Garbutt’s 1970 Quad Royal Station Map British Empire Exhibition many are printed in colours

many are printed in colours

and is possibly the first issue showing the whole operating area of the recently formed London Passenger Transport Board

He seems to have regarded himself

Green publisher’s cloth with Survey of India crest (pre- and post-Independence according to date) blocked in gilt on the front covers

Garbutt’s 1970 Quad Royal Station Map British Empire Exhibition many are printed in coloursGarbutt believed he had rescued the London Underground map from the clutches of Harold Hutchison and his ham fisted parody of Becks designs. His basic configuration proved extremely durable, featuring a thermos flask shaped Circle Line, horizontal Central Line and vertical Northern Line, but with effective use of diagonals which helped return the map closer to geographical reality than Becks later rectilinear designs. Roberts suggests that it works