Set Of Bartholomew Road Maps Of Great Britain
Set Of Bartholomew Road Maps Of Great Britain
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Vintage Set of Folding Bartholomew's AA Road Maps Of Great Britain.
A set of 17 of 23 Bartholomew Automobile Association maps of Great Britain in a hard blue travel case. Each map has its own sheet number to the front with a label stating 'The Automobile Association, Quarter - Inch Motoring Maps of Great Britain'. There is also a map of the whole country on the lid which is divided into the map numbers to show how they correspond to each other. The covers also note that the maps are printed and published in Great Britain by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., The Geographical Institute, Duncan Street, Edinburgh. The maps have a scale of 4 miles to an inch with the roads revised by The Automobile Association Jan. 1929. The set is good but incomplete, the case being in good order with central leather carry handle to the lid. The case embossed in gilt 'Bartholomew's Quarter-Inch Great Britain, Automobile Association (with AA logo).
Each map is made up of 16 printed pieces of paper mounted onto linen sheets and they measure 30 inches wide & 17 ½ inches high. The full set of 23 travelling folding AA maps comprises of:-
No.1 John O' Groats, No.2 Dingwall - Portree, No.3 Inverness - Aberdeen, No.4 Oban - Fort William, No.5 Perth - Dundee, No.6 Glasgow - Atr, No.7 Edinburgh - Berwick, No.8Dumfries - Stranraer, No.9 Newcastle - Carlisle, No.10 Lancaster - Keswick, No.11 York - Darlington, No. 12 Liverpool - Holyhead, No.13 Sheffield - Lincoln, N0.14 Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury, No.15 Birmingham - Leicester, No.16 Peterborough - Norwich, No.17 Cardigan - Cardiff, No.18 Oxford - Bristol, No.19 London Northwards, No.20Exeter - Barnstaple, No.21 Portsmouth - Salisbury, No.22 London Southwards and No.23 Plymouth - Land's End.
The ones missing are No.3, 5, 10, 18, 21 & 22.
Dimensions:
1900-1949
Circa 1930's
Paper
United Kingdom
Case is in good order, leather handle with crack. Maps missing are No. 3, 5, 10, 18, 21 & 22.
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.Each map is made up of 16 printed pieces of paper mounted onto linen sheets and they measure 30 inches wide & 17 ½ inches high. The full set of 23 travelling folding AA maps comprises of:-No.1 John O' Groats, No.2 Dingwall - Portree, No.3 Inverness - Aberdeen, No.4 Oban - Fort William, No.5 Perth - Dundee, No.6 Glasgow - Atr, No.7 Edinburgh - Berwick, No.8Dumfries - Stranraer, No.9 Newcastle - Carlisle, No.10 Lancaster - Keswick, No.11 York - Darlington, No. 12 Liverpool - Holyhead, No.13 Sheffield - Lincoln, N0.14 Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury, No.15 Birmingham - Leicester, No.16 Peterborough - Norwich, No.17 Cardigan - Cardiff, No.18 Oxford - Bristol, No.19 London Northwards, No.20Exeter - Barnstaple, No.21 Portsmouth - Salisbury, No.22 London Southwards and No.23 Plymouth - Land's End.The ones missing are No.3, 5, 10, 18, 21 & 22.){kind=link}