue, opening in January (1927?) and highlighting Leicester Square & Tottenham Court Road stations. In very good, lightly-used condition. [1]
Pair of c1931-32 Metropolitan Railway POCKET MAPS, the Met's own very attractive maps of the Underground which highlight their own lines in red and leave the remainder of the network coloured light blue! The red-cover map has print-code M1090/100M (c1931) and the green-cover example bears code M.1495/100M (1932) and carries a sticker on the map regarding the opening of the Stanmore line. Both are in lightly-used condition, each with a fold-tear, that on the latter has been taped. [2]
1924 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley official fold-out PLAN & MAP designed by Kennedy North in a style similar to MacDonald Gill with an Underground map with calligraphed station names and elaborate, colourful illustrations. An unusually fine example, lightly used but generally in very good condition. [1]
1864 MAP of the [London] Railways proposed by the Bills of [Parliamentary] Session in the Metropolitan Districts. Shows the first section of the Metropolitan Railway open and many others proposed, eg the Metropolitan District Railway around north London over to New Cross and other fascinating examples like the London Union and the Oxford St and City. An early example of multi-colour printing. Single-sided, opens out to 26" x 20" (66cm x 51cm). In very good condition. [1]
Croydon Corporation Tramways MAP & GUIDE TO CAR SERVICES dated January 1923. Printed on pink paper with a cover picture of Croydon Town Hall and an open-top Corporation tramcar. A little age-darkening at some of the edges and a small blemish where a paper-clip was once attached but overall a very good example. [1]
c1908-1910 London Underground POCKET MAP in cloth and card holder. A decorative cover depicting 2 children on an Underground platform, the folder opens out to 5.75" x 3.5" (15cm x 9cm) and contains a single-sided, card Underground map produced by Waterlow & Sons Ltd. An amazing item, not seen by us at auction before. In very good, lightly-used condition. [1]
1930s Western National POSTER ROUTE MAP of bus services in the Somerset & East Devon Area. Also shows Southern National services and Royal Blue Express Coaches. A superb poster with illustrations of Bristol G & H type buses and crests of all the counties & major towns around the edge. Undated but estimated mid-late 1930s from bus types. Measures 29" x 20" (74cm x 51cm) and is in good condition, just a few minor edge-scuffs. Folded. [1]
1907 "District" [Railway] MAP of Greater London & Environs, 2nd edition. Shows the Franco-British Exhibition (held in 1908) and Exhibition Station on the CLR. A large-scale, full-colour map (42" x 26", 107cm x 66cm), linen-backed and folded into hard covers. Bakerloo, Hampstead & Piccadilly tubes shown in bold, non-Group tubes, eg Central and C&SLR, not so prominently! In good condition. [1]
c1910 Metropolitan Electric Tramways small, pocket-sized MAP OF ROUTES and Particulars of Services. Includes the "Middlesex and Hertfordshire Light Railways" in the cover title, these being operated by the MET. Shows the company's services linking to the Underground railways. Opens out to 8.5" x 10" (22cm x 25cm). In good condition, just lightly used, small mark on cover, one short tear. [1]
1839 MAP: Betts's New Itinerant & Commercial Map of England & Wales. Shows the 'railroads' as well as turnpikes, principal cross-roads & canals. Some hand-colouring, eg counties. Backed onto linen, folds into 20 sections and opens out to 36" x 30" (91cm x 76cm). Comes with original, titled slip-case. Case has wear, map has a few age-spots but is generally very good. [1]
1912 (July) London Underground POCKET MAP "London's Guiding Star" printed by George Philip & Son Ltd and featuring the vertical UndergrounD logo. This issue marks stations with black-outlined white circles and shows the Met station as Hammersmith (Grove). The reverse shows Events for July, a theatre plan, places of leisure & entertainment etc. The 'Guiding Star' version of this map is quite uncommon. A superb example in excellent, unmarked condition. [1]
1908 Central London Railway MAP 'To the Franco-British Exhibition'. Although issued independently by the CLR with all their own information on the reverse, the map is the standard, green-bordered London Electric Railways issue of the time. Opens out to 14" x 11" (36cm x 28cm). Lightly-used with some small blemishes but overall a good example. [1]
