Rowntree, B. Seebohm, ed.
Betting and Gambling: a National Evil
(Macmillan, 2nd edition, sixpenny edition, 1906).
Paperback. Wear to spine.Foxing to covers & front cover partly detached. A couple of internal pgs slightly torn, (not affecting text's legibility), otherwise a good working copy. 132pp. Order No. NSBK-A13344
Keywords: B000OIIMHG, gambling, betting, bets, Rowntree, Rowntrees, B. Seebohm Rowntree, history, hobbies, leisure, Edwardian, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women gamblers, male gamblers, sport, sports, York, stock exchange, crime, gamblers, citizenship, street betting, ethics, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £25.00.
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Wainwright, A. Martin.
The Better Class of Indians: Social Rank, Imperial Identity, and South Asians in Britain, 1858-1914
(MUP, 2008).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. xiii + 273pp. Order No. NSBK-A14523
Keywords: 0719076668, South Asians, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, imperialism, colonialism, social rank, national identity, ethnic identity, Asians in Britain, class, ethnicity, British identity, Victorian, 19th century, Edwardian
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Swaisland, Cecillie.
Servants and Gentlewomen to the Golden Land: The Emigration of Single Women from Britain to Southern Africa, 1820 - 1939
(Berg, 1993).
Paperback. Very good. xii + 186pp. Order No. NSBK-A13388
Keywords: 0854968709, emigration, emigrants, single women, spinsters, South Africa, Boer War, Anglo-African War, South African, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Edwardian, 19th century, nineteenth century, colonies, Empire, imperialiam, colonialism
Price £14.99.
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Simon, Brian.
Education & the Labour Movement, 1870-1920:
(Lawrence & Wishart, 2nd impression, 1969).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, with newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise a good copy in soiled, browned and slightly chipped dustwrapper. 387pp. Order No. NSBK-A692
Keywords: B0012Q1YMO, education, labour movement, class, elementary education, Forster's Education Act of 1870, Britain, British, England, English, history, nineteenth century, Edwardian
Price £16.85.
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Women's Social and Political Union, Replica Badge (Suffragettes).
Sowing the Seeds of Suffrage: Modern Reproduction Suffragette Badge in Enamel
(Portrayer Publishers, 2004).
High quality modern reproduction enamel badge (with epoxy seal). A collectable modern replica of an original WSPU badge. (Women's Social and Political Union). Size: 25mm (1 inch) diameter: Circular shape. Hard enamel-type finish. Gold-plated back and gold-plated, safe, butterfly clutch-pin to rear. Presented inside a small poly-bag. The design, as used by the WSPU, features a woman scattering the seeds of woman suffrage, and the colours are those associated with the suffragette movement - purple, green and white. The writing around the circumference of the badge reads (at top) ' Votes For Women' and (at bottom) 'Women's Social and Political Union'. Badge. Mint condition, new. pp. Order No. NSBK-C8808
Keywords: B0032U1Q76, Votes For Women, suffrage, woman suffrage, pins, badge, badges, pin back, pinbacks, suffragette, suffragettes, suffragists, women, women's history, social history, Britain, British, England, English, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, enamel, enamels, jewellery, jewelry, brooch, brooches, Edwardian, women's movement, Britain, British, England, English, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera
Price £13.50.
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Sadler, Michael E.
Report on Secondary and Higher Education in Essex:
(J.H. Nicholas, 1906).
With a map and diagrams. Hardback. Brown cloth sun-faded with some rubbing to edges, otherwise good. v + 418 + livpp. Order No. NSBK-A707
Keywords: B0008A8F2W, education, Essex, social history, Edwardian, Michael E. Sadler, secondary education, higher education, Chelmsford, Colchester, Saffron Walden, children, childhood, child, teenagers, teenage, Dunmow, pupils, scholarships, Britain, British, England, English, school, schools, schooling
Price £24.00.
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Barnett, Henrietta.
Canon Barnett: His Life, Work and Friends
(John Murray, 1918).
With newspaper articles pasted to endpapers, plus a typed and signed letter by Henrietta Barnett. Complete in two volumes. Hardbacks. Minor yellow highlighting, lacking spine covers.Good working copies, vol I firm; vol II firm also though with splitting inside at spine. xxiv + 302; xii + 415pp. Order No. NSBK-A15635
Keywords: Henrietta Barnett, Canon Barnett, Samuel Augustus Barnett, housing, social conditions, Octavia Hill, Britain, British, England, English, nineteenth century, Victorian, Edwardian, biography, biographies, social reform, philanthropy, Toynbee, state relief, social problems, poverty
Price £30.00.
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Goodman, Dave.
No Thanks to Lloyd George: The Forgotten Story - How the Old Age Pension Was Won
(D Goodman, 1987).
Paperback. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise good+. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-A13521
Keywords: 0951279408, pensions, old age pension, history, Lloyd George, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, welfare, old age, state welfare, national insurance, pensioners, retirement, Edwardian, economy
Price £6.00.
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Cage, R. A. ed.
The Working Class in Glasgow, 1750 - 1914:
(Croom Helm, 1987).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xix + 203pp. Order No. NSBK-A15275
Keywords: 9780709934158, Glasgow, poor, working classes, Scotland, Scottish, history, social history, Victorian, eighteenth century, nineteenth century, Edwardian, housing, poverty, public health
Price £32.00.
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Lytton, Constance.
Prisons and Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences
(Virago, rpt, 1988).
The stirring testimony of a Suffragette. With an introduction by Midge McKenzie. Paperback. Light soiling to front covers, otherwise good+. xiv + 337pp. Order No. NSBK-C1841
Keywords: 0860686825, Votes for Women, suffrage, suffragettes, women's history, woman suffrage, Edwardian, prisons, prison, Constance Lytton, Jane Warton, twentieth century, politics, women's rights, Britain, British, England, English, women's movement, cells, gaols, police, crime, law and order, protest, Holloway, Walton
Price £17.00.
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