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Ladies’ Dress Accessories by Eleanor Johnson 9780747805700
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £7.24As human societies evolved, clothing became more than just a basic necessity to protect the body from cold. Both men and women used their costume to display their status and wealth. This additional... -
Discovering Traditional Farm Buildings by J.E.C. Peters 9780852635568
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.39This book looks at the purely agricultural buildings in turn, so that each can be recognised, as a barn, a cowhouse, a stable and so on, and examines their features and construction.About the AuthorJ... -
Georgian Garden Buildings by Sarah Rutherford 9780747811015
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.83Did Hermitages really house hermits? What was the point of a sham castle or Gothic ruin? Though Georgian garden buildings often seem monuments to rich men's folly and whimsy, in fact they always had... -
The Railwayman's Pocketbook by R H N Hardy
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.73This fascinating pocket book draws on numerous primary sources from the early days of the rail network through to the Big Four, British Railways and beyond to present a unique guide to the knowledge... -
British Motorcycles of the 1960s and '70s by Mick Walker
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04For the first half of the twentieth century, Great Britain led the world in motorcycle design and production, exporting its products to countries all over the globe. However, by 1960 this once-great... -
Bletchley Park: The Code-breakers of Station X by Michael Smith
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.99Bletchley Park, known to those who worked there as Station X, was the scene of one of the greatest Allied triumphs of the Second World War. The breaking of the Nazi Enigma cyphers by Britain's... -
Harley-Davidson by Margie Siegal
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89Harley-Davidson: words that evoke the open American road and the "Made in America" tradition like no others. The sweeping chopper handlebars, the distinctive throaty low-speed rumble of the engine... -
British Campaign Medals 1914-2005 Peter Duckers 9780747806493
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £5.27This book surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military service around the world and in two world wars. The campaign medals awarded for the military actions have become a popular field... -
British Family Cars of the 1950s and '60s by Anthony Pritchard 9780747807124
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.26With the end of the Second World War it was not long before increasing wealth, cheaper cars, and social pressures made a family car the aspiration of thousands. Ford, Hillman, Standard, Morris and... -
![Through the Window: The Great Western Railway from Paddington to Penzance 1924 by Great Western Railway 9781873590751 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/5048917/5048114/9781873590751__89653.1722944494.jpg?c=1 "Through the Window: The Great Western Railway from Paddington to Penzance 1924 by Great Western Railway 9781873590751 [USED COPY]")
Through the Window: The Great Western Railway from Paddington to Penzance 1924 by Great Western Railway 9781873590751 [USED COPY]
Booksplease Price: £11.91This book was first published by The Great Western Railway in 1924 to enhance the enjoyment of their passengers on the 305 mile journey from Paddington to Penzance. Maps, line drawings and... -
Motor Cars of the 1930's by Ian Dussek 9780852639818
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.39The car came of age during the 1930s. It ceased to be a successor to the horse-drawn cart and no longer was it a rich man's toy. This book charts the development made in the decade prior to the... -
Golf by John Pearson 9780747812296
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £7.24Golf: from its Scottish Highland origins to its distinctive wardrobe, and from St Andrews Old Course to the lush greens of Augusta, the word conjures a history and a world - and this book is the... -
The Chicago School of Architecture: Building the Modern City, 1880–1910 by Rolf Achilles 9780747812395
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89The birth of the skyscraper in Chicago in the mid-1880s introduced a new direction for city architecture: upwards. But how-and why- was it that Chicago set the standard for high-rise buildings, not... -
![Hops and Hop Picking by Richard Filmer 9780852636176 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9648781/10665501/9780852636176__72076.1781272240.jpg?c=1 "Hops and Hop Picking by Richard Filmer 9780852636176 [USED COPY]")
Hops and Hop Picking by Richard Filmer 9780852636176 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £2.54The hop has been intimately involved in social history for many centuries: it has caused controversy due to its role in the brewing process and was for centuries the centre of a social phenomenon,... -
![The Victorian Railway Worker by Trevor May 9780747804512 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9656219/10672939/9780747804512__92755.1781279700.jpg?c=1 "The Victorian Railway Worker by Trevor May 9780747804512 [USED COPY]")
