Topography and cartography books in partnership with David Ford Books. We stock an extensive range of second-hand books on most subjects. David Ford Books are listed on the ABE website at: dfordbooksuk

Below is a list of our Cartographical books and a selection of our Antiquarian Topographical.

CARTOGRAPHY

Ref.	Title	Author	Pub.	Description	Price
b1	Atlas of the British Isles	Pieter Van Den Keere	Harry Margary 1972	Facsimile of Van Den Keere's atlas of c.1605. 44 full size facsimile plates.	SOLD
b2	The Mapping of North America. A List of Printed Maps 1511-1670	Philip D Burden	Raleigh Publications 1996	The definitive list of North American maps, each map described in detail and accompanied by a photograph. 11 Colour plates and 418 black and white plates.	£120.00
b3	The Nation Survey'd. Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland.	Ian. C. Cunningham	Tuckwell Press 2001	172 pages 154 illustrations, many in colour. Paberback.	SOLD.
b4	Some Notable Surveyors & Mapmakers	Sir Herbert George Fordham	Cambridge University Press 1929	99pages. 9 Illustrations. Scarce first edition in green cloth boards. No dustwrapper. Very good condition.	£60.00
b5	Joan Blaeu Atlas Major of 1665	Peter van der Krogt	Taschen 2003	Lavishly illustrated in full colour, 593 pages, large folio (30cm x 45cm tall). With dustwrapper and carry box. Fine condition.	£90.00
b6	Leicestershire Maps	Basil L. Gimson & Percy Russell	Edgar Backus 1947	40 pages. 11 Plates. A description of 43 of the main maps of Leicestershire. Paper wraps.	£15.00
b7	The A-Z of Elizabethan London	Adrian Prockter & Robert Taylor	Harry Margary 1979	Reproduction of the Agas map overprinted with place names etc. Comparisons with Copperplate map and Braun & Hogenberg. 62 pages. Very good in good+ dustwrapper.	£35.00
b8	Investing in Maps	Roger Baynton - Williams.	The Cresset Press 1969	160 pages. Many illustrations in black & white and 8 fine full page and 4 double page colour. A good general book on collecting.	£12.00
b9	Imagined Corners	Paul Binding	Headline Book Publishing 2003	314pages. Numerous illustrations in the text. About Abraham Ortelius, his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp and his times.	£12.00
b10	Hertfordshire Maps: A Descriptive Catalogue of the maps of the county 1579 - 1900	Herbert George Fordham	Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History  Society   1901 - 1905 Four parts complete.	Rare. First issues. The first carto-bibliography of the county by Sir H. G. Fordham published in four parts, the first part published October 1901, 2nd; April 1903, 3rd; October 1905 & 4th; September 1907. This set were Donald Hodson's copy (author of the second carto-bibliography of Hertfordshire maps, the 'Bible' to Hertfordshire map collectors), and have the penciled signature of Donald Hodson and his penciled notes and corrections. Parts two, three and four also have a dedication in Fordham's hand on the covers. Original paper wraps 3 vols with sellotape repairs 2 with covers detached.	£250.00 for set.
b11	Hertfordshire Maps: A Descriptive Catalogue of the maps of the county 1579 - 1900	Herbert George Fordham	Stephen Austin & Sons, Ltd. 1907	Extremely rare. The piecemeal issues here collected in a single large paper volume for the first time. Published by Stephen Austin printers in a very small edition limited to only 50 numbered copies of which this is number 48. Numbered and signed by H. G. Fordham. Hardback, paper boards and spine with paper label, bookplate of George Bernard Somerset. Fine, clean condition throughout.	£375.00
b12	John Speed England Part 2	John Arlott	Phoenix House 1953	Full size coloured facsimile with text of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Berks, Middx, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Herts & Bucks. Fine in fine slipcase.	£50.00
b13	Counties of Britain	Nigel Nicolson	1995	Full colour facsimile of the 67 maps in John Speed's Theatre from the British Library copy. Paperback.	SOLD.
b14	Counties of Britain	Nigel Nicholson	Pavilion 1988	Full colour facsimile of the 67 maps in John Speed's Theatre from the British Library copy. Hardback with dustwrapper. Fine. Fine.	£18.00
b15	To the Ends of the Earth	Jeremy Harwood	David & Charles 2006	100 Maps that made History. New hardback in Dustwrapper.	£18.00
B16	Buckinghamshire County Maps by Jeffreys and Bryant	Paul Laxton	Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society 2000	Facsimile reproductions of the large scale maps by Thomas Jefferys and Andrew Bryant reproduced in full colour and to the original scale.	£12.00
b17	Collectors Guide to Maps of the African Continent and Southern Africa	R V Tooley	Carta Press 1969	Bibliography containing nearly 500 maps. 6 colour and 100 b/w plates.	£38.00
b18	Cary's High Roads from London. North Set. Facsimile.		Post Office Publications	Facsimile of Cary's High Roads, showing the maps north of the Thames.	£12.00
