Places in old photographs Books
Amberley Publishing Truro Through Time
Book SynopsisIn 1698 Celia Fiennes an intrepid traveler and relative of the Boscawen family rode into Truro on horseback and immediately loved it although she described it in her diary as 'a ruinated and disregarded place, formerly a great tradeing town'. In 1724 the author Daniel Defoe found Truro 'sadly declining as a port' and doubted whether it would ever recover so the fortunes of the town changed just as the inhabitants, buildings and roads altered over the years. In this book we see photographs that evoke memories of the Truro that once was and we can compare them with Truro today. Change is constantly with us and yet the heart of this graceful city remains little changed. Boscawen Street, Cathedral Lane, Georgian Lemon Street and our rivers are instantly recognisable and mean 'home' to Truronians wherever they may be.
£14.39
Green Magic Ancient Stones on Old Postcards
£12.99
Hampton Wick History Hampton Wick Brick by Brick Volume 1 v 1 Hampton Wick Brick by Brick East of the High Street
£12.39
Secret Shropshire Books Secret Shropshire An Artistic Photographic and Poetic Celebration of the Beauty of Shropshire
£13.62
The History Press Ltd Shrewsbury in the 1950s 60s and 70s
Book SynopsisThe county town of Shropshire underwent great changes in the twenty-five years between 1950 and 1975, when the council’s watchword was ‘down with the old and up with the new’.
£12.34
The History Press Ltd The Best of Shropshire
Book SynopsisHe has written at least one book on the county each year for the last two decades, forming an incredible collection of illustrated local history that celebrates Shropshire life over the last century. From long-lost scenes and vistas to the bustle of Shropshire’s streets in days gone by, his work captures all aspects of local life.
£12.34
The History Press Ltd Tube Life
Book SynopsisCelebrating the history of London’s indispensable underground network in photographs
£9.49
The History Press Ltd Nottingham in the 1960s and 70s
Book SynopsisIn the 1960s the citizens of Nottingham saw the greatest change in the city in the twentieth century. In the previous decade, the city planners envisaged a dual carriageway which would encircle the centre of Nottingham and they began by building a new highway from Castle Boulevard to Friar Lane. Many slum properties were demolished in the area around Walnut Tree Lane near the castle, but a number of historic buildings were also swept away in the construction of the new road - notably Collin''s Almshouses and St Nicholas'' Rectory. The construction of the Broad Marsh Shopping Centre, complementing the Victoria Centre, was equally contentious. Featuring over 200 photographs from archives and local people''s collections revealing the Nottingham of yesteryear, this book is guaranteed to be of interest to anyone who has ever lived in or visited this great city.
£14.39
The History Press Ltd Kensington and Chelsea
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of historic photographs documents the dramatic transformation that has taken place over the last 150 years in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The book gives an unforgettable impression of familiar streets and districts as they developed, and it offers an insight into the lives and living conditions of the residents in the last years of Queen Victoria''s reign and the early years of the twentieth century. The pictures tell the story of how a cluster of nineteenth-century villages became one of the best-known and most populous areas of London.The Royal Borough has since been noted as a centre of arts, commerce and fashion, as the scene of many historic occasions and as the home of famous personalities from public life. But the book also preserves the memory of ordinary people - passengers crowded into a horse-drawn bus, road sweepers standing with their brooms, a schoolgirl crossing the street carrying a violin c
£14.24
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc Paris in 3D in the Belle Époque: A Book Plus
Book SynopsisThis handsome, unique package -- containing a stereoscopic viewer, 34 3D photographic cards, and a photo-packed paperback book -- offers a rare view of Paris, the world's most beautiful city, during an era when art, literature, poetry, and music blossomed and reigned.Paris during the Belle Époque (1880-1914) was a time when peace and prosperity allowed for towering innovation in art, fashion, architecture, and gastronomy. The city at this time was the epicenter of art and music. Fauré, Saint Saëns, Debussy, and Ravel were composing; Rodin was working on The Thinker; Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Pissarro, and Degas painted scenes depicting everyday life; and Pablo Picasso embarked on his Blue Period. As Art Nouveau came into fashion, new buildings followed suit. Opéra Garnier, Castel Beranger, Moulin Rouge, and the Paris Metro entrances were all built during this time. Galeries Lafayette unveiled its gilded department store, which sold couture to the aspiring middle class.This burgeoning creativity and prosperity, as well as the city and the inhabitants who embraced it, are all captured here, with stunning clarity and realism. Paris in 3D's innovative and inimitable package includes a sturdy metal stereoscopic viewer, 34 rarely seen stereoscopic photographs of the city at the turn of the century, and an accompanying 128-page paperback, which provides a brief history of the stereograph craze and an overview of the city's evolution during that time.
