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Lot 341: A Collection of Vintage Ordnance Survey Maps, Central Electricity Generating Board Technical Utility Maps, and Domestic Reference Books
This lot comprises a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century cartographic and domestic materials. The map collection features several Ordnance Survey New Popular Edition one-inch maps of England and Wales, with visible examples including Sheet 159 The Chilterns (published 1945, road revisions 1947), Sheet 160 London N.W. (published 1945), and Sheet 168 Winchester. These are presented in both red paper and cloth-backed covers. Later editions from the Landranger series are also present, including Sheet 199 Eastbourne and Hastings at a 1:50,000 scale. A specialised grouping of technical utility maps from the Central Electricity Generating Board (South Eastern Region) is included, featuring Sheet No. 173 East Kent and Sheet No. 172 Chatham and Maidstone. These items are housed in brown card folders and indicate the routes of overhead power lines at a scale of one inch to a mile, accompanied by related grid data sheets and loose route maps. Domestic volumes include a new edition of Mrs. Beeton’s All About Cookery, published by Ward, Lock and Co., Ltd., bound in black cloth with gilt-stamped decorative lettering. The lot also contains a vintage souvenir booklet titled Dinard – 12 Cartes Postales, a heavily distressed antique volume with a perished spine and detached covers, and various loose ephemeral items including grid-lined paper pads and a small vintage card box.
Condition report:
The collection is in aged, used condition consistent with field and domestic use. The Ordnance Survey maps exhibit typical folding wear, creasing, toning, and occasional foxing to the paper. The Central Electricity Generating Board folders show edge wear and light soiling. The copy of Mrs. Beeton\'s All About Cookery displays significant wear to the spine ends and corners, with scuffing to the boards and toning to the page edges. The unidentified antique volume is in a heavily distressed state with detached covers and a missing spine. Other ephemeral items show various degrees of handling wear and tanning.
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