Maps Engraver (3 results)

Wraps. Condition: FR/No Dustjacket. Color Maps (illustrator). Glasgow, UK: William Collins, Sons, & Company. FR/No Dustjacket. (ca 1850). . Wraps. 16 Maps - complete as is . 8vo., binding sewn with thread, water soiled interior maps .

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. J. Bartholomew, engraver, Edinburgh (maps) (illustrator). Second Edition. Possibly Second Edition. (Third edition was 1874.) Hard cover 16mo, in the original green cloth blindstamped in a geometric pattern (Blanck type Z) within double ruled borders in blind, the title blocked in gilt around a central vignette design featuring in image of Shakespeare's head and three shields. Titles blocked to spine, rear board with only the blind stamped pattern. A printed map of England appears on the endpaper highlighted with a gold heart showing Warwarkshire area. A "Distance by Rail" feature in a starburst shape on the ffep., is also highlighted with gold. Frontispiece engraving of Kenilworth Castle appears opposite title page. Two fold-out maps detailing rail lines. and two smaller maps within text. **Contains a paginated 48pp." Black's Guide-book Advertiser" section (dated 1869) at the rear with "hotels in alphabetical order," and many charmingly engraved illustrations of the premises. Other useful travel products include Keating's Cough Lozenges and Insect Killing Powders, (hopefully not to be confused.) Rear end papers printed in violet, dated 1869 with titles for the 48 -item Black's Guide Book Series, with this item priced at 2s 6 d. Book.

Marbled Bds & 1/4 Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Smith, J. - Maps Engraver (illustrator). No Additional Printings. Marbled Bds & 1/4 Leather. Good/No Jacket. No Additional Printings. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 379 pages; an errata page; four full-page maps, tracing the route; the author, accompanied by a friend, left London in July 1916 to tour France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. He emphasizes in a preface that his habit was to quickly record his impressions at every stage of the tour in order give an accurate account. Book condition: Binding is quarter green leather with green leather wings at the corners, and green-white marbeled boards; cover corners and spine ends have some wear, bottom corners show a little board; front hinge is cracked and cover is off , rear hinge is cracked circa 1.5 inches at the top and is firm; spine has a horizontal crack at the 1.5 inch level previously mentioned, and spine title and decor is in gold; edges are dyed green; the text has foxing around and on the four route maps, rest of the text is either free of foxing or has some spotting. A label, 1.5 x 2.5 inches, ' Minster Acres Library', is inside the front cover. No other marks.