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Featuring road signs, direction, warning, boundary, and advisory, this book covers various aspects of traffic signage and signs.

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Charts the history of the ancient crafts of rope, twine and net making, describing the traditional fibres and techniques used, as well as the modern machines and man-made fibres that took their place. This work features black and white photographs that show how the methods of rope, twine and net making have evolved over the years.

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The monarchy has made many concessions to the modern age, but the affirming rituals of the coronation - the pageantry, the theatre and the symbolism - are centuries old. Looking at the British coronation from its beginnings, this title takes the reader on a thematic journey through the history and meaning of these elaborate ceremonies.

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"Sailing Barges".

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Scalextric, the ultimate boys' toy, arrived in toyshops in 1957. The first-ever electric slot-car system, with uncontrollable tinplate cars running on heavy rubber track, it brought the speed and glamour of motor racing to suburban living rooms.

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Perfume has been used in religious ceremony and also in medicine, for it was believed to have the power to ward off illness. Elaborately chased silver pomanders were carried during times of plague. This book traces the history of the scent bottle from the alabaster containers of ancient Egypt to mass-produced commercial bottles.

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Tartan is an enormously popular pattern in modern fashion. Beginning as Highland dress, it was originally peculiar to certain areas of Scotland, but is now generally accepted as its national costume. This title traces the early stages of that evolution, and the process by which the various tartans became icons of Scottish identity.

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Since the mid twentieth century there has been considerable study of the Scottish pottery industry, revealing the diversification of production and showing that exports and innovation were more significant. It is recognised as having its own distinctive characters and in this book many examples are illustrated in colour.

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The old-time shepherd is an emblem of sturdiness, dependability and independence. How did he manage his charges and his own life What skills and equipment did he use How did sheep farming change in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and what effect did those changes have on the shepherd's work This title deals with these questions.

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In 1913 the shipyards of Britain were responsible for building half of all the world's ships; at the Clyde in Scotland at this time a new ship was launched every eighteen hours. This book looks at the subject's long history, from the Middle Ages through to the heyday of steam, providing a comprehensive guide to a transformed industry.

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Spectacles have been used since the thirteenth century, at first by the few people who needed to read, such as churchmen and clerks. This book traces the development and use of eyeglasses from the fourteenth century onwards. It is illustrated with many colour photographs.

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Traces the evolution of the ancient skill of spinning, from the early spindle, through the introduction of the wool and the flax wheel, to the numerous variations of the wheel in Europe and North America. This work surveys these different models and explains the principles of spinning that have remained the same for generations.

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Offers an overview of Victorian Staffordshire figures, describing their manufacture, their makers and illustrates a selection of figures across the range.

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Details the routes, proprietors and coaching inns, the customers and why they chose to travel, and also the perils of early road travel, including highwaymen.

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Traces the history of stained glass from its Anglo-Saxon origins and explains how some of Europe's greatest artists have created these paintings with light. This title offers insights into how medieval people saw stained glass.

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George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, is an enduring silhouette in railway history. Rocket was built to take part in The Rainhill Trials, a competition to find a locomotive design to pull trains on the world's first passenger line, the Liverpool and Manchester. The trials caught the public's imagination and its victor, Rocket, became a sensation.