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The Tube
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: eBook, 120 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $7.95
From Norman Foster’s remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London’s tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings. This beautiful hardback edition is a fantastic gift-book, publishing in the run up to Christmas, and sales... Read more >
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: eBook, 120 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $7.95
From Norman Foster’s remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London’s tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings. This beautiful hardback edition is a fantastic gift-book, publishing in the run up to Christmas, and sales... Read more >
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The Tube
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.95
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Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.95
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Mail-Order Homes
Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses
Written by Rebecca Hunter
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
At the turn of the last century, the American middle class was expanding rapidly as homesteaders moved west and as trains took travellers across the country, where they established themselves in the depot towns that erupted along train lines. With that growth came the demand for new homes, and from that... Read more >
Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses
Written by Rebecca Hunter
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
At the turn of the last century, the American middle class was expanding rapidly as homesteaders moved west and as trains took travellers across the country, where they established themselves in the depot towns that erupted along train lines. With that growth came the demand for new homes, and from that... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Mail-Order Homes
Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses
Written by Rebecca Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $9.95
At the turn of the last century, the American middle class was expanding rapidly as homesteaders moved west and as trains took travellers across the country, where they established themselves in the depot towns that erupted along train lines. With that growth came the demand for new homes, and from that... Read more >
Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses
Written by Rebecca Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $9.95
At the turn of the last century, the American middle class was expanding rapidly as homesteaders moved west and as trains took travellers across the country, where they established themselves in the depot towns that erupted along train lines. With that growth came the demand for new homes, and from that... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Discovering London's Docklands
Written by Christopher Fautley
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $13.95
Thriving port, dereliction, renaissance as a vibrant business center: few places in Britain have seen such extreme changes of fortune as London's Docklands. This book reveals the area's mysteries and secrets, such as the launch site of the Great Eastern, where pink pigeons were a common sight, where to find a... Read more >
Written by Christopher Fautley
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $13.95
Thriving port, dereliction, renaissance as a vibrant business center: few places in Britain have seen such extreme changes of fortune as London's Docklands. This book reveals the area's mysteries and secrets, such as the launch site of the Great Eastern, where pink pigeons were a common sight, where to find a... Read more >
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Bandstands
Written by Paul Rabbitts
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $12.95
Bandstands are a distinctive feature of the public parks and boardwalks all over Britain. But what do we actually know about them? Why did they appear in Britain's earliest parks? When were they erected, and who made them?
This book explores and provides answers to these questions, showing how they evolved from... Read more >
Written by Paul Rabbitts
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $12.95
Bandstands are a distinctive feature of the public parks and boardwalks all over Britain. But what do we actually know about them? Why did they appear in Britain's earliest parks? When were they erected, and who made them?
This book explores and provides answers to these questions, showing how they evolved from... Read more >
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Corrugated Iron Buildings
Written by Nick Thomson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $12.95
Prefabricated corrugated iron buildings have been produced by manufacturers in Britain since the middle of the nineteenth century. Structures ranging from humble cottages to substantial churches, from halls to hospitals and hotels were produced, packed and consigned to destinations at home and abroad. Though often seen as cheap and temporary, these... Read more >
Written by Nick Thomson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $12.95
Prefabricated corrugated iron buildings have been produced by manufacturers in Britain since the middle of the nineteenth century. Structures ranging from humble cottages to substantial churches, from halls to hospitals and hotels were produced, packed and consigned to destinations at home and abroad. Though often seen as cheap and temporary, these... Read more >
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Discovering London Railway Stations
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $13.95
London is the supreme railway city. In 1900 it had fourteen railway termini, more than any other city in the world. A century later only one of them has disappeared completely, and just three have undergone comprehensive reconstruction. All the others are recognisable products of the Victorian railway age that continue... Read more >
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $13.95
London is the supreme railway city. In 1900 it had fourteen railway termini, more than any other city in the world. A century later only one of them has disappeared completely, and just three have undergone comprehensive reconstruction. All the others are recognisable products of the Victorian railway age that continue... Read more >
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British and Commonwealth War Cemeteries
Written by Julie Summers
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $12.95
In 1917 a remarkable organization came into being. Its brief was vastly ambitious: to commemorate the 1,100,00 men of the British Empire who lost their lives in the First World War. The Imperial War Graves Commission was the creation of one man, Sir Fabian Ware, whose energy and determination brought together... Read more >
Written by Julie Summers
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $12.95
In 1917 a remarkable organization came into being. Its brief was vastly ambitious: to commemorate the 1,100,00 men of the British Empire who lost their lives in the First World War. The Imperial War Graves Commission was the creation of one man, Sir Fabian Ware, whose energy and determination brought together... Read more >
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The Victorian Home
Written by Kathryn Ferry
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $15.95
The nineteenth century saw huge changes in design and technology, with middle-class homes seeing drastic changes from the time of Queen Victoria's accesion in 1837 to her death in 1901.
