On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 Charles Ellson wrote:

On 30 Jun 2006 14:23:07 -0700, wrote:


Dave Arquati wrote:


* depending on which maps you consult (A-Z or Bart's) and whether you
prefer the LB Hammersmith & Fulham's usage (which rarely includes an
apostrophe on anything Bush-related).

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What happened to the publication "Nicholson's London Streetfinder"?

Probably now branded as "Collins" (if still published), my 1995
Nicholson Greater London Street Atlas carrying the information "a
division of HarperCollinsPublishers [sic]".

It was much better than the A thru Z.

If you mean an A-Z, anything used to be better but they seem to
improved in more recent years although whoever's name appears in the
big print, the small print usually credits the Ordnance Survey.

Speaking of London atlases and apostrophes, the best atlas I have come
across is Philip's Street Atlas London, published by Philip's.

Those apostrophes are fine. But I also have, dating from an earlier
age, Philips' Modern School Atlas, published by George Philip & Son Ltd.
I wonder what that one is doing there.
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Thoss

"thoss" wrote:

Those apostrophes are fine. But I also have, dating from an earlier
age, Philips' Modern School Atlas, published by George Philip & Son Ltd.
I wonder what that one is doing there.

If it was father and son, then presumably there were two Philips.

--
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan
http://jtrains.fotopic.net/

In message , thoss
writes

Those apostrophes are fine. But I also have, dating from an earlier
age, Philips' Modern School Atlas, published by George Philip & Son Ltd.
I wonder what that one is doing there.

George Philip & Son used the forms Philip's and Philips' totally
interchangeably for a very long time. I even have a copy of their 1862
London map which is entitled "Philip's New Plan of London" on the map
itself, but "Philips' Guide to London" on its cover.

There never has been much consistency in the use of the possessive
apostrophe in the case of words ending in s.
--
Paul Terry