” New York is an aquarium...where there are nothing but hell benders & lungfish & slimy, snag-toothed groupers & sharks.” In 1935, Henry Miller set off from his adopted home, Paris, to revisit his native l&, America. Aller Retour New York, his exuberant, humorous missive to his friend Alfred Perles describing the trip & his return journey on a Dutch steamer, is filled with vivid reflections on his hellraising antics, showing Miller at the height of his powers. This edition also

Includes:: Via Dieppe-New haven, his entertaining account of a failed attempt to visit Engl&. ” The greatest American writer.” (Bob Dylan).

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Allersberg in a series of GPS compatible recreational editions of the Bavarian topographic survey at 1:25, 000, with waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Coverage

Includes:: Freystadt, Schwarzenbruck, Pyrbaum, Postbauer-Heng, Burgthann, Hilpoltstein. Contours used in this map vary between 5 to 20m according to the terrain, with 20m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. Maps in this series feature extensive overprint highlighting local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes, including King Ludwig Way or different variants of the Way of St James, indicating their waymarking. Symbols highlight different types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, various places of interest, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Allerton in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the Allerton Road area on the south-eastern side of Liverpool, plus the southern part of Wavertree. Coverage stretches from Greenbank Road eastward to Hornby Lane, & from Dunbabin Road southward to Elmsley Road. The western half of the map shows suburban streets developing, further east the area is more rural but with numerous villas in leafy grounds. Features include Holy Trinity church, trams & depot, Richmond Lodge, Blue Coat Hospital, quarries, LNWR railway with Sefton Park station, Penketh Hall, Mossley House, brick works, Allerton Road Farm, All Hallows church, Hart Hill, Dunbabin Farm, Calderstone, Bishop Eton monastery, Liverpool Polo Ground, Stand Park, etc. On the reverse are street directory entries for Crawford Avenue, Nicander Road, Penny Lane Wavertree & Smithdown Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Allez Wiggo! was the cry of the French fans during the 2012 Tour de France to spur Bradley Wiggins to his success as the first British winner of this prestigious cycling race. In this account of how Bradley Wigging won the Tour de France & gold in the London Olympic Games Daniel Friebe, a leading cycling journalist who has covered seven Tours, celebrates Wiggo ...

The Allgäuer Alps in Germany & the Kleinwalsertal across the border in Austria on a detailed, GPS compatible map at 1:50, 000 from Kompass with local & long-distance footpaths, cycling & ski routes, accommodation, etc, printed on durable, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Coverage extends from Immenstadt & Wertach south to Lech on the southern edge of the map. On the reverse is a panorama map of the Allgäuer Alps looking south from Obersdorf, plus photos of the local meadow flowers & animals. KOMPASS HIKING & RECREATIONAL MAPS: this title is part of an extensive series covering Austria, much of Germany & the Slovenian Alps. Kompass are Europe’s largest publishers of hiking maps; their mapping of other countries, including expanding coverage of Italy, is listed on our website separately.CARTOGRAPHY: the maps are contoured with additional shading, graphic relief & colouring to provide a more detailed picture of the terrain, vegetation and/or land use. Contour interval varies from 10m in the coastal areas of Northern Germany to 40 or 50 metres in the mountainous regions. All the maps highlight local & long-distance waymarked footpaths, including climbing trails. Most titles also show cycling routes, mountain bike trails, &, the in mountainous areas, ski routes. The maps indicate various types of accommodation (selected inns & hotels, youth hostels, campsites, mountain refuges), as well as recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Latest editions also show access by public transport with bus stops and/or Park+ Ride facilities.GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES: unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps have a UTM grid for GPS users. MAP LEGEND: most maps now include full English legend, particularly titles covering the Alpine areas. Some maps covering mainly eastern Austria or the less popular parts of Germany may still have a legend in German only.OTHER

Features: selected titles include on the reverse panorama drawings of their area with names of villages, peaks, valleys, etc. and/or have a booklet with pictures of local wild flowers with their Latin names. Many titles are now published as competitively priced sets of two or more maps, offering a wider coverage.BOOKLETS: PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING!
- many titles come with a booklet describing the area and/or various hiking routes. Unless indicated in the individual description that the booklet

Includes:: English, these booklets are IN GERMAN only. The booklets are not necessary to use the maps since, as stated above, full English language map legend is provided.




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Allgäu ” Top 10 Tips” Map in Freytag & Berndt’s series of detailed road maps at 1:150, 000 covering Germany’s popular holiday areas, each with a booklet with street plans, an index & descriptions of 10 selected places of interest, all prominently highlighted on the maps. The map

Includes:: street plans of central Bad Waldsee, Friedrichshafen, Kempten, Memmingen, Ravensburg in Germany & Bregenz in Austria. Relief is portrayed by hill-shading without distracting from other detail. Although these maps are using the same cartography as the publishers’ 1:200, 000 regional series, better scale & colouring make minor local roads & motorway junctions stand out more clearly. Road information

Includes:: intermediate driving distances, toll routes, scenic roads & tourist routes, steep gradients, caravan traffic restrictions, seasonal closures on mountain roads, etc. Railways, cable cars, ferries & airfields are also shown. Selected cycle routes & long distance hiking trails are included. Picturesque towns are highlighted & in each title 10 selected places of interest are prominently marked & briefly described in the index booklet attached to the map cover. The booklet also provides street plans main towns in the region. Symbols mark various landmarks, places of interest & facilities, e.g. selected hotels, campsites, historical & architectural sites, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10` intervals. Map legend & the descriptions include English.



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Allgäuer
- Lechtaler Alpen East area of the Alps in a hiking edition at 1:25, 000 from a series of detailed, GPS compatible maps
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Allgäuer
- Lechtaler Alpen West area of the Alps in a hiking edition at 1:25, 000 from a series of detailed, GPS compatible maps
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Allgäuer Voralpen West, map No. BY 1, in a series of highly detailed, GPS compatible hiking maps at 1:25, 000 of the German Alps, published by the Deutscher Alpenverein, the German Alpine Club, with cartography of the German topographic survey from the Bavarian state survey organization. The maps use the survey’s excellent detailed cartography with contours at 20m intervals, shading & graphic relief for exposed rocky areas. Different types of vegetation & land use are shown. The overprint highlights waymarked hiking paths, including long-distance routes, indicating their numbers or names, as well as climbing & ski routes. Symbols show locations of youth hostels, campsites, mountain huts & shelters, & various places of interest. The maps have a 1km UTM grid. Map legend & the information on the reverse with advice for hikers are in German only. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...