[Rarebooks] fa: BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE THAMES 1887 - 14+ ft. Color Aerial Map

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

Listed now, auction ending Sunday, Feb. 14. Details and images can be  
found at the URL below or by searching under the seller name arch_in_la.

http://shop.ebay.com/arch_in_la/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340
OR
http://tinyurl.com/yhk74ma

Thanks,
Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A., CA USA


Bird's-Eye View of the Thames: London to Oxford [cover title]. London:  
G.W. Bacon & Co., [ca. 1887]. Hardcover in publisher's red cloth  
stamped in blind and gilt, 18 cm, containing an accordion-style  
folding color map of the Thames in three sections, each cloth-backed  
in stiff printed paper wraps, held in a maps pocket, with two leaves  
of adverts.

A charming color aerial view of the River Thames from Oxford to  
London, depicting all the towns, villages, farms, landmarks, bridges,  
railways, etc., etc, in between. The map is in three sections, Oxford  
to Reading, Sonning to Laleham, and Chertsey to London, each section  
measuring ca. 7 x 57 inches when extended, the entire map measuring  
171 in. or more than 14 feet!

Lacking the booklet that was originally bound in; the year of  
publication (1887) is derived from the date of one of the ads. Some  
bumps and soiling to the cloth binding, light wear and toning to the  
edges of the wraps for each section, one section with a mild bump to  
one corner; the maps themselves are in wonderful shape: clean, fresh  
and bright.