Tape Indicator Map of London - George Philip & Son - 1920

List of Streets for Smith's Tape Indicator Map of London contains 79 page booklet and thick folding map adjoining book/pamphlet. Map is approximately 24" x 36" folded and in colour, many structures are also outlined, there is an attached measuring tape which is used to find specific streets and public building locations as directed in the pamphlet, railway and bus lines are also outlined in colour to include the underground railway.

George Philip (1800–1882) was a Scottish cartographer, map publisher and founder of the publishing house George Philip & Son Ltd.

George Philip was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, to a staunchly Calvinist family. In 1819 George travelled to Liverpool where his brother Robert, who was a nonconformist minister, lived. Here George made his home and in 1819 George became assistant to the Liverpool bookseller, William Grapel. In 1834, Philip set up his own business as a bookseller and stationer in Paradise Street, Liverpool. He rapidly expanded the business by producing books, particularly educational works and maps. Within his first year of trading to keep up with demand he had to move his business into larger premises at the Atlas Buildings in South Castle Street. George and his wife Jane had a daughter Jane (born 1827) and one son, George (1823–1902). In 1848, George Jr. was admitted as a partner into the family publishing business now called George Philip & Son Ltd.

Hand written ink and pencil Inscription to front and inside. Pricing and Grading commensurate.