Rocque John, First Edition (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Seems to be mimeographed. Volume has age browning; tight, text clean. 50 p., illustrated. [strs] Size: Oversize.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London Topographical Society Publication No. 126. 1st printing (1982). 88pp. NEAR FINE book; in VG+ dust jacket, two tiny chips to front top edge and head of spine, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

Booklet. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Stapled booklet about 10 pages in glossy pink card covers with black lettering. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rocque, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. Red boards have very slight edge wear. The pages are clean and unmarked. Jacket has some small patches of surface damage near the bottom of the rear panel where a label has been removed, a tiny nick to the top edge of the rear panel, two small dents to the front panel and light creasing to the edges. First printing.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 210 x 170 mm. A fine original uncoloured map of Cambridgeshire with a dark impression on thick paper. Small tear to the margin to the outside of the impression. From 'England Displayed' by Adlard and Browne pub 1769. Many other English and Welsh counties available from this volume. Please email for prices and availability.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, archive colour street map to the front end papers, archive London Underground map to the rear end papers. 4to. 12½'' x 9''. 1 of 2000 copies printed and bound at the De Montfort Press. Contains (xi)-1, 161 printed pages of text with 100 illustrations throughout. Drawn together from an exceptional collection of folding maps, this bibliographical catalogue literally charts social, historical and political development of London from its days as a burgeoning, almost pastoral city in the 1740's to being one of the busiest metropolises in the world. Designed for practical use, folding maps first emerged towards the end of the eighteenth century due to the efforts of one man, John Rocque, a French surveyor who dedicated 9 years of his life to developing a large-scale survey of the densely populated area of the capital. From this first map the collection traces the history of London through its cartography, from the Richard Horwood map of 1792, showing every road, square, alley, courtyard and house (considered to be the largest and most important map of London in the 18th Century) to a very early map of the underground in 1922 and the development of the now indispensable A-Z. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused new book. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0954389301 LONDON (Londinium).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. About 3 feet by 2 feet in Pink wrappers A1? . Has been rolled up and has a crease on cover. Book.

Canvas Backed Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. An original eighteenth century scarce map of France by John Rocque showing the post stages and sold by Robert Sayer in Fleet street. It measures 18.5 inches x 23 inches in length. It is canvas backed and folded with 15 different sections making up the whole. A charming engraved cartouche is found on the left hand side margin with three travellers on horses in the image. All the principle boarders hand-coloured in various colours. Some splitting along the cloth folds - most noticably to the upper run of the map from the right hand side. Several soil marks - mostly to the seas surrounding France - none all that heavy. A fomer owner's name and place in biro to the reverse on the cloth. A scarce and charming map.