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Hadfield, Charles.
British Canals: An Illustrated History
(David and Charles, 1974). Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, ex library with usual library markings. pages 279-290 partially detached, otherwise good in faded dustwrapper. 356pp. Order No. NSBK-A7982
Keywords: 0715367005, Britain, British, canals, waterways, water, eighteenth century, 18th, 19th, transport, goods, Birmingham, Basingstoke, Pontcysyllte, canal mania, seas, ports, railways, Manchester Ship Canal, borrowed by RAS
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Gladwin, D. D.
The Canals of Britain:
(B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1973). With illustrations by J. K. Ebblewhite. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, some staining to top page edges, otherwise good in faded dustwrapper. 254pp. Order No. NSBK-A7037
Keywords: 07134049292, canals, rivers, water, waterways, Britain, British, history, England, English, Bridgewater, canal companies, company, boats, boatmen, lock-keepers, navvy, navvies, Waterways Research Centre, borrowed by RAS
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Nicholson, Winifred. (Compiled by Andrew Nicholson).
Unknown Colour: Paintings, Letters, Writings by Winifred Nicholson
(Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1987). An extremely scarce title, for the collector. Very good, clean, tight copy. "Unknown Colour" by Andrew Nicholson, brings together all Winifred Nicholson's works for the first time and reproduces in colour the wide range of her paintings, conveying in words and images the essence of her art which is light, colour and radiance. Compiled by Andrew Nicholson. Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981), wife of Ben Nicholson, is particularly remembered for her exquisite flower studies - many of which were painted before a window. She often incorporated landscape elements from Cumberland, Cornwall and the South of France into her work. Also characteristic of her style was the abstract using an ellipse shape. Hardback. Top corner slightly bumped, otherwise very good+, clean bright copy. Dustwrapper also very good, though with light creasing at corners, & minor, almost imperceptible, scratches. 271pp. Order No. NSBK-C4620
Keywords: 0571149502, winifred nicholson, nicholson, nicholsons, winifred, flower tales, unknown, colour, watercolour, watercolours, art, artist, artists, painting, paintings, painter, painter, English, England, Britain, British, great, twentieth century, 20th century, female, woman, women, females, letters, design correspondence, history, women writers, women writer, cornwall, st ives, modern, modernist, modernists, modernism, modernistic, ben nicholson, impressionist, impressionists, impressionism, impressionistic, impressions, impression, writings, color, unknown color, unknown colours, unknown colors, colors, GB, British Modern, Modern British Art
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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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Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, ed.
Woman's Mission: a Series of Congress Papers on the Philanthropic Work of Women by Eminent Writers
(Portrayer Publishers, 2002 facsimile of 1893 ed). For the Chicago International Exhibition of Women's Work, 1893. Paperback. Light soiling to page edges, spine slightly creased, otherwise very good. viii + 485pp. Order No. NSBK-C4894
Keywords: 9781378684542, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropy, philanthropic, women, woman, women's history, woman's, woman's mission, women and work, Britain, British, England, English, poor, poverty, Victorian, nineteenth century, societies, temperance, organisations, friendly societies, friendly society, Florence Nightingale, sisterhood, charity, charities, Sarah Ponsonby, working class, working classes, needlework, poor laws, ragged schools, education, welfare, social welfare, social history, women's work, missions, women workers, rescue work, Portrayers, Portrayer Publishers, philanthropic institutions, Chicago International Exhibition of Women's Work, 1893, victoriana, Portrayer's, women's work, woman worker, woman workers
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Hollis, Wyndham, ed.
Mr Punch's Progress and Other Observations: A Salute to the Star of the Show by the Punch and Judy College of Professors
(Monkey Puzzle, 1987). Very scarce. Booklet. Very good. 24pp. Order No. NSBK-F8544
Keywords: B001VIXIHW, Punch and Judy, Punch, Judy, shows, Punch and Judy Shows, Toby, Mr Punch, seaside, entertainment, history, Professor Glyn Edwards, Professor John Styles, Professor Rod Burnett, street entertainment, Professor Caz Frost, Professor Jingles, resorts, show, puppets, puppetry, hand puppets, glove puppets, wooden puppets, wood puppets, Swazzle, showman, humour, children's entertainment, booths, booth, seafront, bottler, British, England, English, Britain, heritage, nostalgia, seaside entertainment, booklet
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Pickvance, Ronald, introduction by.
Edgar Degas: 2nd November - 9th December 1983
(Artemis Fine Arts, 1983). Exhibition held at 15 Duke Street, St James's, London, UK. A full press release and invite is also included with the catalogue. Card covers. Sl sunning to spine and 1/8th" of rear top and fr left, otherwise very good/+. Clean and bright externally/internally. Colour & B/W plates on 86pp. Order No. NSBK-F4601
Keywords: degas, edgar, 1983, artemis, fine art, fine arts, art, arts, artist, art, david carritt, exhibition, catalogue, catalogues, catalog, catalogs, exhibitions, impressionism, impression, impressionistic, impressionists, modern, oils, watercolours, portrait, portraits, painter, painters
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Caunter, C.F.
Motor Cycles: a Technical History. A Historical Survey as Illustrated by the Collection of Motor Cycles in the Science Museum
(HMSO, Science Museum, 2nd edition, 1970). Richly illustrated. Paperback. Sky blue covers slightly soiled and worn at edges, otherwise good. xiii + 117pp. Order No. NSBK-A13588
Keywords: B0010MN0S6, technical, cycling, motor cycling, technology, collectors, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, bikes, motorbikes, motor cycling, hobbies, transport, tricycles, motorcycles, quadricycles, old motorbikes, illustrations, pictures, photos, photographs, images, early motorcycling, riding motorbikes, social history
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Black, Clementina ed.
Married Women's Work: Being the Report of an Enquiry Undertaken by the Women's Industrial Council
(G. Bell, 1915). Hardback. Original red cloth slightly faded and edgeworn, otherwise very good. vi + 292pp. Order No. NSBK-C15617
Keywords: married women, work, industry, Women's Industrial Council, wages, employment, working conditions, family, poverty, Clementina Black, suffragists, suffragist, suffrage, Votes for Women, suffragettes, Britain, England, English, Britain, economic, social history, antiquarian
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Lynd, Alice and Staughton.
Rank and File: Personal Histories by Working Class Organizers
(Unitarian Universalist Ass/Beacon, 1974). Paperback. Covers worn and pages browned, otherwise good. 296pp. Order No. NSBK-A12707
Keywords: 0691028257, working class, working-class, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, unions, trade unions, trade unionism, trade unionists, collective action
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