Six Inch Map of the Channel Islands - Sark

Colour map 49 x 58cm, folding down to 15 x 25cm with printed title panel to the front. Good or better, a little worn at the folds with some foxing to the front panel. The price of 3s/6 has been covered over with a price sticker for 17 1/2p. Rare - only 2 copies on Worldcat and Jisc (British Library, Mines ParisTech). Undated - both institutions estimate 1965, although BKS had not relocated to Coleraine until 1969, so I am estimating c1969-70, before the currency decimalised (Feb 1971). Features include roads, tracks, footpaths, woods, rough pasture, cliffs, rock, sand, shingle, contours at 10ft intervals, and heights in feet. BKS "was established in Leatherhead, Surrey, in 1956 and relocated to Coleraine, Northern Ireland, in 1969. It became a leader in the creation of digital geographic information and undertook aerial photography and topographical survey projects across the UK, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The company offered a complete service by operating its own survey aircraft and ground control teams in the field, and map production, photogrammetry and photographic processing facilities in Coleraine. In 2008 BKS Surveys was acquired by the Netherlands-based Fugro group" (NCAP).…