Atlases
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1874 Earth and SeaLondon: 1874A new edition of this illustrated study of the land and seas of the earth from Louis Figuier and William Henry Davenport Adams.
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1958 Historic Buildings of North Wales A Map & Guide Illustrating 400 BuildingsStafford: 1958The first edition of this very scarce and beautifully illustrated large folding colour map depicting historic buildings of North Wales, by John Betjeman and D. B. Peace.
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2003 The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the WorldLondon: 2003A striking edition of this authoritative world atlas by The Times, bound in half crushed morocco with the original slipcase.
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1921 Oxford and District Ordnance Survey One-inch Popular Edition (Special Sheet)Southampton : 1921A scarce special sheet from the Ordnance Survey's "Popular" edition of folding district maps.
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1926 Ordnance Survey: Road Map of N. London, St. Albans and Hertford (Sheet 29)Southampton : 1926A very smart folding road map from the Ordnance Survey, covering north London, St. Albans and Hertford.
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1926-1932 A Collection of Ordnance Survey Road MapsSouthampton: 1926-1932A collection of four large folding road maps from the Ordnance Survey, scaled half-inch to one mile.
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1913 Ordnance Survey Road Map of S. W. Cornwall and Scilly Isles (Sheet 35)Southampton : 1913A very smart folding ordnance survey, being a road map of south-west Cornwall and Scilly Isles at the half-inch to one mile scale.
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1914-1915 Ordnance Survey Road MapsSouthampton: 1914-1915A fantastic set of four very scarce folding road maps from the Ordnance Survey Office.
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1969 Reprint of the First Edition of the One-Inch Ordnance Survey of England and Wales; DevizesDevon : 1969Sheet 77 of the David & Charles 'Old Series' of one-inch ordnance surveys of England and Wales.
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1883 Mediterranean Sea Eastern Sheet Ordnance MapLondon: 1883A very scarce Victorian folding ordnance map from widely popular map and travel book seller, Edward Stanford.
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1986 Search for the Northwest Passage: An Annotated BibliographyNew York and London: 1986A very scarce first edition of this bibliography of the search for the Northwest Passage.
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1862 A School Atlas of General and Descriptive GeographyEdinburgh & London: 1862A scarce new edition of this school atlas with numerous double-page colour maps.
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1969 Geographisch Handtbuch: Cologne 1600Netherlands: 1969A very smart facsimile of the first world atlas produced by a German author, with the original dust wrapper.
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c1900 Bacon's Cycling & Motoring Map of Central England and Wales: All Main Roads Specifically ColouredWorcester: c1900A very scarce folding cycling and motoring map of central England and Wales.
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1981 The A to Z of Georgian LondonLondon: 1981A lovely copy of this work containing the facsimiles of John Rocque's magnificent maps of London.
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1998-9 The Pop-Up Globe and Pop-Up Space 2000London: 1998-9Two educational pop-up books for children, with information on the globe and space with stickers, a star chart and much more.
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1545 Typus Orbis A Ptol. Descriptus[Basileæ]: 1545A very scarce map extracted from the 1545 edition of Sebastian Munster's 'Geographia Universalis', drawn from the written observations of Ptolemy.
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1771 A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial GrammarDublin: 1771The very scarce second edition of William Guthrie's noted 'Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar', complete with many folding maps.
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1932 Murray's Small Classical AtlasLondon: 1932A smart later edition of Murray's Small Classical Atlas, with colour maps.
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1889 Norway and Sweden Handbook for TravellersLeipsic : 1889An informative hand book for travellers and tourists in Norway and Sweden, with numerous maps and plans.
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1913 Paris and Environs with Routes from London to ParisLeipzig: 1913An informative handbook for travellers in Paris, illustrated profusely with maps and plans.
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1909 Central Italy and Rome Handbook for TravellersLeipzig : 1909The revised edition of this informative travel guide for central Italy and Rome by Karl Baedeker, with numerous maps and plans.
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1877 Bristol Port and Channel Dock AvonmouthLondon: [1877]A very scarce map depicting the new railway line and joint venture between BPRP, GWR and Midland Railway, owned by the chief engineer at GWR Paddington.
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1931 Hammond's Handy Atlas of the WorldNew York: 1931A smartly bound comprehensive and colourfully illustrated atlas, exploring the Earth, with a focus on the United States.
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c1920 Bacon's New Map of London and Illustrated GuideLondon: c1920A unique illustrated guide to London produced by G. W. Bacon & Co, with illustrated advertisements and a large scale hand coloured map of London.
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1973-83 The Early Maps of ScotlandEdinburgh : 1973-83A complete two volume set of this work on early Scottish maps, in their original unclipped dust wrappers with a vibrant full colour folding map frontispiece.
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c1880 Bacon's New Shilling Map of London and Illustrated GuideLondon : c1880A charming map of West London part of the Shilling map range.
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1814 Lavoisne's Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological and Geographical AtlasLondon: 1814A scarce new edition of this comprehensive Atlas, complete with sixty five colour atlas inspired maps.
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1895 Round the World: From London Bridge to Charing Cross, via Yokohama and ChicagoLondon: 1895A smart copy of this illustrated guide to points of interest from across the world, with historical commentary.
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c1892 Commercial and Library Atlas of the World with Index-GazetteerLondon: c1892A smart, scare world atlas from Bacon, with one hundred coloured maps and references to the latest discoveries of the time.
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1983 Atlas of the WorldLondon: 1983A beautiful full colour atlas of the world with moiré end papers and bound in full morocco.
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1922 Topographischer Atlas de Schweiz 1:50000 SustenpassSwitzerland: 1922A detailed, large colour folding map of Switzerland.
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1670 Lexicon Geographicum; In Quo Universi Orbis VrbesParisiis [Paris]: 1670An excellent copy of this lexicon of ancient and modern geography by Filippo Ferrari, brought up to date and edited by Michael Antonius Baudrand.
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1964 Atlas of Geographical Discoveries in Siberia and North Western America XVII-XVIII CenturiesMoscow: 1964Using seventeenth and eighteenth century maps, Yefimov traces the history of exploration in this uncommon volume. Published in Russian.
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[1832] Geographical Annual, or A Family Cabinet AtlasLondon: [1832]This very scarce Family Cabinet Atlas contains thirty four hand coloured maps.
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c1835 Atlas Historique, Généalogique, Chronologique Et GéographiqueParis: c1835Contemporary maps of European nations, and historical maps are accompanied by genealogical tables and precise descriptions in this coloured volume.