Railway & Transport

Sketch Map of Northern and Central East Africa / [Cover title:] Road Map of East Africa This map was ‘compiled with the help of the Public Works an...

The Daily Telegraph was one of a number of newspapers to sponsor London underground maps, like our example from 1919 which also includes the tramwa...

Beck’s 1938 passenger map features on its reverse an enlargement of the central London area with interchange stations named inside large diamonds. ...

Underground map of London with some motor bus connections, September 1916 issue. The London General Omnibus Company was by this point owned by the ...

This is the Summer 1928 issue of this portrait format map of the London underground, issued 1928-29.  The style of the lines, stations and intercha...

The Central London Railway pioneered giving maps like this one to passengers free of charge, something which we now take for granted but which only...

This issue of Beck’s 1934 map saw a slight increase in size of the card folder given away to passengers.  Beck’s diagram is one of the most innovat...

Our map of the London underground is the second edition in a series designed by Fred Stingemore, issued free to passengers from May 1925 onwards an...

The “District Railway” Miniature Map of London and Environs (6th edition) District Railway routes are overprinted in red on this road and rail map ...

This pictorial route map of the Devon General by an anonymous draughtsman for the principal bus operator in south Devon makes playful references to...

This steamship route map of the western Mediterranean and Northwest Africa shows the routes from Marseille and Bordeaux to Tunisia, Algeria and Mor...

The British Empire Exhibition originally ran between April and November 1924, but it was not a financial success, and the decision was taken to reo...

The British Empire Exhibition was, at the time, the largest exhibition staged anywhere in the world; a high profile, postwar statement of confidenc...

This route map advertises passenger, postal and cargo steamship services between Marseille and West Africa. The SS Canada was built for the Fabre L...

The Railway Clearing House allocated revenue on occasions where one company’s train ran over another’s track, and promoted standardisation (of ever...

This plan of the Manchester Shipping Canal was published as a supplement to ‘The Illustrated London News’, February 3rd 1883. Construction began in...

New Road Map of England & Wales... shewing all the lines of railway, canals &c., describing the picturesque scenery and forming a complete ...

This pictorial plan of central Oxford was printed for the recently nationalised British Railways (Western Region). The arms of the University and t...

A first edition of the famous diagram from January 1933 Beck’s diagram is one of the most innovative and influential designs of the twentieth centu...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] South Harrow Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, ...

By Green Line from Hyde Park Corner This pair poster was issued in April 1947 for the start of the first summer of the fully re-instated coach netw...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Turnpike Lane Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War,...

Map with lines showing the boundary for free collection and delivery of parcels and passengers’ luggage The main map shows central London, includin...

Voyage en ballon dirigeable a travers l’Europe No rule sheet, but fairly self explanatory: the board is a simplified map of Europe with vignettes o...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Monument Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, with...

Map of the Grand Junction Railway and its Adjacent Country. [Copied by permission from the Company’s official map.] Shewing all the the stations on...

Map of the Great Western Railway and Connections This map illustrates how the Great Western Railway connected resources such as coal fields, china ...

The map shows bus, tram and train services operated by the Underground Group and is very similar to the pocket map issued in guidebooks c.1924 (ill...

This pictorial map grouping the three counties northeast of London was published by British Railways (Eastern Region) to promote leisure travel jus...

Beck’s diagram is possibly one of the most innovative and influential designs of the 20th century. First published in 1933, Beck remained directly ...

Clang, clang, clang went the trolley… Trolleybus services were introduced to London in 1931 and phased out between 1954 and 1962, making this one o...

Underground Map of Central London/A Guide to Underground Travel, Through Service Sth. Harrow and the West End Leboff and Demuth draw attention to t...

Underground Railways of London/What to see and how to travel: Map of the Electric Railways of London The continuation of lines in the margins is no...

England, with all the railways… This edition of Lizars’ railway map was published c. 1845, featuring lines such as the Maryport & Carlisle Rail...

This District Railway map of Greater London shows the approximate extent from Epsom to Enfield and from Windsor to Grays, with inset of the Henley ...

Map of London shewing Goods, Coal and Passenger Stations, Depots and Receiving Offices of the London & North Eastern Railway, also the Ordinary...

Cruchley’s Improved Geographical Companion throughout England & Wales including part of Scotland In this map of England and Wales, we have an i...

Bradshaw’s map of the railways of England & Wales with part of Scotland, reduced from the highly accurate Ordnance Survey, presented to the sub...

Un-titled, undated and without a printer, this exceptionally scarce early poster was created for display in stations, but establishing which ones p...

Our example of the map has been annotated in ink to show the early expansion of the railway system, with railways completed and under construction....

If thou art worn and hard beset with sorrows that thou wouldst forget… Go to the woods and hills; no tears dim the sweet look that nature wears. He...

This pictorial map of London employs an unusual form of Turkish fold which makes use of inclined folding lines. The map is a simplified pocket vers...

MacDonald Gill, brother of Eric, was a successful commercial artist in his own right, and a noted calligrapher who designed the font used on all he...

This iteration of the UERL common design marks George Philip & Son’s first official map for the Underground Group; the firm had designed the fi...

The earliest versions of this map advertised the Franco-British Exhibition which closed at the end of October 1908, marked here as ‘Exhibition’. In...

Our map shows bus, tram and train services operated by the Underground Group and is very similar to the pocket map issued in guidebooks c. 1924.  T...

Condition & Materials  Lithographed in red and black on two sheets, each 38.5 x 80 cm; this map of Long Island is printed on thin india paper; ...

Mogg’s New Map of the Roads. A New Travelling Map of England, Wales and Scotland […] Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 77 x 63.5 cm, a ro...