Drummond, James.
Upstairs to Downstairs: Advice to Servant Girls and Weary Mothers. Extracts from the Magazine of the Onward and Upward Association
(Aberdeen UP, rpt., 1991).
Paperback. Good+. viii + 88pp. Order No. NSBK-A13110
Keywords: 0080412041, advice, servant girls, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, women's work, mothers, motherhood, maternal
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Cobbett, William.
Advice to Young Men: and (incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters Addressed to a Youth, A Bachelor, A Lover, A Husband, A Father, A Citizen, or a Subject
(Ward, Lock and Co, ?).
With notes and a life of the author. Hardback. Red decorated boards worn and spine ends torn, internally good. xiii + 232pp. Order No. NSBK-A13089
Keywords: William Cobbett, advice, men, males, masculinity, boys, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
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Stodart, M.A.
Every Day Duties: in Letters to a Young Lady
(Photocopy only of R.B. Seeley edition, 1840).
Hardback. Library photocopy only, not an original. In good, sturdy, maroon library binding, a little scuffed at the back. xiii + 232pp. Order No. NSBK-A13755
Keywords: B0008CKDZC, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th century, femininity, feminine, advice books, prayer, women's history, religion, private sphere, domesticity, politeness, manners, home, Sabbath, household, servants, social history, etiquette, religious
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Stodart, M.A.
Hints on Reading: Addressed to a Young Lady
(Photocopy only of R.B. Seeley edition, 1839).
Hardback. Library photocopy only, not an original. In slightly marked, good, sturdy, black library binding. viii + 175pp. Order No. NSBK-A14324
Keywords: B0018D1TV2, Victorian, women, A. A. Stodart, 19th century, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, reading habits, manners, reading, education, childhood, girls, advice books
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Hoffmann, Mrs Adolphe.
The Social Duty of Our Daughters: A Mother's Talk with Mothers and Their Grown Daughters
(Vir Publishing, 1908).
Hardback. Spine ends rubbed, otherwise good. 69pp. Order No. NSBK-C13088
Keywords: B00089PSSW, Mrs Adolphe Hoffmann, mothers, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, mothering, maternal, advice, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States
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St John Ambulance Association, .
First Aid: the Authorised Manual of the St. John Ambulance Association
(St. John Ambulance Association, 2nd edition, 3rd impression, 1970).
Card covers. Paperback. Light soiling to front cover, otherwise good+. 272pp. Order No. NSBK-A7293
Keywords: St. John Ambulance Association, first aid, health, social history, twentieth century, ambulances, Britain, British, England, English, sickness, injured, injuries, caring for the sick, patients, advice books, philanthropy, bandages, 1960s, advice books, manuals
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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
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Paterson, Donald and Smith, J. Forest.
Modern Methods of Feeding in Infancy and Childhood:
(Constable, 7th edition, reprint, 1942).
Hardback. Boards slightly bowed / soiled, with some splitting internally at binding, otherwise a good working copy. 219pp. Order No. NSBK-A7703
Keywords: infancy, childhood, children, infants, feeding, mothers, maternity, motherhood, breast feeding, history, infant foods, medicine, medical, health, sick children, breast milk, artificial feeding, Britain, British, England, English, social history, twentieth century, advice books, diets, baby, babies, bringing up babies
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Ottley, Lucy J.
A Preliminary Manual of Home Nursing:
(John Ambulance Association, 1959).
First illustrated edition. Small tear to title page. Paperback. Red / grey covers soiled and a little creased, else a good copy. 83pp. Order No. NSBK-A7269
Keywords: St. John Ambulance Association, first aid, health, social history, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, sickness, injured, injuries, caring for the sick, patients, advice books, nursing, nurses, care, 1950s, post war, post-war, bed-making, patients, diseases, treatments, bandaging
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Anderson, Christopher.
The Domestic Constitution or the Family Circle: the Source and Test of National Stability
(W.P. Kennedy, Edinburgh, new & improved edition, 1847).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps & stickers, embossed cloth rubbed / slightly marked, a little splitting top spine end & internally at spine, otherwise good, tight. xviii + 464pp. Order No. NSBK-A5355
Keywords: B000W6Q560, domestic, domesticity, contemporary comment, history, Britain, British, England, English, family, families, nineteenth century, domestic constitution, national stability, nation, nationhood, parenthood, civilisation, parents, instruction, advice books, moral, moral constitution, mores, morality, obedience, domestic education, domestic government, obligation, right, duties, duty, responsibility, responsibilities, domestic circles, reason, rational, religion, religious, educating children, antiquarian
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