The Old Series Ordnance Survey Maps of England and Wales. Vol. VIII (Northern England & The isle of Man).

HARDBACK "RARE VOL 8 IN THE SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st * Date of Publication: 1991. * Publisher: Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No visible marks or wear. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the armorial bearing of the Ordnance Survey with red titles to spine and face. No visible shelf wear to top or bottom edges, head or tail of spine, some spotting to front & rear of jacket. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG++.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible marks to page edges, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Some b/w line drawn illustrations & b/w full page plates to introduction. Numerous single sided map section reproductions throughout. * Pages: 252 pp. text. lxxiv pp. introduction and appendices at front & blank pages at rear.* Description: Volume 8 is the rarest volume in the series; it has been rumoured that much of the stock was destroyed in a warehouse fire, and it certainly went out of print extremely quickly. A reproduction of the 110 sheets of the survey in early state in ten volumes of which this is volume VIII containing those for Northern England and The Isle Of Man, (Cumberland, Durham, Isle of Man, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire, North Riding and Parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire, East and West Ridings.). Scale one inch to the mile.* A FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with some slight marks to jacket now in a clear un-attached protective dust jacket.*