Bury in old photographs (Britain in old photographs)

Alan Sutton Pub

Alderney in old photographs: A second selection (Britain in old photographs)

Brian Bonnard

Biddeford: A Franco-American experience in old photographs (America in old photographs)

Turner, Loretta M.

A biography of George Hudson: The Rise and Fall of the Railway King...

George Hudson: The rise and fall of the railway king

History

Bailey, Brian J.

Europe

Fatal revenge

Literature & Fiction

Charles Maturin

Genre Fiction

1st trade edition paperback, fine (as new)

The Real Opera Ghost and Other Tales (Pocket Classics)

Gaston, Leroux

First published in 1944, this book has been said by many to have started a revival of interest in the English waterways. It was on a spring day in 1939 that L.T.C. Rolt first stepped aboard Cressy. This is the story of how he and his wife adapted and fitted out the boat as a home and recreates the journey of some 400 miles that they made along the network of waterways in the Midlands. It recalls the boatmen and their craft, and celebrates the then seemingly timeless nature of the English countryside through which they passed.

Narrow Boat

L. T. C. Rolt

John Stow first published his "Survey of London" in 1598 during the reign of Elizabeth I. His detailed description of the city and its suburbs was an immediate success when it first appeared and has remained a popular classic of English history ever since. Born in Londonin 1525, John Stow lived through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Elizabeth I and into that of James I. He was a tailor by occupation who took an active interest in the life and times of his native city, which had grown very quickly during his own lifetime. Spurred on by this rapid change, towards the end of the 16th century Stow began to set down all he knew of London's past history and its present state of change. The result was his "Survey of London", the first edition of which was published in 1598 with a second, revised, edition appearing in 1603. Stow's "Survey of London" is significant because it was the first of its kind ever to be published, and provides a valuable record of the city before the devastating effects of the Plague and the Great Fire. It is also a crucial source of information on the architecture andbuildings to be found in Elizabethan London. In the opening chapters of his work, Stow draws upon oral tradition, his own observations and a degree of informed speculation to recount the history of the city from its ancient beginnings. He then describes each of the city's 26 wards, their social hierarchies, commerce and customs, sports, pastimes and personages, as the6y were inthe time of Elizabeth. Also included are descriptions of the suburbs outside the city walls, including the City of Westminster.

A survey of London: Written in the year 1598

Stow, John

<p>Victorian England measured social acceptability in terms of the number of servants employed in a household. This frequently overlooked body of workers actually formed the largest occupational group in the country by the end of the 19th century. In this account, the author draws on contemporary sources, including "servants' books" and personal reminiscences of servants and employers, to offer a record of recruitment and training; the duties expected of servants; and the range of conditions under which they worked - some of which led to happy retirement, others to prostitution or squalid death. Complemented with photographs, "Punch" illustrations and other ephemera, the book offers a picture of this vanished social system.</p>

The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant (Illustrated History Paperbacks)

Business & Money

HORN, Pamela

Economics

<p>A nostalgic look at Christmas during wartime, based on the memories of wartime veterans and their families, and including accounts of Christmas under fire, Christmas in POW camps and Christmas on the home front.</p>

A Wartime Christmas (Christmas Anthologies)

Maria Hubert

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