Notting Hill
We stock a wide range of locally themed titles, including some beautiful photographic books.
Notting Hill Behind the Scenes
Hermione Cameron
Behind the Scenes Publishing 2007
ISBN 9780955665905
Pbk £12.99
Portobello Road: Photographed in the Sixties
John Petty
This book is a collection of photographs taken over a period of three years during the early Sixties. Visiting Portobello for the first time the photographer, John Petty recognized that here was a rare opportunity to record street life at its most colorful. Abounding in characters, his camera captures a series of telling moments in the life of the market. At that time Portobello was still very much rooted in the past: parts seemed to be locked in a 1930's time warp, occasionally bordering on the Dickensian. The Swinging Sixties and the Carnaby Street culture had yet to make its impression on the market, although a few fledging hippies do appear in Petty's portfolio conveying a striking contrast with the still firmly entrenched duffle-coated, sheepskin jacket brigade. Against this background, the photographer concentrates on the people who work in the market and those visiting this vibrant environment: the costermonger families - many going back several generations: The dealers in antiques, collectables, objects d'art and bric-a-brac; stallholders; street vendors, and the hawkers selling second-hand goods of every description; and, local families doing their weekend shopping, bargain hunters, browsers and the occasional overseas visitor, in stark contrast with the several thousand who now descend on the market every Saturday morning. And above all else, the children who made the market their own special playground. Well behaved - otherwise they would have gotten a clip round the ear - they roamed the streets unsupervised, enjoying the freedom and all the fun opportunities the market offered. These photographs contribute considerably to the worth of this book, which must be among the most complete collections of a time now considered by many as Portobello's Golden Age.
Antique Collectors' Club Ltd 2010
ISBN 9781851496105
Hbk £12.95
Impressions of Holland Park
Gry Inverslien
Daniel Katz 2002
ISBN 9788873360421
Hpk £25.00
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
G.K. Chesterton, Anthony Lejeune (ed)
Capuchin 2008
ISBN 9780955519628
Pbk £7.99
The Good Guide to Portobello
An indispensable little guide to the area, The Good Guide contains invaluable tourist information, film and music related landmarks and information on, and directions to, all the greatest places to shop, eat and drink.
The Good Guide 2010
ISBN 9780956587305
Pbk £2.50
The Book of Notting Hill
Melvin Wilkinson
Halsgrove 2006
ISBN 9781841145082
Hbk £19.99
London Psychogeography
Tom Vague
Tom Vague 2010
ISBN 1871692064
Pbk £3.00
50 Years of Carnival 1959-2009
Tom Vague
2010
ISBN 9781873094211
Pbk £5.00
Rough Trade
Rob Young
It is over 30 years ago now that the Rough Trade shop opened its doors to the public in Notting Hill, West London. Disco and soft-rock ruled the airwaves, The Clash had just signed to CBS and Geoff Travis set up the company with a group of friends as a communistic, DIY alternative to the increasingly stale mainstream. Over the ensuing years the Rough Trade Shop, Rough Trade Records and Rough Trade Distribution profoundly the landscape of modern music
Black Dog 2006
(Illustrated)
ISBN 9781904772477
Pbk £19.95
That Was Then, This Is Now
Philip Wolmuth
A history of community action in North Paddington, an inner city district close to central London. Thirty two black & white and twenty nine colour photographs taken between 1975 and 2008, introduced with a historical overview, chronicle the collective efforts of a multi-ethnic community to obtain decent housing and public services.
Pbk £15.00
Inside Notting Hill
Sarah Anderson & Miranda Davies
Inside Notting Hill is the
only guide to a fascinating area of
Umbrella Books 2007
ISBN 0954262417
Pbk £12.99
Notting Hell
Rachel Johnson
Our neighbours divide into the haves and the have yachts. Meet Mimi and Clare, two married women making the most of their Notting Hill postcode. New best friends, and close neighbours, that doesn't stop them being rivals, in fact it compels it. Both are aspiring Notting Hill Mummies (Clare needs the baby, Mimi needs the six figure income) and, keeping up with all the area's fads, fashions and fabulousness is a full-time job. But the arrival of sexy billionaire Si in their exclusive communal garden strains loyalty to friends, family, spouse and feng-shui guru alike, and only one of them can win. But who will that be? Clare or Mimi? Are they friends, or just neighbours?
Penguin 2007
ISBN 9780141020839
Pbk £7.99
