Gmelch, George and Saddlemyer, Ann.
J. M. Synge: In Wicklow, West Kerry and Connemara
(Rowman and Littlefield, 1980).
Illustrated with black and white photographs by George Gmelch. Hardback. Near fine in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A10120
Keywords: 0847662608, J. M. Synge, theatre, drama, dramatists, playwrights, stage, theatrical, Ireland, Connemara, West Kerry, Irish, Wicklow, country, countryside, rural, peasants, consciousness, anthropology, folklore, Irish folklore, Eire, Southern Ireland
Price £16.00.
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Pretty, David A.
The Rural Revolt that Failed: Farm Workers' Trade Unions in Wales, 1889-1950
(Cardiff UP, 1989).
Hardback. Fine. 291pp. Order No. NSBK-A11037
Keywords: 0708310249, Britain, British, history, United Kingdom, UK, Wales, Welsh, Welshmen, Welshman, farms, farming, farmers, unions, trade unions, trade unionism, trade unionists, collective action, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth, 20th, Labour Movement, rural, countryside, country
Price £14.00.
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King, Peter.
Women Rule the Plot: The Story of the 100 Year Fight to Establish Women's Place in Farm and Garden
(Duckworth, 1999).
Hardback. New book, fine in dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C5406
Keywords: 0715629492, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, history, gardens, gardening, plots, unions, unionists, Women's Farm and Garden Union, earth, land, World War 1, World War One, Great War, wars, First World War, rural, country, countryside, agrarian, Lady Warwick, Gertrude Jekyll, Brend Colvin, Madeline Agar, suffrage, suffragettes, Women's Farm and Garden Association, associations, organisations, feminism, feminists, WFGA, Folly Farm, Highgrove, Chenies Manor, women and work, women's work, farming
Price £8.00.
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Arthur, T.S.
Anna Lee: Or the Maiden, the Wife and the Mother: Stories for My Young Countrywomen
(William Nicholson, Halifax, n.d., Victorian).
Hardback. Edges rubbed, otherwise very good, dainty. vi + 128pp. Order No. NSBK-C2894
Keywords: literature, maiden, wife, motherhood, marriage, Anna Lee, Victorian, T. S. Arthur
Price £2.00.
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Aronson, Hugh.
Our Village Homes: Present Conditions and Suggested Remedies
(Thomas Murby, 1913).
With a preface by Lord Henry Bentinck. Hardback. Cloth rather soiled, some rubbing / fraying to extremities, otherwise a good solid copy. x + 150pp. Order No. NSBK-A13844
Keywords: B001IVIPUM, villages, village, history, town planning, housing, houses, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, housing schemes, social history, housing conditions, homes, rural areas, countryside, health, rural depopulation, agriculture, labourers' cottages, cottage, Hugh Aronson, social conditions, architecture, house building
Price £70.00.
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Newby, Howard.
The Deferential Worker: a Study of Farm Workers in East Anglia
(Allen Lane, 1977).
Hardback. Fly leaf slightly damaged, with some thumbing to pages, otherwise good in soiled dustwrapper. 462pp. Order No. NSBK-A2055
Keywords: 0713908920, Britain, British, England, English, history, farm, farming, farm labour, farm labourers, farm workers, East Anglia, labour, rural, countryside
Price £10.00.
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Hill, Octavia.
Our Common Land:
(Macmillan, 1877).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, some wear to spine, spine ends, edges and corners. Cloth a little marked / rubbed -else good / solid. vi + 206pp. Order No. NSBK-C6431
Keywords: B001P1SGF4, housing, Octavia Hill, dwellings, philanthropy, the poor, poverty, Victorian, England, town planning, urban history, open spaces, countryside, Britain, England, British, English, history, Octavia Hill's essays, nineteenth century, papers, works, garden cities, period sources, contemporary comment, district visiting, volunteer visitors, commons, charity, charities, COS, C.O.S., Charity Organisation Society
Price £120.00.
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Davis, Jean.
Straw Plait:
(Shire Publications, 1981).
Shire Album, no 78. Pamphlet. A little wear to edges, rear cover slightly marked near spine, otherwise a good copy. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-C15763
Keywords: stored with pamphlets, booklets, history, Shire Album, Straw Plait, plaiting, straw plaiting, crafts, crafting, countryside, rural, hats, hat-making, Midlands, bonnets, hat trade, social history
Price £22.00.
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Cheshire Federation Women's Institutes, .
The Cheshire Village Book:
(Countryside Books, 1990).
Paperback. Spine creased, a little coffee staining and creasing to rear pages, otherwise good. 254pp. Order No. NSBK-A14317
Keywords: 1853060755, Cheshire Federation Women's Institutes, Cheshire, villages, rural, countryside, farms, Cheshire Plain
Price £5.00.
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Baker, Jack and Hanmer, Jack.
Walking in Cheshire:
(Dalesman Mini Book, 1974).
Paperback. A little light brown staining to covers, otherwise good. 62pp. Order No. NSBK-A14192
Keywords: 085206246X, Cheshire, walking, walkers, Frodsham, Kingsley, Mow Cop, Chester, Arley, countryside, leisure, Knutsford
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