Gilbey, Walter.
The Old English War-horse: Or the Great Horse as it Appears, at Intervals, in Contemporary Coins and Pictures During the Centuries of its Development into the Shire-horse. With Notes
(Vinton, 1888).
Two dates in the margins of the book have sadly been crossed out in ink. Text is otherwise not annotated, but there is some light foxing / soiling on some pages, not affecting legibility. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers. Boards darkened / thumbed, with fraying to spine edges. A little cracking internally at spine, else good. 23pp. Order No. NSBK-A14314
Keywords: B000875WPI, horses, shire-horses, shires, war-horses, equestrian, history, rural, Victorian, coins, illustrations, agriculture, antiquarian
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Cotton Board Recruitment & Training Dept, .
Education and Training for the Cotton and Rayon Industry: Papers and Dicussions at a Conference in Manchester in September 1946 Organized by the Cotton Board With the Collaboration of the British Rayon Federation, the Textile Institute and the Textile Teachers' Association
(Cotton Board Recruitment & Training Dept, 1946).
A series of essays from different contributors. Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly browned, edge worn dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-A7704
Keywords: post war, post-war industry, cotton, textiles, rayon, training, industries, textile, Britain, British, England, English, Cotton Board Recruitment & Training Department, industrial training, production, technical colleges, teach, teachers, teaching, technical education, history
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Davies, Martin, ed.
Columbus in Italy: an Italian Versification of the Letter on the Discovery of the New World. With facsimiles of the Italian and Latin Editions of 1493
(British Library, 1991).
Hardback. Card covers slightly soiled, otherwise good. 56pp. Order No. NSBK-A6874
Keywords: 0712302638, New World, discovery of New World, Christopher Columbus, fifteenth century, American, America, Americas, voyages of exploration, medieval, mediaeval, Middle Ages, early modern, history, Spain, Spanish, Giuliano Dati, poems, poetry, poets, Italian, Italy, Rome, British Library
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Arundell, Lucy.
Living with Grandma: a Hull Woman Recalls Her Childhood in Monmouth and the Rhondda
(Highgate Publications, 1987).
Paperback. Covers slightly faded, otherwise very good. 80pp. Order No. NSBK-C15904
Keywords: 9780948929069, Hull, social history, women, childhood, Rhondda Valley, Monmouth, Welsh, Wales, girlhood, autobiography
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Reynolds, Stephen.
A Poor Man's House: with an introduction by Roy Hatterseley
(OUP, 1982).
Paperback. Good. xviii + 205pp. Order No. NSBK-A15501
Keywords: 0192813269, poverty, Sidmouth, Devon, fishermen, fisherman, cottage, cottages, Britain, British, England, English, Edwardian
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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
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Pottle, Frederick, ed.
Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764: Including his Correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zelide)
(William Heinemann, 1952).
Hardback. Spine ends slightly bumped, otherwise good in badly torn and worn dustrapper. xix + 428pp. Order No. NSBK-A12530
Keywords: B0000CI8BW, eighteenth century, 18th, James Boswell, letters, epistles, episolary, Zelide, Belle de Zuylen
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Mace, Jane.
Playing with Time: Mothers and the Meaning of Literacy
(UCL Press, 1998).
Paperback. Minor pencil annotation, otherwise very good. xiii + 185pp. Order No. NSBK-C8834
Keywords: 1857288912, mothers, motherhood, women, children, child, literacy, education, educational, maternal, reading, writing, grandmothers, domestic, adult literacy, family, families
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Lear, Edward.
More Nonsense: With all the Original Pictures and Verses
(Frederick Warne, rpt, 1932).
Hardback. Some darkening to boards and wear to edges, otherwise a good copy, ex library. pp. Order No. NSBK-A14365
Keywords: B002B97BF0, more nonsense, Edward Lear, verse, poems, limericks, humour, illustrations, illustrated
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Royal Norwegian Government, Information Office.
Before We Go Back: Norway's Fight Since April, 1940. A Pictorial Record Of Norway's Fight Against Nazism Both Inside And Outside Germany, With A Postscript By Philip Noel-Baker
(HMSO, 1944).
Paperback. Light edge-wear, covers slightly browned, otherwise good. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-H15136
Keywords: B004H3CS2Y, Norway, Norwegian, history, World War II, Second World War, Nazism, Nazi occupation, occupied, occupied territories
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