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    Victorian and Edwardian Locomotive Portraits, Northern England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland

    Anthony Burton

    The Victorian and Edwardian periods saw the development of the steam locomotive in Britain from a comparatively simple machine to a powerful main line express capable of speeds of a…

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    Taking the Train

    Anthony Burton

    The book looks at rail travel from the passenger's point of view, beginning when a coach drawn by horses, rumbled down the newly laid tracks linking Swansea to Mumbles in…

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    Ocean Liners

    Anthony Burton

    There has always been a romance around ocean liners, but this book looks behind the romance to show the reality of travelling the oceans of the world. The book starts…

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    Victorian and Edwardian Locomotive Portraits - The South of England

    Anthony Burton

    The Victorian and Edwardian periods saw the development of the steam locomotive in Britain from a comparatively simple machine to a powerful main line express capable of speeds of a…

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    Anthony Woodville

    Danielle Burton

    Despite occupying a prominent role in a key family during the War of the Roses, Anthony Woodville's life has been woefully ignored. This new biography changes that. Skewering misconceptions and…

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    Hadrian’s Wall Path: National Trail Guide

    Anthony Burton

    Since it opened in 2003 Hadrian’ s Wall Path has become one of Britain’ s most popular long-distance paths.

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    History’s Most Dangerous Jobs: Miners

    Anthony Burton

    Mining is Britain’s oldest industry, and this book follows the men and, in the past, women who spent their lives working underground. This story is also one of invention and…

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    Tracing Your Shipbuilding Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians

    Anthony Burton

    Anthony Burton’s concise and informative guide to British shipbuilding will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to learn about its history or find out about the life of a…

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    A Performer’s Guide to Music of the Romantic Perio: Second Edition (Paperback

    This stimulating guide will help students and their teachers to achieve stylish performances of music of the Romantic period. Individual chapters from leading experts focus on historical background, notation and…

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    The Ridgeway

    Anthony Burton

    The Ridgeway follows one of the oldest ‘green roads’ in Europe.

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    The West Highland Way: National Trail Guide

    Anthony Burton

    The 93-mile West Highland Way is indisputably Britain’s most spectacular long-distance path.

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    History’s Most Dangerous Jobs: Navvies

    Anthony Burton

    This is the story of the men who built Britain’s canals and railways - not the engineers and the administrators but the ones who provided the brawn and muscle. There…

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    The Rise and Fall of British Shipbuilding

    Anthony Burton

    From modest beginnings, Britain rose throughout the nineteenth century to become the greatest shipbuilding nation in the world, yet by the end of the following century the British merchant fleet…

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    The Workers’ War: British Industry and the First World War

    Anthony Burton

    The First World War is famous for the unprecedented loss of life on a global scale; On a social level, working Britain experienced change as well: with the men at…

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    The Canal Builders: The Men Who Constructed Britain’s Canals

    Anthony Burton

    Reprint of a classic history of canals with upgraded material.

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    Craft of the Inland Waterways

    Anthony Burton

    The book traces the history of the various craft that have been used for transport on Britain's rivers and canals from the earliest times to the present day.

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    Steam Traction on the Road: From Trevithick to Sentinel: 150 Years of Design and Development

    Anthony Burton

    New in-depth research Informative, factual text Anecdotal stories Interesting selection of illustrations Good index

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    London’s Transport From Roman Times to the Present Day

    Anthony Burton

    This is the first book to tell the story of London’s transport system from the earliest times to the present day.

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    The Locomotive Pioneers: Early Steam Locomotive Development 1801 - 1851

    Anthony Burton

    The history and design of steam Locomotives, during the first fifty years of their development is a much under researched subject.

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    Railway Builders

    Anthony Burton

    A new edition of a classic work by a well-known author.

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    Thomas Telford: Master Builder of Roads and Canals

    Anthony Burton

    Thomas Telford was one of the most important Civil Engineers in British history, being a builder of Canals and Roads, all across the country.Thomas Telford is famous for the construction…

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    Steam Engine Pilgrimage

    Anthony Burton

    Covers preserved steam machinery.

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    Canal Pioneers

    Anthony Burton

    Full history of the development of world canals.

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    Joseph Locke: Civil Engineer and Railway Builder 1805 - 1860

    Anthony Burton

    New Full Detailed Biography

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    Around Britain by Canal: 1,000 Miles of Waterways

    Anthony Burton

    This is the story of a thousand mile-long trip around England by canal.

