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English Castles: England's most dramatic castles and strongholds (Collins Little Books) by Historic UK
RRP: $13.63$9.36The perfect stocking filler for lovers of English Castles. A handy guide to England's most dramatic castles and strongholds, many of which are open to visitors. Includes an eight-page map section showing the locations of castles covered in the... -
New York Art Deco: Birds, Beasts & Blooms by Eric P. Nash
RRP: $58.40$40.79New York City, arguably the world s Art Deco capital, is well known the world over for its striking and still iconic buildings that were early expressions of the style writ large most famously the Empire State and Chrysler buildings, both of which still... -
The Cambridge Art Book: The City Through the Eyes of its Artists by Emma Bennett
RRP: $33.13$25.08The Cambridge Art Book contains a unique collection of contemporary images of this most beautiful city, from the grand architecture of its historic university to its more intimate corners. Cambridge is a unique place with a very special atmosphere... -
Welsh Castle Builders: The Savoyard Style by John Marshall
RRP: $48.75$34.36The Edwardian castles of north Wales were built by a Savoyard master mason, but also by many other artisans from Savoy. What is more extraordinary, is that the constables of Flint, Rhuddlan, Conwy and Harlech were also Savoyards, the Justiciar and Deputy... -
Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle by Tom Quinn 9781785904790
RRP: $39.00$27.61For more than 300 years, Kensington Palace has played host to a colourful cast of kings, queens, wayward children, royal aunts and uncles, distant cousins and assorted aristocratic hangers-on. This remarkable building has served as the stage for some of... -
The Livery Halls of the City of London by Anya Lucas 9781858946702
RRP: $87.75$72.29For more than 600 years the Livery Companies have played a leading role in commercial activities and social and political life in the City of London. These trade associations, each representing a particular craft or profession, were originally... -
The Architecture of Ruins: Designs on the Past, Present and Future by Jonathan Hill
RRP: $77.98$69.15The Architecture of Ruins: Designs on the Past, Present and Future identifies an alternative and significant history of architecture from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century, in which a building is designed, occupied and imagined as a ruin... -
Luna Luna: The Art Amusement Park by Andre Heller
RRP: $68.15$54.78A landmark book documenting the first-ever art amusement park - launched in 1987 in Hamburg, Germany - in anticipation of its global reintroduction In the late 1980s, more than 30 of the era's most acclaimed artists - including Jean-Michel Basquiat,... -
The Birmingham Art Book: The City Through the Eyes of its Artists by Emma Bennett 9781912934256
RRP: $33.13$25.08The Birmingham Art Book is a tribute to a unique city whose visionary scientists and inventors made it famous as a manufacturing powerhouse. From heavy metal industry - here is where the first steam trains were built - to heavy metal music - Black... -
Unbuilt: Radical visions of an architectural future that never arrived by Christopher Beanland
RRP: $48.75$34.65Unbuilt tells the stories of the plans, drawings and proposals that emerged during the 20th century in an unparalleled era of optimism in architecture. Many of these grand projects stayed on the drawing board, some were flights of fancy that couldn't be... -
Country Church Monuments by C B Newham
RRP: $78.00$60.04A landmark illustrated history of rural church monuments - the forgotten national treasures of England and WalesDeep in the countryside, away from metropolitan abbeys and cathedrals, thousands of funerary monuments are hidden in parish churches. These... -
On a Pedestal: A Trip around Britain's Statues by Roger Lytollis
RRP: $39.00$26.03This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them.As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool's... -
The Towns of Malaya: An Illustrated Urban History of the Peninsula Up to 1957 by Dr Neil Khor 9789814610223
RRP: $35.00$32.70The Towns of Malaya examines the history, development, planning and architecture of the major towns of Peninsular Malaysia. The book is divided into chapters each focusing on different types of Malayan towns, including royal towns, ports, mining towns... -
Samurai Castles: History / Architecture / Visitors' Guides by Jennifer Mitchelhill
