Cobbett, William.
Advice to Young Men: and (incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters Addressed to a Youth, A Bachelor, A Lover, A Husband, A Father, A Citizen, or a Subject
(Ward, Lock and Co, ?).
With notes and a life of the author. Hardback. Red decorated boards worn and spine ends torn, internally good. xiii + 232pp. Order No. NSBK-A13089
Keywords: William Cobbett, advice, men, males, masculinity, boys, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
Price £6.00.
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Scott, Philippa.
Lucky Me:
(Kenilworth Press, 1990).
Illustrated by more than 90 photographs. The book is an evocation of the early life of Philippa Scott (nee Talbot-Ponsonby's) - her childhood in South Africa, school, climbing holidays, her time in the Land Army in World War II and a spell in Yugoslavia during the Cold War. She married Peter Scott in Reykjavik in 1951. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C5734
Keywords: 1872082114, Lucky Me, Philippa Scott, Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby, Land Army, Peter Scott, South Africa, World War Two, wars, Second World War, World War II, Britain, British, history, england, English, autobiography, autobiographical, memoirs, memoir, autobiographies, life history, life histories, women writers, Severn Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Thjorsaver Expedition, Reykjavik
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Jacobsen, John Kurt.
Chasing Progress in the Irish Republic: Ideology, Democracy and Dependent Development
(CUP, 1994).
Paperback. Fine. xi + 226pp. Order No. NSBK-A8452
Keywords: 0521466202, Ireland, Irish, history, Irish Republic, political, politics, Republic of Ireland, Eire, autarky, economy, economics, industrial, industry
Price £8.00.
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Colbeck, Maurice.
Yorkshire:
(B. T. Batsford, 1976).
Hardback. Tiny splashes on page edges, otherwise very good. 200pp. Order No. NSBK-A6378
Keywords: 0713430591, Yorkshire, York, Teeside, Ryedale, Eskdale, moors, countryside, regional, Humberside, the Wolds, Holderness, coal, Sheffield, Black Prince, Robin Hood, Pennines, Aire, Ribble, rivers, Wharfe, Nidd, Ripon, Wensleydale, Swale, Tees
Price £5.00.
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Stevenson, John and Cook, Chris.
The Slump: Society and Politics During the Depression
(Quartet Books, 1979).
Paperback. Spine creased and covers yellowed, very minimal pencil annotation not affecting legibility, otherwise good. x + 348pp. Order No. NSBK-A10470
Keywords: 0704332809, slump, Depression, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, 1930s, thirties, unemployment, working class, working-class, classes, enemployed, Communism, Communists, The National Unemployed Workers' Movement, Hunger marches, Fascists, government, polls, general elections
Price £7.00.
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Coysh, Victor.
Swastika Over Guernsey: an Outline of the German Occupation and the Liberation of the Island
(Guernsey Press, 4th impression, 1955).
Paperback. Some browning to covers, and a little brown staining to top of some of the pages, otherwise good. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-A13913
Keywords: B000WUXH44, occupied territories, Guernsey, World War II, Second World War, Channel Islands, history, Nazism, Nazis, German, Germany, liberation
Price £7.00.
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Buchan, Ursula & Colborn, Nigel.
The Classic Horticulturist:
(Cassell, 1987).
With watercolours. Hardback. Very good in slightly marked dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-A3508
Keywords: 0304321540, horticulture, horticulturist, gardening, history, garden, plants, watercolours
Price £12.00.
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Maccoby, S.
English Radicalism: the End?
(George Allen Unwin, 1961).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, dustwrapper browned, soiled and chipped, otherwise good. 640pp. Order No. NSBK-A14583
Keywords: B001CEIN5C, work, industry, radicals, radicalism, twentieth century, protests, Dr Maccoby, popular, propaganda, class, Lloyd George, Labour, General Strike, Asquith, social reform, First World War
Price £9.00.
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Brivati, Brian and Cockett, Richard, eds.
Anatomy of Decline: The Political Journalism of Peter Jenkins
(Cassell, 1995).
With an introduction by Polly Toynbee and Foreword by David Owen. Hardback. Near fine in slightly edge-worn dustwrapper. Book plate stuck to fly leaf. 247pp. Order No. NSBK-A10134
Keywords: 0304344761, politics, political, Peter Jenkins, journalism, journalists, twentieth century, media, newspapers, journals, Magazines, Washington correspondent
Price £6.50.
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Magill, Colonel Sir James.
The Red Cross: the Idea and its Development. A Sketch
(Cassell and Company, rpt, 1927).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Light foxing to endpapers and rubbing to cloth at corners, a small splash to front board - otherwise in good+ all-round condition. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A13513
Keywords: B000L3K4XO, Red Cross, history, Red Cross Movement, British Red Cross Society, Great War, First World War, World War I, colonialism, voluntary societies, peace, pacifism, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Edwardian, 19th century, nineteenth century, twentieth century, health, aid, hospitals, relief, medicine, medical, international, voluntary aid
Price £25.00.
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