I flippin' love a Bartholomew map, specifically this era (late 60s). It's partly the richness of colour and intricacy of the actual maps (just isolate a small section to study!)...
...but largely it's because of the covers. Beautifully structured (setting aside the unfortunate use of &/and) they're brilliantly consistent. And using the simplified land mass to differentiate each sheet was a masterful move. Personally, I think these covers are on a par with Romek Marber's monumentally ace Penguin grid from the same period. So "on a par" in fact I can't help wonder if whoever designed the Bartholomew covers was directly influenced by the paperbacks he was reading.
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