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Bells and Bellringing by John Harrison
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.63Handel 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: £7.49The 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... -
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... -
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: £7.05Fern 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... -
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The Potteries by David Sekers 9780747807599 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £3.15'The Potteries' is the name given to the industrial area in the English Midlands that was home to hundreds of pottery-making companies, and until recently supplied most of the country's crockery and... -
Fashion in the Time of William Shakespeare by Sarah-Jane Downing 9780747813545
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89Garments and accessories are prominent in almost all of William Shakespeare's plays, from Hamlet and Othello to A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night. The statement 'Clothes maketh the man' was... -
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Watermills by Martin Watts 9780747806547 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £2.73Watermills were once commonplace but, because of their domestic scale and their often picturesque waterside locations, many have now lost their waterwheels and machinery and the buildings have been... -
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Wartime Childhood by Mike Brown 9780747807377 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £1.75Growing up as a child in the Second World War could be a frightening or an exciting experience. Depending on the age of the child, the experience of war might be strange and scary, or all he or she... -
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: £7.74Garden 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... -
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... -
Stephensons' Rocket and the Rainhill Trials by Richard Gibbon 9780747808039
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £7.24George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, is arguably the most enduring silhouette in railway history. But why was Rocket that special? And why does the surviving locomotive look so unlike the striking... -
The Morris Minor by Ray Newell 9780747807629
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04Well over half a century after it first appeared in 1948, the Morris Minor has become a much-loved classic car. It is as popular now as when in production. During the Second World War, when Alec... -
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 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: £8.77For the century after 1865 all the largest railroad companies had flagship luxury trains, spectacularly appointed steamliners offering unrivaled standards of service and thoughtful amenities... -
1950s American Fashion by Jonathan Walford 9780747811640
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89The 1950s was the first decade when American fashion became truly American. The United States had always relied on Europe for its style leads, but during World War II, when necessity became the... -
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National Service by Paul Evans 9780747810926 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £2.65As Britain emerged from the Second World War, the armed forces desperately needed extra manpower to face new threats from old allies and to meet the considerable obligations of its Empire. Between... -
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Discovering Traditional Farm Buildings by J.E.C. Peters 9780852635568 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £2.62This 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... -
The Morgan by Ken Hill 9780747803287
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.45When H. F. S. Morgan designed and built his first three-wheeled single-seater car in 1909, he could never have envisaged the enormous success that his cars were to enjoy. Several attempts have been... -
Farming in the 1920s and 30s by Jonathan Brown
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04With world markets upset and economies in recession, the 1920s and '30s were not an easy time for farmers, who required great resilience to survive. Jonathan Brown here examines the challenges that... -
British Railways in the 1970s and '80s by Greg Morse
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing computerisation and the arrival of the high-speed... -
Art Deco Tiles Hans van Lemmen 9780747811992
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04Art Deco was arguably the twentieth century's most popular and memorable design movement, and has come to define the inter-war period with its clean sleek lines, streamlined shapes, bold abstract... -
Railway Posters by Lorna Frost
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89Railway posters have huge appeal for the modern audience, but just what explains this continuing interest? Enduring images of iconic locomotives, bathing beauties and characters such as Sunny South... -
Gloves and Glove-making by Mike Redwood
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89From workaday marigolds to hand-wear custom crafted for the Queen, gloves perform many functions - insulation from the cold, protection from injury, and even ceremonial roles. Gloves have been used... -
British Luxury Cars of the 1950s and '60s by James Taylor
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89In the 1950s and 1960s, luxury car buyers, from government ministers to captains of industry, almost invariably bought British. These were stately, dignified, and grand vehicles, with many featuring... -
Pottery of the Southwest: Ancient Art and Modern Traditions by Carol Hayes
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89Native American pottery of the U.S. southwest has long been considered collectible and today can fetch many thousands of dollars per piece. Authors, collectors, and dealers Carol and Allen Hayes... -
Clarice Cliff by Will Farmer 9780747807742
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.89There are few pieces of pottery more recognisable than those designed by Clarice Cliff. For many the epitome of Art Deco, characterised by bold colour and lines, geometric shapes, and stylised... -
The British Motor Industry by Jonathan Wood 9780747807681
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04Austin, Hillman, Morris, Standard and Wolseley were a handful of the myriad marques that once constituted Britain's indigenous motor industry. Born in 1896 into the high summer of Victorian... -
Bricks and Brickmaking by Martin Hammond 9780747800675
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £6.43Bricks were introduced to Britain by the Romans and reintroduced by Flemish craftsmen in the middle ages. Until the early nineteenth century they were made in numerous small brickyards supplying... -
Smugglers and Smuggling by Trevor May 9780747812074
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04Smuggling was rife in Britain between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, and since then smugglers have come often to be romanticised as cheeky rogues - as highwaymen of the coasts and... -
VW Camper and Microbus Richard Copping 9780747807094
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04The Volkswagen Transporter is one of the best-loved and most recognisable motor vehicles of all time. The preferred transport for surfers and hippies everywhere, the Volkswagen Type 2 'bus' was born...