This week I have been spending time “drawing in books”. I have two London A-Z Street and Index’s that have fallen apart. They were both published in 1971 and they were about to be discarded. These were books that did not make it to the Charity shop shelves.
HYde Park 
Black London cab
They have very unforgiving paper and do not take much water on them. They often do not like too many layers of colour added. So it means I have to choose the right color as there is no chance to blend colours. There are some grounding mediums that can be applied as a base to put a light seal on the page, but I have not had much success with these.
Below are some works in progress. I find a page with iconic landmarks or streets and then find an image to suit the page. In the A-Z there are only a few pages that do have iconic places mentioned. The rest of the pages are just normal suburbs,
Hampton Court Palace 
Harrods 
Dr Who Tardis in the centre of London
Below are some that are already available for purchase on my ETSY store They are usually two separated pages but would look great framed together. Some are framed in black matt that I had entered in an art show. They have D clips ready for hanging.
I have lots more pages to go !
Nice work! Too bad the paper is so challenging, as there would be lots of possibilities for these maps. It would be interesting to collage the maps onto better paper that would have the artwork, or perhaps overlap artwork onto part of the map. Enjoy working with them.