Meade, L.T..
The Darling of the School:
(W. & R. Chambers, no date).
With 6 illustrations, of which one is loose. Hardback. Some rather heavy white blotching / fading to soiled cloth, a good reading copy only. Some splitting to spine internally at back. 271pp. Order No. NSBK-A8605
Keywords: B000J2M4IK, girls, girls' school stories, history, education, girlhood, childhood, children, Britain, British, England, English, schools, schooling, L.T. Meade, fiction
Price £6.00.
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Carpenter, J. Estlin.
The Life and Work of Mary Carpenter:
(Macmillan, 2nd edition, 1881).
Hardback. Original cloth with spine ends and corners worn. Spine sunned, otherwise a very good, solid copy. xiv + 391pp. Order No. NSBK-A13865
Keywords: B000WSPERO, Mary Carpenter, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, biography, biographies, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, ragged schools, education, Bristol, social reform, reformatories for girls, poverty, teaching, teachers, reformatory schools, children, charity, philanthropy, childhood, Indian, India, female education, women's education
Price £46.00.
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Dodge, Mary Mapes.
Hans Brinker: or, the Silver Skates
(Children's Press, new impression, 1976).
Hardback. A little rubbing to edges and corners, otherwise very good with pictorial front cover depicting skaters. 124pp. Order No. NSBK-A14168
Keywords: children's books, Hans Brinker, Silver Skates, Dutch, Holland, children's stories, childhood, Netherlands
Price £6.00.
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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
Price £12.00.
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Burnett, John, ed.
Destiny Obscure: Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family from the 1820s to the 1920s
(Allen Lane, 1982).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, minor marginal pencil annotation, otherwise good+ in browned, slightly edge-worn dustwrapper. 345pp. Order No. NSBK-A7533
Keywords: 9780713912142, autobiography, childhood, education, Victorian, social history, England, Britain, autobiographies, 19th century, nineteenth century, children, family, families, schooling, working class, working classes, working-class, literature, John Burnett
Price £12.50.
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Meckel, C., et al.
Kathe Kollwitz:
(Inter Nationes, 1967).
With contributions by Christoph Meckel, Ulrich Weisner, Hans Kollwitz, Kathe Kollwitz (letters). Paperback. A little yellowing to pages, covers worn at edges and with some light white speckling. Overall good. 49pp. Order No. NSBK-A8016
Keywords: B000HC13B6, Kathe Kollwitz, artists, German, Germany, Europe, European, twentieth century, nineteenth, Victorian, 20th, 19th, socialism, socialist, mothers, women, women's history, woman, children, pictures, drawings, sketches
Price £9.00.
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Kingsley, Charles.
Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life
(Macmillan and Co, 1908).
Edited by his Wife. Hardback. Light edge wear, otherwise very good. xv + 364pp. Order No. NSBK-A11306
Keywords: B000HC5HIQ, Charles Kingsley, letters, memories, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, novels, literature, literary, novelists, fiction, writers, writing, authors, children's literature
Price £12.00.
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Raverat, Gwen.
Period Piece: a Cambridge Childhood
(Fab. & Fab., rpt, 1968).
Paperback. Some wear to bottom spine end, covers sun faded and creased at spine, page edges soiled, otherwise good. 282pp. Order No. NSBK-C990
Keywords: 571067425, Gwen Raverat, Period Piece, Cambridge, childhood, child, children, autobiography, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, history
Price £4.00.
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Yonge, Charlotte.
The Prince and the Page: A Story of the Last Crusade
(Macmillan and Co, 1908).
Hardback. Red boards slightly soiled; corners worn and spine faded; slightly splitting internally at spine, otherwise good. x + 259pp. Order No. NSBK-C6066
Keywords: B000HC4R5K, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Charlotte M. Yonge, writing for children, children's books, child, women writers, women's history, Victorian, Edwardian, prince, page, literature, literary, story, stories, novels, novelists, fiction, crusade
Price £8.00.
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Aikin, Dr, & Barbauld, Mrs.
Evenings at Home: Consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, for the Instruction and Amusement of Youth
(Ward, Lock, rpt, no date).
Illustrated by the brothers Dalziel. Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, corners rubbed & spine ends slightly split, some white staining at base of boards, otherwise good. viii + 456pp. Order No. NSBK-C349
Keywords: B001KG3N20, children's literature, amusement, instruction, Britain, British, England, English, history, Juvenile Budget Opened, Evenings at Home, Warrington, North West England, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Dr Aikin, education, educational, children's stories, Dissent, nonconformity, nonconformists, antiquarian
Price £5.00.
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