Sutherland, John.
Mrs Humphry Ward: Eminent Victorian, Pre-eminent Edwardian
(OUP Clarendon, 1990).
A biography of Mary Ward: novelist; anti-suffragist; philanthropist; founder of Somerville College for women in Oxford; journalist during World War I. Hardback. Dustwrapper slightly faded and creased at spine, otherwise very good. ix + 432pp. Order No. NSBK-C6392
Keywords: 9780198185871, women writers, novels, novelists, literature, Victorian, Edwardian, Somerville College, Oxford, Oxford University, biography, biographies, Mary Ward, women journalists, journalism, anti-suffrage, philanthropy, women philanthropists
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Gorham, Deborah.
Libby Davis: An Indiana Girlhood
(Stone Flower Press, 2011).
Hardback. Very good+. xx + 178pp. Order No. NSBK-C15540
Keywords: 9781257771158, Indiana, America, American, USA, United States, Wabash River, biography, fiction, biographies
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Maurois, Andre.
Lelia: The Life of George Sand
(Harper and Brothers, 1954).
Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. Hardback. Spine ends and corners rubbed, otherwise good. 482pp. Order No. NSBK-C5975
Keywords: B0000CIJ7Z, Mme Dudevant, George Sand, women writers, socialism, France, French, history, biographies, biography, biographical, life history, life histories, socialists, socialist, feminist, feminists, feminism, Andre Maurois, Aurore Dupin
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Thompson, Laurence.
The Enthusiasts: A Biography of John and Katharine Bruce Glasier
(Victor Gollancz, 1971).
Hardback. Very good in rubbed and faded dustrwapper. 256pp. Order No. NSBK-A312
Keywords: 9780575006553, John Bruce Glasier, Katharine Bruce Glasier, socialism, biography, biographies, labour movement, labor, socialists, history, Scotland, Scottish, ILP, Independent Labour Party, Britain, British, nineteenth century, twentieth century, poltics, political, Keir Hardie, Ramsay MacDonald
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Barnett, Henrietta.
Canon Barnett: His Life, Work and Friends
(John Murray, 1918).
With newspaper articles pasted to endpapers, plus a typed and signed letter by Henrietta Barnett. Complete in two volumes. Hardbacks. Minor yellow highlighting, lacking spine covers.Good working copies, vol I firm; vol II firm also though with splitting inside at spine. xxiv + 302; xii + 415pp. Order No. NSBK-A15635
Keywords: Henrietta Barnett, Canon Barnett, Samuel Augustus Barnett, housing, social conditions, Octavia Hill, Britain, British, England, English, nineteenth century, Victorian, Edwardian, biography, biographies, social reform, philanthropy, Toynbee, state relief, social problems, poverty
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Thwaite, Ann.
Waiting for the Party: the Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1849-1924
(Secker & Warburg, 1974).
Hardback. Ex library, lacks fly leaf, usual lib stamps & stickers, some white speckling to boards, otherwise good in dw. xii + 274pp. Order No. NSBK-C757
Keywords: 436521504, Frances Hodgson Burnett, children's writing, woman writer, women writers, literature, Secret Garden, The Little Princess, Britain, British, England, English, history, biography, biographies
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Tomalin, Claire.
Mrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King
(Penguin, rpt., 1995).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise very good. xx + 422pp. Order No. NSBK-C10026
Keywords: 0140159231, actresses, actress, actors, drama, theatres, theatrical, Mrs Jordan, women's history, plays, stage, William IV, Dora Jordan, eighteenth, nineteenth, century, courts, royalty, monarchs, monarchy, kings, Britain, British, England, English, biography, biographies, woman, biographical, lives, life history, life histories
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Butler, Rupert.
As They Saw Her: Emmeline Pankhurst
(George G. Harrap, 1970).
Hardback. Ex library, lacks fly leaf. Small tea stain to page edges, otherwise good in browned, slightly creased dustwrapper. 143pp. Order No. NSBK-C74
Keywords: 0245599703, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, politics, political, rights, women's rights. womens' movement, Votes for Women, woman, women's history, women's studies, women's suffrage, woman's suffrage, Emmeline Pankhurst, Edwardian, biographies, Pankhursts
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Down, Michael.
Archie: A Biography of A. C. MacLaren
(George Allen and Unwin, 1981).
Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled, slightly dented dustwrapper. xii + 193pp. Order No. NSBK-A5841
Keywords: 0047960566, biography, biographies, biographical, life history, life histories, Archie C. McLaren, cricket, cricketers, cricketing, sport, sportsmen, sportsman, A. C. MacLaren, Golden Age, entertainment, leisure, sporting heroes, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Hickman, Katie.
Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives
(Flamingo, 2000).
Paperback. Very good+. xxviii + 321pp. Order No. NSBK-C9955
Keywords: 0006387802, lives, Diplomatic Wives, life histories, life history, Britain, British, England, England, history, social biography, biographies, biographical, diplomacy, politics, women writers, overseas, postings, ambassadresses, ambassadors
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