If you ever wondered what Jane Austen`s Mr Darcy & his fellows got up to on their numerous trips to London, here is the book they would certainly have carried around.. .HARRIS`S LIST OF COVENT GARDEN LADIES was a bestseller in the Eighteenth Century, shifting 250, 000 copoies in an age before mass consumerism. A `guide book` published annually at Christmas, it detailed the names, attributes & `specialities` of the capital`s prostitutes. During its heyday (1759 -95) HARRIS`S LIST was the essential accessory for any serious gentleman of pleasure. Hallie Rubenhold has collected the funniest, rudest & most bizarre entries penned by Jack Harris, Pimp-General-of-all-Engl&, into this fascinating & mischievous collection. ...

Harrogate & Surrounding Area in the Landmark Visitor Guides series, exploring a range of places in Britain, Europe & the Caribbean, with a particular expertise in UK destinations. Each guide presents the reader with detailed, wide-ranging & accessible overview of the region or area, with a particular focus on history & culture, notable local attractions, the landscape, local events & family activities. A series of recommended walks & guided car tours exploring the region are also included in each title. The guides are arranged geographically by region & are ideal both for short & longer breaks, with practical guidance on recommended routes & tourist attractions, in addition to insightful inset boxes into local history, culture & traditions. Information on accommodation, restaurants & day-to-day information are more limited, though a compact Directory at the end of each guide provides basic listings of recommended accommodation & restaurants, as well as tourist information contacts & regional event calendars. International destinations also carry climate & country facts, basic phrases & other general travel practical guidance for travelling to the region. The British titles in the Landmark Visitor Guides series are highly recommended, covering titles that are rarely available from other publishers. ...

Harrogate in 1908 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. SCoverage stretches from Valley Gardens eastward to Silker Fields & Hurstleigh Terrace, & from Mayfield Terrace southward to Trinity church. Features include the town centre with railway station, Cheltenham Crescent, Parliament Street, The Stray or Two Hundred Acre, Harlow Manor Hydro (bottom left corner), Grand Hotel, Bogs Field, Low Harrogate, White Hart Hotel, Royal Baths, Harrogate Hydro, Cairn Hydro, Ladies College, Kursaal, Hotel Majestic, Crescent Gardens, Victoria Avenue, High Harrogate, Oatlands, Christ Church, Church Square, South Park, etc. Extracts from a contemporary street directory are on the reverse, including Cambridge Street, Cheltenham Road, Montpelier Parade & Station Parade. 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. ...

Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Thirsk & Wetherby Street Atlas from the Geographers` A-Z Map Company in a paperback format slightly smaller than A5. Map scale is 1:15, 840 (4” to a mile), with an enlargement showing the town centre of Harrogate in greater detail at 1:7, 920 (8” to 1 mile). Coverage

Includes:: Boroughbridge, Kirby Hill & Spofforth. Current edition of this title was published in 2012. To see other titles in this series of A-Z street atlases of towns & cities please click on the series link. A-Z also publish a series of County Street Atlases
- for a list of titles in that series please search for SI00000917.A-Z street atlases present motorways plus A & B roads highlighted by colouring & shown with route numbers. One way or restricted access streets & car parks are marked, as are in more recently published titles locations of speed cameras. Also shown are selected cycleway routes. Where appropriate, A & B roads are annotated with selected house numbers for easier identification of addresses. Railway lines are shown with stations & level crossings. Colouring indicates different types of buildings: educational, hospitals & healthcare, industrial, leisure & recreational, shopping centres & markets, public buildings, & places of interest. Symbols mark locations of facilities usually indicated on street mapping: post offices, emergency services, public toilets, etc. Also marked are postcode & local authority boundaries. Each page has the lines & coordinates of the British National Grid. The indexes list streets, places & areas, hospitals, industrial estates, blocks of flats on housing estates, railway stations, & selected places o interest; the latter are printed in contrasting colouring to make them easier to find.