RRP: $33.13$23.28Japan's ancient castles provide deep insights into the country's compelling military history. Discover the secrets of Japan's feudal past by exploring the most famous castles of the Samurai era. The enormous stone walls, multi-level towers, and... -
The Little Book of Stonehenge by Meredith MacArdle
RRP: $9.73$7.96Published in association with English Heritage, this fact-filled gift book is the perfect tribute to this iconic historical landmark, the best-known prehistoric monument in the world.With a history spanning 4,500 years, the mystery that surrounds... -
Lighthouse: An Illuminating History of the World's Coastal Sentinels by R G Grant 9780316414470
RRP: $54.58$36.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316414470Author R G GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersPublisher Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersWeight(grams)... -
Scotland Remembered: A History of Scotland Through its Monuments and Memorials by Michael Meighan 9781445696508
RRP: $31.18$21.16Monuments are all around us. We walk or drive past them every day, yet we are often only vaguely aware of their existence. They are in cemeteries and parks; on busy streets and in lonely places; they stand by the sea or on the top of hills. Some are very... -
London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer by Hugh Meller 9780750996532
RRP: $48.75$35.39London Cemeteries is a comprehensive guide to all cemeteries within Greater London. Listed alphabetically and with a map to help locate them, each entry includes the address, the date of foundation, the owner, the size, a note on its history, development... -
The Eiffel Tower by Bertrand Lemoine 9783836584418
$70.30"The Tower is also present to the entire world... a universal symbol of Paris... from the Midwest to Australia, there is no journey to France which isn't made, somehow, in the Tower's name." - Roland Barthes When Gustave Eiffel completed his wrought... -
The Short Story of Architecture: A Pocket Guide to Key Styles, Buildings, Elements & Materials by Susie Hodge
RRP: $29.23$21.35The Short Story of Architecture is a new and innovative guide to the subject of architecture that explores 50 key buildings, from the Great Pyramids to high-tech, sustainable skyscrapers. Accessible and concise, the book links the 50 key works to the... -
Houses of Power: The Places that Shaped the Tudor World by Simon Thurley
RRP: $25.33$17.73'Excellent . . . Fresh, learned, readable and full of life' Dan Jones, Mail on Sunday Houses of Power is the result of Simon Thurley's thirty years of research, picking through architectural digs, and examining financial accounts, original plans and... -
Modern Buildings in London by Ian Nairn 9781912559510
RRP: $31.18$25.99'Without any doubt, London is one of the best cities in the world for modern architecture. But it is also one of the biggest cities in the world, and it does not make a display of its best things. A visitor looking for new buildings in the City and the... -
The Graveyards and Cemeteries of Edinburgh by Charlotte Golledge 9781445694245
RRP: $31.18$21.16In medieval Edinburgh the dead were buried in the city's churchyards, with internment in the church reserved for the wealthy, but in the post-Reformation years both rich and poor were buried in the grounds of the churches. By the nineteenth century the... -
How to Read Houses by Will Jones
RRP: $25.33$18.60A comprehensive pocket-sized guide to domestic architectural styles and movements. How to Read Houses is an insider's guide to recognising and appreciating the diversity of domestic architecture that reflects the location, the fashion, and the... -
How To Read Castles by Malcolm Hislop
RRP: $25.33$17.73The essential companion to discover the styles, architecture, form, significance and historical impact of castles from all over the world. How to Read Castles is a travel-size primer that takes a strictly visual approach to castle architecture,... -
Who Built Scotland: A History of the Nation in Twenty-Five Buildings by Kathleen Jamie
RRP: $21.43$14.45'What we build always reveals things that are deeply and innately human. Because all buildings are stories, one way or another.' Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford travel across the country to... -
Blood and Fireflies by B. M. Howard
