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Availability:In StockContributor:George F. BosworthTheme:Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:11/19/2020Pages:52
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Alpha EditionISBN-13:9789354217401ISBN-10:9354217400UPC:9789354217401Book Category:History, Architecture, ReferenceBook Subcategory:Europe, Individual Architects & Firms, Personal & Practical GuidesBook Topic:Great BritainSize:11.00 x 8.50 x 0.11 inchesWeight:0.145Product ID:SCX7FGB01G
Walk Walthamstow's streets with curiosity and the town opens like a family album. Old houses tell human stories. More Walthamstow Houses And Their Interesting Associations collects the domestic pasts and public faces of a district: detailed victorian house histories interwoven with sketches of notable walthamstow residents and the everyday life of historic london neighborhoods. Bosworth writes with an eye for craft and context, marrying architectural observation and social detail into clear prose that serves both as an architectural heritage guide and a readable london architecture reference. Tight, humane chapters make the volume a natural fit for readers of british local history; those hunting ancestors will find it a practical genealogy research resource. It reads like an illustrated house anthology for the mind, offering texture without indulgence. Pick it up for an afternoon's exploration or return to it for deeper investigation into place and provenance. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Of clear literary and historical significance, Bosworth's studies preserve a strand of east london heritage and enrich appreciation of nineteenth-century london and social history england. It is a natural addition to any local historians collection: the balance of anecdote and close observation rewards casual readers and classic-literature collectors alike. Useful both to the curious and to those compiling longer research, the book brings streets, facades and household memory into readable focus, rescuing small histories that together illuminate how a neighbourhood became itself.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Alpha EditionISBN-13:9789354217401ISBN-10:9354217400UPC:9789354217401Book Category:History, Architecture, ReferenceBook Subcategory:Europe, Individual Architects & Firms, Personal & Practical GuidesBook Topic:Great BritainSize:11.00 x 8.50 x 0.11 inchesWeight:0.145Product ID:SCX7FGB01G
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