| Estimated date |
Printed date & ed. |
Tube Map & other information |
|---|---|---|
| c.1896 | Title page: "12th ed. | 1896"
Adverts: "Series 1896" |
3rd edition of The District Railway Miniature Map of London, glued to page 31
(Note: publisher was Ward, Lock, & Bowden, Ltd). |
| 1906 | Title page: "28th ed. | 1907"
Adverts: "Series 1906-7" |
7th edition of The District Railway Miniature Map of London
(with printer's date code of 10.06), was glued to page 55: now there is a tiny glue mark, and a clear indentation in the adjacent pages.
(Note: publisher from here on is Ward Lock & Co., Ltd) |
| early 1908 |
Title page: "29th ed. | 1908"
Adverts: "Series 1907-8" |
8th edition of The District Railway Miniature Map of London (with printer's date code of 10.07), glued to page 63. |
| late 1908 |
Title page: no ed., "1908"
Adverts: "Series 1908-9" |
8th edition of The District Railway Miniature Map of London (but now with "UndergrounD" logo), glued to page 64 (although the "Maps and Plans" list still ascribes it to page 63. |
| 1909 | Title page: "34th ed. rev.| 1909"
Adverts: "Series 1909-10" |
London Underground Group map, glued to page 56. |
| 1918 | Title page: "40th ed.| 1918"
Adverts: "Series 1918-19" |
No Tube Map in this specimen: but "Maps and Plans" says "Underground Railways of London ... faces page 57" and on page 56 is a very slight mark where a map might once have been attached. |
| 1919 | Title page: "41st ed. rev.| 1919"
Adverts: "Series 1918-19" |
No Tube Map in this specimen: but "Maps and Plans" says "Underground Railways of London ... faces page 57" but nothing visible on page 56. |
| 1920 | Title page: "42nd ed. rev."
Adverts: "Series 1920-21" |
UndergrounD "Map of the Electric Railways of London" printed by Dangerfield, dated code 2-10-19, glued to pages 40 and 41. |
| 1922 | Title page: "42nd ed. rev."
Adverts: "Series 1922-23" |
"Maps and Plans" says "Underground Railways of London ... faces page 41", and there we find the "Map of the Electric Railways of London" printed by Dangerfield, date code 9-3-21. |
| 1924 | Title page: "45th ed. rev."
Spine: "1924" Adverts: "Series 1924-25" |
"Maps and Plans" says "Undeground Railways of London ... faces page 41", but there is no map or visible sign on page 40 or 41. |
| 1927 | Title page: "46th ed. rev."
Spine: "1927" Adverts: "Series 1927-28" |
"Maps and Plans" does not mention any Underground Map, but page 35 says "See Railway Maps facing pp. 39 and 41.". The one facing 39 is the usual Ward Lock's own map; but that facing 41 is missing. There is a slight mark on page 40, which be consistent with a site of attachement. |
| 1928 | Title page: "47th ed. rev."
Spine: "1928" Adverts: "Series 1928-29" |
"Maps and Plans" does not mention any Underground Map, and page 35 says only "See Railway Map facing p. 39.". The one facing 39 is the usual Ward Lock's own map. No evidence of any attached Underground Map. There is, however, a loose-leaf Stingemore map of the London Underground, which seems to be identical to the 1927 edition of the map. |
| 1930 | Title page: "48th ed. rev."
Spine: "1930" Adverts: "Series 1930-31" |
"Maps and Plans" does not mention any Underground Map, and page 43 says only "See Railway Map facing p. 47.". The one facing 47 is the usual Ward Lock's own map. No evidence of any attached Underground Map. There is, however, a loose-leaf Stingemore map of the London Underground. |
| 1931 | Title page: "49th ed. rev."
Spine: "1931" Adverts: "Series 1931-32" |
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| 1932 | Title page: "49th ed. rev."
Spine: "1932" Adverts: "Series 1932-33" |
"Maps and Plans" does not mention any Underground Map, and page 51 says only "See Railway Map facing p. 47.". The one facing 47 is the usual Ward Lock's own map. No evidence of any attached Underground map. There is, however, a loose-leaf Stingemore map of the London Underground. |
| 1933 | Title page: "49th ed. rev."
Spine: "1933" Adverts: "Series 1933-34" |
"Maps and Plans" does not mention any Underground Map, and page 51 says only "See Railway Map facing p. 47.". The one facing 47 is the usual Ward Lock's own map. No evidence of any attached Underground Map. I am guessing that there might have been a loose-leaf Beck map of the London Underground. |
| 1936 | Title page: "52nd ed. rev."
Spine: "1936" Adverts: "Series 1936-37" |
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| 1937 | Title page: "53rd ed. rev."
Spine: "1937" Adverts: "Series 1936-37" |
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| 1939 | Title page: "53rd ed. rev."
Spine: "1939quot; Adverts: "Series 1938-39" |
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| 1940 | Title page: "54th ed. rev."
Spine: "1940" Adverts: "Series 1940-41" |
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| 1941 | Title page: "54th ed. rev."
Adverts: no date |
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| 1942 | Title page: "55th ed. rev."
Adverts: no date |
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| 1954 | Title page: "59th ed. rev."
Adverts: no date |
"Maps and Plans" does not mention any Underground Map, and page 51 says only "See Railway Map facing p. 45.". The one facing 45 is the usual Ward Lock's own map. On page 57, however, is a London Underground pocket map (852/1541Z/500M), dated January 1953, glued in. |
| In another specimen of this edition, there is no Tube Map. It has a dust jacket saying "De Luxe Edition". Under the dust jacket is a plain cover, unlike the usual pictorial cover. | ||
| c.1956 | Title page: "60th ed."
Adverts: no date |
n/k: not seen this edition yet, but I would guess there would be a pocket Tube Map. |
| 1959 | Title page: "61st ed."
Adverts: no date |
In the contents, "Maps and Plans" does not mention any Railway or Underground Map. Ward Lock's own map of London's Railways is no longer present. There is, however, a London Transport pocket map (printed one side, on paper) glued to page 57: it is undated, but is identical in content to the August 1958 edition of the pocket map. (The only exception being that the grid is omitted on this paper printing.) The guidebook has a dust jacket, underneath which is the usual pictorial cover. |
| In a different printing of the same 61st edition (with different advertisements), there was a standard-issue card Diagram of Lines (code 858/1783M/500,000(R)). |