RRP: $19.48$12.56A dark murder. A secret brought to light...June, 1797. From his headquarters at the Villa Mombello near Milan, the French revolutionary army's young general, one Napoleon Bonaparte, dictates peace terms to Europe's monarchies with breath-taking ease and... -
Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age by Arnold Lewis 9780486252506
RRP: $37.03$25.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486252506Author Arnold LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc. -
The Oxford Art Book: The City Through the Eyes of its Artists by Emma Bennett 9781906860844
RRP: $33.13$25.08A colourful showcase of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Inspired by Oxford's unique architecture and historic university, over 50 artists have produced a unique collection of contemporary images illustrating all aspects of the city and... -
A History and Guide to Scottish Castles by Jenna Maxwell
RRP: $42.90$30.46At one time, Scotland was home to more than 4,000 castles. It's an extraordinary number for such a small country and today, around 3,000 still stand. Some are world famous, others have inspired great works of literature, while others have lit up the... -
Heaven on Earth: The Lives and Legacies of the World's Greatest Cathedrals by Emma J. Wells
RRP: $78.00$67.47A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world's greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people who built them. 'An impeccable guide to the golden age of ecclesiastical architecture' The Times 'Vivid, colourful... -
Following in the Footsteps of Heroes: Guidebook to the Battlefields of Ypres and the Somme by Tom Strickland 9781781220184
RRP: $25.33$15.95Many people visit the First World War battlefields and leave disappointed, not understanding the connection to the sites they go to or their significance. This guidebook by an experienced teacher, explains the sites, the context and the stories in a... -
Graveyards and Cemeteries of Fife by Charlotte Golledge
RRP: $31.18$21.16The burial grounds, graveyards and cemeteries of Fife contain many fascinating historical tales, often with interesting superstitions attached. All walks of life are represented - from the burial place of ancient kings, queens and saints in Scotland's... -
The Bristol and Bath Art Book: The City Through the Eyes of its Artists by Emma Bennett
RRP: $33.13$25.08The Bristol and Bath Art Book portrays two very differenct cities. The beautiful images in the book capture the breath-taking landscape of rivers, hills and gorges which they share, but also the cities' sights that are so unique. Bristol is painted as... -
Pyramids: The Real Story Behind Egypt's Most Ancient Monuments by Joyce Tyldesley 9781804363690
RRP: $25.33$15.95The extraordinary mysteries of the pyramids - revealedFrom the development of monumental architecture around 3,000 BC to the fabulous edifices that rose up from the desert plains of Giza, these are amongst the most remarkable structures in world history... -
Shed Heaven: A place for everything by Anna Groves
RRP: $19.48$12.95A celebration of some of Britain's most important and beloved buildings - its sheds. From the humble to the not so humble. 'An eloquent exploration of the creative, reflective and innovative space of the shed via some of the UK's... -
Theatre Royal Drury Lane: A Star Reborn by Pamela Hartshorne
RRP: $25.25$16.73The world's oldest theatre site in continuous use, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane has been at the heart of Covent Garden for more than 350 years. Audiences have flocked to the Lane to see the greatest stars of the day in spectacular productions ranging... -
Durham Cathedral: History, Fabric, and Culture by David Brown
RRP: $146.25$126.18For over a millennium, Durham has occupied a central place in English religious history, with its Norman rebuilding (1093-1133) marking it as an internationally significant masterpiece in the history of architecture. Its setting, perched on a peninsula... -
The Liverpool Art Book: The City Through the Eyes of its Artists by Emma Bennett
RRP: $33.13$25.08A colourful tribute to one of the UK's most iconic cities with a foreword by Sir Paul McCartney. With its historic port and unique docks next to the mighty river Mersey, Liverpool enchants tourists and locals alike. Its bustling music scene, past and... -
Who Built Scotland: A History of the Nation in Twenty-Five Buildings by Kathleen Jamie 9781849172240
RRP: $39.00$27.38Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford pick twenty-five buildings to tell the story of the nation. Travelling across the...