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LOCAL HISTORY

As a community bookshop we see keeping information on the history and development 
of the local area an important part of what we do. 
 
King's 
Cross - a Tour in Timeby Mark Aston & Lesley Marshall, £5.99. 
An extended pamphlet of photographs, drawings and information on the history of 
the local Housmans area written by two local librarians. Just published, and already 
one of the shop's Best Sellers. You can help the struggling finances of ... an 
inner city borough [did you think we were going to say something else?] by buying 
a copy today! 
 
Islington, 
Gavin Smith, Images of England, £12.99 
 
Islington, 
The Second Selection, Gavin Smith, Images of England, £10.99 
 
A 
History of Islington, Mary Cosh, £18.95