Lot 11
Bradshaw (George) Bradshaw's Railway Companion, 1843 & others, Bradshaw (18
Hammer Price: £650
Description
Bradshaw (George) Bradshaw's Railway Companion, folding map with route in red, 13 double-page maps/plans, some partly hand-coloured, original brownish cloth, glazed green label to upper cover, 1843; another edition, 2 folding maps, 14 double-page maps/plans, some partly hand-coloured, folding cross-section, original brownish cloth, glazed green label to upper cover, 1845; Lengths and Levels to Bradshaw's Maps of the Canals, Navigable Rivers, and Railways, in the Principal part of England, first edition, 1833; Lengths and Levels...from Actual Survey, 2 engraved maps on folding sheet, 1832 bound with Extracts from the Minutes of Evidence given before the House of Lords on the London and Birmingham Railway Bill, half-title, folding engraved map of Stephenson's survey, 1832, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary cloth, spine faded; Bradshaw's Shareholder's Guide, Railway Manual and Directory, for 1856, 2 large folding maps with plates of patented inventions on verso, one torn, contemporary maroon morocco with brass clasp, title and "G.Gamble Esq." in gilt to upper cover, spine gilt, remains of old label to head, rubbed, London & Manchester, 1856; Bradshaw's British Railway Guide..., No.182, folding map, illustrated advertisements, original printed wrappers, spotted, upper cover frayed and detached, 3rd Mo (March) 1849; and 13 others, Bradshaw, v.s. (18)
⁂ The Lengths and Levels are often found bound together with the Extracts of Minutes. The London to Birmingham Company had their original Bill refused after several nimby peers objected. However, in 1833 the Bill was passed and work started later that year, by 1838 it was complete. The journey took five and a half hours.
Description
Bradshaw (George) Bradshaw's Railway Companion, folding map with route in red, 13 double-page maps/plans, some partly hand-coloured, original brownish cloth, glazed green label to upper cover, 1843; another edition, 2 folding maps, 14 double-page maps/plans, some partly hand-coloured, folding cross-section, original brownish cloth, glazed green label to upper cover, 1845; Lengths and Levels to Bradshaw's Maps of the Canals, Navigable Rivers, and Railways, in the Principal part of England, first edition, 1833; Lengths and Levels...from Actual Survey, 2 engraved maps on folding sheet, 1832 bound with Extracts from the Minutes of Evidence given before the House of Lords on the London and Birmingham Railway Bill, half-title, folding engraved map of Stephenson's survey, 1832, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary cloth, spine faded; Bradshaw's Shareholder's Guide, Railway Manual and Directory, for 1856, 2 large folding maps with plates of patented inventions on verso, one torn, contemporary maroon morocco with brass clasp, title and "G.Gamble Esq." in gilt to upper cover, spine gilt, remains of old label to head, rubbed, London & Manchester, 1856; Bradshaw's British Railway Guide..., No.182, folding map, illustrated advertisements, original printed wrappers, spotted, upper cover frayed and detached, 3rd Mo (March) 1849; and 13 others, Bradshaw, v.s. (18)
⁂ The Lengths and Levels are often found bound together with the Extracts of Minutes. The London to Birmingham Company had their original Bill refused after several nimby peers objected. However, in 1833 the Bill was passed and work started later that year, by 1838 it was complete. The journey took five and a half hours.