Carr reported in his History of the QTP (1987) that there were four editions of maps of Kent. What I thought was the first map turns out to be the second, so as an ISBN for a map of Kent was registered in 1975, this must be the map I haven't seen yet, the third edition. I suspect that it has a limitation of 750 sheets, but I'm guessing. If you have a copy, please let me know.
(Last updated on 7/12/2020)
MAP-KEN1: First edition
Publisher: J.L. Carr, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 1967?
ISBN: none
Limitation: none stated, just the number
Size: 303 x 432 mm
Paper: thin white card
Colophon: sun face with address in lower right edge
Signed: Yes, pencil
Proofs where: AH
Notes: This map has no date and no limitation, just 'No 6' written in pencil to the right of the full colophon with Carr's address, which first appeared in about 1967, hence the presumed date of this map. In the lower left corner is a poem dated Manston and Swingfield 1944
, which is probably by J.L. Carr as he was stationed there soon after he joined the R.A.F. (see next version)
The camp is still, the dying fire
Flickers across your painted shire
This map we made with brush & pen
Memorial to some Englishmen.
They went their way: at rest they lie.
We dared not let their memory die,
For, in some fierce extremity,
We must match our destiny.
Image of map (click to enlarge)
Detail of limitation (click to enlarge)
MAP-KEN2: Second edition
Publisher: J.L. Carr, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: [September 1969 according to ISBN]
ISBN: 0900847018
Limitation: 507 sheets
Size: 434 x 418 mm (the sheet may have been trimmed)
Paper: thin grey card
Colophon: sun face with address in lower right hand corner
Signed: Not seen
Proofs where: Kettering Public Library (proof); AH (unsigned map)
Notes: In the lower left corner is the same poem by Carr that was reproduced on the first edition, but it is dated R.A.F Manston October 1941
, which is probably right as he was stationed there when he joined the R.A.F.
The green edge is the background on which the map was photographed. The map may have been trimmed unevenly to the edge and bits could be lost if I trimmed the image to create straight edges.
Image of map (click to enlarge)
Detail of limitation (click to enlarge)
MAP-KEN3: Third edition
Publisher: J.L. Carr, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: September 1975
ISBN: 090084745X
Limitation: 750? sheets
Size: xxx x xxx mm
Signed: Not seen
Proofs where: None seen
Notes: Map not seen but the ISBM was registered for a map of Kent in Septmebre 1975.
Image of map (click to enlarge)
Detail of limitation (click to enlarge)
MAP-KEN4: Fourth edition
Publisher: J.L. Carr, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 1980
ISBN: none
Limitation: 980 sheets
Size: 611 x 433 mm
Signed: Yes
Proofs where: Kettering Public Library
Notes: Quotation from Julius Caesar: Of those who live there, the ones in Kent are the most civilised of the lot.
Thanks to Tim Dean for the photograph of the map.
Image of map (click to enlarge)
Detail of limitation (click to enlarge)