Rooper, T.G.
School and Home Life: Essays and Lectures on Current Educational Topics
(A. Brown and Sons, 1899).
Hardback. Light wear to edges and a few splashes to back board, otherwise a good+ copy with minor annotation, mainly to margins. 479pp. Order No. NSBK-A7695
Keywords: B00088SERU, education, educational, essays, T. G. Rooper, social history, schools, schooling, teachers, teaching, training, elementary schools, children, child, childhood, Britain, British, England, English, Yorkshire, school boards, inspectors, schools inspectors, school inspector, technical schools, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th
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Wicks, Ben.
When The Boys Came Marching Home: True Stories of the Men Who Went to War and the Women and Children Who Took Them Back
(Stoddart, 1991).
Paperback. Very good. xi + 189pp. Order No. NSBK-A13005
Keywords: 0773725180, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, men, males, husbands, masculinity
Price £8.00.
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Heinemann, Margot.
Wages Front:
(Lawrence & Wishart, 1947).
Hardback. Very good in foxed, browned & slightly chipped dustwrapper. xii + 256pp. Order No. NSBK-A5507
Keywords: B0006ARPZ2, Margot Heinemann, post war, post-war, postwar, Labour Research Department, economy, economic, history, wages, earnings, wage, income, Britain, British, England, English, wage-earners, labour, labor, minimum wage, skilled, unskilled, cost of living, low wages, economic recovery, reconstruction
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Hanson, Bruce.
Brantwood: John Ruskin's Home, 1872 -1900
(Brantwood Trust, 1992).
Booklet. Paperback. Good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A15034
Keywords: 9780950752419, John Ruskin, history, Brantwood, Lakes, Lake District, Cumbria, Coniston, booklets
Price £4.99.
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St. John Ambulance Association, .
Home Nursing: the Authorized Textbook of the St. John Ambulance Association
(St. John Ambulance Association, 4th edition, 5th reprint, Oct. 1938).
Hardback. Covers a little soiled / darkened with some wear to white titles & motif, otherwise good, though with a few creased pages. 272pp. Order No. NSBK-A6772
Keywords: B000E7YF9G, St. John Ambulance Association, first aid, health, social history, twentieth century, ambulances, Britain, British, England, English, sickness, injured, injuries, caring for the sick, patients, advice books
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Real Photographic Suffragette Postcard, Original.
Suffragettes' Parade. March 3rd 1913. Washington DC: Liberty and her Attendants. Suffragettes' Tableau in Front of Treasury Bloc
(I. & M. Ottenheimer, Baltimore, MD., 1913).
An original photographic postcard for collectors of original suffragette / Votes for Women memorabilia. On March 3, 1913, the National American Woman Suffrage Association - NAWSA - organised a woman suffrage parade and demonstration in Washington DC. (Pennsylvania Avenue). It was timed to coordinate with Woodrow Wilson's presidential inauguration, the following day. The marchers were jeered and attacked, and had to fight their way through the mob, and the resulting publicity focused the country's attention on the issue of Woman Suffrage. This is an original, contemporary postcard, issued at the time, and shows suffragette women in costume. Liberty and her Attendants. Suffragettes' Tableau in Front of Treasury Bloc. Photo by Harris-Ewing. On the back of the card, there's a handwritten contemporary message in ink: "This photo was taken on the Treasury Steps. It was quite cold that day and blowing hard. They did not have much clothes on". The card has not been posted and there is no stamp or postmark. Postcard. Rear is a little browned, slightly soiled and darkened, naturally with age, minor wear to corners and edges.Otherwise overall good condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15905
Keywords: suffragette ephemera, suffragette postcards, history, original postcards, women's suffrage, suffragettes, woman suffrage, Votes for Women, women's movement, antiquarian, parade, procession, antiquarian, American, United States of America, USA, Washington, collectible, National American Woman Suffrage Association
Price £85.00.
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White, Florence, ed.
How to Wash Clothes at Home: Containing Simple and Complete Instructions
(Florence White, 1901).
An advice book, recommending the best methods of carrying out laundry work. A very interesting one of its kind, with illustrations and lots of detail of interest to the social historian. Paperback. Original covers slightly soiled and creased at edges, otherwise good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C15121
Keywords: clothes, clothing, washing clothes, laundry, laundry work, working women, domesticity, antiquarian, social history, ironing, starching, booklets, boiling, advice books, linen, booklet, booklets
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Mama, Amina.
The Hidden Struggle: Statutory and Voluntary Sector Responses to Violence Against Black Women in the Home
(London Race and Housing Research Unit, 1989).
Paperback. Very good condition. xvi + 352pp. Order No. NSBK-C15789
Keywords: 9780951483329, London Race and Housing Research Unit, race, ethnicity, black women, domestic violence, abuse
Price £10.00.
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Phillips, Janet and Peter.
Victorians at Home and Away:
(Croom Helm, 1978).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 220pp. Order No. NSBK-A8407
Keywords: 0856646881, Victorians, England, English, Britain, British, nineteenth century, 19th, Crystal Palace, Christian Soldiers, music, queens, royalty, monarchs, Queen Victoria, businessmen, professionals, shopkeepers, manners, fashions, women, the poor, poverty, soldiers, soccer, racing, cricket, public schools, missionary, missionaries
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Sandford, Mrs Henry.
Home Work and Duties:
(W. & R. Chambers, 1885).
Girls' Reading-Book. Hardback. Some wear to edges & fraying to spine ends. Red / black cloth with gilt lettering slightly darkened, otherwise a good copy. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-C13123
Keywords: Victorian, 1880s, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, duties, responsibilities, duty, responsibility, social history, women's history, Mrs Henry Sandford, women's education, girls, girlhood, domestic economy, food, clothing, sewing, needlework, knitting, ventilation, cleaning, washing, health, sickness, Britain, British, England, English, hygiene,
Price £25.00.
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