Miller, Hugh.
My Schools and Schoolmasters: the Story of My Education
(Edinburgh, W.P. Nimmo, Hay, Mitchell, rpt, 1889).
Hardback. Some rubbing to edges and corners, and soiling to page edges, otherwise a good copy. xi + 562pp. Order No. NSBK-A8603
Keywords: B0008A80KY, evangelical Christians, Christianity, religion, religious, evangelicalism, Cromarty, education, autobiographies, autobiography, history, life history, life histories, Scots, Scotland, Scottish, Hugh Miller, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th century, self improvement, memoirs, geology, geologists
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Anon, .
Life at the Cape A Hundred Years Ago:
(Centaur (Pty) Ltd, 1983).
With contemporary illustrations selected from the work of Thomas Bowler. Covers the years 1861-2 in a series of vignettes which first appeared in the Cape Monthly magazine. Chapters include first impressions of people and scenery, Camps Bay, excursion on Table Mountain, Christmas festivities at Wynberg and Newlands, hospitality at Constantia, a picnic at Kalk Bay, a State Ball, Stellenbosch, Wellington and the Paarl. Hardback. Very good in faded, slightly worn dustwrapper. 119pp. Order No. NSBK-C3900
Keywords: 0908379471, Cape Town, South Africa, Table Mountain, autobiographies, autobiography, women, woman, history, Victorian, nineteenth century, Wynberg, Newlands, Constantia, Kalk Bay, Stellenbosch, Wellington, Paarl, Berg River
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Clark, Samuel.
Social Origins of the Irish Land War:
(Princeton UP, 1979).
Hardback. Light foxing to page edges, otherwise very good in lightly soiled dustwrapper. x + 418pp. Order No. NSBK-A15213
Keywords: 9780691100685, agrarian, farming, land, land-owning, Irish, Ireland, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, tenants, agriculture, land war, peasants, peasantry, social change, demography, social history
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Hollett, David.
The Pioneer Ramblers, 1850 - 1940:
(Ramblers' Association, North Wales Area, 2002).
Foreword by Nick Barrett. Paperback. New book, fine. 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A6867
Keywords: 1901184544, Victorian, nineteenth century, history, social history, socialism, socialist, socialists, utopian, utopias, utopia, Robert Blatchford, Clarion Club, Clarion Movement, Clarion, Clarion Newspaper, Clarion Clubs, Clarion Fellowship, rambling clubs, ramblers, rambling club, exercise, hobbies, entertainment, working class, working classes, Britain, British, England, English, nature, natural, rambling, countryside, rambles, country, rural, North Wales Ramblers' Association, Ramblers' Association, Ramblers' Clubs, Duke of Atholl, walking, walkers, Access, access, open spaces, commons, tramping, recreation, Clarion Ramblers, pedestrians, trespassers, trespass, holidays, holiday, FHA, Friendship Holidays Association, Holiday Fellowship, hiking, long distance walking, youth hostels, youth hostelling, Edwardian, twentieth century, Commons Preservation Society
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Griffin, C. S..
The Ferment of Reform, 1830-1860:
(RKP, 1968).
Routledge American History. Paperback. Covers very slightly chipped otherwise very good. vii + 104pp. Order No. NSBK-A10600
Keywords: 0710063105, reform, nineteenth century, Victorian, American, USA, United States, US, history, reform
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Coates, Tim, ed.
Florence Nightingale and the Crimea, 1854-55:
(TSO, 2000).
Part of the "Uncovered Editions" series, which presents historic official papers in a popular form. Moments of History Series. Paperback. Very good. 184pp. Order No. NSBK-C4110
Keywords: 0117024252, Florence Nightingale, nursing, Crimea, Crimean War, Victorian history, nineteenth century, medicine, female pioneers, nurses, official papers, hospitals, Moments of History Series
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Gowing, Richard.
Richard Cobden:
(Cassell & Co., 26th thous., 1889).
World's Workers Series. Hardback. Minor marginal pencil notation, spine ends & corners slightly rubbed, otherwise very good with bright blue & red boards. 130pp. Order No. NSBK-A2234
Keywords: B00087J8JO, Richard Cobden, Cobden, radical, politics, Britain, British, England, English, history, radicals, nineteenth century, 19th century, Victorians, free trade, corn law, corn laws, The Anti-Corn Law League, economic history
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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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Hughes, H.P.
Mr T. J. Down's Bands: A Short History of the Origin and Development of the Orchestra and Military Band, Together with a Biography of the Late Mr. T. J. Down
(Percival Pearse, Warrington, 1905).
Hardback. Frontispiece partly detached. Endpapers a little soiled. Some wear to boards, especially at edges and spine ends, otherwise good+, a nice solid copy. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A13787
Keywords: B000XJ6X18, Warrington, bands, bandsmen, Thomas John Down, memoir, band, orchestra, military bands, history, music, concerts, North-West, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, memoirs, biography, biographies, string bands, photography, camera, musicians, Stockton Heath, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th
Price £36.00.
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Hough, Richard.
Nelson: A Biography
(Park Lane Press, 1980).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A11160
Keywords: 0905746457, Lord Nelson, admirals, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, eighteenth century, 18th, 19th, nineteenth, warfare, Horace, Horatio Nelson, Cape St Vincent, Cape Trafalgar, Nile, Copenhagen, sailors, Emma Hamilton
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