York - A Rare Insight

I bought this book with the hope and expectation of getting some good images of lost parts of the City of York.What transpired is a book that is full of B+W pictures, a good percentage of which are really dark and almost impossible to view.Overall the volume is gloomy. So before writing a review I took this up with one of the authors, Paul Chrystal, who denied any responsibility for the typos or the graphics - and wasn't even interested in taking that up with the publisher or the designer(s). It's clear that some of the images are over 100 years old and come from original negatives - but that's no excuse for not getting them as good as they could be before approving the proofs.Frankly, the book is a mess and certainly not worth the cover price. If brightened up and with more attention to quality in the text and layout it could have been stunning - if only... !

Great photos and descriptions

Was a gift,can't comment

lots of never before seen photos, great for family history

Although I don't live in York now I was born and bred there. I really enjoyed seeing pictures of old York from days out in the fiftys with my grandmother