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In his History of the QTP (1987) Carr reported that he had published two editions of a map of Wiltshire. Carr sent his first map of Wiltshire to the British Library in 1971.


(Last updated on 7/12/2020)



MAP-WIL1: First edition


Publisher: J.L. Carr, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire

Year: 1969

ISBN: 0900847069

Limitation: 250 sheets

Size: 632 x 520 mm

Paper: thick white card

Colophon: sun face with address, lower left corner above limitation

Signed: signed below edge of map, below limitation

Proofs where: Kettering Public Library (proof); AH (map); British Library (number 1)

Notes: Quotation from Richard Jeffries at top, below title: Time has never existed...It is a purely artificial arrangement. It is eternity now; now I am in the midst of immortality. The map is coloured by hand.

The proof in the British Library is numbered 1, and is signed by JL Carr. The accession date is 1 Oct 71.

If the ISBN 0900847069 was applied to this edition, then the ISBN is recorded as October 1969 in an edition of 250 proofs.


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MAP-WIL2: Second edition


Publisher: J.L. Carr, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire

Year: 1981

ISBN: None

Limitation: 981 sheets

Size: 627 x 391 mm

Paper: thin white card

Colophon: sun face

Signed: yes, to right of limitation at lower left margin

Proofs where: none known

Notes: This map is dedicated to Parson Bowles of Bromhill who inscribed a presentation Bible - With the author's compliments.


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