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: B000WEVUDU, 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 £108.00.
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Partington, Jim.
The Two-Up and Two-Downer (With a Taste for Honey): the Crowded Life of a Lancashire Lad
(Fabians Publishers, 1972).
Autobiography. Leftist reminiscences of self-made Lancashire man, born 1908, dedicated to Lord Brockway of ILP. "I attended meetings in Bradford [where] he showed me the Political Path I should follow. Although I have devoted much of my life to the acquisition of material possessions, I have never deviated from his Philosophy". Hardback. Very good in slightly worn and slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A1550
Keywords: B000HBVSLC, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Lancashire, lads, boys, homes, houses, terraces, twentieth century, 20th, Jim Partington, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
Price £6.00.
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Horsfield, Margaret.
Biting the Dust: The Joys of Housework
(Fourth Estate, 1998).
Paperback. Fading to spine, light edge-wear, otherwise very good. xi + 292pp. Order No. NSBK-C6189
Keywords: 1857026756, domestic, domesticity, women and work, women's work, woman, women's history, housewives, housewife, housewifery, homemaking, homemaker, houses, home, household, chores, housemaids, Mrs Beeton, cleanliness, cleaning, Hannah Cullwick, Cleanliness Institute, cleaners, flappers, dusting
Price £4.00.
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Doughty, Martin, ed.
Building the Industrial City:
(Leicester UP, 1986).
Hardback. Very good in spine-faded dustwrapper. xii + 212pp. Order No. NSBK-A8564
Keywords: 0718512383, industrial, industry, city, cities, nineteenth century, nineteenth, Victorian, towns, urban, Huddersfield, West Riding, Yorkshire, Welsh, Liverpool, Scottish, working class, tenement, houses, housing, homes, building societies, Wales, building industry, construction, house building, housing provision, town planning
Price £14.00.
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Towner, Margaret.
Dollhouse Furniture: The Collector's Guide to Selecting and Enjoying Miniature Masterpieces
(Courage Books, 1993).
Hardback. Very good in creased dustwrapper. 80pp. Order No. NSBK-A6954
Keywords: 1561383252, female, women, women's history, girls' education, girls, girlhood, dolls houses, dollhouse furniture, furniture, Britain, British, England, English, miniatures, toys, games, collectors. collecting, making dolls houses
Price £10.00.
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Harris, John.
William Talman: Maverick Architect
(George Allen and Unwin, 1982).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, flyleaf clipped, otherwise good+ in rippled dustwrapper. 54 + platespp. Order No. NSBK-A12585
Keywords: 0047200243, William Talbot, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, architects, architecture, eighteenth century, seventeenth century, 18th, 17th, country houses, homes, stately homes, William III, Chatsworth, Dyrham Park
Price £30.00.
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Grigg, John.
Nancy Astor: A Revealing New Portrait of a Woman who Made History
(Hamlyn, 1980).
Illustrated with exclusive pictures from the Astor family album. Paperback. Covers slightly browned, otherwise very good. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A3947
Keywords: 0600205940, Nancy Astor, politics, politician, M. P., women and politics, Plymouth Sutton, Conservative party, Tory, party politics, House of Commons, Houses of Parliament, Britain, British, history, England, English, biography, women's history, twentieth century, Tories
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Thorns, David C.
Suburbia:
(MacGibbon & Kee, 1972).
Hardback. Good+. 175pp. Order No. NSBK-A13420
Keywords: 0261632612, suburbia, towns, cities, city, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, housing, houses
Price £12.50.
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Ellison, Peter & Howe, Paulette.
Talk of the Wash House: 150 Years of Public Health
(Picton Press, 1997).
Paperback. Very good. 77pp. Order No. NSBK-A5100
Keywords: 1873245068, baths, wash houses, wash house, bath, bathing, public health, social history, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West England, Britain, British, nineteenth century, Victorian, sanitary, sanitation, municipal, urban, bathers, cleanliness, twentieth century, living conditions, laundry, laundries
Price £6.99.
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Allaun, Frank.
No Place Like Home: Britain's Housing Tragedy (from the Victim's View) and How to Overcome It
(Andre Deutsch, 1972).
Paperback. Spine creased; top cover edge worn; page edges soiled, otherwise good. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-A6687
Keywords: 0233964150, houses, housing, homes, residences, urban history, Britain, British, history, England, English, industry, slums, cottages, health, tenements, terraces
Price £3.00.
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