new map river thames head (17 resultados)

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Fifth edition of this admirable exploration of the Thames. Bound in red with black and gilt illustration and lettering to front cover and spine. Very gentle wear to joints and corners. Minimal bumping of spine ends and corners. Endpapers shadowed. Instances of light foxing. Some leaves have yellowed, but book block is in remarkably good condition. Previous owner's signature to front endpaper, dated 1949.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Green beveled boards, leading corners a tad rubbed, the front with blind stamped decoration in black and gilt. The decorated spine, leaning slightly, with an insignificant stain below the word 'Thames'. and slight corner wear. Internally offsetting to end papers. Photo frontis, two folding maps and the other maps with photos attached. Pp (1), (3)ads, 227, (1).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 3rd Edition. Third edition, first printing octavo hardback, Dark green cloth pictorial gilt 170 pp plus 52 pages of adverts before and after the text illustrated with frontispiece, One general two page 33 sectional two page maps and 100 real sepia photos maps. Good condition Sound binding, corners rubbed. Gilt titles also a little rubbed Original owner has written his name and address twice at the head pf two of the early advert pages.

Original Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Fifth Edition. xi(advert); 220 + 64 (advert) pages. Recased. 2 folding sketch maps, single page map, photographic frontispiece, 33 double-page maps each illustrated with small photographic vews, ninety-nine in total, one plate showing 4 small photographs from the river Avon, one full-page photograph.4 page prospectus tipped-in. An exceptionally bright fresh copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Full tan leather rebinding of the 1887 Fifth Edition in excellent condition. Contents in very good condition with real photograph plate illustrations. Six raised bands outlined in gilt on the spine. Title in gilt on spine. Fold-out table of distances. Frontispiece portrait of author on his house boat is a real photograph, which someone has outlined in pen. All other photographs untouched. Numerous contemporary maps and advertisements. New endpapers upon which a message has been written. A very attractive book. DHL takes one week to just about anywhere in the world.

Hard Cover. Condición: near Good binding. Octavo. [8 (ads)], 220, 63 (ads) pp, frontis, maps, plates, illus. Fifth edition. In publisher's decorative cloth. Binding a trifle worn including a closed tear to the cloth at the joint, this area is tender but remains stable despite the loose hinges; some front matter, including title page and frontispiece, folding chart, and preliminary advertisements are detached but present; 33 double page maps with mounted photographs of sites along the route. These leaves are rippled from the mounting adhesive. Additionally, there are three single page plates with mounted photographs, similarly rippled. Inserted between the last page and terminal advertisements is a small 4-page prospectus for a work by Taunt in preparation: Old Father Thames. There is no date of publication, but we have followed OCLC which records a copy with manuscript note of publication. There are mentions of changes of course as late as 1886, supporting the speculation presented by the copy recorded in OCLC. A wonderful work with approximately 100 small thumbnail photographs.

Cloth. Condición: Good Only. Henry W. Taunt Ilustrador. The third edition of Henry W. Taunt's popular guide to the River Thames, illustrated with his distinctive photographs. The third edition of this illustrated guide to the River Thames.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Offering a varied series of trips exploring the River Thames, from entirely new surveys finished during the summer of 1878. With an accompanying itinerary which is extended to the various canals leading out of, or in connection with the Thames.Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph, dual-spread sketch map of the Thames, thirty-three dual-spread plans (each tipped-in with a number of small photographs) and an additional plate with four tipped-in small photographs.Collated, complete.From Henry W. Taunt, a professional photographer, author and publisher whose black-and-white photographs mainly capture views of Oxford and adjoining counties. He produced the first pocket guide to the River Thames to be illustrated with photographs, a notable feat of skill at the beginning of the 1860s.With twenty-two leaves of advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, hinges failed, leaving text block neatly severed from the boards and spine. With minor fading to the backstrip and marks to the cloth. Rubbing to the extremities. Internally, with one leaf of advertisements detached, but present, otherwise firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Minor age toning to the first page. Good Only. book.

Original Cloth. Condición: Good. Fifth Edition. Hinges stressed, some old staining to backs of a few plates. Small photos mounted throughout as scenes on the way.