£27.00
DB Publishing Past in Pictures - Mansfield
£14.99
The History Press Ltd Baltinglass Chronicles: 1851-2001
Book SynopsisBaltinglass is the very heart of West Wicklow. It is a charming country town on the banks of the River Slaney and is a designated Heritage Town. By building upon the base of street directories garnered from census returns and news articles, Paul Gorry provides a fascinating insight into the life of a provincial town.Featuring stories of local notables, politicians and ordinary residents, Baltinglass Chronicles will delight locals and visitors alike.
£16.19
The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin: The Heart Of The City
Book SynopsisThe Lilliput Press is proud to reissue this iconic view of Dublin’s northside docks area in the 1980s, which comprises Ronan Sheehan’s text and over 50 black and white photographs by Brendan Walsh. Widely regarded as one of the finest studies of Dublin during this period, The Heart Of The City was taught in UCD and Trinity and to students of Urban Folklore. This edition features a revised introduction by Sheriff Street-born writer and actor Peter Sheridan. Dublin film-director John Carney (Bachelor’s Walk, Once, Begin Again) writes a new foreword. More poignant still in the aftermath of The Celtic Tiger, this is a remarkable portrait of a people and city so badly affected by the catastrophic collapse of employment on the docks in the 1960s and by irresponsible urban planning
£12.00
Nonsuch Publishing Around Fareham - The Second Selection: Pocket
Book SynopsisThis book is Alice James' second selection of Fareham pictures in the Archive Photograph Series. In this volume she extends her attention to the areas around the town, including Wallington, Old Turnpike, Knowle, Wickham and Portchester as well as Fareham itself.This is an area that is being developed at a very rapid pace. Through the 220 high-quality images in this book, experienced local author, Alice James shows some of these changes. Her collection vigorously compares and contrasts those areas that have succumbed to the dramatic force of progress.Included in the selection are some recent photographs that demonstrate the extensive changes of the past two decades, as well as many pictures showing how Fareham and its environs appeared earlier in the twentieth century.Through the use of evocative and often poignant pictures, as well as captions which impart a wealth of local knowledge, the author brings the past of this beautiful part of Hampshire to life.
£7.46
Amberley Publishing Paddington Station Through Time
Book SynopsisPaddington is part of a hub of underground stations and is home to the world's most famous bear, named after the station. Revel in the selection of images of Paddington Through Time and see how Brunel's masterpiece has stood the test of time. 'I am going to design, in a great hurry, and I believe to build, a station after my own fancy,' stated Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1851. That station, the second to bear the name 'Paddington', was to be another Brunel masterpiece. His delight at the prospect of building a replacement and permanent station at Paddington is self-evident. The new station was to be built on the plot of land just south of the Bishop's Road Bridge, defined by Eastbourne Terrace and Praed Street on two sides, and by London Street and the canal on the northeast side. Because the new station would be located almost entirely within a cutting, there would be no grand exterior, and instead, Brunel impressed with his immense roof of iron and glass. Paddington is currently in the middle of a huge redevelopment that has seen it retain much of its nineteenth-century design, but updated to suit traffic flows of today. Millions pass through the station weekly, both to the West and Wales and to Heathrow on the Heathrow Express.
