Hall, Michael.
Leaving Home:
(faber and faber, 1996).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise a good bright copy in dustwrapper. 288pp. Order No. NSBK-A11708
Price £8.00.
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Wicks, Ben.
When The Boys Came Marching Home: True Stories of the Men Who Went to War and the Women and Children Who Took Them Back
(Stoddart, 1991).
Paperback. Very good. xi + 189pp. Order No. NSBK-A13005
Keywords: 0773725180, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, men, males, husbands, masculinity
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Sandford, Mrs Henry.
Home Work and Duties:
(W. & R. Chambers, 1885).
Girls' Reading-Book. Hardback. Some wear to edges & fraying to spine ends. Red / black cloth with gilt lettering slightly darkened, otherwise a good copy. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-C13123
Keywords: Victorian, 1880s, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, duties, responsibilities, duty, responsibility, social history, women's history, Mrs Henry Sandford, women's education, girls, girlhood, domestic economy, food, clothing, sewing, needlework, knitting, ventilation, cleaning, washing, health, sickness, Britain, British, England, English, hygiene,
Price £25.00.
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Anon, .
A Survey of the History, Commerce and Manufactures of Lancashire: Together With Extracts, Reproduced by Request, From "The Home Trade of Manchester" and a Biographical Sketch of Reuben Spencer
(Biographical Publishing, 1897).
Including Jubilee Demonstrations. Hardback. Lacks front endpaper, slight cracking internally at spine, corners rubbed, but overall very good. 244pp. Order No. NSBK-A5186
Keywords: B000HBZ0H0, Lancashire, North West, England, English, Britain, British, trade, nineteenth century, Jubilee, Victorian, history, commerce, industry, industrial, manufactures, manufacturing, textile, textiles, cotton, factory, factories, factory system, Manchester Ship Canal, Manchester, Reuben Spencer, commercial, economy, economic
Price £7.00.
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White, Florence, ed.
How to Wash Clothes at Home: Containing Simple and Complete Instructions
(Florence White, 1901).
An advice book, recommending the best methods of carrying out laundry work. A very interesting one of its kind, with illustrations and lots of detail of interest to the social historian. Paperback. Original covers slightly soiled and creased at edges, otherwise good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C15121
Keywords: clothes, clothing, washing clothes, laundry, laundry work, working women, domesticity, antiquarian, social history, ironing, starching, booklets, boiling, advice books, linen, booklet, booklets
Price £24.00.
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Lawrence, Elizabeth.
A Home on My Hands:
(Book Guild, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 139pp. Order No. NSBK-A13299
Keywords: 0863327869, narrowboats, narrowboat, boats, canals, canal boats, rural, agriculture, agricultural, history, countryside, villages, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, autobiography, autobiographies, women
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Chrisp, Peter.
Evacuation:
(University of Susex Library, 1987).
Ringbound booklet. Very good. 20pp. Order No. NSBK-A13211
Keywords: 0850870194, Mass Observation, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, twentieth century, 20th Century, Blitz, Mass-Observation, Peter Chrisp, University of Sussex, 1939, 1940s, forties, home front, domestic front, social history, evacuation, evacuees, children, childhood, evacuation scheme, archive
Price £6.50.
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Ross, James.
The Power I Pledge: Being a Centenary Study of the Life of William Quarrier and the Work he Pioneered
(Robert MacLehose, 1971).
Hardback. Very good. 118pp. Order No. NSBK-A5303
Keywords: 0950203408, William Quarrier, Glasgow, children, child, philanthropy, Scotland, Scottish, Scotch, Scots, Homelea, history, nineteenth century, Victorian, Quarrier's homes
Price £5.99.
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Jones, Joanna.
Doing Up Old Junk: How to Revamp Shabby Furnishings with Style
(BCA, rpt., 1994).
Hardback. Fly leaf clipped, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. 95pp. Order No. NSBK-G12647
Keywords: 1853913855, junk, crafts, design, homes, furnishings, style, twentieth century, 20th, revamping, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK,
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Mallory, Keith.
The Bristol House:
(Redcliffe Press, 1985).
Paperback. A little curling to cover edges, otherwise good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-A9729
Keywords: 0905459997, homes, houses, Bristol, housing, cities, city, towns, great house, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, 18th, eighteenth, architecture, architectural
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