Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 9 July 2026

Antiques, Estate & Job Lot Auction – 9 July 2026

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Lot 498: A Collection of Vintage Topographical Maps, Road Atlases, and British Regional Guidebooks

This auction ended on July 9, 2026.

Start price: £10

Estimated price: £10 - £20

Buyer's Premium: 18%

Not sold

A large collection of topographical maps, road atlases, and regional guidebooks, primarily focused on Great Britain. Key items include The Times Concise Atlas of the World published by Times Books, featuring brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. A vintage Road Atlas of Great Britain is present in a flexible brown textured binding with a gilt-embossed illustration of an early motor car to the front cover. The lot includes Ward Lock and Co. Red Guides, such as The Channel Islands and Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Clovelly etc., presented as red cloth hardcovers with black lettering. There is a diverse assortment of Ordnance Survey publications including The Cotswolds Landranger Guidebook, Pathfinder Series (Caister-on-Sea and Ormesby Broad, Sheet TG 41/51), 1:50,000 Second Series maps (Ludlow and Wenlock, Sheet 137), a Peak District Tourist Map, and a reproduction of the first edition one-inch map for Downham. Also included are multiple Bartholomew’s Revised Half-Inch Contoured Maps with characteristic blue paper covers, alongside modern publications such as a Geographers’ A-Z London Street Atlas and a Unipart Motorists Compact Route Planner. The collection is completed by a Paris guidebook and various regional travel pamphlets and folding maps. The items are housed within a large clear plastic storage tub.