Hereford Map, First Edition (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1 plate and 1 centerfold Illustration (illustrator). 1st. cream wraps with string-tied spine, lite foxing; 16 clean, unmarked pages.

Paperback. Condition: nrFine. 1st Thus. Inscription of owner at start of book. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 12mo. Orig. burgundy cloth, 58pp. Illustrated. Light bumping to spine o/w near fine in a worn but very good d/w. An authoritative interpretation of the mappa mundi, or hereford world map created in the 13th century.

, 18-section folding map with 'Why, When, How & Where to Insure' information on reverse First Edition , corners a little rubbed, map unmarked, a few light spots to reverse of map, in very good condition , red cloth with black titles to front and rear 25 x 30 cm folding into 9 x 6 cm booklet Hardback ISBN:

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Compact folding colour map, 9.5 x 13 inches, folding down to 25 x 3.5 in tan cloth illustrated hardback. Slight tearing to map at creases, otherwise very good. From the short lived Whisky distillery.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published in London by John Murray in 1839 two volumes, here bound together in one, this is the First Edition of Murchison's landmark work in which he set up the Silurian System based on his studies of the rocks of Wales, Shropshire and the Welsh border counties of England, Murchison included both what were later to be classified as the Ordovician and Devonian periods within in his Silurian System, the work is well illustrated with hand coloured sections, folding and single page plates and a series of plates of the fossil fauna, all plates are present the book was sold on subscription with a list of subscribers at the front of the book, this copy was originally the property of David Davies of Froodvale in Llandovery, who was one of the original subscribers, his name appears in the list of subscribers immediately below Charles Darwin's, and as far as I am aware this is also the first time Darwin's name appeared in print. The rare three section linen backed map is present with this copy, housed in a nice clamshell box with an old original Victorian CDV photo of Murchison loosely inset into the inside cover, along with an original signature of Murchison's underneath. CONDITION both bindings are in very good condition. Internally foxing to the title page and plates, wear and foxing along top edge of one of the folding plates (pictured) and edge wear with small edge tears with no loss to the last of the folding sections, else the book is in very good general condition, the three section map was originally the property of Manchester Public Libraries with their withdrawn and sold stamps to the reverse of each section, also there are blind embossed stamps to every panel on the maps, but as can be seen in the photos these are not very noticeable, there are a few small splits in the maps along the fold lines and browning to the reverse, else the maps are in good general condition. A handsome example of the First Edition with the rare three section hand coloured map.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Quarto. 29pp. Cover and engravings by R. Boulton. Photographs by Gordon Taylor. Fine in stapled wrappers. Laid in are five unused postcards with two being of the Hereford Cathedral library, Prospect Point on the Hills, Sunset Silhouette of the Malvern Hills, and Oxford, Lady Margaret Hall Punting, c1897.

Original Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Auction Sale Prospectus: Full title: Hereford. Particulars and Conditions of Sale of valuable freehold building land giving votes for Herefordshire situate in the Whitecross Road to be sold by Auction, by Mr.E.Stooke at The Mitre Hotel Hereford o Tuesday May 17th at seven o'clock precisely in 14 lots. 4p with a detached large folding coloured map which includes White Cross Road, Ranelagh Road, Ingestre Road, Meyrick Road, Baggallay Road and Gruneisen Road, with stipulations for some of the lots. The map is clean but ruffled at the lower edge measuring 27"x 17". Now HR4 0DG HR4 0LS HR4 0DE HR4 0DT HR4 0DZ See scans.

Map. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5" Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details.

No binding. 420 x 510 mm., in early outline colour. A little foxing confined to the lower right corner in the margin only. Following the success of the earlier published 'Large English Atlas', Bowen and Kitchin undertook a smaller version entitled the 'Royal English Atlas'. It was not a commercial success and as such is much rarer than its predecessor. Indeed the first edition is only known in 6 examples. The imprint below the map indicates that this map is a first state example as only issued in the first edition. It is a wonderful collection of cartographers of the day including the names of Henry Overton, John Bowles, Carington Bowles, John Ryall, Robert Sayer and Thomas Kitchin. Provenance ex Phillips auction 20 September 1984 lot 408. Hodson 233 p. 23 state 1; Shirley BL T.Bow-4a; Smith p. 83.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is the exclusive Folio Society facsimile edition of the legendary Hereford World Map Atlas. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COMMENTARY VOLUMES. According to Wikipedia: "The Hereford Mappa Mundi (Latin: mappa mundi) is the largest medieval map still known to exist (140x118 cm) (4 ft 7.1 x 3 ft 10.5 inches)!!!, depicting the known world. It is a religious rather than literal depiction, featuring heaven, hell, and the path to salvation. Dating from ca. AD 1300, the map is drawn in a form deriving from the T and O pattern. It is displayed at Hereford Cathedral in Hereford, England. The map was created as an intricate work of art rather than as a navigational tool. Sources for the information presented on the map include the Alexander tradition, medieval bestiaries and legends of monstrous races, as well as the Bible." *** Very hard to find!