“ Façade of the Victoria & Albert Museum in Cromwell Road” in a series of prints of sepia photos of some of old London’s best loved landmarks, presented by Soho Publishing in an A3 (29.6 x 39.6 cm) format.. Under the photo are brief notes about the building. Not that much change from today – just the traffic lights & the cars are missing! Ideal for framing, these reproductions show many long gone or much changed sites & offer a unique way of decorating your home or office with photos of near by or close-to-your-heart parts of the capital. Please note: the prints are supplied flat rather than rolled, with an A3 protective piece of cardboard, so the package will be larger than the standard size letterbox. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

The whole of Victoria, divided east/west between the two sides of the map, with 16 specially selected scenic routes & circuits, from 160km to 500km long. National & state parks are highlighted & symbols show rest areas, camping sites & caravan parks, fuel supplies, wine growing areas, information centres, places of interest, etc. Topography is indicated by names of mountain ranges & peaks. Latitude/longitude grid is at 30 ...

Victoria Eggs` London Kitchenware Collection featuring London inspired designs for a range of accessories, tea towels, oven gloves, tote bags & more. From the humorous Cockney Slang tea towel to the stylish oven glove & the tote bag Victoria’s creations are born from her love for all things British. The technique & themes used produce contemporary & fun items that add style & humour to the kitchen. All products are printed on premium cotton & made in the UK. Perfect gifts, stylish accessories, fabulous souvenirs, Victoria Egg’s Collection is beautiful, colourful, fun & wholesome; just like homemade. ...

Victoria on an indexed, double-sided, waterproof & tear-resistant street plan, showing on one side the city at 1:25, 000 with its downtown area presented in greater detail at 1:15, 000. On the reverse coverage of the main map is extended westwards beyond View Royal to include Colwood & Langford. Also included here is a road map presenting the Saanich Peninsula at 1:200, 000. Street plans from the Map Art / Canadian Cartographics Corporation / JDM Géo publishing group are usually produced at scales around 1:25, 000 to 1:35, 000 with smaller towns often shown at more detailed scales. All plans have street indexes. Plans of larges cities usually include an enlargement for the downtown area. Plans grouping together several smaller towns often have an overview map showing the whole of the relevant region. The plans have colouring to indicate commercial, institutional or industrial use, etc. Main traffic arteries are highlighted & one way streets are marked. A range of symbols shows, as appropriate, parking facilities, bus terminals, metro and/or railway stations, various public facilities & services, places of interest, recreational centres, etc. Map legends for cities & towns in the French speaking part of the country are sometimes in French only. To see the list of currently available Canadian street plans & pocket atlases form the Map Art / Canadian Cartographics Corporation / JDM Géo publishing group, including waterproof & tear-resistant Fast Track titles, please click on the series link. ...

Victoria’s High Country, the mountains of the Great Dividing Range including the Alpine National Park, on a contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:200, 000 from Hema printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. The map is double-sided with a good overlap between the sides; coverage in the west starts at Mansfield, north-east of Melbourne, & extends across the border of New South Wales to include the southern part of the Kosciuszko National Park with Mt Kosciuszko, Australia’s highest peak. Topography is well presented by contours at 50m intervals, with additional relief shading plus graphics for swamps & areas liable to inundation. Colouring indicates national parks, alpine resort areas, & other protected l&. Road information is divided into two groups: roads & tracks which were plotted during fieldwork carried out by Hema, plus other tracks shown on the country’s 250K topographic survey maps and/on other sources. The map also provides contact details for information on roads subject to seasonal closures. An extensive range of symbols highlights numerous facilities, including availability of various types of fuel, accommodation & campsite areas, meals & general stores, police stations & medical facilities, etc. The map has a 5-km UTM gird, plus latitude/longitude lines at 30’ intervals. Also included are brief notes on driving in the alpine regions & a list of contact addresses. To see other titles in Hema’s series of regional maps of Australia please click on the series link. ...

