James, Louis.
Fiction for the Working Man, 1830 - 50: A Study of the Literature Produced for the Working Classes in Early Victorian Urban England
(Penguin, rpt, 1974).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise good. xviii + 261pp. Order No. NSBK-A8755
Keywords: 014060037X, fiction, class, working class, working classes, nineteenth century, 19th century, workers, working men, social history, class consciousness, reading habits, reading matter, Britain, British, England, English, popular literature, Victorian, popular fiction, publishing, popular culture, history, urbanisation
Price £8.00.
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Proctor, Richard.
Watched by the Dead: A Loving Study Of Charles Dickens' Half Told Tale
(W. H. Allen, 1887).
Hardback. Attractive pictorial front board. Boards soiled and worn at edges. Pages 67 to 78 partly detached, ex-library. Spine repaired with thick brown library tape. A good working copy. viii + 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A14554
Keywords: B000NYCCMW, Charles Dickens, Richard Proctor, Victorian literature, 19th century, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, nineteenth century
Price £18.99.
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Malone, Carolyn.
Women's Bodies and Dangerous Trades in England, 1880-1914:
(Royal Historical Society, 2003).
Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xi + 169pp. Order No. NSBK-C13167
Keywords: 0861932641, women's bodies, body, sexuality, femininity, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, social history, work, industry, reproduction, dangerous trades, white lead, pottery trade, potteries, medicine, medical, health, pregnancy, working conditions, sexual difference, infant mortality, foetal protection
Price £32.00.
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Watson, Mrs Sydney.
A Village Maiden's Career: Life Story of Mrs Sydney Watson
(S. W. Partridge, second edit. n.d).
Authoress of 'Old Home on the Hill', 'Hubert Grantham's Atonement,' 'Kenneth St Clair,' etc., etc. Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, blue cloth rubbed along edges, gilt titles, pages browned, otherwise a good working copy. 392pp. Order No. NSBK-C7509
Keywords: Mrs Sydney Watson, nineteenth century, 19th, woman writer, women writers, Britain, British, England, English, history, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, life history, life histories, memoirs, novelists, literature, novels, fiction, Wiltshire, religion, religious
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Fraser, George MacDonald.
Flashman and the Mountain of Light:
(Collins Harvill, 1990).
Hardback. Very good in very slightly torn dustwrapper. 367pp. Order No. NSBK-Z14699
Keywords: imperial wars, Flashman, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, India, Indian, Empire, British Empire
Price £10.00.
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Punch and Judy Poster, Reproduction of a Rare 1880 Image.
The True Story of Punch and Judy: Royal Polytechnic. New Entertainment by Damer Cape. Humourous, Musical, Pictorial, Tragical, Comical. New Views by A. Mayhew & J. Green. New Music, by Edouard Frewin & Alfred Lee. New songs by Damer Cape & New Effects by the Institution. Twice Daily
(Portrayer Publishers, 2007 reproduction of 1880 poster).
A reproduction of an attractive poster which promoted a Punch and Judy show at the Royal Polytechnic, Westminster, London, England in 1880. PAPER: A3 sized = 297mm x 420mm or 11.7 inches x 16.5 inches. IMAGE: 250mm x 400mm or 10 inches x 16 inches [approx]. 100 GMS matte poster paper, coated and treated. In full glossy colour: brownish-red, white and black. The online image is lessened in quality for speedy loading and watermarked to deter image theft. Fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-A13093
Keywords: Victorian, Punch and Judy, Punch & Judy, entertainment, leisure, posters, poster, reproductions, Portrayer Publishers, nineteenth century, London, 19th century, Britain, British, England, English, social history, magic, Punch and Judy shows, ventriloquists, ventriloquism, theatre, English theatre, music halls, puppets, puppetry, hand puppets, Damer Cape, Edouard Frewin, Alfred Lee
Price £7.00.
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Thompson, Eleanor Wolf.
Education for Ladies 1830 - 1860: Ideas on Education in Magazines for Women
(King's Crown Press, 1947).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good. v + 170pp. Order No. NSBK-C13360
Keywords: B000JEXOFA, magazines, magazine, ladies, education, 19th century, nineteenth century, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, media, history, women's history, medicine, medical, women doctors, schools, female education, training, etiquette
Price £15.00.
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Mackail, J.W.
The Life of William Morris:
(Longmans, Green and Co, 1922).
New impression. Two volumes in one. Hardback. Covers and spine heavily soiled, internally good. xi + 380pp. Order No. NSBK-A12044
Keywords: 0405087675, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, William Morris, Arts and Crafts Movement
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Henderson, Philip.
Swinburne: The Portrait of a Poet
(Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974).
Hardback. A little foxing to page edges, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. ix + 305pp. Order No. NSBK-A8853
Keywords: 0710077343, poets, poetry, Swinburne, poems, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, Eton, Oxford, Oxbridge
Price £6.00.
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Knights, Peter R.
The Plain People of Boston, 1830-1860: A Study in City Growth
(OUP, 1971).
With a handwritten note from the author. Hardback. Good+ in spine sunfaded and slightly worn dustwrapper. xv + 204pp. Order No. NSBK-A13198
Keywords: 019501488X, population, economics, cities, urban, city, Boston, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, statistics, demography, demographics
Price £13.00.
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