The Victorian Railway Worker by Trevor May 9780747804512 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £2.14Thousands of Victorians were employed by railway companies, from the locomotive driver on the footplate to the booking clerk in the station. The companies provided work for navvies, signalmen,... -
![George Stephenson by Dr. Adrian Jarvis 9780747806059 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9683153/10699873/9780747806059__58741.1781304799.jpg?c=1 "George Stephenson by Dr. Adrian Jarvis 9780747806059 [USED COPY]")
George Stephenson by Dr. Adrian Jarvis 9780747806059 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £2.15George Stephenson is among the most famous engineers of all time. His rise from 'rags to riches' is a stirring story of its kind. But much of the work of innovative engineers for his period lay not... -
![Vintage Motor Cars by Bill Boddy 9780852637760 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9715353/10732022/9780852637760__41557.1781377475.jpg?c=1 "Vintage Motor Cars by Bill Boddy 9780852637760 [USED COPY]")
Vintage Motor Cars by Bill Boddy 9780852637760 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £2.51Some fascinating car makes and models were manufactured between 1919 and 1930, from crude cyclecars and light cars like the Austin Seven to Rolls-Royce luxury limousines and sports cars such as the... -
![Isambard Kingdom Brunel by Richard Tames 9780747807582 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9858498/10875010/9780747807582__87985.1783490506.jpg?c=1 "Isambard Kingdom Brunel by Richard Tames 9780747807582 [USED COPY]")
Isambard Kingdom Brunel by Richard Tames 9780747807582 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £2.96The famous son of a famous father, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest engineer in an era of engineering titans. He helped drive the first tunnel under a... -
Victorian and Edwardian Prisons by Trevor May 9780747806417
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.39Although they have existed in Britain for over a thousand years, it was not until the nineteenth century that prisons became the cornerstone of the penal system. This book looks at the development of... -
Charcoal and Charcoal Burning by D.W. Kelley 9780852637319
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.45This book describes the rapid growth of the charcoal industry up to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and how the emphasis of development changed to the production and refining of charcoal's... -
Prisoner of War in Germany by Professor Peter Doyle 9780747806851
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04During World War II, German prison camps swelled with Allied Prisoners of War, captured during fierce conflicts, from the Battle of France in 1940 to the bomber offensives over Germany from 1943... -
The British Dentist by Rachel Bairsto
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04Though the prospect may fill us with dread, most of us need dental treatment at some stage - and the reality is that better care has never been available, as this fully illustrated book shows. Early... -
The 1950s American Home by Diane Boucher
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89Modern living began with the homes of the 1950s. Casting aside the privations of the Second World War, American architects embraced the must-have mod-cons: they wrapped fitted kitchens around... -
Navigational Instruments by Dr. Richard Dunn
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.29With over two-thirds of the globe covered by water, the ability to navigate safely and quickly across the oceans has been crucial throughout human history. As seafarers attempted longer and longer... -
Football: A Short History by Matthew Taylor 9780747810520
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04Football's journey from the playing fields of Victorian public schools to the television screens of millions is a fascinating one. From modest origins, football rapidly took a grip on the affections... -
Fox Talbot: An Illustrated Life of Willian Henry Fox Talbot, 'Father of Modern Photography', 1800 -1877 by John Hannavy 9780747803515
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.45Fox Talbot is universally recognised as the father of modern photography. His 'calotype' or 'Talbotype' process was the first working photographic process to use the now familiar format of negatives... -
Corgi Toys by David Cooke 9780747806677
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.83Corgi Toys proved an immediate success in the 1950s and over the next 30 years hundreds of miniatures would be modelled on contemporary vehicles. Life-long collector David Cooke explores the history... -
The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain by Mary Greensted 9780747807827
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.75Mary Greensted tells the story of the birth and development of the arts and craft movement in Britain with the help of numerous illustrations showing the buildings, furniture, metalwork, and the... -
Roman Roads in Britain by Hugh Marlais Davies 9780747806905