Kids Company, a leading London charity supported by Prince Charles, Helen Mirren & Stephen Fry, presents the voices of some of London`s children, in partnership with the charity`s founder Camila Batmanghelidjh
- part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin. It is also available in a boxset. ”A powerful, heartbreaking read”. (The Times). ”A moving exposition of why the work Kids Company does is necessary, complete with first-person testimony from those the charity has helped”. (Evening Standard). ”[ Mind the Child is] impossible to read without being moved to tears.. . Every Londoner should read this book for a glimpse into a side of the capital too many of us turn a blind eye towards.. .`”. (Londonist). ” Authors include the masterly John Lanchester, the children of Kids Company, comic John O` Farrell & social geographer Danny Dorling. Ranging from the polemical to the fantastical, the personal to the societal, they offer something for every taste. All experience the city as a cultural phenomenon & notice its nature & its people. Read individually they`re delightful small reads, pulled together they offer a particular portrait of a global city. (Evening Standard). ” Exquisitely diverse”. (The Times). ” Eclectic & broad-minded.. .beautifully designed”. (Tom Cox, Observer). ”A fascinating collection with a wide range of styles & themes. The design qualities are excellent, as you might expect from Penguin with a consistent look & feel while allowing distinctive covers for each book. This is a very pleasing set of books”. (A Common Reader blog). ” The contrasts & transitions between books are as stirring as the books themselves.. .A multidimensional literary jigsaw”. (Londonist). ”A series of short, sharp, city-based vignettes
- some personal, some political & some pictorial.. .each inimitable author finds that our city is complicated but ultimately connected, full of wit, & just the right amount of grit”. (Fabric Magazine). ”A collection of beautiful books”. (Grazia). Camila Batmanghelidjh founded Kids Company in 1996. In 2009 The Women in Public Life Awards named her businesswoman of the year. Kids Company`s services reach over 36, 000 children & young people every year & they provide intensive support for over 18, 000. These include the most deprived & at risk whose parents are unable to care for them due to their own practical & emotional challenges. For many, the roles of adult & child are reversed &, despite profound love, both struggle to survive. The children are assisted through a recovery programme which is assessed, designed & delivered according to the individual service user which helps them achieve their full potential. Their supporters include Prince Charles, Richard Branson, Stephen Fry & Helen Mirren.

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Victoria Park in 1889 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. STwo versions have been published for this area. The maps cover south Manchester around & to the north of Victoria Park, including part of Chorlton upon Medlock & the northern part of Rusholme. Coverage stretches from Lloyd Street eastward to Longsight station & from Dover Street southward to Rusholme Grove. Features on the 1889 map include Park Crescent, St John`s church, St Joseph`s Boys Industrial Schools, Holy Name RC church, tramways & depot, Atlas Brewery, Longsight Sidings with engine sheds, Oxford Street, Hulme Hall, St Saviour`s church, etc. On the reverse are extracts from an early street directory. By the time of the 1915 map the area was largely built up & features also include Victoria University, Whitworth Park, Art Gallery, Royal Infirmary, St Chrysostom`s church, St Mary`s Hospital, eastern part of Greenheys, etc. The 1916 map

Includes:: a selection of street directory extracts for Anson Road, Birch Lane, Denison Road, Denmark Road, Chorlton on Medlock High Street & York Place. 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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Victoria on a waterproof & tear-resistant “ State & Cities” map from UBD Gregory’s providing coverage of the whole state at 1:975, 000 with an index of places, plus a city centre street plan of Melbourne & plans of Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Albury– Wodonga, Sale, Mildura & Warrnambool. Maps in this series from UBD Gregory’s present Australia’s states as “ State & Suburban” titles with a map showing suburbs of the state capital, or as “ State & Cities” title, each with a city centre street plan of the state capital plus plans of other local towns. Some states are currently covered by only one of these two versions, others are available in both. Certain titles, as indicated in the individual description, are waterproof & tear-resistant. The state map is indexed & shows the road & railway networks. Topography is indicated by names of deserts, mountain ranges & selected peaks, with national parks, reserves & protected areas, aboriginal lands, & World Heritage sites highlighted. Symbols provide tourist information, highlighting places of interest & information centres, etc. Each map has a grid showing latitude & longitude at 1º intervals. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Victoria at 1:1, 900, 000 in a series of double-sided maps, combining coverage of the whole state with more detailed mapping of the suburbs & environs of main cities. The state maps are indexed & show the road network including unsurfaced roads & tracks, plus railways. Topography is indicated by names of deserts, mountain ranges & selected peaks, with national parks, reserves & protected areas, aboriginal lands, & World Heritage sites highlighted. Symbols provide limited tourist information, highlighting places of interest & information centres, & mark locations of gas & oil fields, hydroelectric power stations, lighthouses, etc. The maps have a grid showing latitude & longitude at 1 ...