1910 GNR (Great Northern Railway) POCKET MAP 'showing direct communication between King's Cross Station and all parts of London by Electric Railways'. Shows the Underground system (except the competing section of the Piccadilly tube!) in similar style to concurrent Underground issues. We have not seen this 1910 issue before (most are dated 1913), it shows the Japan British Exhibition at White City. 14" x 11" (36cm x 28cm) opened. One very short fold-parting and some light creasing in one place but generally a very good copy indeed. [1]
1924/25 Metropolitan Railway CARRIAGE MAP 'Extension Lines into Metro-land'. Shows the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park and includes the lines to Verney Junction and to Brill. Paper on hardboard, these were located in the compartments of electric multiple units and locomotive-hauled carriages. Measures 24.5" x 8.5" (62cm x 21cm). Some losses at the edges and general wear but a scarce survivor. [1]
1924 Metropolitan Railway small POCKET CARD MAP "How to get to and from the British Empire Exhibition". Illustrated with a new electric locomotive on the cover, this is the Met's version of an Underground pocket map but highlighting its own lines! Opens out to 5.75" x 4.5" (15cm x 11cm). This is the turquoise-blue cover version. In very good, lightly-used condition. [1]
1933 London Underground H C Beck diagrammatic, card POCKET MAP from the first-year series titled 'Underground Railways of London'. Issued c.December 1933 and has print reference 33-3636. Shows the escalator connection between Bank and Monument stations. In excellent condition, crisp & firm, a superb copy. [1]
1912 London Underground POCKET MAP "What to See and How to See it" printed by George Philip & Son Ltd and featuring the vertical UndergrounD logo. This issue marks stations with black-outlined white circles and shows the Met station as Hammersmith (Grove). The reverse shows a theatre plan, places of amusement etc. A superb copy in excellent condition with a couple of minor blemishes on the cover only. [1]
Selection of London Underground MAPS comprising 1919 (2-10-19) in fragile, poor condition, 1924 (3/4/24) ex-guidebook, printed on thin paper, c.1936 ex LPTB annual report, partially stuck to card and a 1982 quad-royal POSTER MAP by Garbutt, laminated and in ex-use condition, quite poor with stains in places. [4]
c1931 issue of the 'Stingemore' London Underground linen-card POCKET MAP. This is a special edition produced for Harry Schuman Ltd & Aw-Lyn Furniture and is over-printed on the cover and map-side with details of the business and highlighting Old Street station. In very good, lightly-used condition, some wear on the outer folds. [1]
Dictionaries.- Topography.- Lewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of England, 4 vol., half-titles, folding engraved map of England and Wales, folding plan of London and 43 county maps, some folding, plates with offsetting and some foxing or browning, contemporary half calf, 1831; and 3 others, topographical, v.s. (7)
Africa.- Big Game.- Selous (Frederick Courteney) Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa, first edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, cracked hinges, bookplate, facsimile image of Selous' son tipped-in, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech pp.145-146, Hosken p.180], 8vo, 1893; Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 1 folding map, occasional spotting, original pictorial buckram, browned as usual, slight bumping to extremities, [Hosken p.180], 1896; African Nature Notes and Reminiscences, first edition, frontispiece, plates, cracked hinges, bookplate and signature of Will H. Ogilvie, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, [Czech p.146], 1908; and 3 others on or by the same, 8vo (6)
Africa.- Churchill (Lord Randolph Spencer).- Burton (Sir Richard F.) The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map with partial hand-colouring, 12 chromoxylograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, light foxing to verso of some plates, inscribed and dated by Randolph Spencer Churchill, contemporary blue calf, gilt, spine a little faded, [Penzer pp.63-66, Hosken p.34], 8vo, 1860.⁂ Inscribed "[?Suisdale], From his affectionate friend Randolph Spencer Churchill upon his leaving Eton. Election 1864" An Account of the Royal Geographical Society expedition with John Hanning Speke in search of the source of the Nile in 1858-59. After Burton fell ill, Speke carried on without him, as he did not believe that their location was the source. He was the first European to discover what he named Lake Victoria, and claimed it to be the source but Burton disputed it, leading to a long-running and bitter feud between them (see also lot 53).
