Beck Harry C (16 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Small folding thin card map printed byMcCorquodale & Co. Ltd. ., 1947. Issued free. Folded twice 147 mms high 225mms by 147 when unfolded. Tube maps in colour both sides, lower side showing mainline connections, sound clean VG+ with minimal wear. The map shows the completed Central line extensions between North Acton and Greenford, and between Aldgate and Leytonstone. Addison Road has been renamed Kensington (Olympia).…

Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 23 cm), folding twice as issued, index printed to verso. Excellent condition.

Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 23 cm), verso with Index of Stations, folding twice into single pamphlet as issued. Excellent condition. The principle modification to this edition is the introduction of a grid system.

Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 23 cm), verso with Index of Stations, folding twice into single pamphlet as issued. Excellent condition. This version of the Underground map designed by H C Beck. Many of the lines have been sharpened.

Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 23 cm), verso with Index of Stations, folding twice into single pamphlet as issued. This version of the Underground map designed by H C Beck has been redrawn after the 1958 edition. Many of the lines have been sharpened and the River Thames is now labelled.…

Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 23 cm), verso with Interchange Stations, folding twice into single pamphlet as issued. This edition of the Underground map does not show any proposed extensions to lines, the District line to Richmond is diagonal running alongside the River instead of vertical and the Central line to Ongar is now open.…

Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (overall size: 15 x 22.5 cm), verso with plan titled "Connections with Main Line Termini", folding twice into single pamphlet as issued. Beck's third and final wartime pamphlet of the London Underground. With a note denoting the closing of Aldwych station lower left, a table of coloured underground lines lower right. In very good condition.…

Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 23 cm), verso with Interchange Stations, folding twice into single pamphlet as issued.

Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 23 cm), verso with plan titled "Central Area Interchange Stations", folding twice into single pamphlet as issued. An excellent clean copy. This edition of the "Pocket Underground Map" does not show any proposed extensions to lines, the District line to Richmond is diagonal running alongside the River instead of vertical and the Central line to Ongar is now open.…

Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 23 cm), verso with plan titled "Connections with Main Line Termini", folding twice into single pamphlet as issued. Two areas of discolouration to verso, generally an excellent clean copy. This edition of the "Pocket Underground Map" designed by H C Beck shows the completed Central line extensions between North Acton and Greenford, and between Aldgate and Leytonstone. Addison Road has been renamed Kensington (Olympia). …

Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 23 cm), verso with plan titled "Central Area Interchange Stations", folding twice into single pamphlet as issued. An excellent clean copy. This edition of the "Pocket Underground Map" does not show any proposed extensions to lines, the District line to Richmond is diagonal running alongside the River instead of vertical and the Central line to Ongar is now open.…

RARE ISSUE ON SILK. Original large format issue of Beck's iconic plan, colour-printed on silk, with the additional Abram Games designed "Festival of Britain 1951" logo upper right. (85 x 84 cm.) Remarkably clean and well preserved with just a very trivial blemishes. Taken from the 1950 edition of this map showing the District Line to Richmond running vertically rather than diagonally, parallel to the river (1951). The Festival of Britain was a post war national moral booster initiated by Herbert Morrison and designed to showcase the country's achievements across the board of science and the arts, centred on the South Bank of the Thames in London.…