A colourful cushion with a map of the British Isles in 1707 from the British Library archives, part of a sophisticated & decorative collection from We Love Cushions designed to bring life & style to any room setting. Engl&, Scotl&, Wales & Ireland are shown in different colours against a background of the surrounding seas in light beige. The cover, printed using archival inks to get the brightest finish possible, with a super soft cotton linen mix, & comes complete with the cushion pad washable at 30º. To see other cushion designs in this series please lick on the series link. ...

This is a fully revised edition of this standard-format spiral atlas, which gives comprehensive & detailed coverage of London. The maps of central London are at 10 inches to 1 mile, with the outlying boroughs at the clear scale of 5 inches to 1 mile. New for this edition is the 18-page route planner, showing & naming all urban through-routes, which can be used by drivers for getting close to their destination before turning to the full detail of the relevant street map page. The street maps show every named road, street & lane clearly, with major roads picked out in colour. The maps show postcode boundaries, car parks, railway & bus stations, post offices, schools, colleges, hospitals, police & fire stations, places of worship, leisure centres, footpaths & bridleways, camping & caravan sites, golf courses, & many other places of interest. The comprehensive index lists street names & postcodes, plus schools, hospitals, railway stations, shopping centres & other such features picked out in red, while other places of interest are shown in blue. In addition there is an index of hospitals with A&E departments & an index of places of interest. There are two separate maps of central London, one detailing theatres, cinemas & shopping streets, with the second showing bus routes. A third map displays the London Underground & overground rail networks with Travelcard Zones. This atlas is suitable for both drivers & pedestrians. For drivers, route-finding in London is much easier as through-routes are highlighted, giving the user the equivalent of local knowledge of an area. Speed cameras, one-way streets & restricted turns are clearly displayed with the Congestion Charge Zone. For pedestrians, tourist sights & attractions are clearly labelled & public transport systems are featured. ...

This fine art print of Marion Billet`s red London Bus has been created on a traditional 4-colour proofing press, printing directly onto art-quality paper. Featuring a red bus filled with an assortment of London `characters`, it comes complete with a beautiful card mount & a certificate of authenticity. Capital stuff for all London fans- especially the little ones! Also available: London Characters print ...

London in the Step by Step series by Insight Guides focuses on providing tailor made walks & tours around the city. The guide features twenty route recommendations that link up better known sights & take you off of the more beaten track; they are written by local experts who have personally selected places to eat & drink en-route & who offer insider tips on culture, shopping & nightlife. The guide has an array of colour photographs which help bring to life the background & descriptive information provided for destinations & attractions. An overview chapter opens the guide & reviews geography, customs & culture, history, food & drink, shopping, culture & entertainment. Next feature the selected itineraries for walks and/or tours, each of which have a good amount of accompanying information & come with a simple route plan. A user friendly alphabetical directory lists practical information to do with day to day basics & listings of h&-picked hotels & restaurants are provided to suit different budgets & tastes. The publisher ...

Children will be amazed & enthralled as they seek out over 90 different sites & objects on this fabulous tour of Britain's historic capital city. Every landmark has a colour sticker that can be added to the matching picture as the site is spotted. All the key monuments & iconic items are included from St Paul's Cathedral to Buckingham Palace & red phone boxes to double-decker buses, with a few surprises along the way. This is a brilliant interactive guide for young sightseers in London or the city's inhabitants & a hugely enjoyable way to learn about this vibrant metropolis. It contains over 100 stickers plus a comprehensive map of London with extra stickers to accompany it. ...

Why don`t people take more notice of bollards? How often do they stop to look at a coal-hole cover? Why are pub signs largely ignored & Royal Warrants on shops scarcely noticed? Such a grievous situation is about to change with the publication of this, the first book dealing specifically with London Street Furniture. It examines the unconsidered trifles which can be found in bewildering diversity around the streets particularly of the older parts of central London but also elsewhere in the Metropolis. These items help us to understand the growth of London & provide pointers & fascinating insights into its economic & social development as well as the changes in science & technology it has witnessed. Knowing something about street furniture makes a walk around London far more interesting. ...

Highly recommended
- this map is simply streets ahead of all its competitors, as anyone who has explored central London on foot
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London Street Map
- with the most detailed mapping, highly recommended for exploring London on foot
- from Bensons Map Guides

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An early street map of London published a century & a half ago so that passengers in Hansom cabs could check that they were being taken on the shortest route. It shows street names, prominent buildings, docks, factories, canals & the earliest railways in minute detail. Beyond the built up area can be seen the orchards & market gardens of Chelsea & Southwark, the marshes of the Isle of Dogs & the outlying villages of Earls Court, Kentish Town & Bow. Bound in a hardcover jacket. Each map is accompanied by an illustrated booklet which was produced to accompany the original edition & together they provide a fascinating glimpse into life in London a century ago. ...

London Street Photography is published in association with The Museum of London to coincide with the major exhibition on show at the Museum until September 2011. Street photography thrives in London today. It documents the movement, diversity & seeming incoherence of the most multicultural city in the world. Its defining characteristic is the keen eye of the photographer catching the moment of a chance encounter, a fleeting expression or a momentary juxtaposition in a decisive click. However, photographing life on London`s streets is nothing new. The first `instantaneous` London street scenes were taken in the early 1860s, & by the 1890s candid street photographers were snapping Londoners unawares. The 20th century saw many photographers, famous & lesser-known, continue to capture the daily life of London. London Street Photography showcases the Museum of London`s unique historic collection of photographs. It contains the work of more than seventy photographers & is a fascinating view of London street life of the last 150 years. It

Includes:: the work of well-known photographers such as Paul Martin, John Thomson, Humphrey Spender, Bert Hardy, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Roger Mayne & Tony Ray-Jones as well as the work of many anonymous photographers whose contribution has been just as important in recording the story of the city. The book

Includes:: an introduction by Mike Seaborne, Senior Curator of Photographs at the Museum, in which he outlines the history of street photography in the Capital, exploring the shifts in approach as well as the impact of new cameras that could allow photographers to capture the wealth of detail to be found in London`s teeeming streets.



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