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89The vast networks of roads throughout the Roman Empire were vital to the expansion of Roman culture, power and influence across the world and one of their principal uses was the transportation of the... -
![Place-Names: A Pocket Guide to Over 1500 Place-names in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales by John Field 9780747806172 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/4954380/4953598/9780747806172__28528.1722584848.jpg?c=1 "Place-Names: A Pocket Guide to Over 1500 Place-names in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales by John Field 9780747806172 [USED COPY]")
Place-Names: A Pocket Guide to Over 1500 Place-names in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales by John Field 9780747806172 [USED COPY]
RRP: £4.99Booksplease Price: £2.55Explains the meanings of more than 1500 place-names and discusses the techniques by which this information is obtained.About the AuthorThe late John Field, editorial assistant in the English... -
![The Road Haulage Industry by Chris Woodcock 9780747807735 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/5989886/6066912/9780747807735__75558.1730520138.jpg?c=1 "The Road Haulage Industry by Chris Woodcock 9780747807735 [USED COPY]")
The Road Haulage Industry by Chris Woodcock 9780747807735 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £2.88For hundreds of years, horses were the main way to transport goods across land, but in the twentieth century, first steam and then internal combustion engines revolutionised road haulage. Chris... -
Cash Carriers in Shops by Andrew Buxton 9780747806158
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.39Most people born before 1950 can remember visiting or working in shops that had cash carriers cash balls that ran on wooden rails, wire systems where the carrier was catapulted along an overhead... -
Church Misericords and Bench Ends by Richard Hayman 9780747807445
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.63With the increasing disappearance of stained glass in medieval churches, the surviving wood carvings on church misericords and bench ends are extremely important in providing an insight into the... -
Place-Names: A Pocket Guide to Over 1500 Place-names in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales by John Field 9780747806172
RRP: £4.99Booksplease Price: £4.91Explains the meanings of more than 1500 place-names and discusses the techniques by which this information is obtained.About the AuthorThe late John Field, editorial assistant in the English... -
Architecture in Roman Britain by Guy de la Bedoyere 9780747805304
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.50The Roman period was Britain's first great architectural age, though this is difficult to appreciate from the ruinous state of the sites that survive. Understanding the types and range of buildings... -
Topiary by Twigs Way 9780747807612
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.92Topiary, the art of creating sculpture in clipped plants, originated with the Romans and experienced periods of popularity during the Renaissance and Jacobean eras. However, as the fervour for... -
![The Victorian Workhouse by Trevor May 9780747803553 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9656216/10672936/9780747803553__92634.1781279697.jpg?c=1 "The Victorian Workhouse by Trevor May 9780747803553 [USED COPY]")
The Victorian Workhouse by Trevor May 9780747803553 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £1.83Whether it was 'the batille', 'the spike', 'the work'us' or simply 'the house', the Victorian workhouse was the cause of dread and shame for thousands of men, women and children. The workhouse was... -
![British Campaign Medals, 1914-2005 by Peter Duckers 9780747806493 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9656222/10672942/9780747806493__91760.1781279702.jpg?c=1 "British Campaign Medals, 1914-2005 by Peter Duckers 9780747806493 [USED COPY]")
British Campaign Medals, 1914-2005 by Peter Duckers 9780747806493 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £2.26This book surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military service around the world and in two world wars. The campaign medals awarded for the military actions have become a popular field... -
![The Victoria Cross by Peter Duckers 9780747806356 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9683155/10699875/9780747806356__92744.1781304801.jpg?c=1 "The Victoria Cross by Peter Duckers 9780747806356 [USED COPY]")
The Victoria Cross by Peter Duckers 9780747806356 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £2.46Describes and illustrates many of the medals, including the Victoria Cross award, and the men and women who have been awarded them together with the award citations which are always remarkable and... -
![Heavy Horses by Diana Zeuner 9780747806028 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9712814/10729491/9780747806028__01911.1781373642.jpg?c=1 "Heavy Horses by Diana Zeuner 9780747806028 [USED COPY]")
Heavy Horses by Diana Zeuner 9780747806028 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £2.33Heavy horses played a pivotal role in the development of western economies, toiling in mines and quarries, at mills, factories and docks, alongside canals and railway lines, in fields and pasture...