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Maidenhead Heritage Centre has found 25 books that are of local interest, some fact, some fiction. There are many others that make passing references but these are the main ones available. Click on the links to go to the relevant entry on Project Gutenberg’s website (which open in a new tab). If you find any others, please let us know.
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Joan and Peter by H.G.Wells 
Pugilistica, Vol. 1 of 2
by Henry Downes Miles
From Paddington to Penzance by Charles G. Harper 
Thames Valley Villages, Volume 2 of 2 by Charles G. Harper 
The Amethyst Cross by Fergus Hume 
Goslings by J. D. Beresford 
Half-hours with The Highwaymen, Vol. 1 by Charles George Harper 
Berkshire by H. W. Monckton 
The Secret Victory by Stephen McKenna 
Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea 
The History of Signboards by Jacob Larwood and John Camden Hotten 
The Thames by G. E. Mitton 
Old Coachman’s Chatter with some Practical Remarks on Driving by Edward Corbett 
The Motor Routes of England by Gordon Home 
The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer by Isambard Brunel 
The Thames by G. E. Mitton 
Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Downes Miles
Other books with no cover images:
- The Faerie Queene, Volume 1 by Edmund Spenser
- The Cruise of the Land-Yacht Wanderer” by Gordon Stables
- The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells
- The Historic Thames by Hilaire Belloc
- England, Picturesque and Descriptive by Joel Cook
- Christopher Quarles by Percy James Brebner
- The King’s Post by R. C. Tombs
- Boating by W. B. Woodgate
