Old House Books

A reproduction by the Old House Books of the Rhinebeck Panorama map of Nelson's London c. 1806, in a wall map version, size 100 x 28cm (39.5 x 11" approx). The map, named after a town in New York State where it was discovered in the 1940s, was completed by an unknown artist (or artists) between 1806 and 1810.

A wall map with a reproduction from the Old Book House of Braun and Hogenberg's map of Elizabethan London first published in 1572, size 69 x 47cm (27" x 18.5" approx). The map is the earliest surviving plan of the whole of London and presents the city much as Shakespeare would have known it.

Bradshaw’s Handbook or to give it its full title “Bradshaw’s Descriptive Railway Handbook of Great Britain & Ireland” - the book that inspired the TV series Great British Railway Journeys, reproduced in a faithful facsimile edition.

Charles Booth's famous London Poverty Maps of 1889 reproduced as a set of two maps and presented in a handsome decorative cover with notes on the survey and the classifications adopted for conveying its results.

Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, once an indispensible tool for anyone planning to explore the Continent and now used in the BBC TV series, provides a fascinating glimpse of Europe soon to be convulsed by the First World War and emerge with many of its international borders changed by the conflict

British Empire in 1905 on a reproduction by Old House Books of a map originally published as part of The Historical and Modern Atlas of the British Empire, with panels presenting the growth of the Empire between 1603 and 1837.

Stanford's Library Maps of London and its Suburbs from 1863, published to present the capital with the surrounding countryside and outlying villages such as Hampstead, Stratford, Merton and Beckenham, reproduced by the Old Book House and presented as a set of four separate maps. These high quality reproductions are published with colour highlighting London’s omnibus routes, green spaces, waterways, railway ...

Bradshaw’s Railway Map 1907 from the Old Book House provides a reproduction of the map originally published to accompany the famous Bradshaw's Railway Manual 1907. The map shows the rail network of the British Isles at around the peak of its growth at about 23,000 miles in length. Many sea connections to Continental ports and to Ireland are also marked.

The London Midland & Scottish Railway Map 1924: Euston to Inverness from The Old Book House presents the whole 567-miles long route divided into eight separate panels printed side by side.

The Great Fire of London map from the Old Book House, a reproduction of a map prepared by a Bohemian cartographer Wenceslas Hollar and commissioned by the Lord Mayor of London to show the full extent of the dreadful fire which engulfed the City in September 1666.

Reproduction by the Old House Book of a lovely official souvenir map originally produced for the New York World's Fair in1939, with street plans, a panorama of the Fair’s main exhibit area, beautiful drawings of the city’s famous buildings, lists of important sights and various other facilities – everything visitors needed to know to get the best from their visit to the Fair.

This is a beautiful colour view of London from the perspective of an aerial balloon, looking southwards from Hampstead. Printed in 1851, it shows the brand new Crystal Palace - erected to house the Great Exhibition - as well as the early London railways, Victorian Oxford Street, the Tower and eight of the city's bridges, many of which were recent constructions. This is a stunning and unexpected wind...

A reproduction from the Old Book House of Braun and Hogenberg's map of Elizabethan London first published in 1572. The map is the earliest surviving plan of the whole of London and presents the city much as Shakespeare would have known it.

Reproduction of “Johnston’s Plan of Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello and Environs, constructed from the latest surveys with additions by the local surveyors of these towns by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London, 1893”.

A street plan of Oxford in 1789 published by William Faden and reproduced by the Old House Books. Although based on a survey made 40 years earlier, the plan represented a great step forward from the earlier decorative bird’s-eye view maps of the city, providing much more accuracy and detail.

The Southern Railway Map 1924: Waterloo to Padstow and Ilfracombe from The Old Book House presents the whole route divided into six separate panels: from Waterloo past Exeter’s St David’s station to Colebrooke Junction and then either northwards to Ilfracombe via Barnstaple, or westwards to Padstow. Unlike its companion maps presenting other famous railway routes, this title is printed on a 62 x 90cm sheet....

The London & North Eastern Railway Map 1924: King's Cross to Mallaig from The Old Book House presents the whole 605-mile long route divided into eights separate panels, printed side by side.

Bradshaw’s Handbook or to give it its full title “Bradshaw’s Descriptive Railway Handbook of Great Britain & Ireland” - the book that inspired the TV series Great British Railway Journeys, reproduced in a special collector’s leather-bound edition.

A comprehensive travel guide to England, Wales and Scotland in the interwar period, this edition is distinguished for its reported association with the Luftwaffe attacks known as the 'Baedeker Blitz' in 1942, during which Exeter, Bath, Norwich, York and Canterbury in particular were targeted. It also includes hints for travellers, English etiquette and 'must-see' places and events.

A guide to all aspects of cycling and holidaying in Britain during the 1920s, including learning to ride, traps for the unwary and laws and customs of the road. The second section takes a tour of the roads and lodging houses of Britain and Northern France - including hints on the most scenic routes, how to avoid the busy and rather baffling town of Bristol, and understanding the local customs of the French.