Philip, George (Editor).

Philips’ Handy Administrative Atlas of England & Wales. A Series of detailed County Maps …

London, George Philip and Son, ND [1928]. 19 x 12 cm. 23 pages, 64 colour maps, 34 pages [statistics]. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Picturesque B and O East or West. Only Line via Washington. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Time Tables and Advertisement.

Chicago and Baltimore, Knight and Leonard, May, 1886. 10 x 20 cm folded. Single folded sheet with various time tables, advertisements and a large map. Colour printing. Large (80 x 40 cm) coloured map on rear. Good condition. Age darkened. Very weak folded lines with long closed tears along those folds. Minor paperlosses to some corners, not affecting text or images.

Denison, Charles.

Rocky Mountain Health Resorts. An Analytical Study of High Altitudes in relation to the Arrest of Chronic Pulmonary Disease.

First Edition. Boston, Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880. 20 x 14 cm. xii, 192 pages plus 18 pages of advertisement. Includes a large colour fold-out map and a large folded ‘Chest Examination Chart’ in a pocket. Dark red cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Grey end papers. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to boards, corners and spine. Spine ends frayed. Very small stain on front board. Small bookseller stamp on front paste down. Closed tear on fold-out map (not affecting the map).

Hermannides, Rutgerus.

Rutgeri Hermannidae Britannia magna sive Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae & adjacentium insularum geographico-historica descriptio.

[First Edition]. Amstelodami, Jansonii Valckenier, 1661. 13 x 7.5 cm. (3) Blank, Title page with Vignette, 28 pages, 645 pages, (4), (36) [Index]. Includes 28 (out of 32) folded Maps. See list of maps below. New quarter morroco over marbled paper boards. Spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. New binding. Internally mildly age darkened. Missing four Maps and pages 347-350.

Reece, Dr.R.J / Low, Dr. R. Bruce et al.

Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals Liverpool. This book contains various reports, observations, letters etc. regarding smallpox and smallpox hospitals in Liverpool and Germany published between 1902 and 1905 namely: Text 1: Report by Dr. R.J. Reece to the Local Government Board on Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals at Liverpool, 1902-1903. / Text 2: Observations of the Medical Officer of Health upon the Report of Dr. R.J. Reece. / Text 3: Memorandum by Dr. R.J Reece, as to questions raised by Dr. Hope regarding his report on Smallpox and Smallpox Hospitals at Liverpool 1902-03. / Text 4: Letter from W.E.Knollys, Esq. Assistant Secetary to the Local Government Board, to the Town Clerk, relating to Dr. Hope’s “Observations” on Dr. Reece’s Report. / Text 5: Letter from the Town Clerk to the Secretary of the Local Government Board, in reply to the above. / Text 5: Dr. Bruce Low’s Report to the Local Government Board on the Arrangements made in Germany fro the Isolation of Small-pox Cases.

London, Liverpool, His Majesty’s Stationary Office, City of Liverpool (C. Tinling and Co.), 1905, 1904. 32 x 21 cm. TOC typed to front paste down / Text 1: 15 pages w 23 full page maps. / Text 2. 23 pages w two large foldout maps and six digrams incl. one foldout. / Text 3: 18 ‘typed’ pages / Text 4: 3 ‘typed’ pages / 5: 15 pages plus several full page colour plates showing hospital setups in Germany. Quarter leather over clothed boards. Gilt title on spine and front boards. Small decorations. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Front joint broken, but front board still attached to volume. Fading and discoloration to boards. Edges dust dulled. Some browning and age darkening to end papers. Closed tear to one of the foldout maps. Otherwise internally very clean.

Smith, Charles.

Smith’s Classical Atlas & New General Atlas (two Atlases bound into one). Full Titles: 1. Smith’s Classical Atlas Containing Distinct Maps of the Countries described in Ancient History both Sacred and Profane / 2. Smith’s New General Atlas Containing Distinct Maps of all the Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States Throughout the World. Arranged According to the General Treaty signed in Congress at Vienna, June 1815.

London, Printed for C. Smith, Mapseller extraordinary to his Majesty, 1820 & 1822. c. 40 x 32 cm. Classical Atlas: Engraved title page, TOC, 14 Maps, incl. eight double paged / 2. Engraved title page, TOC, 49 Maps, incl. 7 doubled paged. Complete with all maps, as listed in the TOCs. Contemporary half leather over marbled paper boards. Rebacked in 2024 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with minor material losses to spine ends and corners. Ages age darkened. Internally clean with mild dust dulling and occasional very mild foxing. Some neat annotations to some maps, mainly Britain and Europe. Overall a very nice copy of two atlases, published in 1820 and 1822, bound into one.

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (illustrations).

Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views taken expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett; Esq.

First Edition. London, George Virtue, 1836. 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1: (4), 188 pages, engraved title plus 57 Plates (see comments!) / Vol.2: (2), 152 pages, engraved title plus 48 Plates, plus a folding map of Switzerland in the back. Contemporary half morroco over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Rear free end paper of Vol.1 and front free end paper of Vol.2 missing. Some tissue guards missing. Names of previous owners neatly inscribed in ink. Internally with some browning, foxing and large visible damp stains on most pages, incl. Plates. (see images).

Robinson, Tim.

The Burren. A two-inch map of the uplands of north-west Clare.

Roundstone, Co. Galway, Folding Landscapes, Map printed by the Print Consortium of Ireland, 1999. 104 x 73 (unfolded). Map inside small plastic sleeve. Very good condition. A nice copy.

Inglis, Harry R.G.

The Contour’ Road Book of England / Scotland. A Series of Elevation Plans of the Roads with Measurements and Descriptive Letterpress.

Two Volumes. London / Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, 1913 / 1923. 15 x 9 cm. England: 848 pages plus Index and folding map / Scotland: 288 pages plus Index. Original cloth bindings with gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. See images.

Freeman, Edward A.

The Historical Geography of Europe. In two Volumes. Volume 1: Text & Volume 2: Maps.

Second Edition. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882. 21 x 14 cm. Vol.1: xlviii, 629 pages / Vol.2: viii, 65 coloured maps. Full contemporary calf. School Prize Binding (‘Schola Civitatis Londinensis’). Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Dentelles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small losses to spine labels of volume 2. Edges dust dulled. End papers age darkened. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed in ink in both volumes. Internally bright and clean. A very nice set.