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A Coast to Coast Walk: A Pictoral Guide
$18.02
The Coast to Coast Walk, devised by Wainwright himself, stretches across 190 miles from St Bees Head on the East coast to Robin Hood's Bay on the West, passing through the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors. This Pictorial Guide, first published in 1973 and updated in 1992, contains..
A Coast to Coast Walk: From St. Bees Head to Robin...
$33.63
Product DescriptionThis is the first fully revised and updated edition of A. Wainwright's pocket-sized guide to the Coast to Coast Walk which he devised in the early 1970s. Over the years, this 190-mile walk - from St. Bees Head on the Irish Sea by way of the Lake District, the Pennines, Swaledale, ..
Agatha Christie at Home
$19.33
Though she owned several houses, Agatha Christie had one surpassing favorite: Greenway, on the Dart estuary in Devon. She was born nearby, bought it in 1938, and spent all her summers there until her death in 1976. It was, she wrote, “the loveliest house in the world.” Greenway makes a thinly disgui..
Alhambra
$10.28
The Alhambra inspires and enchants like no other site. With its fascinating history, romantic locale, intricately decorated rooms, and numerous courtyards and fountains, this endlessly alluring palace-city has captivated visitors since the 13th century. In this book, Michael Jacobs takes a fresh loo..
Alnwick Castle
$146.03
Alnwick Castle is at the heart of Northumberland, England's most northerly county, a land filled with ancient market towns, golden beaches, moorland, and the remains of Hadrian's Wall. This imposing medieval castle sits by the River Aln on the edge of Alnwick town overlooking a landscape by Capabili..
At Home with Beatrix Potter: The Creator of Peter ...
$22.10
The world famous artwork of Beatrix Potter needs little introduction - it is as beloved as the familiar children’s stories it illustrates. But few know of her work in the gardens and interiors of Hill Top, the farmhouse Potter purchased in 1905. The estate and surrounding scenery inspired many of Po..
Bark: An Intimate Look at the World's Trees
$124.97
The author/photographer presents the most spectacular, striking, and remarkable examples of bark that he has found across five continents. Each image is a work of art in itself and is accompanied by a photograph of each tree in its natural environment, along with information about its species, origi..
Cambridge
$25.80
A gallery of images documents the colleges, the churches, the streets and the river, while also providing a glimpse into Cambridge University life. A short introduction gives a historical summary of the city from its earliest days and the arrival of the university in the 13th century. This book is a..
Chatsworth the House
$34.96
Chatsworth is one of England's ten most visited great houses. In this tour of the house, Deborah the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire takes the reader into the private as well as the public rooms, and goes behind the scenes to explain the management of the household and the work of the staff needed to ..
Close to Paradise: The Gardens of Naples, Capri an...
$43.64
This book showcases twenty-one of the most celebrated gardens in Italy's most glamorous seaside getaway. They include La Reggia, Caserta, the 'Italian Versailles' laid out for the Bourbon King Charles III in the mid-eighteenth century, the gardens of the Villa San Michele on Capri and Lord Grimthorp..
Colour in Decoration
$15.69
Book by Annie Sloan, Kate Gwynn Author: Kate Gwynn Publisher: Frances Lincoln Ltd Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 071120604X ISBN-13: 9780711206045..
Croatia: Aspects of Art, Architecture and Cultural...
$125.15
This thoughtful collection of essays examines Croatia’s cultural and artistic history, from the Roman remains on the Adriatic coast through the Gothic splendor of the Dalmatian cities to the intensive Renaissance-era artistic exchange with Italy, and beyond. Timothy Clifford, Marcus Binney, Brian Se..
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Draw with Pablo Picasso
$8.69
What better way to learn to draw than from the master himself Draw with Pablo Picasso helps budding artists recreate some of the artist’s most delightful and accessible images. Each fun project comes with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions on how to draw colorful faces and birds. First, chil..
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Draw with Pablo Picasso
$8.69
What better way to learn to draw than from the master himself Draw with Pablo Picasso helps budding artists recreate some of the artist’s most delightful and accessible images. Each fun project comes with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions on how to draw colorful faces and birds. First, chil..
Edinburgh
$40.03
Edinburgh’s rugged setting and vast collection of Medieval and Georgian architecture make it one of the most picturesque cities in Europe. In 1995, UNESCO named the Old Town and New Town districts World Heritage Sites, and there are over 4,500 listed buildings within the city. Mark Denton’s Edinburg..
Edith Wharton's Italian Gardens
$18.74
In 1903 Edith Wharton was commissioned by Century Magazine to write a series of articles on Italian villas and gardens. She gathered her household together and set off with her husband, her housekeeper and her small dogs on a four-month tour of Italy. Her articles were published in 1904 as Italian V..
Fellwalking With Wainwright: 18 of the Author's Fa...
$22.81
For this spectacular new edition of the fell walking classic, virtually all the photographs have been retaken by Wainwright's original Lakeland photographer, Derry Brabbs. After completing his Pictorial Guides, A. Wainwright was persuaded to write a narrative, descriptive account of his eighteen fav..
Gardens of Marrakesh
$102.68
Nicknamed ‘the rose among the palms’, the thousand-year-old city of Marrakesh is characterised by its pink-colored pisé architecture and its deeply rooted tradition for gardens and green spaces.The majority of historic sites are inextricable from their gardens - or indeed are historic green spaces: ..
Gardens of Portugal
$37.58
The gardens of Portugal are among the most cosmopolitan in the world. The product of Portugal's long seafaring history, they bring together ideas from East and West in a style that is, in both design and planting, confident, flamboyant, exotic, and distinctly Portuguese. In the golden age of Portugu..
Gertrude Jekyll's Color Schemes for the Flower Gar...
$10.77
A beautifully illustrated edition of Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden, one of the most influential gardening books of the 20th century. With an approach as fresh and relevant now as when it first appeared in 1908, this book, by the great garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, is an eloquent expression..
Goodwood: Art and Architecture, Sport and Family
$34.31
The estate of Goodwood is glorious not only for its famous racecourse and motor racing circuit but also for its magnificent art collection. This superbly illustrated book reveals the treasures of Goodwood. Curator Rosemary Baird tells the story of the Dukes of Richmond, from the birth of the 1st Duk..
Great Gardens of America
$17.10
Great Gardens of America surveys some of the loveliest grounds in America and Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Quebec to California, from the tropical Southeast to the industrial Midwest. The 25 gardens showcased range from 18th-century landscape gardens, such as Thomas Jefferson's Mon..
Great Gardens of Britain
$15.72
Britain is famous all over the world for its gardens. In this book Helena Attlee focuses on twenty of the finest gardens in the country. Her choice encompasses a rich selection of sites all over England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, ranging from famous eighteenth-century landscapes such as ..
Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British...
$20.98
'A definitive classic field guide [...] Its scope is as magnificent as our countryside itself.'BBC Countryfile Magazine'This book is perfect for anyone who’s travelled through the countryside, scratched their head, and thought, ‘what on earth is that thing ''Tony RobinsonHave you ever driven past a ..
In Search of Paradise: Great Gardens of the World
$11.67
In Search of Paradise is a survey of the great gardens of the world, presented through photographic images and the descriptions of the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse. Here you will find the oases of the Middle East, the gardens of Chinese scholars, Japanese sages and Renaissance humani..