Hamstead 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. The map covers the Hamstead area, part of Perry Barr. Features include railway with Great Barr station, Hamstead Colliery, Hamstead Brick Works, Tame Valley Canal, industrial tramways, etc. On the reverse is a timetable for the Birmingham-Walsall/ Wolverhampton line in 1897. 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. ...

The superb photographs in this book take the reader on a fascinating journey through the recent history of Hampstead, Kilburn, ...

Sometimes a person passes through your world & you don`t forget them. She is like that. She is crossing continents, searching for her missing child. Everyone she comes into contact with has a tale to tell: the truck driver who mistook her for a prostitute, the hunters who almost shot her, the Frenchman who loved her, the blind man & the lodger. This is her story. ...

In H&, Reef & Steer
- winner of the Best Book of the Sea Award
- Tom explains the different sailing characteristics of classic

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Tom Cunliffe is one of the world`s greatest champions of traditional sailing boats, & is considered the guru of gaff rig sailors. Having worked these beautiful boats all his life, his knowledge is second to none. In H&, Reef & Steer
- winner of the Best Book of the Sea Award
- Tom explains the different sailing characteristics of classic craft & shares his knowledge of the special skills required to handle them. He describes how to manage heavy loads using tackles rather than winches & reveals the mysteries of making the boat work for you rather than fighting with her gear. He shares step by step advice on setting up the rig; sail handling skills (hoisting, setting & reefing) heavy & light air sailing; manouevring a long-keel boat; losing way, scandalizing & steering with sails, topsails, watersails, single-luff spinnakers & fisherman staysails; & much, much more. & for this new edition Tom had added new material on modern gaffers, replicas & a whole new section on sailing aspirational large gaffers. H&, Reef & Steer, with its wonderful watercolour drawings & atmospheric photos, will delight all who love the unique character & grace of classic craft.` Superb` Cruising `A delightful book` Wooden Boat

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A lined journal, in an ingeniously printed faux leather cover which captures the flavour of finely wrought Renaissance-style leather bindings. It is intricately embellished with one of three designs to reproduce the delicate gold tooling which was brought to Europe via the flourishing trade routes with the east. Closes with a fold-over cover flap. Smythe sewn with 144 pages, plus memento pouch & ribbon page marker. 18x 23cm ...

A slim format lined journal, with one of three printed cover designs, inspired by the beauty & feel of 15th century Italian-bound books which were often made from goatskin leather, embellished with gold foil. These books have a subtly weighted magnetic strap for secure closing, ribbon page markers & a memento pouch. Smythe sewn with 176 pages, 9x 18cm ...

This authoritative guide enables accurate identification of the common components of the inshore benthic invertebrates of the British Isles & adjacent European coasts, as well as a substantial proportion of fish species. This new edition builds upon the strengths of the earlier work & is thoroughly revised throughout to incorporate advances in both the taxonomy & ecology of the organisms concerned. ...

Millions of immigrants entered America`s ”golden door” in the years after 1880. This authentically reproduced Handbook of the United States was a trusted resource that told them everything they needed to know as they strove to become Americans. America`s ”golden door” welcomed a huge wave of European immigrants between the 1880s & the 1920s. Millions passed through the gateway of the Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island on their way to becoming Americans, & The Handbook of the United States is an authentic reproduction of one of the immigrants` most trusted resources- a complete guide to the USA, including everything from the pay-rates of various trades to amusing statistics about what Americans ate, drank, & manufactured. Once the tool that helped thousands of Irish, Italian & Jewish immigrants use their drive & industriousness to succeed, today it provides new insights into the extraordinary circumstances of the immigrant experience & the new arrivals` remarkable contribution to making America a great global power. ...

` How refreshing, to read a book about music written for a music lover & not a musicologist. In clear, lucid, entertaining prose, Jane Glover makes those of us who lack musical literacy better understand & appreciate Handel`s divinity.`
- Donna Leon, author of Handel`s Bestiary & the Inspector Brunetti mysteries Handel in London tells the story of a young German composer who in 1712, followed his princely master to London & would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II & the composer was George Frideric Handel. Handel, then still only twenty-seven & largely self-taught, would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo & Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah. Here, Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel`s work in opera houses & concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music & musicians to tell Handel`s story. It is a story of music-making & musicianship, of practices & practicalities, but also of courts & cabals, of theatrical rivalries & of eighteenth-century society. It is also, of course, the story of some of the most remarkable music ever written, music that has been played & sung, & loved, in this country
- & throughout the world
- for three hundred years.


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