£11.99
DB Publishing Images of Leicester
£11.69
Dewi Lewis Publishing Sheffield Photographs 1988-1992
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£27.00
Hirmer Verlag Paul-Émile Miot: The Invention of Paradise ·
Book SynopsisThis sumptuous illustrated volume shows the hitherto unpublished pictures taken by the naval commander Paul-Émile Miot (1827–1900) in the early days of photography. Taken during an expedition to Polynesia, the photographs are accompanied by drawings and objects from Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands.
£23.80
Bokforlaget Max Strom Shipwreck – Collector's Edition
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£120.00
Columbia University Press Riverside Park
Book SynopsisSince its conception in the 1870s, the Riverside Park has undergone a number of transformations and suffered from periods of misuse and neglect, but in 1984, much-needed renovations turned this city oasis into what is one of Manhattan's beautiful attractions. This book includes the official Riverside Park Fund Map of 2007.Trade ReviewCentral Park may be our most celebrated green space, but Riverside Park offers unexcelled river vistas, reminding us that we are an island city. Edward Grimm's book is the first full account of Riverside Park's evolution and its place in the history of the city. Sprightly prose and fascinating photos make it a pleasant and very informative read. -- Edward S. Barnard, author of New York City Trees This splendid sliver of a book... is a love letter to that narrow stretch of Upper West Side park overlooking the Hudson. New York PostTable of ContentsPreface Foreword 1. The Park as It Was 2. Along the Way 3. The Park as It Is Today 4. The Changing Park Acknowledgments Photo and Image Credits
£19.80
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Hops Historic Photographs of the Oregon Hopscape
Book SynopsisOffers a visual dive into the physical presence of a plant that many people discuss but few could identify. Kenneth Helphand has scoured archives across the state to bring together historic photos of hop pickers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The photos range from the candid to the highly professional.
£22.36
Getty Trust Publications Real/Ideal - Photography in
Book SynopsisIn the years following the invention of photography in 1839, practitioners in France gave shape to this intriguing new medium through experimental printing techniques and innovative compositions. The rich body of work they developed proved foundational to the establishment of early photography, from the introduction of the paper negative in the late 1840s to the proliferation of more-standardized equipment and photomechanical technology in the 1860s. The essays in this elegant volume investigate the early history of the medium when the ambiguities inherent in the photograph were ardently debated. Focusing on the French photographers who worked with paper negatives, especially the key figures E douard Baldus, Gustave Le Gray, Henri Le Secq, and Charles Ne gre, Real/Ideal explores photography's status as either (or both) fine art or industrial product, its repertoire of subject matter, its ideological functions, and even the ever- experimental photographic process itself. This book is published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center from August 30 through November 27, 2016.Trade Review"The quality of discovery inherent in early photography is on full display in Real/Ideal."--New York Times "Highly recommended."--Choice
£47.50
Schiffer Publishing Ltd New York
Book SynopsisTake a journey through Manhattan neighborhoods with this colorful collection of New York City photographs and postcards. Learn about the history that shaped the Big Apple before the 21st century, and the wealth of trivia that built the city that never sleeps. Did you know that Wall Street was once a stockade that marked the end of the city's limits? That Canal Street was built above a canal? That the spire of the Empire State Building was originally used to dock zeppelin planes? That under the Knickerbocker Hotel a private railroad was built for John Jacob Astor and his guests? That the FDR drive was built on landfill shipped from London after WWII? Or that the Cloisters were reconstructed from several medieval abbeys shipped back to the States? This entertaining and informative walk down memory lane has 192 pages chock full of color photographs, antique postcards, and maps, sure to dazzle new and native New Yorkers alike.
£28.79
Amberley Publishing Newcastle upon Tyne The Postcard Collection
Book SynopsisA fascinating portrait of Newcastle upon Tyne presented through a remarkable collection of historical postcards.
