Hindley, Charles.
The Book of Ready-Made Speeches:
(George Routledge, rpt, n.d).
Late Victorian. Contains speeches on special subjects including: naval, military, ecclesiastical, parliamentary, sporting, weddings, birthdays, education, fine arts, railway, electioneering. Hardback. Original red boards darkened & spine worn, 3 pages slightly torn, otherwise good though lacking fly leaf. 191pp. Order No. NSBK-A3155
Keywords: Victorian, speeches, speechmaking, railway, education, ecclesiastical, naval, military, leisure and entertainment, birthday, wedding, parliamentary, Britain, England, British, English, history, oration, etiquette, advice books
Price £9.00.
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Wohlcke, Anne.
The 'Perpetual Fair': Gender, Disorder and Urban Amusement in Eighteenth-century London
(MUP, 2014).
Gender in History Series. Hardback. Very good+. x + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C15578
Keywords: 9780719090912, entertainment, urban, amusement, gender, morality, immorality, history, leisure, London, fairs, eighteenth century, 18th, Empire, imperialism
Price £40.00.
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Little, Alan, & Tingay, Lance.
Wimbledon Ladies: A Centenary Record, 1884-1984. The Singles Championships
(Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, 1984).
Paperback. Some white spotting to covers, otherwise good. 80pp. Order No. NSBK-C5667
Keywords: 0906741130, Wimbledon, Lawn Tennis, women and sport, sporting, leisure, entertainment, singles championships, women tennis players, sports, woman, women's sports
Price £6.00.
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Walvin, James.
Leisure and Society, 1830 - 1950:
(Longman, 1978).
Paperback. Good. ix + 181pp. Order No. NSBK-A9631
Keywords: 9780582486829, Victorian, leisure, society, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth, 20th, railways, trains, seaside, sports, music, treats, games, entertainment
Price £24.99.
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Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy.
Carnival in Romans: a People's Uprising at Romans, 1579-1580
(Scolar Press, rpt, 1980).
Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled, slightly worn dustwrapper. xx + 426pp. Order No. NSBK-B1358
Keywords: 0859675912, carnival, Romans, Early Modern History, history, Annales, popular ceremony, culture, entertainment
Price £8.00.
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Mundy, John.
The British Musical Film:
(Manchester UP, 2007).
Paperback. Very good. viii + 276pp. Order No. NSBK-A14795
Keywords: 9780719063213, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, musical, pictures, films, musicals, cinema, music, popular culture, leisure, entertainment
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Brereton, Geoffrey.
French Comic Drama from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century:
(Methuen, 1977).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in slightly faded dustwrapper. x + 290pp. Order No. NSBK-A7244
Keywords: 0416782205, French, France, Europe, European, literature, comedy, comic, drama, entertainment, Renaissance, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth century, dramatists, playwrights, stages, theatres, history, farce, romantic, burlesque, bourgeois
Price £12.00.
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John, Angela V.
Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life
(Tempus, rpt, 2007).
Paperback. Very good+. 384pp. Order No. NSBK-D15438
Keywords: 9780752440286, Elizabeth Robins, acting, theatre, stage, women' s suffrage, suffragettes, Edwardian, women's emancipation, actresses, actress, Ibsen, novelists, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, USA, America, American, entertainment, biography
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Hollis, Wyndham, ed.
Mr Punch's Progress and Other Observations: A Salute to the Star of the Show by the Punch and Judy College of Professors
(Monkey Puzzle, 1987).
Very scarce. Booklet. Very good. 24pp. Order No. NSBK-F8544
Keywords: B001VIXIHW, Punch and Judy, Punch, Judy, shows, Punch and Judy Shows, Toby, Mr Punch, seaside, entertainment, history, Professor Glyn Edwards, Professor John Styles, Professor Rod Burnett, street entertainment, Professor Caz Frost, Professor Jingles, resorts, show, puppets, puppetry, hand puppets, glove puppets, wooden puppets, wood puppets, Swazzle, showman, humour, children's entertainment, booths, booth, seafront, bottler, British, England, English, Britain, heritage, nostalgia, seaside entertainment, booklet
Price £17.00.
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Buckley, V. C.
Good Times: At Home and Abroad Between the Wars
(Thames and Hudson, 1979).
With 197 illustrations. Paperback. Very good. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A5740
Keywords: 050027178X, wras, interwar, homes, abroad, leisure, entertainment, schooldays, schools, schooling, London, motors, motoring, pastimes, hobbies, dining, First World War, Great War, World War One, World War Two, World War Two, World War II, twentieth century, social history, Britain, British, England, English
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