Search Results: Titles starting with R from The Antique Map & Bookshop

Folio Society 1999 1st Thus. Hardback. Size 10 x 7 inches. In red cloth with beautiful blocked design by David Eccles. Maps to endpapers. In plain black hard slipcase. In very good condition with very good slipcase. (Some shelf wear to SC.) Some rubbing to top edge of pages. Maps on endps; With many coloured & B&w plates. 648pp.

No date Ca 1960’s. Framed size Dimensions: 30,5 cm tall 38 cm wide 3 cm deep In wood frame behind glass, with mount. In very good condition. A very bright and clean example. Wooden frame has a few small splash dots top edge. This shadow box print is truly a unique find, the colours are vibrant and beautiful.

Orr & Comp Amen Corner Paternoster Row Ca1870. Size of engraved surface: 25cm x 30cm. In very good condition. Faint mark lower right corner. Uncoloured.

London, Sudbury & Humbell, 1620. Printed area is approximately 50.6cms by 38.1cms. In very good condition. A minor crease on right hand margin, vertical center hold crease. Nice colouring. Some minor tanning, else A beautiful clean example. Ready to be Framed Original engraved map with hand colouring. A highly decorative 17th century map of Rutland, based on the survey by John Harrington, which was published in John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (London: Sudbury & Humble, 1620s [No text]). The inset town plans of Stamford and Oakham, probably surveyed by Speed himself, are the earliest known of these places. This particular example comes from an unusual and undated atlas (probably 1620s)

Vincent Brookes, Day & Son Ltd. Dec 15th, 1898. Original Colour Lithographic Print. Size 15.5 x 10.5 inches. In very good condition. Plate is bright and clean, some minor darkening/ rubbing to face and r/h edge. Small mark nr. top. Small pinholes to corners and small hole to middle top edge. Neat pencil inscription to bottom margin and side edge of print. Illustrated by “C.H.” (Henry Cochrane?)

London, Transport Bookman Publications, 1984 1st Ltd Ed. 43/100.. Tall hardback, 10 x 7.5 inches. Red leather binding with gilt lettering to front and spine. Top page edges gilt. Leather bookmark loose in front. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to spine and slightly to corners else cover clean and smart. Some tanning to endpaper and title page from leather bookmark. Signed on title page by Author. Inside pages all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 263pp. Illustrated with many B&W photographs and circuit plans.

London & North Eastern Railway Company. 1925. 10.5 x 8.0 inches. In green hard card covers with white cloth spine and black lettering to paper title label on front. Green illustrated endpapers. In very good condition. Bottom edge and corners slightly rubbed. Mild foxing to edges. Occasional foxing spots inside. Else a clean and tight copy. 40 pp. With b/w portraits, illustrations a colour plates. A celebration of the first century of Railways, primarily the LNER. With portraits of major figures, George Stephenson, Richard Trevithick, and their engines.

Oxford Publishing Co. 2007 11th edition.. 7.0 x 10.0 inches. In illustrated hard card covers. In near fine condition. Author’s signature to preface. 123pp. 104 pages of coloured maps.

London, B. T. Batsford, 1947/8 1st. Hardback, approx 9 x 5.5 inches. Bound in original light brown cloth with red to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; Some minor rubbing on edges. Not price clipped. Rear cover a little foxed. With protective plastic wrap). Slight browning to endpapers & fore edges. Else a very clean and tight copy. 120pp. Illustrated with many B&W photo plates. This book is the outcome of 30 years of travel. It covers the railways from the earliest days.

B.T.Batsford. 1974 1st.. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Author's signature to main title page, dated 1984. Else a very clean and tight copy. 289 pp. With b/w photographs, diagrams and maps. Follow up to the volume on main lines. Secondary and branch lines that lie east of the London-Southampton main line. A detailed description of the lines with historical background, with diagrams, maps and photographs.

Andre Deutsch. London. 1972 1st edition.. 8vo. In dark blue cloth covers with silver to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened. Slightly rubbed along top edge. Not price clipped). Mild foxing to edges. Author's signed inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 62pp. Collection of poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland. His first full collection of poems carries on his preoccupation with the past and future and their pertinence.

