Welcome
Kay Books is an online bookshop, predominantly selling books published by Richard Kay Publications. These are mainly local (Boston) history books but include Lincolnshire, military and international history along with some politics. All our titles are all non-fiction (or 'faction' – real stories of people's lives – as they remember them). Fiction is not knowingly published except as a vehicle for dialect and virtually all the books have some connection with Lincolnshire - in a very few cases merely the author’s residence.
We are gradually increasing our stock with selected titles from other, small, independent publishers whom we believe have a similar theme to their content.
SPECIAL PROMOTIONS
The Sir Joseph Banks Society has recently launched a new website dedicated to this man. Please see my 'links' page (this can be found at the very bottom of any page on the site) for the URL. Reputed to have one of the best scientific minds in Europe in the late 18th century he was George III's advisor on all scientific matters and sailed with James Cook on the Endeavour to Botany Bay. We currently have two books that reference him, 'In the Wake of Captain Cook' and 'The Royal Navy in Lincolnshire' (including photos of him both as a young man and again in later life).
Monumental Brasses by Jeremy Wheeldon.
I will contribute 50p ($1.00) to the American Friends of the Boston Stump (AFBS) for anyone purchasing a copy of this before 31st July 2008. If you would like to know more about AFBS please follow the link to their website http://bostonstump.googlepages.com/givingopportunities
which can also be found on my 'links' page, see very bottom of any page for the link.
NEW TITLES BY ANOTHER PUBLISHER
I am pleased to promote two further new books to the site by another publisher. These are about a Jamacian man integrating into the community in Boston. 'You'll never get a job here' follows his career from demob in 1949 to 1989. Where 'Stranger Bwoy' describes (often with good humour) his time in the RAF during the war 1944 to 1948.
I am very pleased to announce that we now carry many titles published by Lincolnshire Heritage (around 23 titles). These all appear in the Aspects of Lincolnshire History category though some also appear in the Military History and Life in Lincolnshire categories
Featured books...
Most titles are historical (local and national), biographical ('Life in Lincolnshire' and 'Vernacular History Series'), or dialect (both academic and oral tradition). There are some 'contemporary issues' and a few miscellaneous titles. In total Richard Kay has now published in excess of 70 titles though inevitably some of these are no longer available.
The books range from the light-hearted and humorous Fungus the Lincolnshire Cat to the massive and momentous Transcription of Minutes of the Corporation of Boston from 1545 - 1781 (Vol. VI published in June 2001). These Transcripts are nominally published by The History of Boston Project but are distributed by us. Please contact me for further information about these or any titles on this site. If you have any news, reviews or comments regarding this site or would just like to get in touch please contact me via any of the means below:
Email: becky.elliott@kaybooksonline.co.uk
Address: Mrs R J Elliott, 84 Tytton Lane East, Wyberton, Nr. Boston, Lincs. PE21 7HP
'Phone: 01205 363832
There are also three historical maps published individually (suitable for framing) and a series of prints (taken from the Nature-Lover's Year book) available.
We are very pleased to have a new page on the site now. A Blog, which I hope visitors will contribute toward with any interesting facts, news, comments, reviews etc regarding anything to do with Lincolnshire. Please do contact me with submissions and I will upload them.