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. ...

Longlisted for The People`s Book Prize 2018 Intimate stories of longing & exile by one of our finest contemporary writers. A lonely housewife fascinated with a famous writer learns to find her own voice in Abu Dhabi; a bus route passing the Christmas lights along Oxford Street is a stark reminder for a female passenger of her brother`s tragic death on the eve of his wedding; & a Scottish man working in a kebab shop & his girlfriend try desperately to reconcile Islam`s place in their fragile relationship. From the heat of Khartoum at the height of summer to the wintery streets of London, from the concrete high rises in the Gulf to the blustery coast in Aberdeen, this elegant & moving collection vividly evokes the overlapping worlds of Africa, Britain & the Middle East. Beautifully observed & written with empathy, Leila Aboulela`s stories deftly capture the search for home in our fast-changing world. ...

Elsie Piddock is a born skipper. By the age of seven, news of her skipping talents has reached the fairies & they invite her to Mount Caburn for lessons. The High Skip, the Slow Skip, the Skip Double-Double, the Long Skip, the Strong Skip, the Skip Against Trouble... Elsie Piddock learns them all, & soon there`s not a mortal or fairy to touch her. Many, many years later, a greedy Lord buys Mount Caburn & threatens to build factories on its l&. Can Elsie Piddock save the skipping ground for the next generation? Sparkling with charm & a liberal sprinkling of fairy dust, Elsie Piddock`s story is one to be cherished. ...

A biography of the writer, broadcaster, conservationist & chronicler of colonial Kenya, whose memoir The Flame Trees of Thika (1959) achieved worldwide fame when made into a television drama series in 1981. Colonial Kenya inspired three great writers
- Karen Blixen (Out of Africa), Beryl Markham (West with the Night) & Elspeth Huxley. Huxley's writings (30 books in all: novels, biographies, & political accounts) have great political & social range, encompassing (in her Kenyan books) the exploits of the Happy Valley farmers
- made famous by James Fox's book White Mischief, poor white farmers & the lives of Africans alike. After a childhood spent in East Africa & wartime Britain, Elspeth married Gervas, a grandson of Thomas Huxley & cousin to Julian & Aldous Huxley, whom she knew well. She also later got to know Joy Adamson & the Leakeys. She travelled widely with her husband (an executive with the Empire Marketing Board) & wrote while constantly on the move. She worked for the BBC in World War II & became a Kenyan government adviser. In 1938 she bought a farm in Wiltshire, where she died in 1997. The author, Christine Nicholls, has access to all her letters & papers, & is familiar with many of the people & places in the book. Elspeth Huxley was a compelling personality & a brilliant letter-writer, extraordinarily energetic & effective in everything she did.

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Black & white street plan covering Elstree, Borehamwood & Shenley at Approx. 1:12, 400 scale with half-mile grid squares, & Radlett & Shenley together at Approx. 1:21, 000 scale. Both of these areas have street indexes. Shows some landmarks, public buildings such as schools, railway stations & police stations, & some notable private buildings & inns. Also

Includes:: a road map of Hertfordshire, covering Bishop's Stortford, Luton, Ayelsbury, Welwyn Garden City, Watford & North London at Approx. 1:250, 000.

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Elswick in 1894 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. Two maps have have been published for this area to show how it has changed over the years. Coverage stretches from Hodgkin Park eastward to Park Road, & from Sceptre Street southward to the Dunston riverside. Elswick Road & Scotswood Road run through the map, & features include the massive Elswick Works, NER railway with station, Elswick Colliery, St Joseph`s House, Elswick House, Elswick Hall, The Gables, Elswick Shipyard, South Benwell, New Benwell, Paradise, South Benwell Electric Light Works, Delaval Colliery, St John`s Cemetery, Wansbeck Home, etc; a smaller area south of the Tyne is also included, showing part of Dunston with a stretch of the NER Redheugh Branch, Atlas Rivet Works, Dunston Engine Works, saw mills, landing stages, etc. 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. ...

Elswick in 1913 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. Two maps have have been published for this area to show how it has changed over the years. Coverage stretches from Hodgkin Park eastward to Park Road, & from Sceptre Street southward to the Dunston riverside. Elswick Road & Scotswood Road run through the map, & features include the massive Elswick Works, NER railway with station, Elswick Colliery, St Joseph`s House, Elswick House, Elswick Hall, The Gables, Elswick Shipyard, South Benwell, New Benwell, Paradise, South Benwell Electric Light Works, Delaval Colliery, St John`s Cemetery, Wansbeck Home, etc; a smaller area south of the Tyne is also included, showing part of Dunston with a stretch of the NER Redheugh Branch, Atlas Rivet Works, Dunston Engine Works, saw mills, landing stages, etc. 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. ...

Eltham in 1894 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. Two versions cover this area, stretching from Leyland Road at Lewisham eastward to Eltham Green & a little beyond, & northward to Kidbrooke station. Several streets are being developed on the west side of the map, along the fringes Blackheath Park & Lewisham, also near St Peter`s church on The Avenue. The area around Eltham Green is largely rural. Coverage of the 1894 version has been extended by including on the reverse part of Kent Sheet 8.01 which takes it to the centre of Eltham village, with St John`s church, Court Yard, Eltham Court, the remains of Eltham Palace, & Well Hall station. 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. ...

Eltham in 1914 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. Two versions cover this area, stretching from Leyland Road at Lewisham eastward to Eltham Green & a little beyond, & northward to Kidbrooke station. Several streets are being developed on the west side of the map, along the fringes Blackheath Park & Lewisham, also near St Peter`s church on The Avenue. The area around Eltham Green is largely rural. Coverage of the 1894 version has been extended by including on the reverse part of Kent Sheet 8.01 which takes it to the centre of Eltham village, with St John`s church, Court Yard, Eltham Court, the remains of Eltham Palace, & Well Hall station. 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 Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico do Exército, the country’s military survey organisation. The maps have contours at 20m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of terrain or vegetation (s&, terraces, rocks, woodlands, vineyards, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5 miles approx). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude coordinates for the map corners. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series date from 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...