Stanley, Oliver; Buchan, John, Bressey, C. H.
British Bridges: an Illustrated Technical and Historical Record
(Public Works, Roads, Transport Congress, 1933).
With many photographic illustrations. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Splitting / cracking damage to exterior of spine, with some wear to all edges. Otherwise overall good. xxiv + 498pp. Order No. NSBK-A14968
Keywords: B000RZAQPW, bridges, history, technical, transport, history, technology, roads, infrastructure, public works, bridge, towns, crossing points, photos, photographs, pictures, illustrations
Price £35.00.
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North West Civic Trust, Norman Bilsborough.
The Treasures of Cheshire:
(North West Civic Trust, 2nd rpt, 1986).
Paperback. Very good. vi + 184pp. Order No. NSBK-A14088
Keywords: Cheshire, tourism, beauty spots, history, Chester, villages, churches, industrial archaeology, towns, countryside, architecture
Price £13.99.
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Creighton, John.
Cheshire: a Portrait in Words and Pictures
(Sigma Press, 1987).
Paperback. Good. 156pp. Order No. NSBK-A14071
Keywords: 1850580928, Cheshire, illustrations, photographs, history, towns, mills, stately homes
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Black, Clementina.
A New Way of Housekeeping:
(W. Collins, 1st edition, 1918).
Rare first edition copy of this ground-breaking work. For the collector. Women employed in housekeeping; changes in domestic standards; why not be servantless?; the distaste for domestic service; labour-making houses; domestic federations; reconstructed domestic service; the motor as emancipator; waste of labour; women who do domestic work without aptitude or satisfaction; service of women needed by the country. Clementina Black urges a reorganisation of household duties, in order to free women from domestic drudgery. In her utopian vision of 'co-operative housekeeping', women would be released from the wasted effort of housework and made available for the labour market, which was now so very depleted of men after the Great War. She criticises the 'stupidity' of 'labour-making houses', and questions the continuing validity of the employment of domestic servants in the modern age. Her solution is to propose the formation of 'domestic federations'. These would represent committees of householders who would collectively manage their domestic arrangements in a centre 'fitted up with store places, kitchens, dining-rooms, offices, and lodgings for a nucleus of resident servants'. Hardback. Original cloth covered in small dark and white blotches, corners worn and spine split, text firm. A good working copy only. 132pp. Order No. NSBK-C4960
Keywords: Great War, First World War, World War I, social history, class, middle classes, middle class, domesticity, servants, domestic servants, maid, maids, housemaids, housekeeping, Clementina Black, labour-making houses, homes, houses, domestic service, twentieth century, interwar, inter-war, inter war, Homes for Heroes, housing, domestic standards, etiquette, women, domestic work, labour, working women, women's history, chores, co-operative housekeeping, domestic federations, cooperative housekeeping, co-operatives, co-operation, cooperation, Women's Industrial Council, labour-saving, labour market, labor, labour shortage, housework, utopianism, utopian, stored with antiquarian
Price £24.00.
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Havins, Peter J. Neville.
The Spas of England:
(Robert Hale, 1976).
Hardback. Very good in very slightly chipped dustwrapper. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A12051
Keywords: 0709152647, spas, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, towns, cities, city, water, health, public health
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Black, Clementina.
A New Way of Housekeeping:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2004 facsimile of 1918 text).
Clementina Black (1854 - 1922) was a campaigner committed to improving the plight of working women. In this work of 1918, she urges a reorganisation of household duties, in order to free women from domestic drudgery. In her utopian vision of 'co-operative housekeeping', women would be released from the wasted effort of housework and made available for the labour market, which was now so very depleted of men after the Great War. She criticises the 'stupidity' of 'labour-making houses', and questions the continuing validity of the employment of domestic servants in the modern age. Her solution is to propose the formation of 'domestic federations'. These would represent committees of householders who would collectively manage their domestic arrangements in a centre 'fitted up with store places, kitchens, dining-rooms, offices, and lodgings for a nucleus of resident servants'. Examples of material included: women employed in housekeeping; changes in domestic standards; why not be servantless?; the distaste for domestic service; labour-making houses; domestic federations; reconstructed domestic service; the motor as emancipator; waste of labour; women who do domestic work without aptitude or satisfaction; service of women needed by the country. Paperback. New book, fine. x + 132pp. Order No. NSBK-C7548
Keywords: 0954476123, Great War, First World War, World War I, social history, class, middle classes, middle class, domesticity, servants, domestic servants, maid, maids, housemaids, housekeeping, Clementina Black, labour-making houses, homes, houses, domestic service, twentieth century, interwar, inter-war, inter war, Homes for Heroes, housing, domestic standards, etiquette, women, domestic work, labour, working women, women's history, chores, co-operative housekeeping, domestic federations, cooperative housekeeping, co-operatives, co-operation, cooperation, Women's Industrial Council, labour-saving, labour market, labor, labour shortage, housework, utopianism, utopian, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Portrayer reprints, Portrayer facsimiles, new titles
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Morris, R. J.
Cholera, 1832: the Social Reponse to an Epidemic
(Croom Helm, 1976).
General editors: J. F. C. Harrison and Stephen Yeo. Scarce. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in faded, chipped, lightly soiled dustwrapper. 228pp. Order No. NSBK-A13440
Keywords: 0856643777, cholera, epidemics, diseases, water, water supplies, sanitation, 19th century, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, sanitary, urban, urbanisation, medical, medicine, science, morality, class, Sunderland, Manchester, hospitals, Edinburgh, quarantine, public health, illness, sickness, towns, cities, town, city
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Cottrell, P.L.
British Overseas Investment in the Nineteenth Century:
(Macmillan, 1975).
Studies in Economic and Social History Series. Paperback. Covers soiled, some ink annotation, otherwise good. 79pp. Order No. NSBK-A10152
Keywords: 0333135903, Britain, British, overseas, investment, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, capital exports, Borrowing Economy, British Economy, the Long Swing, markets
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Graham, Frank.
The Geordie Netty: A Short History and Guide
(Howe Brothers, 1980).
Northern History Booklet No.1001. Paperback. Good+. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-A11321
Keywords: B000RJVMEW, geordies, netty, netties, nettys, toilets, urination, W.C.s, water closets, urban, cities, city, towns, Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North-East, North East, history, booklet
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Simpson, M. A. and Lloyd, T. H., eds.
Middle Class Housing in Britain:
(David and Charles, Archon Books, 1977).
Hardback. Very good in slightly faded, slightly chipped dustwrapper. 217pp. Order No. NSBK-A14055
Keywords: B000VZXQGY, middle class, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, housing, classes, class system, houses, homes, architecture, city, cities, towns, social conditions, Exeter, Glasgow, Hampstead, Royal Leamington Spa, Nottingham, Sheffield
Price £17.99.
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