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Harrow & Wembley Street Atlas at 1:15, 840 (4 to 1 mile) in a series of A5, paperback street atlases from Geographers A-Z Map Company. Coverage

Includes:: Edgware, Neasden, Northolt, Northwood, Pinner, Ruislip, South Oxhey, Stanmore & Wealdstone. Current edition of this title was published in 2013.A-Z

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The London Borough of Harrow has seen dramatic changes over the decades, moving gradually away from its countrified roots to become a bustling & diverse urban centre. Local historian Don Walter`s view that ` Harrow is not the place it was` is evident in this selection of archive images of Harrow`s streets over the last century, but modern Harrow has changed both a huge amount & surprisingly little over the last 100 years, due both to population growth & the clever actions of far-sighted town administrators of decades past. Placing these archive images alongside beautiful modern photography of the same views today & fascinating informative captions, ” Harrow Then & Now” takes us on a tour of the changing face of this historic area, from the modern central streets to the beautifully preserved historic school in Harrow on the Hill. ...

Harrow Weald & Hatch End in 1935 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 an area from Hatch End, in the south-western corner, eastward to Clamp Hill & northward to Old Redding. Features include the area called The City, Hatch End station, Royston Park, Clonard, Harrow Weald Park, Belgrano, All Saints church, Harrow Weald Lodge, Grim`s Dyke house, Grimswood, etc. On the reverse are directories of Harrow Weald for 1890 & 1933. 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. ...

Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1935 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 centre of Harrow-on-the-Hill & the area to the west, with Roxeth to the south. Coverage stretches from Harrow School westward to Imperial Drive & from Harrow-on-the-Hill station southward to Sherwood Road & Sudbury Hill. Features include Harrow School, St Mary`s church, High Street, Roxeth Hill, Christ Church, Northolt Road, gasworks, Bessborough Road, West Harrow station, cricket grounds, St Peter`s church, Isolation Hospital. West Harrow was being developed at the time of this map so many streets are shown under development. The map extends almost to Rayners Lane station. On the reverse we include extracts from a 1933 directory of Harrow. 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. ...

Architecture, art, sculpture, economics, mathematics, science, metaphysics, comedy, tragedy, drama & epic poetry were all devised & perfected by the Greeks. Of the four classical orders of architecture, three were invented by the Greeks & the fourth, the only one the Romans could come up with, was a combination of two of the former. The powerful ghost of ancient Greece still lingers on in the popular mind as the first great civilization & one of the most influential in the creation of modern thought. It is the starting block of Western European civilization. In his new Odyssey, eminent writer Harry Mount tells the story of ancient Greece while on the trail of its greatest son, Odysseus. In the charming, anecdotal style of his bestselling Amo, Amas, Amat & All That, Harry visits Troy, still looming over the plain where Achilles dragged Hector`s body through the dust, & attempts to swim the Hellespont, in emulation of Lord Byron & the doomed Greek lover, Leander. Whether in Odysseus`s kingdom on Ithaca, Homer`s birthplace of Chios or the Minotaur`s lair on Crete, Mount brings the Odyssey
- & ancient Greece
- back to life.

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Architecture, art, sculpture, economics, mathematics, science, metaphysics, comedy, tragedy, drama & epic poetry were all devised & perfected by the Greeks. Of the four classical orders of architecture, three were invented by the Greeks & the fourth, the only one the Romans could come up with, was a combination of two of the former. The powerful ghost of ancient Greece still lingers on in the popular mind as the first great civilization & one of the most influential in the creation of modern thought. It is the starting block of Western European civilization. In his new Odyssey, eminent writer Harry Mount tells the story of ancient Greece while on the trail of its greatest son, Odysseus. In the charming, anecdotal style of his bestselling Amo, Amas, Amat & All That, Harry visits Troy, still looming over the plain where Achilles dragged Hector`s body through the dust, & attempts to swim the Hellespont, in emulation of Lord Byron & the doomed Greek lover, Leander. Whether in Odysseus`s kingdom on Ithaca, Homer`s birthplace of Chios or the Minotaur`s lair on Crete, Mount brings the Odyssey
- & ancient Greece
- back to life.

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