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Paul Atterbury's Railway Collection
Paul Atterbury's Railway Collection is a delightfully nostalgic selection of photographs, postcards and printed ephemera from the author's private library--living records that bring the golden age of train travel back to life. Taking a trip down memory lane, Paul Atterbury charts his lifelong fascination with railways and recalls his favourite journeys, stations and trains. This personal miscellany explores the length and breadth of Britain from the 1950s to the present day, highlighting aspects of railway life that particularly interested, excited, or amused the author. In this fresh and fascinating collection of railway nostalgia--hundreds of images never published before--Paul Atterbury shares his enjoyment of the wonderful visual legacy of Britain's railway past.
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Life Along the Line
Life Along the Line takes a nostalgiclook at the world of British railwaysthrough the eyes of bestselling authorand antiques expert Paul Atterbury.Focusing on the human experience ofthe railways – the drivers, firemen,guards, station staff, signalmen,engineers, caterers and, of course,passengers – the book is a visualfeast, filled with fascinating archivephotographs of steam trains, otherlocomotives, memorabilia andevocative railway ephemera.Built from archive photographs, oldpostcards, badges and other railwayana,the book is filled with fascinatingmaterial that Atterbury has himselfcollected from tireless searching atpostcard and antique fares and auctionsites. Many of the illustrations aretherefore original and previouslyunpublished.Covers railway life across the networkas well as showcasing local differencesin a series of regional sections.
Branch Line Britain
With an array of nostalgic photographs and ephemera, this work celebrates the heritage of branchline and rural Britain. It explores surviving lines, and lines no longer in use, visits preserved lines and travels on those lines long forgotten.
Holidays from the Past
Accompanied by text written by best-selling "Antiques Roadshow" expert Paul Atterbury, this delightful book is a treasure trove of holiday memories from days on the beach, picnics in the woods and camping and caravanning, to touring by car or bicycle, walks in the hills and outings in sailing boats.
Pugin
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was the most influential designer in nineteenth-century Britain. This is the first book to offer a complete appraisal of Pugin's life and achievements; it contains twenty-one essays by international scholars and specialists; and superb photography has been specially commissioned, and includes numerous objects and buildings never before reproduced.
Tickets Please!
This book offers a winning mix of railway and social history, all brought to life by wonderful photographs and illustrations, many never seen before.It features long-lost tiny rural stations and halts, as well as those that still serve bustling market towns and big cities.It shows the stations themselves, and fascinating photographs of the people who inhabited them, such as stationmasters, signalmen and the passengers, from businessmen to families.It includes an insight into areas such as station advertising and toy stations - topics that capture the imagination and our sense of fun.A variety of special feature spreads include: stations and animals, great disasters, station clocks, gardens, station art and stations in films.Each chapter also includes a 'Wish You Were Here!' spread displaying old postcards of the stations.
Paul Atterbury's Wonder Book of Trains
Establishes the sense of excitement and wonder in the world of trains. This book recreates the style of the illustrated classic boys' railway annuals of the 1950s and 60s. It draws together colour illustrations, archive photographs and period line drawings and hand lettering with intelligent and insightful commentaries.
Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds
A collection of the timeless, the priceless and the unforgettable, this beautiful compendium accompanies the beloved BBC One TV series.
Poole Pottery
"As one of the most important, most distinctive and most collectable of 20th century British potteries, Poole is surprisingly little known. Few books have been published about this innovative company and its diverse products, and the most recent, though excellent, has long been out of print. With its hundreds of colour illustrations, and its highly detailed captions and information panels, this new book represents the distillation of years of research by the well-known Poole historian Leslie Hayward, and makes accessible to collectors for the first time the extraordinary range of wares associated with the factory. The story starts with the making of tiles and architectural and garden ceramic...
