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Trowbridge Through Time by Kevin J. Hartley 9781848687790 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99£6.48Trowbridge Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Trowbridge, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of... -
Secret Bude by Dawn G. Robinson
RRP: £15.99£9.53The third book about Bude by Dawn Robinson is a little different to the first two. Certainly, it contains historical and contemporary images; however, its focus is very much on the facts, fiction, people and places you may know little about in this... -
Castlebar: Ireland in Old Photographs by Joe Curtis 9781845887902
RRP: £16.99£12.94Castlebar derived its name from Barry's Castle (Castle Barry), which was located in the open square of the present Army Barracks, up until the time of "The Races of Castlebar" in 1798. Later on, the Bingham family, also known as Lord Lucan, became the... -
Old Dufftown, Glenrinnes and the Cabrach by Douglas G. Lockhart
RRP: £10.95£9.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337563Author Douglas G. LockhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
Secret High Wycombe Eddie Brazil 9781445665306
RRP: £15.99£10.85High Wycombe, or simply Wycombe, has had a long and remarkable past: the Royal military academy was founded in the town in the late eighteenth century before moving to Sandhurst; Charles I passed through on his way to the scaffold in 1649; and Benjamin... -
Lost Country Houses of Kent by Martin Easdown 9781445674346
RRP: £15.99£14.38Country houses were the showpieces of the nation's elite and Kent can still boast some of the finest examples, with Leeds Castle, Chevening, Cobham Hall, Knole, Penshurst Place, Mereworth and Broome Park to name but a few. Sadly, the county has also... -
Exploring Dumfries & Galloway's Lost Railway Heritage: A Walker's Guide by Alasdair Wham 9780853610830
RRP: £16.00£14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853610830Author Alasdair WhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 147mm * 11mm -
The County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil by Carolyn Jacob 9780752400129
RRP: £14.99£11.55A history of the county borough of Merthyr TydfilBook InformationISBN 9780752400129Author Carolyn JacobFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 10mm -
A-Z of Carlisle: Places-People-History by Andrew Graham Stables
RRP: £15.99£10.85The Cumbrian city of Carlisle has a rich and colourful history. Being so close to the Scottish border, Carlisle became a military stronghold and its surviving eleventh-century castle bears testament to this. During the Industrial Revolution it grew into... -
Belgravia & Knightsbridge Through Time by Brian Girling
RRP: £15.99£10.85Belgravia and Knightsbridge represent the wealthy face of modern London, but it was not always that way. Belgravia did not exist before the 1820s, its site a bleak expanse of open countryside. Knightsbridge was a straggling settlement along the main... -
Secret Beccles by Barry Darch
RRP: £15.99£10.85The ancient Suffolk market town of Beccles has a history of more than a thousand years, which saw it flourish as one of the principal trading communities in the county. Situated on the River Waveney, it is often referred to as the 'Gateway to the... -
C&T Harris (Calne) Ltd: An Illustrated History by Dee la Vardera
RRP: £15.99£10.85This is the story of an empire founded on pigs. It tells of how a small town on the River Marden, once prosperous from the wool trade, became famous for its Wiltshire cured ham and bacon, tasty sausages and delicious pork pies. Products loved across the... -
Secret Ilkley by Mark Hunnebell
RRP: £15.99£10.85The beautiful town of Ilkley, situated in the heart of Wharfdale, has been a famous and much-loved tourist destination ever since it was established as a fashionable spa town of the railway age. Home to the oldest literary festival in the north of... -
A-Z of Leeds: Places-People-History by Paul Chrystal
RRP: £14.99£9.70Leeds is a city of great history and heritage. From its beginnings as a religious and agricultural centre in the Middle Ages to its twenty-first-century status as one of the UK's leading digital and information technology hubs, it has always been at the... -
Secret Wirral by Les Jones
RRP: £15.99£9.53The Wirral Peninsula is a place of contrasts. The large north-eastern towns differ dramatically from the rolling green acres of mid-Wirral and the breezy open shores of its western edges. Much has been written about this unique region over the years... -
Churches of Oxfordshire by Nicola Coldstream
RRP: £15.99£10.85Oxfordshire, once part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, has always been a wealthy county. Its landscapes vary from the chalk and beechwood Chiltern Hills in the south to the limestone uplands of the Cotswolds in the north-west, which give very fine... -
Isle of Man: Britain in Old Photographs by Ian Collard 9780752491004
RRP: £14.99£11.55Over the course of 100 years, the Isle of Man developed from a collection of fishing villages into one of the main holiday destinations for people working in the Lancashire mills and coal mines. Hotels and other holiday accommodation were built and... -
Oliver's Britain Oliver Hellowell 9781788840897
RRP: £17.99£12.54"To look at Oliver Hellowell's photography is to see the natural world through his eyes." - Boudicca Fox-Leonard, The Telegraph "In Ollie's hands [...] the camera is more than a mere instrument; it is an extension of his inquisitive mind." - Iolo... -
Dorset in Pictures by Matthew Pinner
RRP: £17.99£12.09Dorset, which lies in the south-west of England, boasts a wide variety of spectacular landscapes, from the cliffs and beaches of its Jurassic Coast, its chalk downs and limestone hills, heathland and vales, to its historic towns and villages and other... -
Whitby: A Potted History by Colin Wilkinson
RRP: £15.99£11.61Whitby has a fascinating history, changing roles over the centuries from a religious centre to one of the country's most important ports and later a resort. The king of Northumbria founded the monastery on the headland in the seventh century and... -
The Canadian Rockies: Rediscovered by Paul Zizka
