Brighton History Centre

Books and Pamphlets

Brighton History Centre holds over 20,000 books and pamphlets on Brighton and Sussex subjects, and includes many unique and valuable items including original guidebooks and histories of the region dating back to the late 1700s.

Front cover of the book 'Beautiful Breezy Brighton', 1907

The Centre's book stock covers a wide range of subjects including transport, architecture, natural history and biography.

All our material is for reference use only and cannot be borrowed.

• If you wish to know whether we have a particular book, check Brighton & Hove Libraries' online catalogue.
• For information on older items of stock which are not yet available on this catalogue, please contact the enquiry desk.
• Only customers with special collections cards can access rare materials at the Centre. Please contact us for an application form and further details.

 

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