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Bandstands of Britain by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $25.80Booksplease Price: $19.09Bandstands of Britain is a historical celebration of one of the best-loved features still found in many of our parks, open spaces, squares and seaside towns. They are a reminder of a forgotten age of... -
British Bandstands by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.44Bandstands have been a feature of the British way of life for well over a century - but, after the Second World War, an increasing number fell into disuse and were neglected. Sadly, many were... -
Cotherstone: A Village in Teesdale by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Cotherstone village in County Durham is set on the River Tees, 4 miles from Barnard Castle. Today a large and pretty village, its history goes back to the Domesday Book and it has remains of a... -
Carlisle in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Originally established as a Roman settlement to serve the forts along Hadrian's Wall, the Cumbrian city of Carlisle has a wealth of fascinating history. Its proximity to Scotland meant that it was a... -
Salisbury in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07With its magnificent Early English cathedral, timbered buildings and historic houses, Salisbury has a wealth of history and architectural treasures. Its story began 2,500 years ago when an Iron Age... -
Sir Christopher Wren by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $10.57Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) is now mostly remembered as a genius of architecture - but he was also an accomplished polymath, who only came to architecture quite late in life. Most famous as the... -
Christchurch in 50 Buildings Paul Rabbitts 9781398104600
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Situated between Bournemouth and the New Forest National Park, the Dorset coastal town of Christchurch has a distinctive historic character, reflecting both its origins as a Saxon burh and its... -
Bournemouth in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts 9781445696157
Booksplease Price: $21.41Today, Bournemouth is one of the favourite resorts on the south coast, but until the early nineteenth century, the area was just heathland where cattle grazed. In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell - regarded as... -
Grinling Gibbons: Master Carver by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $8.50Master Carver Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) is famous for his breathtakingly delicate, intricate and realistic carvings, both in wood and stone. Tantalising cascades of fruit and flowers,... -
Tring in 50 Buildings Paul Rabbitts 9781398104907
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07People have lived, farmed and traded in the Hertfordshire town of Tring for thousands of years. The Icknield Way, which hugs the Chiltern scarp, is reckoned to be the oldest road in Europe, while the... -
London’s Royal Parks by Paul Rabbitts 9780747813705
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $11.13London's royal parks are among its most beautiful and beloved spaces: just as much as the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace or St Pancras Station, the mere mention of Hyde or Regent's Park is... -
Hertford in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts 9781398103788
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The River Lea and its crossing at Hertford lie at the heart of the town's history. Before the Norman Conquest the river formed a natural boundary between the Danelaw to the north and Saxon Wessex to... -
Aylesbury in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts 9781398104020
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Aylesbury, the county town of Buckinghamshire, started as a Saxon settlement called Aegel's burgh. By medieval times it had developed into an administrative centre, with its weekly market serving as... -
Great Parks, Great Designers by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.44Much has been written about the history of Victorian life, the Industrial Revolution and the improvements brought about by the great reformers, including the many improvements to recreation and... -
Dunstable in 50 Buildings Paul Rabbitts 9781398104044
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The Bedfordshire town of Dunstable can trace its origins back to Roman times and the building of Watling Street, which crossed the ancient Icknield Way at the point where Dunstable stands today. The... -
Berkhamsted in 50 Buildings Paul Rabbitts 9781398128385
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.31Berkhamsted is a lively town in the Chiltern Hills with a history stretching back to before the Anglo-Saxons. Substantial ruins of the Norman castle remain, later associated with the Black Prince and... -
Leighton Buzzard in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Close to the Chiltern Hills lies the Bedfordshire market town of Leighton Buzzard. Dominating the town is the 190-foot spire of the thirteenth-century All Saints' Church, which has been described as... -
Windsor & Eton in 50 Buildings by Paul Rabbitts 9781445692739
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Today, millions of tourists from around the world are drawn to Windsor by its magnificent castle, dating from the eleventh century, and its wealth of royal history. Although the castle is at the... -
Cassiobury: The Ancient Seat of the Earls of Essex by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $23.21Booksplease Price: $16.72One of the remnants of the great lost estates of the United Kingdom, Cassiobury Park is now the largest park in Hertfordshire, and the principal park of its primary town, Watford, covering an area... -
Parkitecture: Buildings and Monuments of Public Parks by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.44What are the ingredients of our great British public parks? We often think of the wider landscape of trees, grass, lakes, meandering footways, bedding displays and herbaceous borders. But they are... -
London's Royal Parks The Postcard Collection by Paul Rabbitts 9781445673141
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07The royal parks of London are lands originally owned by the monarchy of the United Kingdom for the recreation (mostly hunting) of the royal family. They are part of the hereditary possessions of the... -
A Visitor's Guide to London's Royal Parks by Paul Rabbitts 9781036114879
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $16.09There are nearly 80 million visits to the Royal Parks every year, making them the most popular destinations in the capital. In 1956, author, poet and critic, Richard Thomas Church (1893-1972) wrote... -
Bandstands: Pavilions for music, entertainment and leisure Paul Rabbitts 9781848023727
RRP: $34.83Booksplease Price: $15.22In 1833, the Select Committee for Public Walks was introduced so that 'the provision of parks would lead to a better use of Sundays and the replacement of the debasing pleasures.' Music was seen as... -
Richmond Park: From Medieval Pasture to Royal Park by Paul Rabbitts
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.17Richmond Park is the largest Royal Park in London, covering an area of 2,500 acres. From its heights there is an uninterrupted view of St Paul's Cathedral, 12 miles away. The royal connections to... -
Manchester in 50 Buildings by Deborah Woodman 9781445659220
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07From its status as the world's first industrialised city, through late twentieth-century decline and subsequent regeneration and rebirth as the 'Second City of the UK', Manchester has a proud and... -
Salford in 50 Buildings by Carole O'Reilly 9781445694221
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $15.07Although little is recorded of its earlier history, Salford is a city of great antiquity. In 1228, Henry III granted the Lancashire town the right to hold a market and an annual fair. Centuries...