Browsing the Bookshelves

It seems like forever since we performed a serious update to our primary website (don't even mention the other one - it seriously needs an overhaul) but today I feel like celebrating. We've finally launched the results of a major project to enable readers - and hopefully prospective buyers - to locate books relating to local English history and interest more easily.  We have catalogues for each county - sounds straightforward, doesn't it? You have no idea!  Determining exactly what a county is not easy - traditional counties, historic counties, administrative counties, ceremonial counties all vary slightly. Some were never really fully defined and certainly never widely agreed. Even using modern "adminstrative counties" doesn't really work as many of England's larger cities don't fall within county limits, being what are termed metropolitan or unitary boroughs.  I hope we've come up with a list that suit all and make it much easier to locate really good books of interest!

Our catalogue notes provide an explanation of the history of county development and definitions.

We've also added a brand new page on collecting uncorrected bound proofs.  So I really havn't been as lazy as the absence of posts here might suggested.

Back to cataloguing.