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London: London: Halton & Truscott Smith, LTD>. Limited Edition of 1500 copies of which this is number No. 906---Clean, no marks, pages pristine. 79 maps dated 1482-1776 from engravings in the MacPherson Collection. Top Edge Gilt--No DJ Covers rubbed and very slight lean to spine----interior in excellent condition. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1926.

London: Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd, 1926. Limited Edition 837/1500. Hardcover. Quarto, vii, 51, plates (unpaginated), xliii (catalogue). Good; bound in red cloth with gilt titling to spine and front cover, boards have some areas of discoloration, pencil marks and rubbing, light shelf wear to edges and corners; binding tight; text block clean with gilt top edge; pages clean; 79 plates, including one folding plate and nineteen tipped-in color plates, present and intact as indicated; ex-library copy with usual markings, including institutional stamps to several pages, spine label, and call number written in pencil; previous owner bookplate on inside front pastedown and name in ink on ffep "Harrold E. Gillingham 20 August 1929 Paris;" some pencil marks throughout. NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1362435. Special Collections.

London:: Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd.,, 1926.. First edition; No. 441 of 1500 copies.. publisher's rose gilt cloth, t.e.g.. Spine sunned; very light use to cloth at corners.. Folio,. Illustrated throughout; many maps in color..

London: Halton & Truscott Smith, 1926. First edition (hardback), limited to 100 numbered copies (this copy number 51). 4to (31cm by 26cm), viii, 51pp, xliii. 79 plates (19 in colour). Original half white vellum, brown cloth boards, gilt titling to the spine, top edge gilt. Some light spotting of the binding, endpapers foxed, else this copy is in very good condition.

Halton and Truscott Smith Ltd, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Leather-bound. Slipcase. Wear/splitting to slip case. 3/4 bound in vellum over cloth boards. Vellum corners. 8 bands. 7 compartments. Spine adorned in gilt lettering. Copy number 15 of a run limited to 100. 79 plates. 19 in color. A comprehensive collection of historical maps, detailing various key points in the development of cartography, compiled and explained by Arthur L. Humphreys. Tight binding and minimal shelf-wear. Solid boards. Minor scuffing to cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Moderate soiling to slipcase. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

London:: Halton & Truscott Smith,, 1926.. No. 5 of 100 copies.. publisher's half vellum and cloth sides, t.e.g.. Bookplate; some light dampstaining to the cloth along the fore-edge; but otherwise very nice.. Folio,. With illustations (many in color) from engravings in the Macpherson collection, and a catalogue of the atlases, etc., in the collection, by Henry Stevens.

Halton and Truscott Smith, London, 1926. Hardcover. An attractive copy of the 1926 limited edition. #92 of only 100 copies issued. Half-vellum over brown cloth boards. Clean, well-preserved and VG+. Bright gilt-lettering along vellum spine. 8 raised bands and 7 compartments along spine as well. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge deckled. Tall quarto, 51 pgs. of text plus 79 full page illustrations (including 19 tipped-in color plates) and a 43 pg. catalogue following the plates. Tasteful, inoffensive former owner stamp (an oven company in Sheffield) on front free endpaper.