Photographic

A book of historical photographs of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.

First published in 1973, this is a new and completely revised edition which has been produced to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the opening of the first canal to arrive in Birmingham.

by Chris Morris.

This book is another in a series of photographic books by this author, with a bit more text than normal, drawn from several summers as a small boy and subsequent involvement with the river. The Sir Humphrey in the title refers to an old family boat.

Soft back. 144 pages. Colour photos. 25cms x 23cms approx.

Alan has captured the changing moods of the Midland canals with photographs of waterways, boats and the people who work them.

His images range from the busy inner city basins of Coventry and Birmingham to the quiet waters found in the rural reaches of Staffordshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire.

Soft Back. 90 pages. 20.9cms x 29.7cms approx. Colour photos.

Revisit the vanished world of our great commercial canals, with their locks, towpaths, old stone bridges, brightly painted horse-drawn narrowboats and bustling motorised craft.

These photographs have been chosen from the world famous Francis Frith Collection. Finely detailed, they offer a fascinating glimpse of a past era of British canal and river life.

Originally priced @ £14.99p.

Hard back. 122 pages. 25.2cms x 17.4cms approx. Illustrated with sepia and black & white photographs.

from the Francis Frith Collection.

The images in this book have been selected exclusively from the Frith archive, which is world-renowned for the quality and clarity of its photographs. It begins in the southern counties, moves up through the midlands and ends in the north

Softback. 112 pages. 22.2cms x 27.5cms approx.

by Alistair Deayton.

This book looks at the many pleasure steamers and motor vessels used on Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Loch Katrine, Loch Earn, the Lake of Monteith and many other sea and freshwater lochs, as well as on the Forth & Clyde, Union, Monkland and Caledonian Canals.

Alistair brings together for the first time many unpublished images with an informative text and tells the story of the development of passenger services on Scotland's lochs and inland waterways.

Soft back. 160 pages. Black & white photos. 16.5cms x 23.6cms approx.

by Chris Morris.

Documentary photographer Chris Morris celebrates Telford's architecture and engineering - much of which remains - with a series of tours reflecting the great man's itinerant lifestyle. The resulting images are emotive and yet informative, frequently including details of twenty first century life as a counterpoint to Telford's two hundred year old legacy.

Hard back. 112 pages. Colour photos. 24.9cms x 17.6cms approx.

by Chris Morris.

Documentary photographer Chris Morris celebrates Telford's architecture and engineering - much of which remains - with a series of tours reflecting the great man's itinerant lifestyle. The resulting images are emotive and yet informative, frequently including details of twenty first century life as a counterpoint to Telford's two hundred year old legacy.

Soft back. 128 pages. Colour photos. 24cms x 16.8cms approx.

by Peter Ashley.

This book looks at the evolving forms and materials of bridges in England. From the first, which may have been a tree fallen across a stream, through clapper stones and medieval arches to flying wonders of concrete and steel.

Many well known examples and favourites are here, but Peter has uncovered examples that are surprising as they are delightful.

Softback. 80 pages. 15cms x 14.9cms approx. Colour photographs.

by Martin Marix Evans & Robert Reichenfeld.

The canal age transformed the British landscape. Today, however, mellowed by time and disuse, these waterways meander slowly through fields carrying holidaymakers, or lie disused and forgotten, tucked away in some overgrown and mysterious corner of the countryside.

Following the course of these canals, Martin and Robert toured England and documented these waterways from all aspects. With over 130 photographs and a text rich in history, people and legends, Canals of England captures the beauty of England's canals from the exquisite detail of a stone gargoyle on a crumbling Bath bridge to the magnificent sweep of the Rochdale canal as it cuts through the Yorkshire countryside.

Soft back. 159 pages. 24.9cms x 19.1cms approx.

by Chris Morris.

Spanning more than 200 miles, the Severn is Britain's longest river and was for centuries its most important trade route.

Photographer Chris Morris follows the Severn from central Wales to the Bristol Channel, presenting luminous riverscapes, evocative images of coracles, fishing and trade and also the new bridges, white yachts and riverside pubs of the modern river.

Hard back. 128 pages. Colour photos. 24.8cms x 17.6cms approx.

by Derek Pratt.

Waterways Past and Present is a unique photographic record of Britain's magnificent and varied waterways heritage, juxtaposing past with present in a fascinating and captivating comparison, and all illustrated with stunning black and white and colour photographs.

Hard back. 160 pages. 25.8cms x 25.7cms approx.

from the publisher of the Pearson's guides.

The wonder of the waterways is that they survived at all. This book attempts to introduce a taste of the canal network to newcomers, and to remind old hands of its inherent pleasures. Within its slim covers it barely skims the surface of its subject matter for which a growing number of books are becoming available to those who wish to learn more.

Soft back. 48 pages. 20.9cms x 29.6cms approx. Colour photos.

by Derek Pratt.

This book looks at the wonderful variety of structures - bridges, aqueducts, locks, tunnels and other waterside buildings - that made the canals work in their commercial heyday and are still enjoyed today by pleasure boaters and walkers.

Soft back. 15cms x 21cms approx. 56 pages. Colour photos.