Description
Scarce 1960 13th Edition of Bartholomew’s Road Atlas of Great Britain, specially printed for Fina. This is a strong mid-century British motoring and petroliana piece, combining John Bartholomew & Son’s respected full-color road cartography with period Fina petrol and motor oil advertising.
The atlas is printed at the fifth-inch to mile scale, also stated as 5 miles to the inch, and includes the distinctive Fina advertising page with the slogan “Never Pass a Fina Station,” a service station illustration, and the original 12/6 net price.
Key features:
* John Bartholomew & Son Limited, Edinburgh
* 13th Edition, 1960
* Road Atlas of Great Britain, fifth-inch to mile
* Burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt Bartholomew road atlas emblem and Fina shield
* Special Fina promotional printing with integrated petrol station advertising
* Crossover appeal for collectors of British road maps, Bartholomew cartography, Fina/Petrofina petroliana, and vintage motoring history
* Includes a loose period black-and-white map insert of the Plymouth / Rame Head area found with the atlas
Condition is attractive vintage used condition, with rubbing/scuffing to the cloth boards, edge and corner wear, foxing/age toning, and handwritten period phone/address notes on the front endpaper. The gilt front cover decoration remains readable and appealing, and the maps display well.
A harder-to-find branded motoring atlas from the pre-satnav era, when petrol companies supplied drivers with practical road maps and travel aids. Please view all the photos for the best sense of contents and condition.
