Porter, Bernard.
Britannia's Burden: The Political Evolution of Modern Britain, 1851-1990
(Edward Arnold, 1994).
Paperback. Covers browned, otherwise very good. viii + 440pp. Order No. NSBK-A8092
Keywords: 0340561971, Victorian, nineteenth, eighteenth, politics, political, Britannia, Britain, England, English, British, century, Bernard Porter, Great Exhibition
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Caulton, T. J., ed.
Children of the Industrial Revolution in Sheffield:
(University of Sheffield, 1985).
Scarce. Based on a research project at the University of Sheffield Division of Continuing Education. Booklet. Very good. viii + 24pp. Order No. NSBK-A13329
Keywords: 0950660116, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Sheffield, Yorkshire, industrial revolution, history, social history, children, child, childhood, health, safety, working conditions, child labour, living conditions, work, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, child abuse, University of Sheffield Division of Continuing Education, booklet
Price £12.00.
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Bayly, Mary.
Ragged Homes: and How to Mend Them
(James Nisbet & Co, 1859).
Possibly a first edition. Impossible to be sure as one intro page is missing - the page between the preface and the opening of the text. Frontispiece also lacking. Ex library (Royal Edinburgh Infirmary) with usual library stamps and markings. Hardback. Ex library with usual stamps and markings, a firm copy. Original embossed royal blue boards, with attractive gilt decoation to the spine & front. Edges & corners worn. Good. viii + 263pp. Order No. NSBK-C16052
Keywords: poverty, poor, Victorian, social history, antiquarian, housing, homes, domesticitiy, nineteenth century
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Sheldrick, Helen M.
Pioneer Women Teachers of Connecticut, 1767-1970: Two Hundred Years of Creative Service
(Alpha Kappa State, 1971).
Hardback. Very good in torn, slightly soiled dustwrapper. 149pp. Order No. NSBK-C6069
Keywords: B000H59N5G, teacher, teachers, teaching, learning, learners, students, pupils, education, educational, America, American, United States, USA, Connecticut, eighteenth century, nineteenth century, twentieth century, women's history, woman, women, Helen M. Sheldrick
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Krans, Horation Sheafe.
William Butler Yeats and the Irish Literary Revival:
(Haskell House, 1966).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good. ix + 196pp. Order No. NSBK-A8154
Keywords: 0838306918, William Butler Yeats, Ireland, Irish, poetry, poems, poets, Literary Revival, history, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Victorian, 19th, 20th, literature, writers
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Dix, Bernard and Williams, Stephen.
Serving the Public: Building the Union: The History of the National Union of Public Employees. Volume 1: The Forerunners 1889-1928
(Lawrence and Wishart, 1987).
Paperback. Near fine. 238pp. Order No. NSBK-A13411
Keywords: 0853156468, Britain, British, England, English, NUPE, Union, Trade Unions, streets, wages, public health, New Unionism, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Victorian, Edwardian, municipal, urban, MEA, First World War, World war 1, Great War, labour, work, jobs, women workers, National Union of Public Employees, labor
Price £10.00.
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Howard, Cecil.
Mary Kingsley:
(Hutchinson, 2nd impression, 1957).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps & stickers, otherwise good in chipped dustwrapper. 231pp. Order No. NSBK-C448
Keywords: B0007J1T72, Mary Kingsley, woman traveller, women travellers, woman traveler, women travelers, Victorian, nineteenth century, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, African, history, West Africa
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Philips, David.
Crime and Authority in Victorian England: The Black Country 1835-1860
(Croom Helm, 1977).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps and stickers, otherwise good+ in slightly faded dustwrapper. 321pp. Order No. NSBK-A2830
Keywords: 087471866X, Victorian, crime, authority, the Black Country, police, prosecution, fraud, violence, property, Industrial Revolution, Wolverhampton, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, Midlands, 19th century, criminals, criminal, criminality, courts, court, trial, trials, offences, offenders, offence, quarter session, assizes, magistrate, magistrates, policing, police, constable, constables, policemen, officers, force, parish, local, bobbies, bobbie, larcenies, fraud, prosecution, prosecutors, committal, hearings, hearing, committals, peelers, constabulary, justices of the peace, justices, jp, jps, jp's
Price £25.00.
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Hudson, Derek.
Martin Tupper: His Rise and Fall
(Constable, 1949).
With a foreword by the Rev. Martin E. Tupper grandson of the author of Proverbial Philosophy. Hardback. Mark left by small label on cloth at rear, corners worn, otherwise very good. xvi + 342pp. Order No. NSBK-A4786
Keywords: B0006D6DKM, Martin Tupper, Oxford, Proverbial Philosophy, philosopher, Tupperian, biography, biographies, nineteenth century, poet, poem, poetry, literature, literary, Victorian, wisdom
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Hill, Octavia.
Our Common Land:
(Macmillan, first edition, 1877).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, some wear to spine, spine ends, edges and corners. Cloth a little marked / rubbed -else good / solid. vi + 206pp. Order No. NSBK-C6431
Keywords: B001P1SGF4, housing, Octavia Hill, dwellings, philanthropy, the poor, poverty, Victorian, England, town planning, urban history, open spaces, countryside, Britain, England, British, English, history, Octavia Hill's essays, nineteenth century, papers, works, garden cities, period sources, contemporary comment, district visiting, volunteer visitors, commons, charity, charities, COS, C.O.S., Charity Organisation Society
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