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.

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

A wall map version of the Oarsman's and Angler's Map of the River Thames, size 16 x 257.5cm (6.5" x 8’6” approx), a reproduction from the Old House Books of an 1893 map showing at 1” to a mile the river’s 164-mile course from its source to London Bridge with locks, towing paths, ferries, etc.

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.

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.

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.

This brand new 2016 version of the bestselling Bradshaw's Diary is a must-have for any train enthusiast or Great British Railway Journeys fan. It is a beautiful desk diary full of attractive period illustrations and authentic text drawn from Bradshaw and other Victorian railway publications.

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 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.

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.

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 ...

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 House Books of the Jewish East London map from 1899, commissioned by the Toynbee Trust to illustrate the distribution of Jewish community in the Whitechapel and Spitafields area, although coverage extends much further out: north beyond the Bethnal Green Road, east to the Tower Hamlets Cemetery, and south beyond Cable Street.

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 Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales is a facsimile of the first guide to planning journeys on the inland waterways published in 1904 when the name Bradshaw became synonymous with reliable information on travelling the nation’s blossoming network of railways.

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.

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.