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Victorian Engineering by L. T. C. Rolt
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.23L T C Rolt was an engineer and pioneer of industrial history; in this book he combined these two passions to give us a fascinating account of the men who 'made' Britain. From Brunel to Telford, he... -
Narrow Boat by L. T. C. Rolt
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £12.97First published in 1944, and now reissued with new black-and-white illustrations and a foreword by Jo Bell, Canal Laureate, this book has become a classic on its subject, and may be said to have... -
Railway Adventure by L T C Rolt
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31L T C Rolt was one of a small group of amateur railwaymen who made their dream of running their own railway come true. His vivid and often amusing account of this unique achievement is a record of... -
Brunel: A Pocket Biography by L. T. C. Rolt
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.72At 19, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was in charge, under his father, of an engineering work that is the wonder of Europe: the Thames tunnel, completed in 1843. This book traces Brunel's life and career,... -
Isambard Kingdom Brunel by L. T. C. Rolt 9780140117523
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Engineering genius, technical innovator and one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, Isambard Kingdom Brunel changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs... -
Landscape with Canals: The Second Part of his Autobiography by L. T. C. Rolt 9780750970174
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78L.T.C. Rolt's fame was born from his unique ability to produce works of literature from subject matter seemingly ill suited to such treatment - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines,... -
Landscape with Machines: The First Part of his Autobiography by L. T. C. Rolt 9780750970167
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78L.T.C. Rolt's fame was born from his unique ability to produce works of literature from subject matter seemingly ill suited to such treatment - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines,... -
Red for Danger: The Classic History of British Railway Disasters by L. T. C. Rolt 9780752451060
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.97Railway disasters are almost always the result of human fallibility - a single mistake by an engine-driver, guard or signalman, or some lack of communication between them - and it is in the short... -
Sleep No More: Railway, Canal & Other Stories of the Supernatural by L. T. C. Rolt 9780752455778
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.87This powerful collection of stories of the supernatural combines L.T.C. Rolt's writing talent with his unparalleled knowledge of Britain's industrial heritage to produce tales of real mystery and... -
British Canals: The Standard History by Joseph Boughey
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.50The first edition of British Canals was published in 1950 and was much admired as a pioneering work in transport history. Joseph Boughey, with the advice of Charles Hadfield, has previously revised... -
Exploring Rolt's Landscapes: Writing, Heritage and Conservation Joseph Boughey 9781803992716
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £15.80L.T.C. Rolt is still a towering figure in the fields of inland waterways, preserved railways and post-war conservation. A bridge and a locomotive have been named after him, and there is a Rolt Prize,...