b19	John Norden's Survey of Barley Hertfordshire	J C Wilkerson	Cambridge Antiquarian Records Society 1974	120 pages, 5 plates & fold out reproduction of Norden's manuscript map. Blue cloth no dw.	£10.00
b20	Chapman & Andre Large Scale Survey	Harry Margary	Harry Margary	Full scale facsimile. 26 sheets unbound. Each sheet 72cm x 54cm.	£120.00
b22	Antique Maps for the Collector	Richard Gohm	Macmillan 1973	160 Pages, 130 illustrations 8 in colour.	£9.00
b25	Map Cover Art	John Paddy Brown	Ordnance Survey 1990	A pictorial history of Ordnance Survey map cover illustrations. 144 pages illustrated throughout.	Sold
b26	Bickhams' Birds Eye County Views and North American Supplement.	D. Schrire	Map Collectors Circle. 1966	No. 27 in the series.  Bickhams' Description of the North American Colonies belonging to the Crown of Great Britain is reproduced in full.	£15.00
b28	California as an Island	R. V. Tooley	Map Collectors Circle. 1964	No. 8 in the series. 100 examples of California as an island from 1625 to 1770 described.	£15.00
b29	Printed Maps of Hertfordshire Parts 1-4	Donald Hodson	Map Collectors Circle. 1969-1971	No.'s 53,59,65 & 75 in the series. The standard reference work for Hertfordshire maps.	£60.00
b30	The Map Collector Index to Issues 31-40	Tessa Campbell	Map Collector Publications	Comprehensive index to Map Collector Magazines Nos. 31-40 Separate indexes by Geographical, People and Subject.	£5.00
b31	The Map Collector Index to Issues 51-60	Mary Alice Lowenthal	Map Collector Publications	Comprehensive index to Map Collector Magazines Nos. 51-60 Separate indexes by Geographical, People and Subject.	£5.00
b32	The County Maps of Old England. Thomas Moule.	Roderick Barron	Studio Editions 1990	Full colour reproduction of Thomas Moules' county maps and town plans.	£18.00
b33	What use is a map	British library	British Library 1989	Soft covers. 40pp. B/W ill. throughout. Description of 70 special purpose maps.	Sold
b34	The Shape of the World.	Simon Berthon Andrew Robinson	George Philip 1991	Book of the Granada TV series.	£15.00
b35	The Printed Maps of Sussex 1575-1900	David Kingsley	Sussex Record Society 1982	Carto-bibliography of the printed maps of Sussex with publication history and biographical details of mapmakers.	Sold.
b36	Town & City Maps of the British Isles 1800-1855	Ashley Baynton Williams	Studio Editions 1992	Folio. 56 Town and city plans each with full page colour illustration.	£15.00
b38	Ordnance Survey Illustrated Atlas of Victorian and Edwardian Britain	Ordnance Survey	Automobile Association 1991	Reproduction of quarter inch map of Britain illustrated with contemporary photographs	£15.00
b39	Maps & Prints for Pleasure and Investment	Douglas Gohm	John Gifford 1978	196 pages. 78 b/w illustrations. 24 colour plates.	Sold.
b42	A Key to Maps	Brigadier H.S.L. Winterbotham	Blackie & Son 1943	First published in 1936, this edition published in the war years.	£5.00
b43	Our Forgotten History	John Booth	Cambridge Home Books 1986	Paperback 40 pages, a brief history of early mapmakers from the Romans to Robert Morden.	£5.00
b46	The Art of the Mapmaker in Essex 1566-1860	Essex County Council	Essex County Council 1947	30 b/w illustrations, 5 colour plates,	£10.00
b47	Maps Topographical and Statistical	T.W. Birch	Oxford University Press 1964	240 pages. 99 b/w illustrations in the text. 8 colour plates.	£18.00
b48	Foreign Maps	Everett C. Olson	Harper & Brothers, New York 1944	Produced during the 2nd World War in the U.S., a description and aid to understanding the different keys and symbols on foreign maps.	£15.00
b49	Collecting Antique Maps	R.V.Tooley	Stanley Gibbons Guides 1978	32 pages illustrated throughout. Paperback guide.	£3.00
b51	Antique Maps and their Cartographers	Raymond Lister	Bell & Sons 1970	128 pages. 58 b/w plates. By the author of Old Maps and Globes.	£26.00
b54	Discovering Antique Maps	Alan G. Hodgkiss	Shire Publications 1975	Small paperback. 72 pages. 16 plates and illustrations in text. Good brief introduction to antique maps. 2nd ed.	Sold
b59	County Maps and Histories. Berkshire	Valerie G. Scott and Eve McLaughlin	Quiller Press 1984	History of Berkshire through maps. 34 pages illustrated in colour throughout.	£9.00
b60	Maps for Books and Theses	Alan G. Hodgkiss	David & Charles 1970	On the preparation of maps for the mapmaker.	£10.00
b61	The Printed Maps of Hertfordshire 1577-1900	Donald Hodson	Dawsons 1974	The standard reference work for Hertfordshire maps. Red Cloth. (New, unused.)	£40.00
b62	County Atlases of The British Isles vol. 1 1704-1742	Donald Hodson	Tewin Press 1984	The standard cartobibliography of county atlases extending from Skelton's catalogue of atlases 1579 - 1703. (New, no d/w.)	£35.00
b63	County Atlases of The British Isles vol. 2 1743-1763	Donald Hodson	Tewin Press 1989	Second volume of Hodson's cartobibliography covering atlases from 1743 - 1763. (New, no d/w.)	£35.00
b64	Maps in Tudor England	P D A Harvey	British Library	'Superbly illustrated throughout... an instructive and accessible introduction to this revolutionary period in the history of cartography'	£15.00

