All the BEST of these nick-nacks were photographed by the author and gathered together in nine lovely large-size picture books....organized like a scrapbook. Hence, they are known as the Scrapbook series. Oh, and what a delight they are to look at!
There are so much to see on each page you can look at these books again and again and still notice something new. Below is an example from a page dedicated to the Royal family on tabloids. Other books in this series includes The Edwardian Scrapbook, The Victorian Scrapbook, The 1910s Scrapbooks, The Great War Scrapbook and The 1930s Scrapbook.
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Oh gosh, this is indeed a fabulous book! ( I have a weakness for loving finely printed books ) Dorling Kindersely teamed up with Smithsonian Institute to make this coffee table style compendium of the history of aviation, and they certainly did out-do themselves on covering this large topic. Over 450 pages of photographs of airplanes, aviation pioneers, and the engines behind these metal birds, are discussed in detail. Fascinating little sidebars also offer tidbit information about inventions, famous air races, technology, Hitler's rocket program, the Cold War space race and lots and lots more. If you can find this book at your library, take a look see! Here's a peak at the inside....
