> To quote from the [London] 'Evening Standard' of yesterday (Monday 5
> November 2001) :-
>
> 'Tube map in design top 10'
>
> "The London Underground map has been voted one of the top 10 designs of
> the last 100 years. Henry Beck's 1930s map is the 20th century's ninth
> best design in terms of practicality and form, according to a new MORI
> poll.'"
>
> And, for those of you who may wish to rush out and buy a book on Beck and
> his map, the annual bibliography in 'Imago Mundi' (ISSN 0308-5694) for
> 1996, vol. 48, lists the following item:-
>
> M[iste]r Beck's Underground map [: a history] / Ken Garland. - 1st ed. -
> Harrow Weald, Middx : Capital Transport, 1994. - 80p. : ill., maps (some
> col.), portr. (including on back cover) ; 25 x 27 cm. - Title completed
> from front cover. - Includes history of other London Underground railway
> system maps (cartograms) from 1906. - ISBN 1-851414-168-6
>
> Francis Herbert
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