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Paperback. Representing the pinnacle of Cold War aircraft design and it has become an aviation icon together with its predecessor, the A-12, the Blackbird was a giant leap into the technical unknown and the design employed many forms of new technology made necessary by the excesses of speed, altitude and temperature to which the aircraft was subjected. Illustrator(s): Tooby, Adam. Series: Air Vanguard. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472804921
- ISBN
- 9781472804921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. Fine paperback book in excellent contidtion.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- English Heritage Publications London
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KNH0011591
- ISBN
- 9781850747246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Fine paperback book in excellent contidtion.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- English Heritage Publications London
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KNH0011592
- ISBN
- 9781850747246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Looking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, and Spark. It is a celebration of the city and also an elegy for its decline, with statistics and anecdote, from Boadicea to Betjeman. Num Pages: 560 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140105933
- ISBN
- 9780140105933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Sheet map. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJG; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 214 x 8. Weight in Grams: 115. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402288
- ISBN
- 9781908402288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.23
€ 12.23
paperback. Describes London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs. This title includes chapters on the history of silence and the history of light, the history of childhood and the history of suicide, the history of Cockney speech and the history of drink. Num Pages: 848 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099422587
- ISBN
- 9780099422587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.94
€ 29.99
€ 23.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white plates, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752474854
- ISBN
- 9780752474854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Hardcover. Series: Amazing and Extraordinary Facts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; HBW; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 130 x 17. .
- Publisher
- Rydon Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910821084
- ISBN
- 9781910821084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardcover. Seeks to define exactly what it is that makes Britain's capital the international urban HQ for creativity and innovation. Why and how has the city become a creative universe of its own making? This book unlocks the secret passions, undress social mundanities and address outrageous profanities. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JM; AJCR; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 332 x 319. Weight in Grams: 4674.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500970713
- ISBN
- 9780500970713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.61€ 56.72
€ 68.61
€ 56.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTW; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474227490
- ISBN
- 9781474227490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.91
€ 35.99
€ 30.91
Paperback. A nostalgic look back at the docks of London the 1960s. Num Pages: 128 pages, 220. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPK; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445665849
- ISBN
- 9781445665849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Paperback. Everything you ever wanted to know about London's rock 'n' roll venues. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AMGC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445658193
- ISBN
- 9781445658193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.14
€ 30.14
paperback. London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. This was the London of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday and Disraeli. In this book, we witness the city's metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 244 x 51. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847924476
- ISBN
- 9781847924476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.77
€ 40.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, this history shows how the city shaped their lives and how it in turn was shaped by them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 337 x 44. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847924537
- ISBN
- 9781847924537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.50
€ 33.99
€ 24.50
Paperback. From costermongers to ex-convicts, from chimney-sweeps to vagrants, the underprivileged of London are brought to life in this book, where their plight is expressed through a blend of first person accounts and statistics. It originated in a series of newspaper articles that grew into a four volume account of the working-classes of London. Editor(s): Neuburg, Victor. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432411
- ISBN
- 9780140432411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.98
€ 19.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. An account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; DNJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840226195
- ISBN
- 9781840226195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.11
€ 7.11
Paperback. This groundbreaking investigation into the lives of London's underclass was undertaken by Henry Mayhew in the 1850s. His interviews with street traders, beggars, and thieves results in a work as vivid as a Victorian novel. This new selection includes original illustrations and an illluminating introduction and notes. Editor(s): Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 24 black and white illustrations, and a map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199697571
- ISBN
- 9780199697571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39
Sheet map. Series: Old House. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114. New.
- Publisher
- Old House Books
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908402295
- ISBN
- 9781908402295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.23
€ 12.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBT; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1220. 1931-1945. 208 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBT; WGC. Dimension: 284 x 221 x 18. Weight: 1180.
- Publisher
- Capital Transport Publishing
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854142603
- ISBN
- 9781854142603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.87
€ 33.99
€ 28.87
Hardcover. Surveying an unusually wide variety of material, ranging from the Victorian triple-decker novel, to Modernist art and architecture, to Pop music and graffiti, this book suggests that the tube-network is a transitional form, linking the alienated spaces of Victorian England to the virtual spaces of our contemporary consumer-capitalism. Num Pages: 188 pages, 4 colour plates, 4 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318597
- ISBN
- 9781846318597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.75
€ 141.75
Paperback. "London Voices, London Lives" addresses a question of great current importance for urban policy: what kind of a place is London in the 21st century, and how does it differ significantly from other parts of urban Britain? It addresses these questions in a unique way: over one hundred ordinary Londoners provide their answers in their own voices. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; 3JM; HBTB; HBTD; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861349835
- ISBN
- 9781861349835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.77
€ 40.99
€ 38.77
paperback. This is a one-volume history of the city of London from Roman times to the late-20th century. London grew from a backwater in the Classical age into an important medieval city, a significant Renaissance urban centre and a modern colossus. Series: A "New York Times" notable book 1995. Num Pages: 448 pages, 58 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Text and illustrations are crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031945
- ISBN
- 9780674538399
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Paperback. Series: Discovering Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JHBL; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 6th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747805595
- ISBN
- 9780747805595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.57
€ 9.57
Paperback. This is the story of the many industries found in London during the industrial revolution and beyond. It looks at long lost breweries, synthetic dyes, plastics, leatherworks and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752487281
- ISBN
- 9780752487281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65