War Office: Belgium: Ostend 1 (1911)

£10.50

Ordnance Survey. Paperback. Folding cloth-backed 1:100,000 British Army map, ca. 19×31 inches unfolded. Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2364. Covers the coast Bray Dunes to Ostend/Oostende, then south via Ypres to Armentières, and west to Hazebrouck. Google John Cruickshank, “Small scale maps of the Western front” for an excellent overview of British Army/Ordnance Survey mapping during the First World War.

Condition: Used – Very Good. Several spots, one marginal stain/hole and light discolouration of covers. Map generally in very good condition apart from above marginal stain/hole. ISBN: none. Box MC13

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From the library of the archaeologist Arthur ApSimon (1927-2019). Reminiscences and obituaries in Salon (Society of Antiquaries), Mike Pitts’ Digging Deeper, Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelæological Society, Cornish Archaeology (paywall).

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