The Isles of Scilly—folding map & Standard Guide Book—RMS Scillonian route c1948
£41
SKU: P-6-112753
The Isles of Scilly [Large Scale Map of the Scilly Isles]
A folding map of the Isles of Scilly from E. L. Bowley’s Standard Guide Book of about 1947–48, with the islands tinted pink and the course of the RMS Scillonian drawn twice, once for high tide and once for low, a reminder that the ferry’s way into St Mary’s depended on the water. St Mary’s, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin’s, St Agnes, Gugh and Samson are shown with their roads, footpaths, churches, lighthouses and quays, together with the airport, the golf links, Star Castle and the boat routes between the islands, out to the Eastern and Western Isles. Signed H.B.H., the map comes with its illustrated guidebook, so the practical geography and the holiday reading travel together. Bowley’s introduction is dated 1946; this issue is probably a little later. The guide names British European Airways, which took over the Scilly service in 1947, but still calls Penzance a G.W.R. station, favouring the period around railway nationalisation in January 1948. Its reference to George VI as the reigning king also points to composition before his death in 1952.
Size 28 x 32 cm | 11.0 x 12.5 inches
Date Published: c. 1947–48 (probable date from internal booklet evidence)
Type: Vintage folding visitor map in black and red, with accompanying guidebook
Author: H.B.H.
Publication: The Isles of Scilly — Standard Guide Book
Condition: Good |
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