This book looks at the social history of rooms in the Victorian home and at how, thanks to industrialized mass production... Read more >
Written by Kathryn Ferry
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $15.95
The nineteenth century saw huge changes in design and technology, with middle-class homes seeing drastic changes from the time of Queen Victoria's accesion in 1837 to her death in 1901.
This book looks at the social history of rooms in the Victorian home and at how, thanks to industrialized mass production... Read more >
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The Victorian Fern Craze
Written by Sarah Wittingham
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 19, 2010
Price: $12.95
Fern Fever (or Pteridomania, to give it its official name), hit Britain between 1837 and 1914 and peaked between 1840 and 1890. Although in previous centuries ferns played an important role in customs and folklore, it was only in this period that they were coveted for aesthetic reasons and that man's... Read more >
Written by Sarah Wittingham
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 19, 2010
Price: $12.95
Fern Fever (or Pteridomania, to give it its official name), hit Britain between 1837 and 1914 and peaked between 1840 and 1890. Although in previous centuries ferns played an important role in customs and folklore, it was only in this period that they were coveted for aesthetic reasons and that man's... Read more >
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The San Francisco Cliff House
Written by Mary Germain Hountalas and Sharon Silva
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $24.95
The shifting fortunes of San Francisco’s legendary Cliff House, from raucous seaside roadhouse to fanciful Victorian palace to world-renowned urban destination, are celebrated in this comprehensive illustrated history.
The story of San Francisco’s Cliff House begins in 1863 with a modest white clapboard building perched on a rocky promontory overlooking the Pacific... Read more >
Written by Mary Germain Hountalas and Sharon Silva
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $24.95
The shifting fortunes of San Francisco’s legendary Cliff House, from raucous seaside roadhouse to fanciful Victorian palace to world-renowned urban destination, are celebrated in this comprehensive illustrated history.
The story of San Francisco’s Cliff House begins in 1863 with a modest white clapboard building perched on a rocky promontory overlooking the Pacific... Read more >
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Between Silence and Light
Spirit in the Architecture of Louis I. Kahn
Written by Louis I. Kahn and John Lobell
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $18.95
In the development of contemporary architecture, no one has had a greater influence than Louis I. Kahn, whose many buildings include the Salk Institute, the Yale Study Center, and the Exeter Library. He is remembered, however, not only as a master builder, but also as one of the most important and... Read more >
Spirit in the Architecture of Louis I. Kahn
Written by Louis I. Kahn and John Lobell
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $18.95
In the development of contemporary architecture, no one has had a greater influence than Louis I. Kahn, whose many buildings include the Salk Institute, the Yale Study Center, and the Exeter Library. He is remembered, however, not only as a master builder, but also as one of the most important and... Read more >
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The Destruction of Lower Manhattan
Photographed by Danny Lyon
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2005
Price: $50.00
“I came to see the buildings as fossils of a time past. These buildings were used during the Civil War. The men were all dead, but the buildings were still here, left behind as the city grew around them...The passing of buildings was for me a great event. It didn’t matter... Read more >
Photographed by Danny Lyon
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2005
Price: $50.00
“I came to see the buildings as fossils of a time past. These buildings were used during the Civil War. The men were all dead, but the buildings were still here, left behind as the city grew around them...The passing of buildings was for me a great event. It didn’t matter... Read more >
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