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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Baines, Thomas.
History of the Town and Commerce of Liverpool: and of the Rise of Manufacturing Industry in the Adjoining Counties
(Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, London, Liverpool, 1852).
Small library markings to spine and front endpaper. Frontispiece plan of Liverpool damaged and repaired with sellotape. Another plan, of Royalist Fortifications, torn in two but complete. A little rubbing / bumping to corners, but a very nice copy indeed, sound and tight. Hardback. Full leather nicely repaired. Gilt decoration front & back, raised gilt bands & titles to spine, all edges gilt. Ex library, but library markings minimal. Very good, attractive. xvi + 844 + 13pp. Order No. NSBK-A6861
Keywords: B000K40UBA, towns, cities, urban, city, commerce, commercial, manufacturing, manufacture, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England, Britain, British, English, counties, Lancashire, history, urbanisation, antiquarian, industry, industrial, Thomas Baines, Industrial Revolution, industrialisation, town, Mersey, Victorian, nineteenth century, Liverpool Docks, trade, exports, imports, economic, economy, ports, port
Price £60.00.
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Rothman, Sheila M.
Woman's Proper Place: A History of Changing Ideals and Practices, 1870 to the Present
(Basic Books Inc).
Hardback. Very good+ in slightly torn dustwrapper. xiv + 322pp. Order No. NSBK-C12563
Keywords: 0465092039, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, domestic, domesticity, homes, housewife, housewifery, houses, roles
Price £8.00.
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Moynihan, Ruth B., Russett, C., & Crumpacker, L.
Second to None: A Documentary History of American Women. Volume I: From the 16th Century to 1865
(Nebraska UP, 1993).
Paperback. Good. 401pp. Order No. NSBK-A12273
Keywords: 0803281994, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, diaries, diary, letters, speeches, songs, petitions, essays, photographs, cartoons
Price £5.00.
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Dyhouse, Carol.
Glamour: Women, History, Feminism
(Zed, 2010).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. ix + 230pp. Order No. NSBK-C15089
Keywords: 9781848134072, feminism, glamour, fashion, history, women, Carol Dyhouse, women's magazines
Price £12.00.
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Supple, Barry E., ed.
The Experience of Economic Growth: Case Studies in Economic History
(Random House, 1963).
A Random House Book. Hardback. Spine ends bumped, otherwise good in torn dustwrapper. x + 458pp. Order No. NSBK-A13141
Keywords: 0198203578, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Industrial Revolution, industrial, industrialisation, industrialization, nineteenth century, eighteenth century, industry, work, economy, economics, economic, finances, financial, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £20.00.
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Jong, Erica.
Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones
(The Leisure Circle Ltd, rpt., 1980).
In three books. Comprising her life at Lymeworth, her initiation as a Witch, her travels with the Merry Men, Her Life in a Brothel, Her London High Life, Her Slaving Voyage, Her life as a Female Pyrate, Her Eventual Unravelling of her Destiny, et cetera, MDCCLI. Hardback. Covers slightly soiled, otherwise good+496. 496pp. Order No. NSBK-C9910
Keywords: Fanny Hackabout-Jones, Erica Jong, women's history, women's studies, history, woman, women, Lymeworth, fiction, novels, novelists, books, women's writing, women writers, woman writer
Price £3.00.
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Childs, David.
Britain Since 1945: A Political History
(Routledge, 3rd edition, 1979).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise good+. xiii + 398pp. Order No. NSBK-A9772
Keywords: 0415060249, politics, political, twentieth century, 20th, history, Second World War, post war
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Vigne, Thea, ed.
Oral History: the Journal of the Oral History Society. Family History Issue
(University of Essex, 1975).
Volume 3: Number 2. Paperback. Light soiling and fading to covers, otherwise good+. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-A13980
Keywords: B001ERIRIK, journals, oral history, family history, geneaology, Thea Vigne, Paul Thompson
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Uglow, Jenny.
A Little History of British Gardening:
(Chatto and Windus, 2004).
Hardback. Very good in lightly soiled dustwrapper. 342pp. Order No. NSBK-A8592
Keywords: 0701169281, gardens, gardening, Britain, British, England, English, Jenny Uglow, history, gardeners, flowers, plants, ornamental, social history, horticulture, horticultural
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