RRP: £35.99£25.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771602310Author Paul ZizkaFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books -
A-Z of Lichfield: Places-People-History by Jono Oates
RRP: £15.99£10.85Lichfield is in the heart of the rural county of Staffordshire and is a small cathedral city, but it has a fascinating history and retains many of its historic buildings and landmarks. Noted as the birthplace of Samuel Johnson, the man who published the... -
Old Warden: Tales of Tenants and Squires by Christine Hill
RRP: £16.99£11.47Old Warden: Tales of Tenants & Squires traces the fascinating history of the village of Old Warden, its inhabitants and their relationship with the Ongley and Shuttleworth landowner families from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century... -
Haworth History Tour by Steven Wood
RRP: £8.99£6.02Haworth is a picturesque Pennine village that is now famed for the Bronte family and the steam railway. Behind the tourist village of today lies a long history of people making a living from the uncompromising moorland of this area. Haworth History Tour... -
Dumfries by David Carroll
RRP: £12.99£9.62This book celebrates the everyday face of Dumfries and its surrounding area, capturing through old photographs the sights of a town that, although it has witnessed many changes in recent years, would still be instantly familiar to the true 'Doonhamer' of... -
50 Gems of Suffolk: The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places by Kate J. Cole
RRP: £15.99£10.85Famous for inspiring artist John Constable, Suffolk is a county filled with natural appeal. From the glorious coastline to medieval towns such as Bury St Edmunds, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through timeless villages, vast... -
Wish I Was Here: The World's Most Extraordinary Places on and Beyond the Seashore Sebastiaan Bedaux 9789401453127
RRP: £45.00£30.85Micronesia, Hawaii, Polynesia, Bora Bora, Seychelles, Maldives, Australia - where does the mind go when imagining such places. Drawn from the best travel blogs and Instagram images, this book brings together the most beautiful locations near, on, or... -
Paris Then and Now (R) by Peter Caine
RRP: £14.99£10.10Paris Then and Now captures the changes that have taken place in the French capital from the heady days of the Belle Epoque through to the 1940s. Matching classic archive images with the same viewpoint taken today the book provides a stunning... -
Leek History Tour by Neil Collingwood
RRP: £7.99£5.41Leek is the main town of the Staffordshire Moorlands and the most important centre on the south-western edge of the Peak District. It stands on a hill in a large bend in the River Churnet and is locally known as 'the Queen of the Moorlands'. In the late... -
America 1900 by Marc Walter 9783836567916
RRP: £60.00£44.95These rediscovered Photochrom and Photostint postcard images from the private collection of Marc Walter were produced by the Detroit Photographic Company between 1888 and 1924. Using a photolithographic process that predated the autochrome by nearly 20... -
Sale Through Time by Steven Dickens
RRP: £15.99£10.85The fascinating town of Sale in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, historically a part of Cheshire, has a rich and diverse history, which is extensively illustrated in the pages of this book. Old buildings, long forgotten, are recalled, such as the... -
Black Country Canals by Paul Collins
RRP: £16.99£12.94The Black Country has more miles of canal than Venice. During the industrial revolution this transport system developed to serve the steel, coal, lime and glass industries that grew up so extensively. Now much of the area's heavy industry has... -
Secret Wimbledon & Southfields by Ruth Mansergh
RRP: £14.99£9.70Mention Wimbledon and most people immediately think of the world-famous tennis tournament, which is the oldest tennis championships in the world having taken place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club since 1877. However, the history of the... -
Ancient Egypt by Peter Mavrikis
RRP: £9.99£6.85From the Neolithic cave paintings in Wadi Sura - created long before it was a desert when the region was savannah grassland - to the Valley of the Kings to the rock-cut temples at Abu Simbel, and from the vast temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor to the... -
Menie TRUMPED: A Portrait of a Scottish Coastal Community in Conflict by Alicia Bruce 9781954119246
RRP: £37.99£25.62I Burn But I Am Not Consumed brings together photographs and an archive collated by photographer Alicia Bruce and the residents of Menie, Scotland. The project documents sixteen years of Donald Trump's impact on the coastal Scottish community from 2006... -
Doncaster at Work: People and Industries Through the Years by Paul Chrystal
RRP: £14.99£9.70Doncaster has always benefited from its location. It stands on the Great North Road, superseded by the A1, the primary route for all traffic from London to Edinburgh, and due to its strategic geographical importance it emerged as an industrial centre in... -
Stratford Upon Avon Through Time by Jacqueline Cameron
RRP: £15.99£10.85In this fascinating full colour collection of over 200 photographs and postcards, Stratford upon Avon and its surroundings are explored. From images of the streets, buildings, pubs and hotels, to the beauty of the river and surrounding countryside, all... -
Wallingford Through Time by David Beasley
RRP: £15.99£10.85A thriving market town once situated in Berkshire, but now in Oxfordshire, Wallingford has a lot to offer both the local residents and the passers-by. With regular local markets and a welcoming town centre, Wallingford is a proud promoter of independent... -
Durham City Through Time by Michael Richardson
RRP: £15.99£10.85Durham City Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Durham City, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people... -
Brunel in Bristol by John Christopher
RRP: £15.99£10.85Bristol and Brunel, the two are inseparable. What would the Avon Gorge be without the slender lines of the suspension bridge? The Floating Harbour without the iron-hulled Great Britain back in the dry dock where she was built, or the magnificent Great...