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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Royal Commission on Equal Pay, .
Royal Commission on Equal Pay: 1944 - 46 Report
(HMSO, 1946).
Important source material on the gender division of labour in the 1940s. Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, some damage to binding at spine ends, (front cover detached by 2 inches at top), otherwise good. xi + 220pp. Order No. NSBK-A7688
Keywords: equal pay, pay, employment, Royal Commission on Equal Pay, reports, gender, gender division of labour, labour, history, labor, industry, industries, women, men, workers, teaching, public service, local government, employees, wages, economy, economic, professions, law, period sources, jobs, occupations, booklet
Price £7.00.
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Fimo, .
Fimo: Brilliantly Coloured Material for Creative Modelling
(Eberhard Faber, 1982).
Full of brightly coloured illustrations of Fimo models. Booklet. Good. 36pp. Order No. NSBK-G12238
Keywords: Fimo, Eberhard Faber, clay, models, modelling, art, crafts, modelling material, twentieth century, 20th, booklet
Price £11.00.
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De Hempsey, Sidney.
Practical Punch and Judy:
(Arcady Press [John Alexander], Reprint, 2004).
This useful guide to starting Punch and Judy first appeared in 1953 as a series of articles published in the monthly magic magazine "The Wizard", which is now, sadly, defunct. Reprinted 2004. Booklet. Fine. 28pp. Order No. NSBK-F12597
Keywords: Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Punch and Judy, puppets, puppet, puppetry, theatre, marionette, marionettes, puppeteer, puppetteer, puppet master, professor, professors, hand puppet, hand puppets, scripts, script, show, seaside, sea side, humour, humor, street theatre, street theatres, street entertainment, social history, social historian, traveller, travellers, magic, illusions, conjuring, history, showmen, showman, shows, show, Sidney De Hempsey, Sidney de Hempsey's, booklet
Price £16.95.
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Women's Freedom League, .
Report of the Annual Conference, February 1908: and Balance Sheet, Oct. - Dec. 1907
(Portrayer, 2002 facs. of 1908 text).
Number 2 in the Open Archive Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 16pp. Order No. NSBK-C5190
Keywords: 0954263251, woman suffrage, suffragettes, women's suffrage, Britain, British, England, English, Votes for Women, enfranchisement, Portrayer, Open Archive Series, women's movement, politics, Edwardian, twentieth century, Women's Freedom League, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, conference, conferences, Cicely Hamilton, Teresa Billington-Greig, Charlotte Despard, reports, documents, sources, protest, social protest, booklet
Price £5.99.
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Adams, Kathleen.
George Eliot: A Brief Biography
(Nuneaton Borough Council, 1970).
Illustrated by William J Adams. In pamphlet form. Booklet. Covers browned, otherwise good. 28pp. Order No. NSBK-C5958
Keywords: 0950160601, Kathleen Adams, George Eliot, Victorian, nineteenth century, women writers, woman writer, biography, biographical, life history, life histories, biographies, pamphlet, booklet, stored with booklets
Price £4.00.
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Pearce, Joseph P.
A Popular Excursion Through Ancient Liverpool:
(Philip, Son and Nephew, 3rd enlarged edition, 1946).
Illustrated. Booklet. Paperback. Some creasing / soiling to covers and small stain to spine area, a slight tear to rear map, otherwise good. 34pp. Order No. NSBK-A14744
Keywords: B0017D0ND8, Liverpool, Liverpudlian, history, excursion, old Liverpool, Merseyside, pictures, booklet
Price £17.99.
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Christian, Roy.
Well-Dressing in Derbyshire:
(Derbyshire Countryside Ltd, 1983).
Booklet. Slight bumping to edges, sun-fading & wear to spine area, otherwise good+. 24pp. Order No. NSBK-A13313
Keywords: 0851000843, well dressing, village wells, rituals, popular art, popular culture, religion, community, communal, Derbyshire, history, wells, well-dressing, drought, religious, booklet
Price £7.00.
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Hollis, Wyndham, ed.
Mr Punch's Progress and Other Observations: A Salute to the Star of the Show by the Punch and Judy College of Professors
(Monkey Puzzle, 1987).
Very scarce. Booklet. Very good. 24pp. Order No. NSBK-F8544
Keywords: B001VIXIHW, Punch and Judy, Punch, Judy, shows, Punch and Judy Shows, Toby, Mr Punch, seaside, entertainment, history, Professor Glyn Edwards, Professor John Styles, Professor Rod Burnett, street entertainment, Professor Caz Frost, Professor Jingles, resorts, show, puppets, puppetry, hand puppets, glove puppets, wooden puppets, wood puppets, Swazzle, showman, humour, children's entertainment, booths, booth, seafront, bottler, British, England, English, Britain, heritage, nostalgia, seaside entertainment, booklet
Price £17.00.
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Grundy, C. Reginald and Davison, Sydney L.
Illustrated Guide to the Lady Lever Collection:
(The Trustees, 1956).
Booklet. Light creasing top corner, otherwise good. 68pp. Order No. NSBK-A6527
Keywords: B0007JT15O, Lady Lever Collection, art, paintings, painters, history, Britain, British, English, England, Leverhulme, catalogues, booklet
Price £3.50.
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