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Foreword by Professor A Rosalie David, Keeper of Egyptology, Manchester Museum, and introduction by Commander Mark E Cheyne, DSC, RN, DL, grandson of Rider Haggard.
Originally written as a project for Manchester University's Certificate of Egyptology course, Rider Haggard and Egypt is an exhaustive account of the author and agriculturist Sir Henry Rider Haggard's (1856-1925) keen interest in the Land of the Pharaohs, and covers: Rider Haggard as Amateur Egyptologist; Rider Haggard's Collection of Egyptian Antiquities; Rider Haggard as Storyteller Influenced by Egypt; and Recognition of Rider Haggard's Egyptian Efforts.
Rider Haggard and Egypt, is in A4 size paperback with high quality paper, 196pp, colour dustwrapper and many illustrations in black and white. All articles and letters on Egypt known to be written by Haggard, whose most famous novels are the immortal She and King Solomon's Mines, are reprinted in this book; much of this material is published for the first time or has been out of print for over seventy years.
"Enthusiasm for her subject glows through her pages ... gives a remarkable and loving distillation of all his Egyptian novels. After perusing this remarkable work, I am sure the reader will be as impressed as I have been at the results of Shirley Addy's labours." - Cmdr Mark Cheyne
"The author has provided a uniquely interesting description of Rider Haggard that should make a valuable addition both to Egyptological studies relating to travellers and tourists who visited Egypt, and to biographcial accounts of Rider Haggard." - Prof Rosalie David
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VILLAGE SIGNS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES by Shirley M Addy
ISBN 9780954 295066 - published June 2009
A delightful sample of over one hundred taken from a few thousand village
signs ~ emblems of local life and history ~ found in many parts of Britain.
This book, produced by experienced village sign enthusiasts, will appeal
to visitors, local historians and those wishing to take up a new hobby
- village sign spotting!
In glossy A5 format, 52pp, with black and white photographs accompanied
by descriptions of each sign, and eight pages of full colour showing the
diverse variety of village signs to be found in Britain.
SUFFOLK SIGNS - Book 1 - ISBN 095272930X0 - £4 + 40p p&p
SUFFOLK SIGNS - Book 2 - ISBN 0952729318 - £4 + 40p p&p
SUFFOLK SIGNS - Book 3 - ISBN 0952729334 - £4 + 40p p&p
SUFFOLK SIGNS - Book 4 - ISBN 0952729377 - £4 + 40p p&p
SUFFOLK SIGNS - Book 5 - ISBN 0954295056 - £4 + 40p p&p
SUFFOLK SIGNS Books 1-5 by Shirley M Addy and Maureen Long
There are over 250
village signs in Suffolk alone and a selection of these wonderfully crafted
depictions of village life is photographed, many in colour, in AL Publications'
"Suffolk Signs" series. Each book covers approximately 50 village
signs, each illustrated. All three "Suffolk Signs" books have
been widely acclaimed in the press and radio. These books are sure to
delight both residents of East Anglia and tourists to the area. Each
book is in an easy-to-carry carry format using A5 glossy paper with many
full colour and black and white photographs. Books 1, 2 and 3 have 52pp
(book 4 has 56pp and book 5 has 60pp) with colour card cover.
Some
reviews:
...
these delightful little books ... The books make a useful pocket guide
to our villages’ and towns’ heritage and history and represent
good value - Suffolk & Norfolk Life
... it has been a pleasure to turn the pages of a new guide to some
of the wealth of examples to be found in our part of the world - Lowestoft
Journal
Book 1 - £4 + 40p p&p
Book 2 - £4 + 40p p&p
KENT
VILLAGE SIGNS Books 1 and 2 by Alan Bignell
Formerly a journalist
for the Kent Messenger newspaper and a well-known Kentish writer of more
than two dozen books, Alan Bignell photographed village signs as a hobby
as he travelled throughout Kent in search of material for his copy and
stories. Now
he has committed his hobby to pen. Each of the two books has 51 village
signs with his photographs of them, together with descriptions. In
A5 size, glossy colour cover, and black and white photographs.
Book 1 ISBN 095429503X; Book 2 ISBN 0954295048
Book 2 - £4 + 40p p&p
Book 3 - £4 + 40p p&p
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
VILLAGE SIGNS Books 2 and 3 by Ian MacEachern
In
A5 size, 40pp, fully illustrated, showing village signs with detailed
descriptions and explanations of each sign. These
books follow Ian's first efforts, Village Signs in North Cambridgeshire
(originally published by SB Publications, now available at £3 (originally
£6.50) from AL Publications (see non-Internet order form). A
keen cyclist and photographer, Ian came across his first village sign
in Eye. Curious as to the meaning of the wonderfully carved and
painted double-sided signs, he began his quest to track down and catalogue
Cambridgeshire's entire village signs.
Book 2: ISBN 0952729393; Book 3: ISBN 0954295005
Book 1 - £4 + 40p p&p
Book 2 - £4 + 40p p&p
LINCOLNSHIRE VILLAGE SIGNS Books 1 and 2 by Shirley M Addy and Maureen
Long
Fred Ham was one
of the first collectors of photographs of village signs and a founder
member of the Village Sign Society. Living in King's Lynn, with one foot
as it were in Norfolk and the other in Lincolnshire, these were his first
areas of sign photography. He gave numerous talks on vilage signs and
village folklore to many groups in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and
further afield. On his death in 2001 he left his vast collection of photographs
and slides to the Village Sign Society. Unfortunately, there was little
in the way of notes. His vast knowledge seems to have been all in his
head, since these talks took up most of his time after retirement. We
are proud to publish this first collection of his Lincolnshire signs.
Shirley Addy and Maureen Long, authors of the Suffolk Sign books series,
have contributed the text. Each book covers 32-35 village signs from Lincolnshire,
is of A5 size with glossy colour cover and centre pages, 32-35pp.
Book 1: ISBN 0954295013; Book 2: ISBN 0954295021
£4 + 40p p&p
THE
STORY OF VILLAGE AND TOWN SIGNS IN NORFOLK by Philippa Miller, edited
by John Porter
This
book continues the three Miller and Proctor Norfolk Sign books that were
originally published by Black Horse.
The late Philippa Miller is renowned as a very accomplished artist who
lived in Norfolk. A5 size, 64pp, fully illustrated, showing village signs
with detailed commentaries
ISBN 0952729385