Hendon is famous for its aerodrome & aviation pioneers, but its history begins with the Romans. A rural district, renowned for its hay production, Hendon provided much of London's horse feed. From the 1900s to the 1980s the town was a hub of industrial activity. Golders Green, then not much more than a crossroads surrounded by fields, was the unlikely choice for the terminus of the Northern line in 1907, transforming it into an extensive suburb of modestly priced houses. ...

Hendon 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. Two versions have been published to show how this area developed across the years, stretching from The Burroughs eastward to Finchley Road, & from Waverley Grove & Fitzalan Road southward to Leeside Crescent & Temple Fortune. On the 1912 map part of Hampstead Garden Suburb is in the south-eastern corner of the map. Other features include tramways along Finchley Road, Council Offices on The Burroughs, Christ Church, St Mary`s church, Decoy Farm, Carmelite Convent, Finchley Bridge. Perhaps unusually for London, no railways are shown. Each map

Includes:: street directory extracts. 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.

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Hendon in 1912 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 have been published to show how this area developed across the years, stretching from The Burroughs eastward to Finchley Road, & from Waverley Grove & Fitzalan Road southward to Leeside Crescent & Temple Fortune. On the 1912 map part of Hampstead Garden Suburb is in the south-eastern corner of the map. Other features include tramways along Finchley Road, Council Offices on The Burroughs, Christ Church, St Mary`s church, Decoy Farm, Carmelite Convent, Finchley Bridge. Perhaps unusually for London, no railways are shown. Each map

Includes:: street directory extracts. 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.

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This book features an ordinary horse with a very ordinary & really quite boring little life...until a rock band called The Tumbling Pebbles come to town. As the music pounds across the hills, Hendrix discovers he has an ear for music! & then he comes across the band`s guitar
- it flies out the window of the van as the musicians leave the sleepy village
- & Hendrix knows there is no looking back. He decides to put on a concert of his own. He ties a pair of pants round his head. Socks round his wrists. He is Hendrix the Rocking Horse!

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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

Includes:: many other

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

Includes:: English.





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Henley-on-Thames North in 1910 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. Henley-on-Thames is covered by two maps. HENLEY NORTH map covers the town centre, stretching from Friar Park & Rotherfield Court eastward to Remenham Wood, & from the railway terminus northward to Swiss Farm, Badgemore Farm & Remenham Lodge. Features include Henley Bridge, Duke Street, Hart Street, New Street, Friday Street, Market Place, Town Hall, Bell Street, Phillis Court, brewery, Thames Side, West Hill, Gravel Hill, Westfield House, Windmill Cottage, workhouse, etc. The Thames runs north-south through the map & on the east, Berkshire side are Bird Place, Thamesfield & a few other houses. On the reverse is the first part of a commercial directory, A to S, along with Barrie Trinder`s comprehensive introduction to the history of the town. HENLEY SOUTH map continues coverage south, covering an area from St Mark`s Road & Reading Road southward to Harpsden Court. Part of Harpsden village is in the lower part of the map, including St Margaret`s church, Harpsdencourt Farm, Harpsden Hall. Other features include Harpsden Heights, Drawback Hill, Coldharbour Farm, Newtown, Sheephouse Farm, Marsh Mill, etc. On the reverse is the continuation of the commercial directory plus a list of private residents of Henley from a Directory of 1899, a directory for Harpsden, information about a Mayor of Henley Alderman C Clements, a GWR railway timetable for the Henley branch in 1906, & another essay by Barrie Trinder. 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. ...

Henley-on-Thames South in 1910 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. Henley-on-Thames is covered by two maps. HENLEY NORTH map covers the town centre, stretching from Friar Park & Rotherfield Court eastward to Remenham Wood, & from the railway terminus northward to Swiss Farm, Badgemore Farm & Remenham Lodge. Features include Henley Bridge, Duke Street, Hart Street, New Street, Friday Street, Market Place, Town Hall, Bell Street, Phillis Court, brewery, Thames Side, West Hill, Gravel Hill, Westfield House, Windmill Cottage, workhouse, etc. The Thames runs north-south through the map & on the east, Berkshire side are Bird Place, Thamesfield & a few other houses. On the reverse is the first part of a commercial directory, A to S, along with Barrie Trinder`s comprehensive introduction to the history of the town. HENLEY SOUTH map continues coverage south, covering an area from St Mark`s Road & Reading Road southward to Harpsden Court. Part of Harpsden village is in the lower part of the map, including St Margaret`s church, Harpsdencourt Farm, Harpsden Hall. Other features include Harpsden Heights, Drawback Hill, Coldharbour Farm, Newtown, Sheephouse Farm, Marsh Mill, etc. On the reverse is the continuation of the commercial directory plus a list of private residents of Henley from a Directory of 1899, a directory for Harpsden, information about a Mayor of Henley Alderman C Clements, a GWR railway timetable for the Henley branch in 1906, & another essay by Barrie Trinder. 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. ...

Sverigeserien is an outdoor map series consisting of 116 sheets with coverage of southern & central Sweden & the northern coastline. The map is suitable for outdoor activities such as hiking, excursions, trail running, hunting, fishing, riding, cycling, mountain biking, paddling, skating & much more. Every sheet covers an area of 45x 68km. These topographical maps in scale 1:50 000 contain all the information needed for outdoor activities: Terrain information, hiking trails, illuminated tracks, camping, shelters, golf courses, leisure baths, historical remains, roads in different categories, railway lines & much more. Easy to read topography with contour lines, vertical interval 5 m. Sverigeserien is a high-quality map series & is durable for frequent use! Updated content with map data from Lantmäteriet (National Land Survey of Sweden) & printed on Polyart which is water & tear resistant. This means that the map can be folded repeatedly without breaking & can withstand the challenging weather in Sweden during both winter & summer. Legend is in Swedish, English & German. ...

This record of Cartier-Bresson`s fascination with India over half a lifetime contains the very best of his photographs of that country, produced during six extended visits, the first at the time of Independence, the most recent in 1987. His images are shaped by an eye & a mind legendary for their empathy & for going to the heart of the matter. Cartier-Bresson`s talent, his famous ”mantle of invisibility” & his good connections with such figures as Nehru, allowed him to capture the quintessence of India
- a land renowned for its contradictions & variety. His pictures of Hindus in refugee camps after the Partition or of beggars in Calcutta, speak with the same passion & authority as those of the Maharaja of Baroda`s sumptuous birthday celebrations, or of the Mountbattens posed on the steps of Government House. Considerable space is given to his famous reportages, such as the astonishing sequence on the death & cremation of Gandhi. Above all, his skill selects the apparently ordinary faces & scenes from market, temple or countryside that define the spirit of a country.
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In 1946 Cartier-Bresson travelled to New York with about 300 prints in his suitcase, bought a scrapbook, glued each one in & brought that album to Mo MA`s curators. Here, published for the first time in its entirety, is a facsimile of that famous scrapbook. ...