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Poster maps, ephemera and artworks. Click on an image for more details. Higher resolution images of all our posters are available on request, or you can view in person at our gallery: 40 Cross Street, Islington, London, N1 2BA

Original pictorial railway poster map of central London designed by Kerry Lee 1953. Full of period detail, prominent landmarks and humorous scenes. It also includes an illustration of the artist at work towards the bottom right corner of the map. The decorative border features historical figures from all the London boroughs with shields showing the coats of arms of each, while the royal procession for the State Opening of Parliament is prominent at the base

Kerry Lee (1903-1988),

London Town 1953

£1,450.00

Original London Transport system map for display at Underground and bus stations, designed by R.G. Lewis, 1962. A geographical map showing the entire tube system, together with bus and coach routes operated by London Transport.

B.G Lewis,

London's Transport Systems 1962

£600.00

An original Railway Executive poster map of the Greater London Area, showing main line, suburban and London Transport routes, 1951. The map incudes an enlarged diagram of the ‘City Area’ (top right)

Anon,

London & Suburbs Main Line Railways 1951

£400.00

Austin Cooper,

J.B. Priestley's England 1931

£400.00

Andre Amstutz,

Holidays in Britain c.1965

Sold out

Original British Railways poster modernisation of Barking interchange station. Diagram of improved track layouts, with illustrations at the base by Donald Blake showing enhanced passenger facilities and signalling

Donald Blake,

Modernisation. Barking. Eastern Region 1956

£250.00

Anon,

Invest in National Savings, prosperity depends on what you do with what you've got c. 1948

£250.00

Cook, Hammond & Kell Ltd,

Visitor's London 1981

£225.00

Margaret Bradley,

Printed proof leaflet or notice: Vacances Grande Bretagne c.1938

£175.00

London Transport,

Harlow New Town 1960

£150.00

large format station poster map showing both the London Underground and the connecting national rail network for the Greater London area, 1987

Anon,

London Connections, Tube & Railway 1987

£150.00

M.S. Dutter (illustration), F. LE Galles (cartography),

Les Vignobles de France Vins du Val de Loire 1969

£150.00

FH Reitz,

Britain's Express Coach Network c.1965

£150.00

original promotional map of Antarctica published by the confectioner Mars c.1981. The design features an accurate map of the region (scale 145 miles to the inch), with images supplied by the Royal Geographic Society of famous polar explorers, research centres and wildlife.

Anon,

Antarctica c.1981

£75.00

London Underground carriage (or ‘car’) diagrammatic map of the central area, Version A, as fitted to 1995 and 1996 Stock Tube trains.

Transport for London,

London Transport Car (carriage) Tube map 2012

£35.00

Original Second World War rolled map of El Haseiat, scale 1:250,000. Map shows the area around El Haseiat, southeast of Ajdabiya, in northern Libya, including populated places, tracks, named landing grounds, ruins, graves, salt lakes, wadis, wells and other water sources, sand dune areas, vegetation and terrain features

Anon,

El Haseiat, 1:250000 Scale (military map) 1942

£30.00

Ordnance Survey map of Caernarvonshire (Sheet SH 65), 1:25,000 scale. First published 1953, revised edition 1961. Map shows the summit of Snowdon (with mountain railway marked), Llanberis, Llyn Gwynant and Llyn Llydaw

Anon,

Caernarvonshire Provisional Edition Map, Sheet SH65, 1961 1961

£25.00

folding map of British Railway history, published by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Edinburgh, c. 1975. The map opens to show the British Isles illustrated with key moments from railway history within a border of over 30 railway company crests and logos

Anon,

Bartholomew Railway History Map of Britain c. 1975

£25.00

Anon,

Touring grounds of Western Europe (folded map) c. 1948-50

£25.00

Anon,

Abidjan, 1:1000,000 Scale 1962

£25.00

Ordnance Survey,

Southern England Ordnance Survey map 1966

£25.00

Original Ordnance Survey map of Perthshire (Sheet XXX SE), One inch to one mile scale. Revised edition 1900. Map shows Coille Bhrochain and Coille Mhor

Anon,

Perthshire Western Edition Map, Sheet XXX SE, 1900 1900

£20.00

Anon,

BOAC Speedbird Routes… Across the World (Luggage Label - larger size) 1950s

£15.00

Anon,

BOAC Speedbird Routes… Across the World (Luggage Label - smaller size) 1950s

£12.50