Places in old photographs Books
HarperCollins Publishers Washington D.C. Then and Now
Book SynopsisWashington, D.C. Then and Now presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution and history of America''s capital city, from the dawn of photography in the mid-nineteenth century through to the present day.Come on a visually stunning journey into the past, learning about the historic sites, and stories, that have built the nation's capital. Pairing vintage black-and-white photographs with splendid color shots taken from the same vantage points today, Washington, D.C. Then and Now is the perfect gift for any local historian, tourist or armchair traveller.Including must-see destinations in the capital city such as Pennsylvania Avenue, the Capitol Building, US Patent Office, Lincoln Memorial, and the Washington Monument. Discover D.C.'s lesser known sites such as the rich history of the Shepherd Mansion, the C&O Canal, Georgetown University, and Blagden Alley. Uncover more about the great presidents, as well as figures lost to time such as the the most obstinate man George Washington had ever met at the Van Ness Mansion, the first woman to be executed by the federal government in the Mary Surratt Boarding House and even President Taft's beloved cow Pauline Wayne who would graze outside the State, War and Navy Building.Washington, D.C. continues to be at the center stage of the American story, and now so can you.
£17.00
Stenlake Publishing Mons Meg: a symbol of Scotland
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£11.35
Gill In Hinde Sight Postcards from Ireland Past
Book SynopsisDespite the famously uncooperative Irish weather, John Hinde's postcards of Ireland featured bright sunshine and blue skies, a country seemingly peopled entirely with redheads, happy donkeys carrying turf, and charming cottages that appeared to grow upward from the earth itself. Cars and sweaters were in primary colours, and scarlet rhododendrons sprang up in the unlikeliest of places.John Hinde had a clear vision: We need to be uplifted rather than depressed. To me pictures should always convey a positive, good feeling, something which makes people happy, which makes them smile, which makes them appreciate some tenderness.'In these postcards, the world is a sunnier, less complicated and more colourful place. Join Paul Kelly as he returns to John Hinde's Ireland on a photographic pilgrimage, capturing some places that have changed forever, and some that are just the same.
£17.09
HarperCollins Publishers The Times London in Photos
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£15.29
Amberley Publishing Bramhall Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs shows how Bramhall has changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Unknown The Unforgettable Maharajas One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography
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£48.75
Amberley Publishing Wolstanton May Bank Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Wolstanton & May Bank have changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Jarrow Reflections
Book SynopsisA fascinating collection of merged historic and modern images that reflect the changes in Jarrow through the decades.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing BexhillonSea Through Time
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£14.39
Amberley Publishing Sydenham and Forest Hill Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Sydenham and Forest Hill have changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Stenlake Publishing Old Achill Island
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£11.35
Taschen GmbH Eugène Atget. Paris
Book SynopsisA flâneur and photographer at once, Eugène Atget (1857–1927) was obsessed with walking the streets. After trying his hand at painting and acting, the native of Libourne turned to photography and moved to Paris. He supplied studies for painters, architects, and stage designers, but became enraptured by what he called “documents” of the city and its environs. His scenes rarely included people, but rather the architecture, landscape, and artifacts that made up the societal and cultural stage. Atget was not particularly renowned during his lifetime but in the 1920s came to the attention of the Dada and Surrealist avant-garde through Man Ray. Four of his images, with their particular fusion of mimesis and mystery, appeared in the surrealist journal, La Révolution Surréaliste, while Ray and much of his artistic circle purchased Atget prints. Atget’s fame grew after his death, with several articles and a monograph by Berenice Abbott. Several leading photographers, including Walker Evans and Bill Brandt, have since acknowledged their debt to Atget. This fresh TASCHEN edition gathers some 500 photographs from the Atget archives at Musée Carnavalet and the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris to celebrate his outstanding eye for the urban environment and evocation of a Paris gone by. Down main streets and side streets, past shops and churches, through courtyards and arcades and the 20 arrondissements, we find a unique portrait of a beloved city and the making of a modern photographic master.
