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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334715Author John MacleayFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 171gDimensions(mm) 173mm *...

Intimately linked as twin hubs of the Elizabethan entertainment industry north and south of the Thames, Blackfriars' and Southwark's shared history emerged from opposing forces and ancient geographic personalities. First settled by the Romans, and...

The Lancashire city of Preston has a rich and enthralling history. This book recalls its people, places and past times. Once a booming cotton-manufacturing centre, Preston made great advances in industry and commerce as it transformed from a cotton town...

A new town established in the 1800s, Colwyn Bay thrived with the coming of the railway, growing over the last century into one of the largest communities in North Wales. Colwyn Bay History Tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911306443Author Berris ConollyFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 930g

There are many books written on Bury St Edmunds, some academic, others having a more simplistic approach. This book tells the story of the town through the letters of the alphabet, setting out to explore and inform the reader of some of the facts and...

"I'm absolutely fascinated by Ransom Riggs' [series] "Talking Pictures" - themed collections of found photographs that happen to have writing on them. Usually, there's just enough written to make each image more powerful, and leave you wanting more"...

The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy, or prize or cup) was a prize competition for seaplanes. Announced by Jacques Schneider, a financier, balloonist and aircraft enthusiast, in 1911, it offered a prize of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780914251Author The Old Mansfield SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337211Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

A-Z of Southend delves into the history of the Essex coastal town of Southend-on-Sea. Originally Southend was a small collection of buildings at the south end of the village of Prittlewell, but in the late eighteenth century the area became popular as a...

This handsome, unique package -- containing a stereoscopic viewer, 34 3D photographic cards, and a photo-packed paperback book -- offers a rare view of Paris, the world's most beautiful city, during an era when art, literature, poetry, and music...

Born in the Ukraine, photographer Jack Delano moved to the United States in 1923. After graduating from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1937, Delano worked for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Office of War Information (OWI) as a...

The must-have classic work on early Japanese photography!"Writer Bennett crafted this beautiful and educational book from a collection of 350 old and rare images captured by Western photographers. This book offers a glimpse of life in Japan during one of...

Flowing between Devon and Cornwall, the beauty of the River Tamar is ever changing. Every turn brings something new; deer, otters, seals, stoats and, in the past, even the occasional dolphin. Rich with trees, flowers and insects, there is something...

The sixties, seventies and eighties were decades of great change. Many towns and cities were redeveloped with projects that dramatically affected the character of the place. People's shopping habits were altered as supermarkets took over from traditional...

Cristina de Middel has been travelling for years with migrants on the train they call “the beast”, interviewing sicarios (hired killers), talking for hours with “coyotes” (clandestine smugglers) and police officers. By combining her own photographs with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761380532Author Nathan MeteFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Scribe PublicationsPublisher Scribe PublicationsWeight(grams) 1250g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467138871Author Kelly MathewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 255Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 544g

Evangeline is a photographic exploration of Nova Scotia, Canada, directly inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1847 epic poem about the historic Expulsion of the Acadians. Today, the proud presence of Acadian heritage on the shores of the Bay of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789889926632Author Vincent YuFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint MCCM LtdPublisher MCCM LtdWeight(grams) 496g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816523603Author Simon J. OrtizFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 663g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681340944Author John GlantonFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Minnesota Historical Society PressPublisher Minnesota Historical Society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859372647Author Clive HardyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Frith Book Company Ltd.Publisher Frith Book Company Ltd.

To Make Their Own Way in the World is a profound consideration of some of the most challenging images in the history of photography: fifteen daguerreotypes of Alfred, Delia, Drana, Fassena, Jack, Jem, and Renty-men and women of African descent who were...

Artificial Intelligence meets Gettysburg. And it is a marvelous pairing.Author Patrick Brennan, a long-time student of the Civil War, published author, and an editorial advisor for The Civil War Monitor magazine, has teamed up with his technology-astute...

From 1939 to 1945 a generation of German men sacrificed their youth for the wrong cause and then rejoined a society that wanted to forget the horrors of war. These men grew old with the inward silence of the defeated, in a country where their children...

Cambridge Past & Present gives a fascinating insight into the dramatic changes that have taken place in the city during the 20th century. The book recalls houses and public buildings, shops, factories and pubs that have vanished or been changed almost...

Cambridge Past & Present gives a fascinating insight into the dramatic changes that have taken place in the city during the 20th century. The book recalls houses and public buildings, shops, factories and pubs that have vanished or been changed almost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780915043Author Bruce PurvisFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

This book is a photographic odyssey through the lands of the First World War. For more than ten years the photographer travelled from the dust of the Namib deserts to the frozen heights of the Vosges to create a unique collection of images that document...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336955Author Bernard ByromFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 173mm * 240mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336955Author Bernard ByromFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 173mm * 240mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847710710Author Iwan Meical JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

A fresh, comprehensive, and critical look at the California gold rush through the lens of the daguerreotype camera The California gold rush was the first major event in American history to be documented in depth by photography. This fascinating volume...

This illustrated history portrays one of England's finest cities. It provides a nostalgic look at Cambridge's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs are taken from the Historic England...

A history of BedlingtonshireBook InformationISBN 9780752407845Author Evan MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press Ltd

From the late 1940s onward, Wallace W. Abbey masterfully combined journalistic and artistic vision to transform everyday transportation moments into magical photographs. Abbey, a photographer, journalist, historian, and railroad industry executive,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857239194Author Marco IulianoFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1590g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336993Author Elizabeth FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing