ALT Front cover of this softback book shows a close up section of a sepia coloured photograph of the Victorian female arctic explorer Jo Peary, dressed a hooded fur coat which was the arctic clothing of the time. Overlaid on this image is the title of the book in burgundy lettering 'Heart of a Hero, the remarkable women who inspired the great polar explorers', by Kari Herbert.
ALT Front cover of the book 'This Remote Township. A story of changing times in the Derbyshire hamlets of Nether, Middle and West Handy', by Maureen Lyon and Beth Shaw. It shows a pencil drawing of an old fashioned cottage against a pale blue background.
ALT Front cover of the publication 'Belper Market Place in the Nineteenth Century' by Market Place Group. It features a black and white photograph showing a group of men building a small structure. The caption reads 'Building the fountain in 1881'.
ALT Front cover of the publication 'Derbyshire W.I. Recipe Book'. It shows drawings of a variety of foods and cooking equipment on a red background, with the Derbyshire Women's Institute logo in the centre.
ALT Excerpt from the book: a printed recipe for a Victoria Sandwich cake.
ALT Excerpt from the book: a printed recipe for Hawaiian Jelly Cream.
ALT Excerpt from the book, under the heading 'Household Hints and Recipes'. The recipe is for 'How to become good looking' and features ingredients such as patience, kindness, goodwill and hope.
ALT The cover of the book 'Snowy' by Berlie Doherty. The cover is a colour drawn picture of a barge horse. He is white with a harness and collar and he walks along a towpath towards us.
ALT The cover of the book 'A traveller in time' by Alison Uttley. The cover has bronze lettering and embossed flower details. There is a pocket watch and locket drawn in yellow.
ALT An illustration from inside the book, which shows an ink sketch of the village mentioned in the book.
ALT A brightly coloured front cover dissected diagonally bottom left to top right with the background colours of blue top left and red bottom right, over which is laid the title in orange and white "Heraldry For the Local Historian and Genealogist by Stephen Friar". In the centre of the front cover is a tableau illustrating a medieval battle scene with armoured knights on horseback carrying numerous heraldic banners, very brightly coloured.
ALT Two elderly women sit facing each other chatting. One woman leans on her walking stick. She wears a long gingham apron and a knitted shawl around her shoulders. Her hair is in a bun. They sit by a market stall while crowds of shoppers mingle around them.
ALT Front cover of the book 'Ethel' by Helen Mort. On a pale green background is a black and white photo of a woman with short curly hair, wearing a woolly hat.
ALT A corner of a room with bookshelves, full of brightly coloured books filling the shelves.
ALT A hardback book in light blue with bold black title lettering in capitals reading' Derbyshire and the Peak District Quiz Book'. Below the title is a hand drawn black and white image of the Peak National Park symbol, a mill stone balanced on a stone plinth.
ALT Front cover of the book 'The Power of the Badge. How a football club created trust in the community', by Bob Littlewood. It features various photographs of male and female football players, on a dark blue background.
ALT An office with rows of wooden desks each with a large typewriter sitting on it. Each desk has a female secretary sitting at it typing. They are all smartly dressed in neat dresses or blouses and cardigans.
ALT Front cover of the book ‘The Master of these Marvels. George Stephenson and his Circle of Genius', by Robert F. Hartley. It features a full colour rendition of the oil painting 'The birthplace of the locomotive - Killingworth Colliery' by John Lindsay Lucas. In the top right is a black and white inset, the portrait of George Stephenson by Henry Perronet Briggs.
ALT Image showing page 28 and 29 of the article in the Derbyshire Life magazine entitled 'The Christmas Pudding King. Peter Seddon turns detective in search of Matthew Walker'. It features a photograph of a Christmas pudding on a dining table and a photo of the Christmas Pudding King himself astride a horse.
ALT Colourful close-up image of the spines of a stack of books. They include titles such as 'Death on the Derwent', 'The West Hallam Heritage', 'Roman Derbyshire' and 'The Twelve Parts of Derbyshire'.
ALT Cover of the book ‘The First Four Minute Mile and Tom Hulatt of Tibshelf’ by Peter and Paul Stanley, with a Foreword by David Moorcroft. It features a black and white photograph of a man wearing a running vest and shorts, running along a grass track.
ALT A bright colourful front cover showing a collage of hand drawn cartoon style images of local Derbyshire significance, such as Chatsworth House, other local buildings and images of local food. The title The Derbyshire Cook Book is prominently shown top centre of the cover.