--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 12:11:43 PDT From: Richard Oliver <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Ordnance Survey maps of Britain and Ireland: an important new publication Sender: Richard Oliver <[log in to unmask]> This message, about a `public service' rather than `commercial' publication which it is hoped with be of great service in map libraries and the like, is being posted to Lis-maps, history-gis, Maphist and Maps-L: if anyone feels like cross-posting it to other potentially interested lists, then please do so! Also, apologies in advance for cross-posting. ORDNANCE SURVEY SMALL-SCALE MAP INDEXES: 1801-1998 For the first time ever, indexes for all Ordnance Survey small-scale maps have been brought together in a single volume. Most are hard to find elsewhere; many have been specially drawn for this work, whilst others have never been published before. Each diagram has an explanatory text, describing which map series use the sheet lines shown. The text and diagrams identify which sheets were or were not published, guiding the reader through the complexities of incomplete series and changes of sheet lines or specification. Publication dates, combined sheets, unpublished sheets, significant specification features and related tourist and district maps are given for most series. Military, aviation and geological series are all treated in equal depth. This book will be invaluable to librarians, archivists, map enthusiasts,military and aviation historians - in fact anyone who uses Ordnance Survey maps. The research and text have been undertaken by Roger Hellyer, who is a leading author and authority on OS maps. He has spent over four years gathering the information for this work. All the UK copyright libraries, together with private collections and numerous local, university and specialist libraries have been searched. Visits to Belfast, Dublin, New York and Washington DC have been made to trace elusive details. An exensive index, comprehensive bibliography and other appendices complete this ground breaking work. Publication and ordering details: Ordnance Survey small-scale maps : Indexes 1801-1998 ISBN 0 9517579 5 4 xxiv, 264pp, illus., bibliog., A4. Hardback at 35.00 pounds sterling (plus postage) (40.00 pounds sterling from bookshops) Published in 1999 by David Archer, The Pentre, Kerry, Newtown, Montgomeryshire SY16 4PD, United Kingdom Tel: 01686 670382 Fax: 01686 670551 International Fax: +44 1686 670551 ********************************************************* Priority Order Form Please supply___________copies of Ordnance Survey small-scale maps : Indexes 1801-1998 at 35.00 pounds each (plus 3.50 pounds postage in UK; surface postage outside UK will be charged at cost; all payments in sterling, please.) Name: Address: Person to contact: Telephone: We enclose payment with order / Please send together with an invoice Our order number: Date: Signed: Position: Please post or fax order to: David Archer, The Pentre, Kerry, Newtown, Montgomeryshire SY16 4PD, United Kingdom Fax: 01686 670551 International Fax: +44 1686 670551 (sorry, no e-mail!) (Posted by Richard Oliver, School of Geography & Archaeology, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, Great Britain) --- End Forwarded Message ---