Stocks, Mary.
My Commonplace Book: an Autobiography
(Peter Davies, rpt, 1970).
Women's suffrage; the welfare state; the L.S.E.; adult education; the Great Depression in Manchester; social work in London; a variety of government assignments. Hardback. Very good in soiled, slightly torn dustwrapper. ix + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C779
Keywords: 0432157506, suffrage, suffragette, women's rights, L.S.E., the Great Depression, adult education, Manchester, London, social work, welfare state, England, Britain, history, English, British
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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
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Mayhew, Henry.
The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts. Volume 2
(Caliban Books, 1981).
Paperback. Spine a little browned. A few light marks to card covers, otherwise very good. 335pp. Order No. NSBK-A13115
Keywords: 0904573214, Victorian, 1840s, forties, 19th century, nineteenth century, labour, poor, poverty, Henry Mayhew, social surveys, social investigations, sanitation, oral history, wages, sweated labour, poor law, employment, hucksters, alcohol, drinking, housing, coal, pawn-broking, tailoring, pubs, publicans, public houses, London
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Wyld, Andrew.
English Watercolours, Drawings and Oil Paintings: From Gainsborough to Turner
(Ditchling Press Ltd, 1985).
Paintings exhibited 14-31 May 1985 in the New Gallery at 17 Clifford Street, London. Exhibition Catalogue. Covers soiled, but internally very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A10619
Keywords: paintings, painters, art, artists, twentieth century, Victorian, Gainsborough, Turner, New Gallery, 17 Clifford Street, London, exhibition catalogues, watercolours, drawings, oil paintings, Andrew Wyld, Britain, British, England, English
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Cobbe, Frances Power.
Criminals, Idiots, Women and Minors: Is the Classification Sound? A Discussion on the Laws Concerning the Property of Married Women
(Portrayer, 2002 rpt of 1868 article).
First appeared in Fraser's Magazine, Dec 1868. No 2 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 22pp. Order No. NSBK-C6302
Keywords: social history, Frances Power Cobbe, Victorian, nineteenth century, women, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, philanthropy, philanthropists, women's rights, women's movement, suffrage, woman suffage, women's suffrage, London National Society for Women's Suffrage, feminists, feminist, feminism, family history, families, Married Women's Property Act, law, legal, marital relations, marital law, property holders, property owners, married women, husbands, wives, married couples, domesticity, wife, laws, Fraser's Magazine, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Open Archive Occasional Series, new title, booklet
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Christies, .
Seven Cezanne Paintings from the Auguste Pellerin Collection:
(Christies, 1992).
Illustrated with black and white and colour images of the paintings. Sales catalogue. Very good+ in dustwrapper. pp. Order No. NSBK-A10637
Keywords: Christies, paintings, art, artists, French, France, impressionism, Impressionists, sale, twentieth century, London, images, colour, photos, photographs, Auguste Pellerin Collection
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Mayhew, Henry.
The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts. Volume 1
(Caliban Books, 1980).
Paperback. Spine a little browned. A few light marks to card covers, otherwise very good. 276pp. Order No. NSBK-A13114
Keywords: 0904573206, Victorian, 1840s, forties, 19th century, nineteenth century, labour, poor, poverty, Henry Mayhew, social surveys, social investigations, cholera, Bermondsey, sanitation, oral history, wages, sweated labour, workhouses, diet, clothes, poor law, employment, London
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Milne, Alexander Taylor.
A Centenary Guide to the Publications of the Royal Historical Society, 1868-1968: and of the Former Camden Society, 1838-1897
(Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1968).
Hardback. Very good. xi + 249pp. Order No. NSBK-A9689
Keywords: 0901050008, Royal Historical Society, Camden Society, Victorian, twentieth century, organisations, organizations, Britain, British, England, English, history, London, centenary guides, publications
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Allen, Vivien.
Lady Trader: A Biography of Mrs Sarah Heckford
(Collins, 1979).
Hardback. Very good in soiled and chipped dustwrapper. 243pp. Order No. NSBK-C4496
Keywords: 0002160730, Mrs Sarah Heckford, women travellers, woman traveller, women travelers, woman traveler, The East London Hospital, Childrens' Hospital, Nathaniel Heckford, India, South Africa, Transvaal, Pretoria, Rain Queen, Loboda, Modjadje, Boer War, biography, biographies, women's history, British, Britain nineteenth century
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Hall, Edith.
Canary Girls and Stockpots:
(WEA, 1977).
Paperback. Covers rubbed / worn, signed by the author. Good+ condition. 55pp. Order No. NSBK-C2796
Keywords: 9780950556307, autobiography, oral history, London, Britain, British, England, English, history
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