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THE LOST CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT

by Matthew Rice

Illustrated by Matthew Rice

Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. Circa. 2010

Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. A song for Stoke: a fanfare for one of the great cities of the world's first Industrial Revolution. Matthew Rice's detailed - and often funny - architectural watercolours are the basis of this book. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 152 pages including index.

Second printing. Top & tail of spine and lower corners lightly rubbed. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed at edges.

ISBN: 9780711231399
Stock no. 1828996

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Contents

  • Map of Stoke
  • The Lost City
  • The Buildings of Stoke
  • the Potteries
  • Wedgwood
  • Blue and White
  • Tiles
  • Stoke in the 1950s
  • What Happened to the Potteries
  • The Potbanks
  • Canal
  • Housing
  • Municipal Buildings
  • churches and Chapels
  • Stoke Right Now
  • Epilogue at Eastwood
  • List of Potteries
  • Some Interesting Places to Visit

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