Prints, Maps and Posters

Frank Wootton - 'Lancaster', colour print, signed by the artist and crew Leonard Cheshire, Norman Jackson, William Reid, Alex Henshaw, W.C. Townsend and J.B. Trait, also editioned 91/850 in pencil, 50cm x 63cm, within a gilt frame, together with two similar limited edition prints by Wootton 'Blenheim MK IV', and Michael Turner 'Piece of Cake'.

Robert Taylor - 'Return of the Belle', colour print, signed by the artist and eight surviving crew from the Memphis Belle, including Robert K. Morgan, James A. Verinis and Charles Leighton, 54.5cm x 80cm, within a gilt frame, with associated booklet.

Robert Taylor - 'The Tangmere Wing 1941', colour print, signed by the artist and four crew, Ken Holden, Douglas Bader, Hugh Dundas and Johnnie Johnson, 46cm x 59cm, within a gilt frame.

Philip E. West - 'Home at Dusk', colour print, signed by the artist and Frank Newman, together with another similar limited edition colour print by Michael Turner, 'Piece of Cake'.

Sebastian Munster - 'Das Engelland mit dem Asntossenden Reich Schottland so vor Zeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheissen' (Map of England) wood-engraving first state circa 1550, 26cm x 35.5cm, within a gilt frame.

John Speed - 'Northumberland' (Map of the County), engraving published by Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell circa 1676 with later colour, 40.5cm x 52cm, within a Hogarth style frame.

Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (publisher) - 'India XII Index Map' engraving hand-coloured in outline, published 1835, 41cm x 34cm, together with a collection of approximately 120 other maps and plans published for the SDUK.

C. & J. Greenwood - 'Map of the County of Surrey from an Actual Survey', hand-coloured folding engraving in 32 sections and backed onto linen published by Genge Pringle in 1823, 101cm x 123cm.

S.G. Burrard - 'India and Adjacent Countries' (Sheets 23, 24, 29 & 30 From The Survey of India), four colour heliozincographs each in eight sections and backed onto linen folding within original boards, new edition circa 1925-1928, together with five further folding maps from the Survey of India.

Automobile Association of Bengal (publishers) - 'India and Adjacent Countries' (Map of Darjeeling, Sheet 78), colour lithograph with advertisements on 18 sections and backed onto linen, folding within original cloth, 3rd edition 1927, 77.5cm x 90.5cm, together with a 1950s Road Map of Madras Presidency.

Thacker, Spink & Co (publishers) - 'Calcutta and Surrounding Country' (Map), heliozincograph in 38 sections and backed onto linen folding within original cloth, 152cm x 81cm.

Orconera Iron Ore Company Limited (publisher) - 'Obregon Mines & Railway Demarcation Plan showing Operations carried out between June and August 1903 by the Government Engineers', blueprint folding within limp leather binding, 71.5cm x 98.5cm. Note: a scarce California mining plan.

F. Bianconi - 'Mapa Comercial de Guatemala' (Map of the Central American Country), colour lithograph in 18 sections and backed onto linen folding within original cloth, 68cm x 78cm.

Geographia Ltd (publishers) - 'Pictorial Plan of London', colour lithograph folding within original wrappers, 51cm x 74cm, together with seven other folding maps and plans of London.

After William Hamilton - Allegorical Scenes of the Months of the Year, twelve oval colour stipple engravings by William J. Allingham, each signed in pencil by the engraver, each 32.5cm x 27cm, all within fluted gilt composition frames. Provenance: from the estate of the late Michael Rawlins of Wakefords, Easebourne, West Sussex.

Edward Stanford (Publisher) - 'Railway, Canal and Road Map of India, 1912', four colour lithographic ordnance maps: North West, North East, South West, South East, each in 40 sections and backed onto linen, with feathered endpapers, each approx 101.5cm x 111cm, folding within a single slipcase. Provenance: understood to be the property of Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India 1916-21.