Description: GOOD to VERY GOOD CONDITION This sale is for a vintage hardback FIRST EDITION entitled “An Atlas of Tudor England and Wales,” subtitled “Forty Plates from John Speed’s Pocket Atlas of 1627,” Introduced and described by E. G. R. Taylor, with 40 FULL PAGE COLOUR maps. It was published by Penguin Books Ltd., of Harmondsworth, Middlesex, is one of the wonderful vintage “King Penguin” editions, and is the 1951 FIRST EDITION. John Speed (1552–1629) was an English cartographer and historian, being England's most famous Stuart period mapmaker. The contents and illustrations include: · The English Counties· Bedfordshire· Berkshire· Buckinghamshire· Cambridgeshire· Cheshire· Cornwall· Cumberland· Derbyshire· Devonshire· Dorsetshire· Durham· Essex· Gloucestershire· Hampshire· Herefordshire· Hertfordshire· Huntingdonshire· Kent· Lancashire· Leicestershire· Lincolnshire· Middlesex· Norfolk· Northamptonshire· Northumberland· Nottinghamshire· Oxfordshire· Rutlandshire· Shropshire· Somersetshire· Staffordshire· Suffolk· Surrey· Sussex· Warwickshire· Westmorland· Wiltshire· Worcestershire· Yorkshire· Wales and Monmouthshire The book measures 7.25 inches x 4.8 inches and has 32 pages + colour maps. The book is in good, neat condition for its age, with wear and small tears to the edge of the original dust-jacket (not price-clipped). There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil markings in the book. The binding is very good with no loose or missing pages. A wonderfully illustrated vintage FIRST EDITION. COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total postage & packing/‘shipping’ for additional items after the cost of the heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice. Please click on “View Sellers Other Items” towards the top right hand side of this page for other vintage editions. Buyer to pay postage & packing For UK Postage: 2nd Class/Parcels = £1.95; or 1st Class = £2.70 European Union Postage: = 5.95 GB Pounds USA Postage: Air Mail (USA) = 9.25 GB Pounds Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere else in the World) = 7.25 GB Pounds Unwinsbooks always obtain a proof of postage receipt from the Royal Mail. Packages over Royal Mail size rules may be sent by courier (customer will be informed). Goods will be WELL PACKAGED by Unwins Books and dispatched once payment has cleared.
Price: 19 GBP
Location: Shaftesbury, Dorset
End Time: 2025-02-03T22:53:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 11.31 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Publisher: Penguin
Year Printed: 1953
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: John Speed
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Fiction Subject: N/A
Region: Europe
Author: E. G. R. Taylor
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Character Family: King Penguin