ANTIQUARIAN TOPOGRAPHY

Ref.	Title	Author	Pub.	Description	Price
ab1	Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire.	Sir Henry Chauncy	1700	First edition. Folio.  As often found, lacks plates of New Sillsbury, Standon Lordship and Prospect of Hertford. All other plates present and generally good, a few with repairs. Good copy in contemporary full leather, gold tooled binding.	£3,000.00
ab2	Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire.	Sir Henry Chauncy	1826	Second edition. 2 Volumes 4to. Full Original chequered leather boards, rebacked in matching panelled, tooled spine, green labels. Portrait, Folding county map and 43 plates. Foxing as usual but a nice tight copy.	SOLD. Another in stock
ab3	Speculum Britanniae An Historical and Chorographical Description of Hartfordshire	John Norden	1723	Published by Daniel Browne and James Woodman with map of Hertfordshire engraved by John Senex closely copied from Norden.  Rebind in plain boards, contents very clean.  Herts. section only. Image of map: Hertfordshire.	£450.00
ab4	Speculum Britanniae An Historical and Chorographical Description of Hartfordshire and Middlesex	John Norden	1723	Published by Daniel Browne and James Woodman with map of Hertfordshire engraved by John Senex closely copied from Norden.  Fine binding in morocco by Zaehnsdorf. Maps of Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Westminster and London all in fine condition. Bookplate of W. Rollest Saunders. Formerly in the University Library Venice with 2 unobtrusive library stamps to 2 title pages only. A lovely copy.	£1050.00
ab5	Leigh's New Pocket Road Book & Leigh's New Atlas of England & Wales	Samuel Leigh	1826	Leigh's Road book and his County atlas bound together. 55 County maps and fold out map of England and Wales. Pasted engraving of travellers on f.e.p. Top edge title page cut away, no loss to text. All plates and pages clean. Small tear to folding map. Original boards rebacked. A good clean copy.	£275.00
ab6	History of the County of Hertford	Robert Clutterbuck	1815- 1827	Rebound in half leather. light spotting throughout generally affecting text only. All plates present.	£875.00
ab7	Survey of Essex	Chapman and Andre	1774	Complete large scale map on 24 sheets, list of subscribers and key plan. Bound in atlas form in original marbled boards sympathetically rebacked in leather using original endpapers and spine label and with new leather corners. Maps in fine original colour. A very good copy.	£3600.00
ab8	History of Hertfordshire	Nathaniel Salmon	1724	Old rebinding in half leather. County map repaired. marginal damp staining throughout. Contemporary manuscript notes throughout.	£450.00
ab9	History of Hertfordshire	Nathaniel Salmon	1724	Original boards and spine re-laid. County map (damaged) pasted on linen. Spotting throughout.	£400.00
ab10	Excursions Through Kent		1822	Historical and Topographical descriptions. Illustrated with 45 copper engravings and map of Kent by T. Starling and plan of Canterbury by James Bingley. Half leather binding. Good clean condition throughout.	£180.00
ab11	Paterson's Roads	Daniel Paterson	1826	18th edition. Large fold out map of England and Wales, 7 other fold out maps and map of Wye. Includes scarce appendix. Rebound in half leather. Good clean copy.	£95.00

Antique maps of UK England Scotland Ireland, Wales,  Topography books in partnership with David Ford Books.  Berkshire, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Channel Islands, Scilly Isles, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall. Antique maps of Hertfordshire, Essex, Middlesex & London. Antique map of Ireland and Scotland. Antique maps of Kent, Surrey & Sussex. Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and  Gloucestershire.  Antique maps of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire. Antique maps of Northern Counties: Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Isle of Man.  Antique maps of Wales & Anglesey.  Antique Maps of the British Isles, Regional Maps and Road Maps,