£18.87
National Geographic Society NG Guide to the National Parks of Canada 2nd
Book SynopsisThis completely updated guidebook shows you how to make the most out of your visit to Canada's 47 gorgeous national parks, just in time for Canada's 150th birthday--from Cape Breton Highlands to Banff to Pacific Rim National Park Preserve, plus the five newest additions: Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve, Mealy Mountains, Rouge Urban, Qausuittuq, and Sable Island National Park Reserve of Canada. Written by national park experts who know the parks inside out, chock-full of handy, practical information, and beautifully illustrated with stunning photography and one-of-a-kind maps prepared by National Geographic cartographers specifically for this book, this edition takes you step-by-step to the must-sees of each park, and lesser known places as well, making sure you don't miss a thing. Detailed guidance highlights the best spots for wildlife watching, favorite places for kayaking, swimming, camping,
£19.79
Amberley Publishing Welsh Harp Reservoir Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Welsh Harp Reservoir has changed and developed over the last century
£15.99
Amberley Publishing Waterloo Station Through Time
Book SynopsisBoat trains and commuters. The story of Waterloo Station, through time.
£15.99
Amberley Publishing London City Airport Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which London City Airport has changed and developed over the years
£17.91
Amberley Publishing The Wirral Through Time
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Wirral has changed and developed over the last century.
£15.99
Amberley Publishing Historic England The Black Country
Book SynopsisAn illustrated history of one of Britainâs most fascinating regions â the Black Country in the West Midlands. Using photographs taken from the unique Historic England Archive.
£15.99
Amberley Publishing Historic England Sussex
Book SynopsisA journey across Sussex and through time, from 1850 to the present day, using photographs from the prestigious Historic England Archive.
£17.82
Amberley Publishing Historic England Canterbury
Book SynopsisAn illustrated history of one of Britainâs finest cities â Canterbury. Using photographs taken from the unique Historic England Archive.
£17.82
Fonthill Media LLc Christmas Traditions in Boston
Book SynopsisIn 1659, the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony banned by law the celebration of Christmas as it was deemed to be a time of seasonal excess with no Biblical authority. Though repealed in 1681, it would not be until 1856 that Christmas Day became a state holiday in Massachusetts. In this book Christmas Traditions in Boston, Anthony Sammarco outlines the celebration (or lack thereof) of Christmas in the first two centuries after the city was settled in 1630. By the mid 19th century a German immigrant named Charles Follen introduced the Christmas tree to Boston, and shortly thereafter Louis Prang introduced his colorful Christmas cards, the first in Boston. During the next century, Boston would see caroling and hand bell ringing on Beacon Hill, a Nativity scene and other traditional New England displays on Boston Common and in the many department stores, as well as the once popular Enchanted Village of Saint Nicholas at Jordan Marsh, New England’s largest store. What could have been better than after a day seeing Santa, the seasonal displays and lights on Boston Common than to enjoy a hot fudge sundae at Bailey’s? Christmas Traditions in Boston revisits the memories of the past and brings together the shared tradition of how Bostonians celebrated the holiday season.
£16.14
Fonthill Media LLc Pico Boulevard
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£20.39
Pavilion Books Nashville Then and Now Revised Edition
Book SynopsisPart of the 4-miliion-selling-trademark series from Anova Books - a vivid historical tour of Houston, with the same view photographed today, from a great local author.
£21.84
Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies Main Street Arkansas: The Hearts of Arkansas
Book SynopsisThis is a postcard and photographic tour of every section of Arkansas. In this visual history - the Hanley brothers' most extensive book yet - readers will trace many towns' humble beginnings, with wooden-frame structures lining rutted dirt streets teeming with wagons, horses, and mules. The evolution of towns such as Walnut Ridge, Bentonville, Little Rock, and Lake Village, as well as tiny hamlets such as Black Rock and Ponca, unfolds before readers' eyes. Scenes from the 1950s feature stores such as Ben Franklin, OTASCO, and Western Auto. Success stories of Main Street preservation and revitalization in El Dorado, Siloam Springs, Conway, and Harrison show how local elders have set an example for other towns.Trade ReviewEvery corner of the state is included... a real treasure for travelers and celebrants of Arkansas and American history. - Bill Worthen, director, Historic Arkansas Museum
£18.66