£18.00
Amberley Publishing Otley Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Otley has changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Wensleydale Coverdale Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Wensleydale & Coverdale have changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Richmond upon Thames Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Richmond upon Thames has changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Stenlake Publishing Old Hessle: with Anlaby, North Ferriby, West Ella
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£10.95
Amberley Publishing Lowestoft & the Suffolk Coast Through Time
Book SynopsisLowestoft, on the Sunrise Coast, is as far east as you can be in the United Kingdom without getting your feet wet. Once a major fishing port, the town was reinvented by Samuel Morton Peto in the nineteenth century as a resort to rival Brighton. Suffering from the decline of these industries, Lowestoft now seeks to become the onshore centre for the renewable energies industry. Michael Rouse's photographs chart some of these changes, from the loss of the old fishing industry to the town's need to cater for modern holidaymakers with car parks and enhancement schemes along the beautiful South Beach. He travels outside Lowestoft to the once sea-threatened villages of Pakefield and Kessingland, to the crumbling cliffs of Corton and its holiday villages, and finally to the colourful Oulton Broad.
£14.39
Stenlake Publishing The Cairnryan Military Railway
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£11.35
Halsgrove The Book of Helston Ancient Borough Market Town
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£22.49
Amberley Publishing Redcar Marske Saltburn Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Redcar, Marske and Saltburn have changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Central Manchester Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Central Manchester has changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Stenlake Publishing Old Drogheda
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£11.35
The Francis Frith Collection Margate
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£13.50
Frith Book Company Ltd. Southport
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£13.50
HarperCollins Publishers Postcard From The Past
Book SynopsisWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDONIn Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real messages from the backs of old postcards.Sublimely funny' Jason Hazeley, author of the Ladybird Books for Grown UpsMy favourite Twitter account is now my favourite book. Irresistible!' Jill MansellThis book is an absolute treat' Holly WalshTransfixing, beguiling, warmly haunting. These are the ghosts of a childhood' Robin InceA hilarious and occasionally disturbing look at how the British remain resolutely small-minded wherever they go' Charlie HigsonSix by four inch portions of pure heaven' Rachel JohnsonSomehow both poignant and deeply creepy' Samira AhmedOne of Twitter's most nourishing concepts each one arriving like a bonsai Alan Bennett play' Danny BakerBeautiful. Inspiring. Educational. Hilarious' Emma FreudOne of the saddest and funniest picture books you''re ever likely to read' Owen Hatherley, author of The Ministry of NostalgiaHiTrade Review‘Resurrecting these postcards, relics of forgotten times and forgotten holidays, was the simplest and most brilliant idea. Tom Jackson combines the images with just a few of the words scribbled on the back, and his eye for the choice sentence, the perfect phrase, is miraculous. Thanks to his assiduous, obsessive work as collector and curator, each one of these postcards becomes a poem, a short story, an elegy for lost England, a work of art’ Jonathan Coe ‘What a funny, clever, poignant idea. Postcard From The Past contains not just 150 very short stories, each one of which bears comparison with the work of Alan Bennett, Stevie Smith and Marcel Proust, but also lovely, picturesque views of coves, chines, promenades, escarpments and the Museum and Art Gallery, Doncaster. You will wish you were there’ Andy Miller, author of The Year of Reading Dangerously ‘A deadpan miscellany of wan nostalgia, profound melancholy, stoic humour and inexplicable dread. The necessary survival text for post-Brexit Britain’ Andrew Male 'I loved this book so very much. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, this is a beautiful collection of tiny windows into the stories of other people's lives’ Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep ‘Brilliant and hilarious’ Jeremy Dyson, The League of Gentlemen ‘The most addictively British Twitter feed ever has become a book. I may never leave the house again’ Viv Groskop ‘Each card is like an unfinished one act play. I find myself filling in the blanks’ Adrian Edmondson ‘The bleak yet beautiful poetry of people at their leisure is a joy to read’ Phill Jupitus ‘A gorgeous pre-Twitter look at life through a holiday lens’ Jenny Éclair ‘Are there awards for Most Hilarious Yet Touching Yet Profound Bathroom/Coffee Table/Gift Book of the Year? If so, this book wins HANDS DOWN’ Amanda Palmer
£8.54
Stenlake Publishing The Eyemouth Branch
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£17.05
Stenlake Publishing The Jedburgh Branch
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£21.80
Halsgrove The Book of Happisburgh
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£22.49
Amberley Publishing Middlesbrough The Postcard Collection
Book SynopsisA fascinating portrait of Middlesbrough presented through a remarkable collection of historical postcards.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing North Staffordshire Coalfield Through Time
Book SynopsisA fascinating set of photographs showing how the North Staffordshire Coalfield has changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Bradford Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Bradford has changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Harwich Dovercourt Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Harwich & Dovercourt has changed and developed over the last century.
