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Vanity Fair, Jan 12, 1899. Drawn by Gaf. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 35 x 19cm. Library stamp to verso, image unaffected. With original leaf of biographical text.

London: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. 127 Strand.[N.D. but c. 1913]. Map dimensions 47 x 59.5 cm, overall dimensions 49 x 63 cm. Colour printed plan of this area of North West London, showing the extents from Brent Reservoir down to Acton and Paddington across to Ealing Broadway. The plan folds between original printed blue/grey paper covers. Ownership inscription of a P.W. Barrett to upper cover. Very minor tear to spine of covers, otherwise in very good condition overall. British Library, Maps 3465.(12.), their example with an attributed date of 1913. The Central Line extension from Wood Lane to Ealing Broadway via East and North Acton stations is (neatly) drawn on the map in manuscript. This section of the line was opened in August, 1920. The plan includes Hampstead and Notting Hill.

London: G.W. Bacon & Co...127 Strand. [c. 1890]*. Original hand-coloured engraved map. Overall c.63 x 88 cm., folding between original green cloth covers with yellow printed label. Plan of the town with street index upper left. Extends from Hove Drove (A2023) in the West to Riflebut Road (Marina Way) in the East and North as far as Hollingbury Castle (just South of the A27). Scale 9 inches to a mile. Light browning to outmost bottom left folded section (only). *Includes the Chain Pier, destroyed by storm in 1896.

London: G.W. Bacon & Co., Ltd., 127, Strand. January, 1900.. Original colour-printed map of South Africa (56 x 76 cm) folding between original orange card covers printed in black with pp.11 pamphlet entitled "The War in South Africa" affixed to front pastedown. Ex libris Massachusetts State Library with their blind stamp to upper cover and pamphlet. Neat professional repairs to folds etc, A bright copy.

London: G. W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. Norwich Street, Fetter Lane, EC4. [c. 1931]. Map dimensions 92 x 132 cm (excluding table to right margin), overall dimensions 100 x 149 cm. Large folding map of London and the surrounding regions covering the extents from Hoddesdon down to Reigate and Canvey Island across to Windsor. Bright original colour marking out the counties, boroughs, districts and parishes. The map divided into three mile squares numbered and lettered at the borders, the grid references corresponding to a large index of local authorities found at the right margin. Printed over four conjoined sheets, the whole divided into 28 sections and mounted on linen. Folds into orginal dark green cloth slipcase, gilt lettered to the upper board. Marbled paper to folded end sections on linen verso. The slipcase slightly worn at extremities, one of the lower joints cracked at the upper edge. The map in excellent condition. The Northern Line extension from Clapham Common to Morden (opened 1926) is marked on… Read More

London: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. 127 Strand, [1901-1910].. Original folding plan of London (50 x 78 cm). "Printed on fine linen. Light, Handy and Durable". Extends from Camden Town (N), Victoria Park (E) Battersea Park (S) to Queen's Park (W). Major roads highlighted in yellow. Housed in original green cloth slipcase with paper title label to upper side and similar advertisement for Humber bicycles on the rear "The Humber is well-known as the Royal Cycle being ridden by H.M. King Edward VII, the Kings of Italy, Belgium & Greece, the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall and York, Princes Victoria, Duchess of Fife, etc., etc.". Some minimal fraying, generally in excellent condition in the original slipcase. Cf, Hyde 160, A. Cf. Boyle, 279 for Hyde's first state.

London: G.W. Bacon & Co. 127, Strand, [c.1878].. Original hand coloured folding map of London (65 x 82 cm), showing extents from Highbury in the north to Hackney in the east, Kennington in the south, and Holland Park in the west, printed on paper and folding between original publisher's brown cloth boards with label to upper cover, advertisements for 'Chas. Baker & Co.' to inside of upper cover, and for the Ammoniaphone and Electropathic Battery Belt to verso of map and back cover. Minor discolouration along some folds, neat tape reinforcements to verso, scattered spotting most noticeably to upper left panel. Hyde, 160 (2).

[London]: Bacon's Geographical Establishment, [c. 1897].. Colour printed map of Arabia with parts of North Africa and Persia (47 x 31 cm). Showing major towns and cities, distances of sailing routes, rivers, mountain ranges and national borders. With inset map of Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb and the entrance to the Red Sea. Centrefold crease as issued. Generally an excellent example.

London: G.W. Bacon & Co. [1904].. Original hand-coloured map of south London (80 x 101 cm) mounted onto linen and folding between publisher's original blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. With a 35 page index which includes a double-page map of central London, advertisements, and a list of places of interest. Extending from Hyde Park in the north to Thornton Heath in the south, Fulham in the west and the Isle of Dogs in the east. Some light toning and soiling, generally a very good copy.

