Blaydon & Stella in 1895 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 extends west to Bewes Hills & Liddells Fell. Features include Blaydon House, Blaydonbank Quarry, St Cuthbert`s Church, Railway Line & Blaydon Station, Stella Snaith Inn, Stella Hall, The Park, Hedgefield House, Milner Coal Pit, Path Head & Towneley Main Wagonway. On the reverse is an extract from a directory of Blaydon & Stella in 1894. 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. ...

Bleak House is one of Dickens` finest achievements, establishing his reputation as a serious & mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer. It is at once a complex mystery story that fully engages the reader in the work of detection, & an unforgettable indictment of an indifferent society. Its representations of a great city`s underworld, & of the law`s corruption & delay, draw upon the author`s personal knowledge & experience. But it is his symbolic art that projects these things in a vision that embraces black comedy, cosmic farce, & tragic ruin. In a unique creative experiment, Dickens divides the narrative between his heroine, Esther Summerson, who is psychologically interesting in her own right, & an unnamed narrator whose perspective both complements & challenges hers. ...

` Perfect` Lena Dunham ` This year`s literary sensation` Evening Standard How far would you travel to become a writer?8000 miles from home 1085 calories a day 3 months to write the novel that would make her name. At least that was the plan. But when Nell Stevens travelled to Bleaker Island in the Falklands (official population: two) she didn`t count on the isolation getting to her... Hilarious & heartbreaking, this is a book about loneliness & creativity. It is about discovering who you are when there`s no one else around. & it`s about what to do when a plan doesn`t work: ultimately Nell may have failed to write a novel, but she succeeded in becoming a writer. ...

` My favourite debut of 2017.. .as funny as it is poignant` Lena Dunham When Nell Stevens was given the opportunity to spend three months in a location of her choice in order to write her novel, she was determined to rid herself of all distractions. So Nell decided to travel to Bleaker Island (official population: two) in the Falklands where she would write 2, 500 words a day. But Bleaker House is not that novel. Instead this is a book about a young woman realising that the way to writing fiction doesn`t necessarily lie in total solitude & a clear plan. Nor does it lie in a daily ration of 1085 calories, no means of contacting the outside world & a slow descent towards something that feels worryingly like madness.. . Hilariously funny, painfully honest, & beautifully observed, Bleaker House is part memoir, part travelogue, part story collection. It is an exploration of the narrow spaces between real life & fiction &, in the end, a book about failing to write a novel, but finally becoming a writer. ...

Bled & its lake in the Julian Alps at 1:25, 000 on a contoured, GPS compatible pocket map from Kartografija highlighting hiking & cycling trails, plus extensive notes about the area & its sights, lists of tourist accommodation, recommendations for restaurants & tavernas, etc. Kartografija’s pocket hiking maps at 1:25, 000 show walking trails & cycling routes, along with numerous tourist facilities & recreational sites. Topography is shown by contours at 20m intervals enhanced by relief shading & graphic relief to show exposed rocky areas, plus colouring for woodlands. Hiking trails & cycling routes are prominently highlighted, & symbols indicate locations of various accommodation options including campsites & mountain huts, sport & recreational sites & facilities, natural features of particular interest, etc. The maps have a grid with latitude & longitude lines at 1’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse each map has extensive bilingual Slovenian/ English text with more tourist information, illustrated with colour photos. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Blefjell area in Norway in a series of GPS compatible recreational Turkart maps at 1:50, 000 with cartography from Norway’s topographic survey & additional tourist information. Contours lines are drawn at 20m intervals. The overprint varies from title to title, but

Includes:: local footpaths, in some cases distinguishing between easy & more difficult trails, as well as mountain huts & campsites. Many titles also indicate cycle or ski routes, other accommodation possibilities, sport & recreational facilities, including alpine skiing slopes, places of interest, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks giving latitude & longitude. Map legend

Includes:: English. Several titles have on the reverse additional tourist information, although in most cases in Norwegian only. To see the list of Turkart maps at 1:50, 000 & links to Turkart series at 25K, 100K & Hiking Sets please click on the series link above.



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Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...

One of the titles in the 1:50, 000 topographic survey of Icel&. The series is not complete. So far 102 maps have been published, out of the total of 199, with the north-west & the east of the country not yet covered. The series has been compiled from aerial photography & has contours at 20m intervals. The maps do not give as much information on the type of the terrain & land use as the 1:100, 000 series, but the cartography

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Features: hot & cold springs & wells, streams graded by width, etc. Each map covers an area of Approx. 23 x 28 km / 14 x 17 miles. The maps have a UTM grid, with margin ticks showing latitude & longitude in steps of 5'. Map legend

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The southern part of Sweden in a series of 30 double-sided cycling maps from Norstedts printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Mainland is covered at 1:90, 000 with Gotland at 1:100, 000. The maps, prepared in association with Cykelfrämjandet
- Sweden’s largest national cycling organization, highlight all the national & other major cycle routes, plus a selection of local routes. The overprint indicates sections which are on gravel roads and/or not singposted. Also marked are selected hiking trails. A range of symbols indicate various facilities & places of interest, including campsites & youth hostels, wind shelters, cultural & historical sites, interesting nature & geological spots, etc. The maps provide a very detailed picture of the road network, including privately maintained roads open to the general public. Railway lines are shown with stations & ferry connections are marked. Topography is indicated by light relief shading with spot heights, plus colouring and/or graphics for forests & marshl&. The maps have a UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 10’. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each map also provides phone numbers & web addresses of local tourist offices.


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