Wojtczak, Helena.
Mary Raleigh Richardson: The Suffragette Arsonist Who Slashed the Rokeby Venus
(Hastings Press, 2025).
Signed by the author. This first book-length biography of the militant suffragette Mary Raleigh Richardson reveals for the first time her true identity, ancestry, childhood and education, as well as her surprising - and exciting - international travels before she became embroiled in the suffrage struggle. During her time as a militant Mary was arrested nine times. Prepared to die for the cause, she adopted the hunger strike each time she was imprisoned, and was forcibly fed countless times. Her hunger strike medal boasted more bars than that of any other suffragette - something of which she remained proud for the rest of her life. Her most infamous deed was to use a cheap meat cleaver to inflict several gashes into Velasquez's Rokeby Venus, a world-famous and priceless painting. In a lesser-known and yet equally sensational attack she burned down a historic mansion near Hampton Court. During the war she continued to work for the vote, allying herself with both Sylvia Pankhurst's ELFS and the United Suffragists. Having joined the Labour Party she twice stood for Parliament, and in 1933 was briefly a member of Mosley's British Union of Fascists. Finding it did not align with her values she returned to socialism for the rest of her life. In retirement she penned Laugh a Defiance, a memoir of her suffrage days. The work is essential reading for suffrage scholars and those keen to explore the lives of the individual personalities within the militant movement. Paperback. Fine. 320pp. Order No. NSBK-C15912
Keywords: 9781904109600, signed by the author, suffragettes, Votes for Women, biography, biographies, social history, women's history, Mary Raleigh Richardson, hunger strikes, militancy,suffragette, Canada, Canadian politics, arson, militant
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Hudson, Derek.
Martin Tupper: His Rise and Fall
(Constable, 1949).
With a foreword by the Rev. Martin E. Tupper grandson of the author of Proverbial Philosophy. Hardback. Mark left by small label on cloth at rear, corners worn, otherwise very good. xvi + 342pp. Order No. NSBK-A4786
Keywords: B0006D6DKM, Martin Tupper, Oxford, Proverbial Philosophy, philosopher, Tupperian, biography, biographies, nineteenth century, poet, poem, poetry, literature, literary, Victorian, wisdom
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Wallas, Graham.
The Life of Francis Place, 1771-1854:
(George Allen and Unwin, rpt., 1918).
Hardback. Pages browned, covers worn, otherwise a good copy. xiv + 415pp. Order No. NSBK-A10349
Keywords: B000HU8TTM, Chartists, Chartist movement, Chartism, radicalism, popular protest, nineteenth century, Victorian, socialism, reform, politics, franchise, votes, suffrage, working class, representation, working-class, classes, radicals, Britain, British, England, English, history, Francis Place, biography, biographies, biographical, life history, life histories, lives, eighteenth century, 18th
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Read, Donald and Glasgow, Eric.
Feargus O'Connor: Irishman and Chartist
(Edward Arnold, 1961).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, light sellotape marks to cloth, otherwise good in slightly worn dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-A10350
Keywords: B0000CKYZG, Chartists, Chartist movement, Chartism, radicalism, popular protest, nineteenth century, Victorian, socialism, reform, politics, franchise, votes, suffrage, working class, representation, working-class, classes, radicals, Irish, Irishman, British, England, English, history, biography, biographies, biographical, life history, life histories, lives, eighteenth century, 18th
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Oakley, Ann.
Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents Early Years
(Flamingo, 1997).
Paperback. Spine creased and cover edges worn, otherwise good. xiii + 338pp. Order No. NSBK-C10416
Keywords: 0006550134, parents, Richard Titmuss, Kay Titmuss, Kay Miller, welfare state, biography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, feminism, feminists, family, social history, families, Britain, British, England, English, twentieth century, 20th
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Carlton, Grace.
Spade-Work: the Story of Thomas Greenwood
(Hutchinson & Co, 1949).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Very good in soiled, edge-worn, chipped dustwrapper. 176pp. Order No. NSBK-A14437
Keywords: B0000CHBRK, public libraries, library, Thomas Greenwood, Library Movement, librarians, history, books, biography, biographies, free libraries, Library Association, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, nineteenth century
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Woodall, Richard Dudley.
Mary Ann Galton of Barr Hall and Birmingham:
(Norman A. Tector, 1955).
Booklet. Booklet. Illustrations present but loose. Booklet, creased at base, otherwise in good condition. 20pp. Order No. NSBK-C15852
Keywords: B0018I6FNO, Galtons, women, Mary Ann Galton, Barr Hall, Birmingham, Midlands, history, booklets, booklet, biography, biographies
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Irvine, William.
Apes, Angels and Victorians: A Joint Biography of Darwin and Huxley
(Readers Union/Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1956).
Hardback. Good+ in soiled dustwrapper. 278pp. Order No. NSBK-A12045
Keywords: B0000CJ6RW, apes, angels, Victorians, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, Charles Darwin, Aldous Huxley, science, scientists
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Thompson, Paul.
The Work of William Morris:
(OUP, rpt., 1993).
Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, a good working copy. xvi + 318pp. Order No. NSBK-A9410
Keywords: 0192831496, William Morris, art, artists, Victorian, nineteenth century, Arts and Crafts Movement, biographical, biography, biographies, men, architecture, book design, furniture, decoration, taste, aethetics, beauty, Pre-Raphaelites, Rosetti, Burne-Jones, frescos, stained galss, socialism, socialists
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Sandford, Christopher.
Sting: Demolition Man
(Little, Brown and Company, 1998).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, felt tip markings on two pages, otherwise good in dustwrapper. xiii + 350pp. Order No. NSBK-A9374
Keywords: 0316643726, Sting, music, musicians, singers, twentieth century, 20th, biography, biographical, biographies, solo, The Police, Gordon Sumner
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