Books by John Hannavy

A comprehensive study of the world's transporter bridges.

Presenting a selection of images, this book tells the story of the photographers who chronicled Britain's Victorian and Edwardian wars.

Presenting a collection of Victorian and Edwardian images, this book explores the growth of tourism from the 1840s until the outbreak of the First World War.

A history of Wigan

The coastline of Victorian and Edwardian Britain provided beauty, entertainment and a venue for most people's holidays. But it was also a thriving centre of industry - shipbuilding and fishing. This book travels around Britain's coast - clockwise from London - looking at the industries that could be found at many of the cities and towns en route.

A monograph on Fox Talbot, universally recognised as the father of modern photography.

Through a collection of coloured holiday photographs covering all the major - and several minor - resorts around England's coast, linked to selected written commentaries from Charles Dickens and many others, this book celebrates the heyday of the seaside holiday.