Old House Books

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

Bradshaw's International Air Guide, the very first edition published in November 1934, in a facsimile reproduction from the Old House Books, with a pull-out map showing air routes in Britain, Europe and worldwide.

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.

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.

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.

London’s Theatreland in 1915 on a reproduction from the Old Book House of a decorative map commissioned by the Underground Electric Railways Company and drawn by the renowned artist Leslie MacDonald (Max) Gill, the younger brother of the sculptor and letterer Eric Gill.

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 ...

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.

Reproduction of Charles Laurent's “Topographical Plan of Manchester and Salford with the adjacent parts” from 1793 - the second ever map of the city to be published. In addition to the main map the original also included three panels, shown in this reproduction, presenting in a strip format the main route from Manchester’s Post Office to London’s General Post Office, a map of “the Country round Manchester f...

Where Our Tea Comes From wall map, size 58 x 94 cm (23"x 37" approx), is a reproduction by the Old House Books of a decorative poster issued in 1937 by the Tea Market Expansion Board, a group of companies formed to encourage sales.

Where Our Tea Comes From map is a reproduction by the Old House Books of a decorative poster issued in 1937 by the Tea Market Expansion Board, a group of companies formed to encourage sales.

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....

Lancashire and Yorkshire in a series of nine sheets from Old House Books covering England and Wales and reproducing mapping originally published in 1897 in The Royal English Atlas to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Each map comes with a small booklet describing Victorian Britain and is presented in a protective envelope.

West Wales in a series of nine sheets from Old House Books covering England and Wales and reproducing mapping originally published in 1897 in The Royal English Atlas to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Each map comes with a small booklet describing Victorian Britain and is presented in a protective envelope.

East Wales and West Midlands in a series of nine sheets from Old House Books covering England and Wales and reproducing mapping originally published in 1897 in The Royal English Atlas to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Each map comes with a small booklet describing Victorian Britain and is presented in a protective envelope.