3

MacLauchlan, Henry

TGS

Coal Field, Forest of Dean, 1838, scale 1"=1mile, engraved colour wash map with 3 sections, 19.5"x13". In very good condition, folded in quarters, clear complete plate mark but one inch margin was trimmed close in lower left corner to facilitate binding. Paper slightly but uniformly browned. With original published article.

£35

5

TGS

Vale of Wardour, Wiltshire, 1835, scale 1"=2miles, colour wash, 11"x8.5. Vof W occupies lower half of page; two smaller maps of Nutfield area of Surrey and coast of Kent at Folkestone, occupy top half. In good condition, trimmed corners do not affect frameable area.

£12

6

Wright, Romley

TGS

£20

7

Letts

16

8

Stanford

London and environs, 1894. Scale 1"=1mile (1:63,360). Colour print, 27"x24". In good to very good condition. Cut, mounted on linen and folded in book-style hard covers.

£95

Stanfords

9

Bacon

Geological Map of London and Environs, showing the Superficial Deposits,1890s, Scale 1"=1mile. Colour print set of 4 sheets, each 13.5"x21", not joined. In very good condition. Flat sheets have original centre fold from atlas.

£80

9a

Bacon

Northwest and Northeast sheets of above set. In very good condition,

£15 each

10b

Phillips, J

A Map of the Principal Features of the Geology of Yorkshire, 1853, 1st edn. Scale 1"=4miles. Colour print, 24.75"x31.75" (63x81cm), cut and mounted on linen and folded into green cloth covered book-style covers with advertisements for Phillips' other publications. In very good condition with covers worn but serviceable. This map is a very early example of chromolith printing. It uses light tones of colour combined with effective use of stipple and broken line textures to produce a lovely and very legible map. Drift areas are uncoloured but use natural marsh and gravel symbols delicately which read well.

£95

10

Phillips, J

A Map of the Principal Features of the Geology of Yorkshire, 1862, 2^nd edn. Scale 1"=4miles. Colour print, 24"x31", cut and mounted on linen and folded into original book-style brown cloth covered hard covers with gold lettering. In good condition with slight browning along edges of cut panels and bumping to corners of cover and wear to cloth of spine and edges of cover.

£75

10a

Phillips, J

A Map of the Principal Features of the Geology of Yorkshire, 1862, 2^nd edn. Scale 1"=4miles. Colour print, 24"x31", cut and mounted on linen and folded with red card panel covers, titled Wakefield Waterworks, Session1874. In good condition with very slight browning along edges of cut panels. Edges of covers worn. Neat red ink notation of reservoir, pumping stations and water pipeline to Wakefield.

£70

11

De la Beche HT

TGS

Map of the Country adjacent to the Coast of Devon and Dorset from Teignmouth to Portland, 1822. Scale not stated, approx 1"=5miles. Colour washed engraving, 7"x10". In good condition, colours faded in sunlight, paper lightly browned. At present mounted and framed. Glass can be removed for posting.

£70

13

Mine Lease,

Snailbeach Shropshire

License to search for minerals in the Tankerville Round Hill and Bergam Mine Sets in the Parish of Worthen in the county of Salop, 17^th June, 1899. Legal document, 9pp, between the Earl of Tankard and mine developers for the area around and including Snail Beach, now a historic lead mining site. It includes two maps which are high quality tracings in coloured inks and water colour on transparent, waxed linen. The colour is on the reverse and shows through. Both sheets are folded to 22x10cm to fit in the folded legal document. Map 1, scales 1:2500 and 1:4800 (6 chains to the inch) shows pits, shafts and quarries at Roundhill Mine and south of West Snailbeach. Map 2, no scale but measures at approx 1:10,560 is centred on the area of map 1 and extends from Leigh Hall in northwest (no north arrow) to Brooks Hill and South Bog Mine Set in south; shows numerous pits, quarries, old shafts and reservoirs. The Stiperstones noted to east. Three small old coffee-like stains in lower left corner. Otherwis, in very good condition

£125

14

Shepherd, Thomas

Geology and Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire, in Geological Rambles in East Yorkshire, no date but notes name of owner, Christmas 1904 on front fly-leaf. See books.

The map scale is approx 1:500,000 (1"=8miles). Colour print, 28x22cm, is folded in thirds and bound in at the Introduction. Slight browning on right side. Otherwise, in good condition.

£25

book

15

Ruthven, John,

Map of the English Lakes and Adjoining Country Geologically Coloured1855. Scale 1"=3 miles.19"x17.5" folded light weight paper. Clean, bright, minor perforations at intersection of folds. Tears to left and top margins neatly repaired. In good to very good condition

£80

16

Smith, William

SOLD

Geological Map of Durham, March 1st, 1824, approximate scale 1"=2.25 miles. 20.25"x23.5" cut, mounted on linen and folded between light brown patterned card covers and contained in original matching card sleeve with original publisher's label. Hand coloured with mine railways added by early owner in neat ink. Light pencil notes in shorthand in margin. Notes on the back, also in shorthand are expanded to include names of a Captn Armstrong, Thomas Jeffreys and Earl of Darlington. Together with dates and volumes. These notes appear to relate to the railways noted above and the mines they link to ports. Rare, the map is part of an atlas project for all English counties, that Smith never completed. In good condition.

17

Ordnance Survey

Lundy, 1906, 2nd edition. 1:10,560 scale, 6"=1mile. Hand coloured OS county series Devonshire, Lundy Island, parts of sheets IVa NW and SW. Flat, 25"x17", original manuscript. No key on map, it distinguishes between the granites forming 95% of the island and slates in the SE corner separated in part by a conjectural fault in white ink. Beach deposits are unconventional coloured magenta and blue apparently according to source rock. In very good to fine condition

£45

Colliery Guardian Co.Ltd

Map of the Coalfields of the North Midlands, c.1910. "Published under joint copyright W&AK Johnston and Colliery Guardian Co.Ltd.  Colour print, 31"x34.75", scale 1"=3.5miles, cut, mounted on linen and folded between maroon artificial leather covered card book-style cover (8"x4.5"). Shows coal fields, collieries by name, canals, railways by operating company and coal districts by shipping ports. Cover in very good condition. Map as red transfer from cover and part foot print on lower margin, otherwise, therefore rated as good condition only.

£20