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    Steam Traction on the Road: From Trevithick to Sentinel: 150 Years of Design and Development

    Anthony Burton

    New in-depth research with Informative, factual text.

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    The Great Western Society: A Tale of Endeavour and Success

    Anthony Burton

    This book tells the story of one of Britain’s most successful heritage railway projects.

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    Balloons and Airships: A Tale of Lighter Than Air Aviation

    Anthony Burton

    This book tells the often dramatic and always fascinating story of flight in lighter than air machines.

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    George and Robert Stephenson: Pioneer Inventors and Engineers

    Anthony Burton

    Newly researched information, good selection of illustrations, good index.

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    Josiah Wedgwood: A New Biography

    Anthony Burton

    Wedgwood was born in the Staffordshire Potteries in 1739 and lived in the area all his life. His family were all potters, working in traditional ways, but Josiah was to…

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    Mines and Miners of Cornwall and Devon: The Tin and Copper Industries

    Anthony Burton

    New Historic Facts, Useful To Mining Historians, Good Selection of Illustrations, Well Researched Text, Good Index.

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    The Brunels: Father and Son

    Anthony Burton

    The book gives a new perspective on the life of Isambard Brunel.

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    The Iron Men: The Workers Who Created the New Iron Age

    Anthony Burton

    The eighteenth century saw the second Iron Age. The knife grinders of Sheffield were lucky to reach their 30th birthday before their ruined lungs gave up, women chain makers were…

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    Maritime London: An Historical Journey in Pictures and Words

    Anthony Burton

    This book tells the story of London’s maritime history from the the establishment of Roman Londinium to the present day.

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    Ten Engineers Who Made Britain Great

    Anthony Burton

    The definitive history of the great engineers who were responsible for the industrial revolution

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    Thomas Telford: Master Builder of Roads and Canals

    Anthony Burton

    This book covers Telford Career from his early days until its end, with detailed accounts of his life and exploits.

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    A History of the Cotton Industry

    Anthony Burton

    This book is about technology and how it has changed the lives of people on three continents over the last three hundred years.

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    Cotswold Way: National Trail Guide

    Anthony Burton

    Following the limestone escarpment on the Western edge of the Cotswolds, the 102 miles of the Cotswold Way take the walker through a quintessentially English landscape as varied as it…

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    Silk, the Thread that Tied the World

    Anthony Burton

    A Comprehensive History of the Industry, New Factual Information, Interesting Narrative, Useful Selection of Illustrations

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    Towards Anti-Racist Educational Research

    Towards Anti-Racist Educational Research explores how educational research can be an integral part of creating an anti-racist world, from radical moments to radical movements. The authors, coming from a diverse…

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    Disruptive Urbanism

    Disruptive Urbanism examines how different forms and modes of the so called "sharing economy" are manifesting in cities and regions throughout the world, and how policy makers are responding to…

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    Matthew Boulton: Industry’s Great Innovator

    Anthony Burton,Jennifer Tann

    Matthew Boulton, of the famous Boulton & Watt steam engine partnership, was an eighteenth-century designer and inventor.

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    Britain’s Canals: Exploring their Architectural and Engineering Wonders

    Anthony Burton,Derek Pratt

    A charming and insightful exploration of the amazing architecture and engineering wonders that surround Britain’s inland waterways.

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    The Great Exhibitor: The Life and Work of Henry Cole

    Elizabeth Bonython,Anthony Burton,Anthony Burton

    This is the first full length biography of Henry Cole, extraordinary, larger-than-life, eminent Victorian , visionary civil servant, buccaneer and accomplished spin-doctor, whose pioneering ideas created the magnificent museum which…

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    Light Railways of Britain and Ireland

    Anthony Burton,John Scott-Morgan

    This book covers the story of Britain’s last railway development, the Rural light railways constructed as a result of the 1896 act.

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    Sidereal Messenger: A Book of Poetry

    Nicholas Wolf

    Nicholas Wolf was born in Pennsylvania, grew up outside of Philadelphia, and was educated at Harvard where he majored in English. He studied creative writing with Edwin Honig, John Hawkes…

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    Shakespeare’s Grammatical Style: A Computer-assisted Analysis of Richard II and Anthony and Cleopatra

    Dolores M. Burton

    A full-scale, systematic study using anexamination of Shakespeare’s syntax as a key to the interpretation of his work.

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