8vo., (8 x 5 inches). Folding lithographed map of the Thames with the river hand-coloured in blue and dated 1897, 33 double-page chromolithographed maps, one full-page lithographed map, folding lithographed Table of Distances. Photographic frontispiece, one full-page photograph, and 100 small photographs all tipped-in, 3 full-page half-tones (two loose). Original red limp morocco gilt (worn at the head and foot of the spine with minor loss, hinges cracked). Provenance: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, their sale, Rachel Davis Auction September 21st, 2013, lot 512 Sixth edition (first published in 1872), published in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year and with many more photos and maps than in previous editions of the entire length of the Thames. This is a charming book, with lovely clear maps, and historic photographs of Thames landmarks. Taunt was a renowned photographer of the second half of the 19th-century, having taken his first photograph of a group in Exeter College quad in about 1858. "His photographs of the Oxford area and the River Thames soon attracted praise and he publicized them through magic-lantern lectures and in his book, 'A New Map of the River Thames' (1872), which included paste-down prints and his own survey of the river between Oxford and London. In his later years he became a prolific author of local histories and guidebooks, publishing over fifty titles; he also diversified into printing and became a major publisher of picture postcards. Between 1893 and 1906 he was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. "Taunt was a tall, distinguished-looking man with a full beard, almost invariably seen wearing nautical garb and a yachting cap. He was a competent musician and was at one time organist and choir leader at St Mary Magdalen Church in Oxford; his sense of fun was demonstrated by humorous poetic jingles and annual children's entertainments but he was also a fierce campaigner, battling for clean city water in 1880 and against electric tramways in 1906.Like many other nineteenth-century photographers, Taunt documented the local urban and rural scene but his artistic temperament and historian's eye raised his work on to a higher plane and gave it an enduring appeal" (Malcolm Graham for DNB).

Three-Quarter Leather. Condición: Excellent. No Jacket. For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. A fine example of this book. The early editions were based on the maps of 1871 and were published in 1872. The third and subsequent editions were based on the maps of 1878. The subsequent editions themselves do not appear to be dated The third and fifth editions are very similar with virtually all the same photos. The third was published in 1879 and the 5th states, "from entirely new surveys finished during the summer of 1878 and corrected to the present time". Mostly very clean inside with some occasional light foxing. Adverts included at front and back of book. Includes 24 sectional maps and 79 small photographs of the Thames stuck into the book. This book has been expertly rebound with new three quarter leather binding with marbled boards. Spine has five raised bands and looks excellent on the shelf. Buying more than one book will save on postage costs. To help our customers, we have split our books into 70 + categories. Size: 5" - 7.25" Tall.

