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UNDERGROUND MAPS AFTER BECK
Written by Maxwell J. Roberts.
Stock no. 1827447
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

The story of the London Underground map in the hands of Henry Beck's successors. Large oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour maps. ISBN: 1854142860. Base of spine bumped. Remains of label to rear board. Small chip to top spine edge of rear board, approx 1cm across. Contents fine.

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ALPHABET OF MAP READING (CONVENTIONAL SIGNS)
Written by David A. Croll.
Stock no. 1827261
Published by Gale & Polden, Ltd.. Very good condition.

Folded cardwraps creating 6 pages including title page. Black title to front. Colour pictograms are those in use in Great Britain. Annotation to top of front cover (neat). Covers a little grubby. Pictogram of Electric Transmission Line added to 'Notes' page in blue ink (neat). An interesting item.

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NOTES ON MAP READING 1929 (REPRINTED WITH AMENDMENTS (NOS. 1 TO 4), 1939)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827256
Published by The War Office; His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1940. Very good condition.

Map reading for soldiers, the object being to render possible the clear and accurate visualization of the ground. Beige paperwraps with black title to front. Staple binding. Many fold-out maps and related charts. 95 numbered pages. Covers a little grubby and stained. 'Sold by' ink stamp to top of front cover and title page. Text block browned. Contents generally clean and fold-outs in good condition (no tears).

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JUST WILLIAM'S WORLD A PICTORIAL MAP
Written by Richmal Crompton; Kenneth Waller. Illustrated by Gillian Clements.
Stock no. 1326467
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

A pictorial map of William's village and his world. Scale: 16 inches to 1 mile. Map devised by Kenneth Waller. ISBN: 033349864X. Some slight creasing to covers, marks to rear cover. Some light creasing (from misfolds) to the map but otherwise in very good condition.

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MAPPING THE WORLD
Written by Peter Whitfield.
Stock no. 1827055
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

A history of exploration. Large format. Turquoise cloth boards with an elaborate decoration in gilt to front, gilt title to spine. Brown pictorial endpapers depicting maps. Colour and b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at corners.

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THE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE EAST INDIAN ISLANDS: INSULAE INDIAE ORIENTALIS
Written by David E. Parry.
Stock no. 1826884
Published by Countrywide Editions Ltd. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A guide to the cartographic history and maps of Insulae Indiae Orientalis or the East Indian Islands as the area came to be known for over three hundred years: the world's largest archipelao and the home of the fabled spice islands of the Moluccas. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955170119. Some foxing to text block else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ISLES OF GOLD: ANTIQUE MAPS OF JAPAN
Written by Hugh Cortazzi.
Stock no. 1826342
Published by John Weatherhill. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A selection of over 90 of the most attractive, remarkable, and historically significant European and Japanese maps of Japan. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Colour maps, some folding. ISBN: 0834801841. Foxing to text block, contents clean. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE MAPPING OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by D.P.M. Michael.
Stock no. 1324177
Published by Regional Publications. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

A descriptive catalogue of pre-Victorian Maps of the County From Saxton in 1577 with details of British Atlases published during that period. Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. A valuable reference work. ISBN: 0906570182. Slight browning to spine and cover edges. Contents clean.

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ABOUT MAPS
Written by Peter Hood. Illustrated by Peter Hood.
Stock no. 1323332
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Puffin Picture Book No. 67. Colour and b/w illustrations. Slight foxing to covers and to first few and last few pages.

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CLONTARF: IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS: DUBLIN SUBURBS No. 1
Written by Colm Lennon; et al.
Stock no. 2140960
Published by Royal Irish Academy. 1st IRELAND 2018. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour maps and illustrations. ISBN: 9781908997722. Creasing to covers with pencil mark to front cover; bumping to corners. Contents are still excellent!

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[C]ARTOGRAPHY MAP-MAKING AS ARTFORM
Written by William J. Smyth; William Laffan; Mic Moroney.
Stock no. 2140852
Published by Crawford Art Gallery; Raven Design. 1st IRELAND 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. White boards with titles. Colour and b/w photos, maps and illustrations. Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. ISBN: 1874756066. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and some grubby marks.

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THE QUEEN'S LAST MAP-MAKER: RICHARD BARTLETT IN IRELAND, 1600-3
Written by J.H. Andrews.
Stock no. 2140823
Published by Geography Publications. Circa 2008. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w maps. ISBN: 9780906602430. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners.

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