Africa.- Chanler (William Astor) Through Jungle and Desert, illustrations, some full-page, 2 folding colour maps in pocket at end, cracked hinges, bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p34], New York, 1896 § Dracopoli (I. N.) Through Jubaland to the Lorian Swamp, half-title, plates, folding colour map, torn into two, tiny marginal worm damage, not affecting text, [Czech p.51], Philadelphia, 1914 § Baines (Thomas) The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa, 3 photographic plates, illustrations, folding facsimile letter, large folding map in pocket at end, ink inscription to front free endpaper, [Czech p.9], 1877 § Akeley (Mary L. Jobe) Carl Akeley's Africa, first English edition, postcard signed by author pasted to front free endpaper, plates, occasional faint spotting, 1931, all but the last first editions, frontispieces, original cloth, a little rubbed; and 8 others, Africa, 8vo (12)
Africa.- Dutton (E. A. T.) Kenya Mountain, half-title, 4 maps, 1 double-page, 1 folding (small tear), occasional pencil underlining, 1929 § Foran (W. Robert) A Cuckoo in Kenya, ink inscription to half-title, illustrated endpapers, occasional spotting, [Hosken p.74], 1936 § Browne (Major G. St J. Orde) The Vanishing Tribes of Kenya, presentation copy with blindstamp , folding map at end, occasional faint spotting, 1925 § Lloyd-Jones Brevet-Major W.) Havash! Frontier Adventures in Kenya, map, 1925, first editions, frontispieces, plates, original cloth, a little rubbed; and others, Kenya, v.s. (30)
Africa.- Elliot (G. F. Scott) A Naturalist in Mid-Africa, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, several full-page, 4 maps, 3 colour and folding, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, [Hosken p.66], 1896 § Cameron (Verney Lovett) Across Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispiece, plates, 1 loosely inserted, illustrations, 4 facsimiles, 3 folding, large folding map in pocket at end, label of 'Mudie's Select Library' attached, bookplate (vol. 2 only), occasional spotting, broken upper hinge (vol. 1 only), cracked hinged, original decorative cloth, rubbed and worn, [Hosken p.38], 1877 § Brown (Monty) R. J. Richard John Cuninghame 1871-1925, first edition, number 3 of 1000 copies signed and numbered by the author, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, Monty Brown, 2004; and others, Africa, v.s. (sm.qty)
Africa.- Hinde (Sidney Langford) The Last of the Masai, plates and illustrations, slight bumping to corners, [Czech p.76], 1901 § Bergh (Dr. Leonard John Vanden) On the Trail of the Pigmies, presentation copy signed by the author, plates, a little rubbed, New York, 1921 § Leakey (L. S. B.) Defeating Mau Mau, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, dust-jacket, price-clipped, rubbed and browned, chipping to extremities, 3 small areas of loss, [Hosken p.121], 1954 § Routledge (W. Scoresby) & Katherine Routledge, With a Prehistoric People. The Akikuyu of East Africa, plates and illustrations, folding colour map, front free endpaper detached, cracked hinges, rubbed, [Hosken p.172], 1910, first editions, frontispieces, original cloth ; and 10 others similar, 8vo (14)
Africa.- Big Game.- Jessen (Burchard Heinrich) W. N. McMillan's Expeditions and Big Game Hunting in Sudan, Abyssinia, & British East Africa, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end (2 small tears to folds), ink name-stamp of Major H. Twyford to endpapers and blank margin of p.193, original cloth, gilt, light fading to spine and upper cover, [Czech p.84], 8vo, privately printed, 1906.⁂ Scarce. Jessen, a Norwegian, writes about four hunting expeditions to Africa, taken with the McMillans of St. Louis, Missouri.
Africa.- Livingstone (David) The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to his Death, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps, 1 in pocket at end, advertisements at end, cracked hinges, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Hosken p.126], 1874 § Blaikie (William Garden) The Personal Life of David Livingstone, inscribed and dated by the author, portrait frontispiece, becoming loose, folding colour map, publisher's advertisements at end, original cloth, a little rubbed and bumped, 1881; and 2 others on Livingstone, 8vo & 4to (5)
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