Cloth. Condición: Good. Not Stated Ilustrador. The fifth edition of Henry Taunt's detailed map on the journey of the River Thames, illustrated throughout with folding maps and tipped in original photographs. A delightful and comprehensive map of the River Thames, from the Thames head to London, drawn on a scale of two inches per mile. Compiled from surveys finished during 1878 and including guides giving topographical information to tourists, oarsmen, and anglers.The fifth edition of this work, which as been edited and augmented with alternations to the river and surrounding areas, particularly around Oxford.Written by Henry Taunt, photographer to the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society.Including two folding maps, thirty-three double page maps, and one hundred and two tipped in original photographs.Collated and complete.Containing eleven pages of advertisements to the front and sixty-three pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Rebacked, with the original cloth laid down to the spine and boards. Externally, sound, with some light shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally firmly bound. A tidemark to the frontispiece, and a few spots to the pages, otherwise pages are generally clean throughout. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardcover. Bound in rust red cloth with gold lettering and decoration on the cover and spine. Thick, bevel edged boards. Front cover is detached (except by a thin length of cloth at the head of the spine) but present. Spine is flat or even concave instead of convex due to all the time that the book has been open and in use. This is the Third Edition (stated on the title page) and has no printed date on either title or copyright page. A beautiful, original, albumen photograph pasted to inside front cover shows 13 well dressed Victorians in summer whites, corsets and straw hats. One of the men has been pasted on, neatly trimmed to fit between two other people in the group-shot, in what is surely the earliest example of Photoshop-style photo manipulation I have come across. 6 pages of ads at the front. Original owner has written his name on the top corner of each, Byrd M. Tall (or Fall. Also wrote his name on the title page and page following. Byrd and his companions used this book for all it was worth -- he has noted on the large map at the front that the accomplished the trip from Jun 18th to June 23, 1883 - "69 miles in 5 days." with a party of 15 (sometimes less). There are 33 maps tipped in, each with a hand-colored stretch of river and countryside, and each with several small photographs of the scenery pasted down. The past and photos have combined to wrinkle parts of the map-pages, but they remain as charming as can be. In addition, the expedition party has added notes to the (blank) backs of many of the map pages, noting the weather and time of day, quoting from poems, mentioning who was aboard and where they stopped to eat. "2nd night. The Roebuck Inn - not so simple or so rural. stroll in the evening along the high road to hear nightingales." and "Called on Sir Joseph Hooker." (opposite page 70). In collating carefully to describe the book, I see that there are also some notes written in 1884 in a different handwriting. 215 pages in all, the final 40 or so are charming advertisements for gear and shops along the route. Text block (quite remarkably) remains tight. There are 2 Victorian chromolithographed holiday cards tucked inside at the front. Also tucked in at the front is a description of this book clipped from a 1980's ABAA trade publication, with the handwritten note "buy" and dated 1981. (It is listed for $50). Overall just a lovely as can be. I count 33 maps with 97 photos on them, plus 4 additional photos on a sightseeing page plus a frontispiece gravure. Please email with questions or to request photos. Please note if there is a photograph beside this listing, it was put there by ABE, not by me, so it may not accurately show the book I am selling.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. n.d. [around 1880]. 8vo. 5th edition. xi, [2], 220, 63 pp. Complete with tissue-guarded frontispiece of Taunt's houseboat, a full page and a folding map, a folding table of distances, 96 small photographs mounted on 32 double page maps and 1 plate. Also includes a blue paper 4pp ad: "Old Father Thames, The King of British Rivers" bound-in. In the publisher's russet cloth, gilt- and ink-stamped to spine and front board. Henry Taunt (1842-1922) was a professional photographer, author, publisher and entertainer and he produced this first pocket guide to the River Thames to be illustrated with photographs. In the 1860s it covered the upper Thames, but it expanded its range over several editions.  In 1872 Taunt published A New Map of the River Thames on a scale of half an inch to a mile. The wet collodion process, invented by Frederick Scott Archer, was the best means to capture negative images on glass until the end of the 1870s, by which time many of Taunt's pictures for his Illustrated Map of the Thames had been taken. He would row his skiff to a location, set up his dark tent, set up his camera and tripod, sensitise and coat the glass plate, immediately make the two- or three-second exposures, develop and fix the images, wash them in river water, perhaps dry them in the sun and row back to his lodgings or set up camp with his assistants. At the beginning of the 1860s this was a notable feat of skill. A very good + copy, tight and bright throughout. Many pages of adverts front and rear.

[4], 215 (including the rear board paper) p. Double page map, 33 sectional maps illustrated with real photographs and one leaf of photographs of sights on the Warwickshire Avon which has a sepia printed background. Red pictorial cloth binding with gilt and black decoration of foliage and a dragonfly. The spine and head of the boards are faded but still an attractive binding. The endpapers show some marks from old repairs which have been removed. The front board paper has an small ink blot and an inscription dated 1880. Internally clean and tight. A well restored example.

Decorative Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Profusely illustrated withphotographs and drawings Ilustrador. 5th or later Edition. A very nice clean, bright and tight copy. bound in green cloth with gilt title to spine and front board and black illustrations of river and reeds and gilt dragonfly . end papers and many more pages front and back full of wonderful Victorian adverts. first and last paste downs have a 2" piece removed from were a brown paper cover has been removed, front and last end paper browned. Fold out map of the Thames and a fold out table of distances and scenes along the way. Many small actual photographs of houses and scenes along the river in sepia tone taken by the author alongside a coloured map. A scarce book.

Illustrated Brown Cloth. Condición: Good. Third Edition. Third edition, 215pp, including 45pp of sdverts at rear, also 7pp of adverts at front, including both sets of endpapers, printed frontispiece photo, double-page index map, 33 further double-page maps and 1single map, all maps printed in black & blue, with mounted black & white photographic views, original brown cloth, front and spine illustrated in black and gilt and lettered in gilt, neatly rebacked, spine faded, title page has ink owner's signature and date with underscoring of the title, occasional spotting and rippled map pages. Size: 7.5 x 5 Inches. Topography.

3rd Edn,. 215 pages including adverts, frontis illus + folding distance map + 33 double page maps of parts of the river with photo insert to margin + 1 other single sheet plate with photo. Presentation inscription to top blank margin of title page to "Mr Porter with the authors best wishes Xmas 79". Publisher's brown cloth with river scene in black with gilt title and mayfly vignette to upper cover, decorative spine. A vg copy, details of where to fish, what fish are likely to be encountered etc. A book which is often broken for the attractive maps.