London: G. W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., 30 Museum Street [1948]. Map dimensions 38 x 67 cm, overall dimensions 42 x 71 cm. Folding plan of the City, on a scale of 12 inches to the mile. The plan shows the extents from Farringdon down to Southwark and Aldgate across to Aldwych. The whole backed on linen, folding into original brown printed card wrapper with Underground map printed on verso, 16 pp. Index booklet to inner cover A fine copy. A serial number y/8 appears next to the copyright at the bottom left margin, presumably 1948. Certainly a post war issue as it highlights "Blitzed City Areas" (Cf. Boyle, 445.)

London: G.W. Bacon . [c. 1900]. Folding map, with original hand-colour. Overall 51 x 72 cm. Folding into original green cloth wrappers (18 x 10 cm.) with circular paper title label printed in red to upper cover. Slight wear to a few folded corners, covers slightly soiled.

London: G. W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. Norwich Street E.C.4. [1921?]. Map dimensions cm, overall dimensions cm. Folding colour printed map of this area of North East London, showing the extents from Tottenham down to Stratford and Manor Park across to Clissold Park. The whole backed onto cloth, folds between printed red paper covers. Both the plan and the covers in excellent condition. Copyright note to bottom right margin reads "2121".

London: G. W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., 30 Museum Street [1948]. Map dimensions 38 x 67 cm, overall dimensions 42 x 71 cm. Folding plan of the City, on a scale of 12 inches to the mile. The plan shows the extents from Farringdon down to Southwark and Aldgate across to Aldwych. The whole backed on linen, folding into original brown printed card wrapper with Underground map printed on verso, 16 pp. Index booklet to inner cover A serial number y/8 appears next to the copyright at the bottom left margin, presumably 1948. Certainly a post war issue as it highlights "Blitzed City Areas" (Cf. Boyle, 445.)

London: G.W. Bacon & Co., Ltd., 127, Strand, [1904].. Original hand-coloured folding map of north London (72 x 92 cm), scale of four inches to a mile, extending north to Palmer's Green, east to Tottenham Hale, south to Euston, and west to the Hyde, folding between original red cloth covers printed in black. Roads coloured to show bus and tram routes, electric railways shaded in green. With illustrated guide (pp.34) which includes adverts, tables and small maps. Part of the guide disbound but present, map generally in excellent condition.

London: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. [c.1910].. Original colour-printed pictorial plan of West London (61.5 x 94 cm), laid onto linen and folding between original plum-coloured cloth boards lettered in gilt, includes pp.62 "Stranger's Guide to London". Extends from Regent's Park in the north to the Tower of London in the east, Battersea Park in the south, and Shepherd's Bush in the east. Light toning and wear along extremities of map, cloth rubbed and split along joints, generally a very good example.

London: G.W. Bacon & Co. 127 Strand. [c.1876]. (66 x 84 cm). Original hand coloured folding map of London, showing extents from Highbury in the north to Kennington in the south and from Holland Park in the west to Hackney in the east. The map is printed on paper, mounted on linen and folds between original publisher's red cloth boards, with titles and decoration stamped in gilt and black to upper cover and blind to lower cover. Advertisement for 'Chas. Baker & Co.' to inside of upper cover and Guide Book and Index Slight wear to some fold corners. Hyde, 160 (1).

Manchester: G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd, Royal London Buildings, Deansgate, [c.1906].. Original large colour-printed chart of the world on Mercator's projection (c. 96 x 120 cm overall), dissected into 24 sections and mounted onto linen, the territories of the British Empire marked in pink/red. Folding between publisher's original burgundy cloth covers (25 x 21 cm) with title in gilt to upper cover, marbled endpapers. A notably clean copy, excellent in the original publisher's cloth. A wealth of detail is recorded on the chart, both in the mapped areas and to the inset panels: - 46 flag illustrations to the upper edge - 18 maps of mostly port cities scattered across the chart including New York, San Francisco, Wellington, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bombay - a larger inset map of the British Isles to the lower margin - polar hemisphere maps to the upper corners - panels of text to the lower margin including a list of British Steamship routes, a gazetteer of towns and a list of territories in the… Read More

Vanity Fair, Feb. 8, 1873. [Drawn by WV] Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 35.5 x 23cm. Image size approx. 31.5 x 19cm. With the original leaf of biographical text from the magazine.

London: G.W. Bacon & Co.ltd. [1924]. Decorative colour printed map, extending from Regents Park (N) to Aldgate (E) to (Battersea Park (S) and Shepherd's Bush (W), on cloth backed paper overall (61.5 x 93 cm.) folding into original light blue printed wrappers with 8pp sightseers Guide and an additional colour folding map on paper (overall 32 x 42 cm.) of The Way to Wembley indicating the rail and road routes to the Exhibition. Covers a little worn, maps very clean and fresh

[London: G.W. Bacon, c.1880].. Original hand-coloured lithographed map overall 75 x 54 cm. backed on linene and folding into original green blind-stamped cloth with title to upper cover in gilt. Covers rubbed, gilt faded, map itself very good. Bookseller's ticket of G.G. Walmsley, Liverpool to front paste-down.