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Gertrude Jekyll by Twigs Way
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £7.24Almost eighty years after her death, Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) is still one of the most influential of all English garden designers. Best known for the superb use of colour schemes in her hallmark... -
Witches and Witchcraft by David Nash
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £7.14Witchcraft haunts the Western imagination to this day, from Central Europe to Britain to North America. This book explores the development of witchcraft and of the belief in it (stressing the... -
Anglo-Saxon England: 400-790 by Sally Crawford
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04The Anglo-Saxon period has often been dismissed as 'lost centuries' or the Dark Ages, but archaeological evidence and later written sources reveal a complex and sophisticated culture that was... -
Garden Cities by Sarah Rutherford
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.68Garden Cities: the phrase is redolent of Arts and Crafts values and nineteenth-century utopianism. But despite being the culmination of a range of influential movements, and their own influence, in... -
Winston Churchill by Kevin Theakston
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.39Sir Winston Churchill was one of Britain's greatest leaders and an iconic figure. Prime Minister twice (1940-5 and 1951-5), his political career - with its many ups, downs, controversies and... -
British Army Cap Badges of the First World War by Peter Doyle
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.46For the British army, the cap badge is the most easily identifiable form of insignia. It represents a distillation of the pride of the regiment, its various battle honours and symbols borne proudly... -
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The Victorians and Edwardians at Work by John Hannavy 9780747807193 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £2.41A picture can say a thousand words and the images caught on camera during the Victorian and Edwardian periods provide a fascinating insight into the lives of Britons during this time. Take a step... -
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Cash Carriers in Shops by Andrew Buxton 9780747806158 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £2.62Most 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... -
The Victorian Public School by Trevor May 9780747807223
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04Public schools were in the business of producing leaders - in national government, in the Empire, and in the armed forces. Their impact on society was immense, and they provided the vehicle by which... -
The Victorian Detective by Alan Moss 9780747812838
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £7.24At the dawn of the Victorian age there was effectively no police detective force in Britain and detecting methods were rudimentary; by the end of Victoria's reign the Criminal Investigation... -
The Victorians and Edwardians at Work by John Hannavy 9780747807193
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.63A picture can say a thousand words and the images caught on camera during the Victorian and Edwardian periods provide a fascinating insight into the lives of Britons during this time. Take a step... -
ARP and Civil Defence in the Second World War by Professor Peter Doyle 9780747807650
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04In the late 1930s, when war seemed inevitable and it was realised that aerial attack would be the greatest threat posed by any coming conflict, the government established a volunteer organisation -... -
The Golden Age of Train Travel by Steve Barry 9780747813248
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.71For the century after 1865 all the largest railroad companies had flagship luxury trains, spectacularly appointed steamliners offering unrivaled standards of service and thoughtful amenities... -
Bells and Bellringing by John Harrison
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.60Handel called Britain 'The Ringing Isle' because he heard bells ringing everywhere he went. Behind the quintessentially English sound of bells ringing lies a unique way of hanging bells and a special... -
Route 66: The Mother Road by David Knudson
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £7.24Begun in 1926 to connect Chicago to Los Angeles, Route 66 was the country's first major east-west thoroughfare. By 1930 it was an important route for both truckers and travellers alike, and in 1939... -
Traditional Building Materials by Matthew Slocombe
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.83Although steel and glass dominate modern cities, Britain boasts innumerable beautiful examples of more traditional construction methods. Many date from the period before easy nationwide... -
Stained Glass by Roger Rosewell
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89The stained glass windows of England's cathedrals and churches are masterpieces of colour and storytelling, and for a thousand years they have brought meaning and beauty to worshippers and visitors... -
Medieval Wall Paintings by Roger Rosewell
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.63The walls of medieval churches were brightly painted with religious imagery and colourful patterns, and although often shadows of their former selves, these paintings are among the most enigmatic art... -
Fashion in the Time of the Great Gatsby by Lalonnie Lehman
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.56The Great Gatsby is that rare classic that inescapably defines the age from which it sprang: the Roaring '20s, an era of economic boom, stylish excess and above all an explosion of new and exciting... -
Viking Age Archaeology by Richard A. Hall 9780747800637
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04Viking raids, and the subsequent Scandinavian settlements in the ninth and tenth centuries, had a major effect on many parts of Britain and Ireland. These impacts can best be seen in a wide variety... -
The Green Man by Richard Hayman 9780747807841
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £7.24Green men are figures or heads that were carved in churches, abbeys and cathedrals from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Inspired by the illustrations in book margins where heads were used to... -
British Motorcycles of the 1940s and 50s by Mick Walker 9780747808053
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04After VE Day in 1945 the British population returned enthusiastically to the road. But the cost and availability of both vehicles and fuel led to the post-war scene being dominated by motorcycles,... -
Toy Steam Engines by Bob Gordon 9780852637753
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.45Bob Gordon gives a fascinating survey of the different kinds of toy steam engines of the stationary type, and especially those produced during the heyday of steam toys between 1900 and 1930. Dealing... -
The Victorian Fern Craze by Sarah Whittingham 9780747807469
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89Fern Fever (or Pteridomania, to give it its official name), was popular in Britain between 1837 and 1914. Although in previous centuries ferns played an important role in customs and folklore, it was... -
Land Rover by James Taylor 9780747807261
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04In the aftermath of the Second World War, the long-established Rover company of Solihull was fighting to survive. It needed a vehicle that would give it an advantage over its rivals. Taking the... -
Poole Pottery by Will Farmer 9780747808350
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04An illustrated history of one of Britain's most popular potteries, by a rising star of the 'Antiques Roadshow'. Poole Pottery is a great British institution, and for more than 130 years has been in... -
Roman Dress Accessories by Ellen Swift 9780747805670
Booksplease Price: £4.10This book provides an introduction to Roman dress accessories - defined here as what would today be called costume jewellery (non-precious metal jewellery). Items such as bracelets and pins are... -
Fans by Helene Alexander 9780747804024
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.45This book traces the history of fans from biblical times to the present day. Fans are made from a wide variety of materials and in numerous different shapes and sizes, and they come from many... -
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... -
Ancient Woodland: History, Industry and Crafts Ian Rotherham 9780747811657
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04Though most of us will have enjoyed strolling through beautiful British woodlands, we might not be aware of the ancient - and often complex - origins of our surroundings. From medieval times,... -
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... -
Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden by Laura Mayer
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.68The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-83) has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular... -
London's Sewers by Paul Dobraszczyk
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89London's sewers could be called the city's forgotten underground: mostly unseen subterranean spaces that are of absolutely vital importance, the capital's sewers nonetheless rarely get the same... -
Navigational Instruments by Dr. Richard Dunn
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.05With 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... -
Number plates: A History of Vehicle Registration in Britain Dave Moss 9780747805663
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.45This title contains Ancient history: the prologue; The golden age of motoring; The post-war years: changing times, change, and change again: the arrival of computers; Modern times: a fresh start;... -
Corgi Toys by David Cooke 9780747806677
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.20Corgi 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... -
Discovering Heraldry by Jacqueline Fearn 9780747806608
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.43Heraldry's unfamiliar terminology tends to discourage people from learning more about this fascinating subject. But heraldic language is essential for the precise description of a coat of arms and is...