£14.39
DB Publishing People of Portsmouth: The 20th Century in Their Own Words
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£13.49
DB Publishing Stretford: An Illustrated History
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£13.49
Stenlake Publishing Pictorial History of Paisley
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£20.85
Stenlake Publishing The Pentland Hills
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£9.36
Stenlake Publishing Old Belfast
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£17.10
Stenlake Publishing Glasgow's East End in the 70s: From Gallowgate
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£18.95
Stenlake Publishing Old Dufftown, Glenrinnes and the Cabrach
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£10.95
Stenlake Publishing Old Forres
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£11.35
Stenlake Publishing Old Ardler Meigle and Newtyle
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£11.35
Amberley Publishing Whitby Yards Through Time
Book SynopsisTo visit Whitby's 'Yards' is to step back in time. Hardly changed from the Middle Ages, this is where one can still meet old Whitby - a secret Whitby - unspoilt and untroubled by the holiday visitor. The yards, alleyways and ghauts are fascinating places to explore. Though often private, there are enough remaining to catch a glimpse of what this small seaport must have been like two or three hundred years ago. Today, over eighty named yards still exist out of more than one hundred and there are, in addition, another thirty or so places of similar character but perhaps called 'steps', 'lane', 'square' or 'place'. The origins of the yards lay in the days of medieval Whitby and its development. Join Alan Whitworth on this affectionate and lavishly illustrated account, which will surprise and delight anyone who knows the area.
£14.39
Frith Book Company Ltd. Great Yarmouth: Photographic Memories
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£13.50
Pen & Sword Books Ltd On the Trail of The Wild West: Then and Now
Book SynopsisThe Old West may have faded from living memory but the actual locations where the robberies and shoot-outs took place can still be found over one hundred years later. In the pages of On the Trail of the Old West Then and Now, we glimpse the past through contemporary newspaper reports, illustrated with comparison then and now' photographs. Here are towns like Dodge City and Tombstone and the stories of the clashes between lawmen and the badmen, with grim details of lawlessness, violence, and harsh frontier justice meted out by vigilante committees, to recall a timeless era of American history the Wild West!'
£17.09
HarperCollins Publishers London Then and Now®: Revised Second Edition
Book SynopsisMatching archive photos with their modern viewpoint, London Then and Now gives a fascinating insight into the history of Europe's financial capital. London has changed rapidly in the last 150 years. The Luftwaffe helped modify many parts of central London and the East End in the 1940s, but some of the most dramatic changes have come in the last 20 years. Stretching from Hampton Court and Kew Gardens in West London, the book takes a winding route along the river Thames to the soaring spires of Canary Wharf in Dockland and the stately Royal Naval College at Greenwich. Sites include: Hampton Court Palace, Kew Gardens, Hammersmith Bridge (Boat Race), Kings Road Chelsea, Battersea Power Station, Lambeth Palace, The Tate, Palace of Westminster, Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben), Whitehall, Horseguards Parade, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Harrods, Albert Memorial, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Festival Hall, Savoy Hotel, Oxo Tower, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Royal Opera House, Soho, Tate Modern, Bank of England, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower of London, HMS Belfast, Samuel Pepys' Church, London Bridge/Shard, Docklands, Greenwich Observatory (GMT) and the Royal Naval College
£14.24
The History Press Ltd A 1950s Childhood in Pictures
Book SynopsisDo you remember Pathé News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then the chances are you were born in or around 1950. To the young people of today, the 1950s seem like another age. But for those born around then, this era of childhood feels like yesterday. This delightful collection of photographic memories will appeal to all who grew up in this post-war decade; they include pictures of children enjoying life out on the streets and bombsites, at home and at school, on holiday and at events. These wonderful period pictures and descriptive captions will bring back this decade of childhood, and jog memories about all aspects of life as it was in post-war Britain. Paul Feeney is the author of several bestselling nostalgia books including A 1950s Childhood and A 1960s Childhood (The History Press). He has also written the bestselling From Ration Book to Ebook (The History Pr
£10.79
The History Press Ltd Droylsden and Audenshaw
Book SynopsisOnce part of Lancashire, Droylsden and Audenshaw are now part of Tameside Metropolitan Borough of Manchester. The varied histories of both towns see the transition from farming to an industrial community. With over 200 photographs, this book gives us a glimpse of the streets of the two towns and the people who lived there, at work and leisure.
£12.34
The History Press Ltd The Prison Service in Britain
Book SynopsisContaining 200 archive images from the NCCL Galleries of Justice in Nottingham, this book is intended for those with an interest in the history of prisons and prison life in Britain from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.
£12.34
