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
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Simon, E.D.
The Anti-Slum Campaign:
(Longmans, 2nd Impression, 1933).
Very scarce. Hardback. Cloth sun faded and worn at edges, internally good. viii + 206pp. Order No. NSBK-A4069
Keywords: B000KYQ3D4, Manchester, slums, anti-slum campaign, housing, cities, urban history, North West, England, English, Britain, British, Addison Act, rents, Greenwood Act, town planning, urbanisation, conurbation, dwellings, houses, building, city, local government, local authorities, Chamberlain Act, Wheatley Act, Hilton Young Acts, slum clearance, housing shortage, tenants, Homes for Heroes, Simons, E.D. Simon, Ernest Simon, poverty, poor
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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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Clifford-Smith, J.L.
Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science: Manchester Meeting, 1879
(Longmans Green, 1880).
Hardback. Spine is rather worn with some loss to spine cover at both ends. Corners rubbed, original embossed cloth otherwise good, contents solid. 820pp. Order No. NSBK-C15306
Keywords: B00EBVKBRQ, Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, social history, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, antiquarian
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Fulford, Roger.
Votes for Women:
(Faber and Faber, 1957).
Hardback. Good in worn, chipped dustwrapper. 343pp. Order No. NSBK-A14433
Keywords: B0025AIW62, women's suffrage, suffragettes, history, Votes for Women, emancipation
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Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Visual Arts in Victoria: a Survey
(CSR Limited, 1975).
Paperback. Covers creased, with some wear to spine and edges, otherwise good. 48pp. Order No. NSBK-A13968
Keywords: B001E52CAQ, Melbourne, Australia, Australian, history, arts, visual arts, paintings, Victorian, Victoria, survey, Victorian Ministry for the Arts, art catalogues, Australian art galleries
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Pears, Edwin, ed.
Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Meeting, 1870
(Longmans, Green, Reader, Dyer, 1871).
Hardback. Embossed cloth a little faded, some wear, to corners and spine edges, otherwise very good, solid. xxxviii + 565pp. Order No. NSBK-C15304
Keywords: B00EAT28FW, Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, social history
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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
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Enamel Reproduction Suffragette Badge, Waving Flag Design.
Votes For Women Modern Replica Badge, W.S.P.U:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2004).
Votes For Women: waving flag badge. High quality modern reproduction enamel badge. (Hard enamel type finish, no epoxy sealing). Size: 28mm wide by 25mm tall (approx). Waving flag-shaped. In purple, white and green (the colours of the suffragette campaign). Brass back and gold-plated safety-pin with safe locking ring to rear. This badge is a replica of an original of the period, shaped as a tricolour-style waving flag. The words "Votes for Women" occupy one word per colour, per line. Presented inside a small poly-bag. Badge. New, fine - wrapped in polythene wrapper. pp. Order No. NSBK-C8167
Keywords: B002HJHDQQ, Votes For Women, suffrage, woman suffrage, pin, button, badge, pin back, pinback, pins, suffragette, suffragettes, suffragettes' badges, badges, suffragist, suffragists, women, women's history, women history, social history, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, enamel, enamels, jewellery, jewelry, women's suffrage, political women, politics, England, English, Britain, British, Christmas gifts, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera
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Marc, Elizabeth.
With Pucker to the Arctic: A Story for Young Readers
(Thomas Nelson, n.d).
Hardback. Light soiling to cloth and rubbing to edges, slight foxing, otherwise good. vii + 264pp. Order No. NSBK-A10418
Keywords: Arctic, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, literature, children, children's writing, writing for children
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