by A Lady
First published in 1873 this delightful little book is full of hints and tips for aspiring nineteenth century beauties.
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Was £7.95
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Published in 1904, Canals and Navigable Rivers was the first guide to planning journeys on the inland waterways of England and Wales.
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Was £14.99
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Are you watching this on television ? A fascinating glimpse of fin de siècle Europe and of a transport network that was shortly to be devastated by the greatest war the world had ever seen.
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Was £25.00
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by George Bardshaw
Collector’s item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s – this deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast or historian.
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by Brian Lavery
Drawing on various pamphlets issued during the Second World War this captures the reality of civilian life during the Battle of Britain.
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£7.99
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Charming reprint of C H Middleton's wartime gardening advice manual. A perfect present for the Alan Titchmarsh in your life.
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by Campbell McCutcheon
Facsimile edition of the manual produced to train the British Home Guard.
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by Mrs Jane C Loudon
Having married a gardening expert, it seemed to Jane C Loudon, that everyone around her knew far more about plants and gardening than she did, but she quickly learned the art of horticulture from her husband and decided to pass his teachings on to ot
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A quirky little stocking filler for those interested in the history of railways and how our ancestors lived this is a facsimile of a guide to railway travel first published in 1862.
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by R H N Harvey
This fascinating pocket book draws on numerous primary sources from the early days of the rail network through to the Big Four, British Railways and beyond to present a unique guide to the knowledge and skills required for locomotive drivers, enginee
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£7.99
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