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1932 1st.. 7.0 x 5.0 inches. In pale green illustrated limp card covers. In very good condition. Sewn hinge. A couple of small creases. Relevant paper loose in front. A clean and tight copy. 3 pp text with one plate and illustration to front.

Leeds. Walker and Laycock, 1885 1st LTD Numbered edition (260/500.). 2 voluems. Hardbacks, half bound in green cloth boards and vellum spines with brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. In very good conditions. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed, spines darkened, spine labels rubbed, label on vol.1 has repaired tear. A couple of small marks to cloth. Endpapers darkened with some neat pencil notations at front. Numbered page darkened. A couple of spots to frontis. Some neat pencil notations to margins. Else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. 443 + 443pp (+ indices and notes.) Illustrated with an engraved frontis Portrait of Thoresby.

Folkstone, J. English, 1880 1st. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Green cloth with black lettering and decoration to front, blind embossed on rear. In very good condition. Some minor darkening to cloth, corners rubbed, minor dark mark to edges of boards, chip/split to cloth on rear leading edge. Some minor darkening to endpapers, else inside pages all very clean and tight. 157pp.

London, John Murray, 1880 1st. Hardback, 8.25 x 6 inches. Halfbound crushed dark blue morocco leather fine binding by “S. Kaufmann.” Marbled boards, raised banding and gilt lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers, top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Spine a little darkened, some rubbing/bump to bottom raised band on spine, and top front leading corner on board. Some minor foxing to blank prelims and some light foxing to title and frontis. Inside pages and plates all very clean, bright and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. ix + 301pp. Illustrated with 23 B&W illustrations (6 full-page plate engravings) and vignettes within text. Drawn on Wood by A.H. Hallam Murray and Engraved by J.W. Whymper.

The Sheldon Press (1924). Brown cloth-covered boards. Black decoration of kneeling Indian on fr.cover, spine lettered in black. Ivory woven endps; In very good condition. A few small nicks on spine. Some foxing, Prize bookplate on front endpaper. Else inside generally clean & tight. hf.title. 64pp./ cat.8pp.(dated 5/24). Newbolt 52.2. Note 1. Plate 141

The Sheldon Press (1924). Brown cloth-covered boards. Black decoration of kneeling Indian on fr.cover, spine lettered in black. Ivory woven endps; In very good condition. Sm.weak crease top corner of back cover. Tiny bit of paper rubbed off side of spine ( hardly noticeable). Sm.dent in spine (from a string?) Some foxing, large inscription on front endpaper. Else inside generally clean & tight.. hf.title. 64pp./ cat.8pp.(dated 5/24). Newbolt 52.2. Note 1. Plate 141

London, The Sheldon Press. ca1925. Hardback. 8vo. Size approx 7 x 5 inches. In red paper covers lettered in black with pictorial “Indian” design to front. In very good condition. Corners bumped. Top end of spine bumped and slightly split at corners. A couple of small marks to rear. Else a clean and tight copy. Scarce reprint. 64pp. 8pp cat. (1/10/2).

Ca. 1899-1900. Held in wooded frame behind glass Framed size 44cm x 44cm. Embroidered Surface approx 39cm x 39cm. In very good condition. It has exquisite detailing and many different scenes and still has great colour. It is from 1899-1900 handkerchiefs were mostly used in the Victorian era to display patriotism.

The Daily Mail Ca. 1899. Held in gilded wooded frame behind glass Framed size 47cm x 59cm. Embroidered Surface approx 47cm x 47cm. In good condition. Some foxing & a few small marks. Portraits of Lord Roberts (commander of the British troops) and Queen Victoria frame the text and a detailed map of the region being fought over: Natal, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and South African Republic. Authentic Boer War item. Part of an appeal by The Daily Mail, this item was one of a large quantity of merchandise sold to raise money for soldiers fighting in the South African War and their families. The fund was the first charitable effort in Britain for a war.