The Wee Book of Edinburgh
Jan-Andrew Henderson

CATEGORY SCOTTISH
PUB DATE MID MAY 2004
ISBN 1 84502 006 5
EXTENT 96 PP.
PRICE £5.99
FORMAT 140 x 140 MM P/B
ILLUSTRATION 50 B/W PHOTOGRAPHS


Its the city of fireworks and festival, Old Town and New a place where castle and close rub shoulders with high-tech developments and where wide expanses of parkland are next to closelypacked tenements.

Auld Reekie or the Athens of the North? Edinburgh is a city of contrasts a fact reflected in this unique collection of photographs taken over the last century or so. Next to proud images of Advocates Close, the Georgian House and the Forth Railway Bridge stand more intimate shots of the Newhaven fishwives and crowded trams on Princes Street. Here you can relive the golden years of both Hibs and Hearts in the 50s, while Edinburgh life today is captured through the smiling faces of children tobogganing on The Meadows and revellers at the celebrated Hogmany festivities.

So whether you live here or are just passing through, The Wee Book of Edinburgh is the perfect memento of the city.