Hamilton, Janet.
Poems, Sketches & Essays:
(James Maclehose, Glasgow, 1870).
Works of Scottish working woman writer. Hardback. Gilt lettering. Light rubbing / scuffing / marking to green cloth, espec. at edges, a little splitting internally at spine, otherwise good, solid. xiv + 400pp. Order No. NSBK-A2445
Keywords: B001SHOSAM, Janet Hamilton, woman writer, women writers, Scotland, Scottish, Scots, poem, poetry, poet, poets, British, women, Britain, memorial edition, poems, Scot, Scotch, literature, collectible, antiquarian
Price £34.00.
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Honey, W. B.
Victoria and Albert Museum: A Handbook for the Study of Glass Vessels of All Periods and Countries and a Guide to the Museum Collection
(Ministry of Education, 1946).
Hardback. Ex library in library binding, with usual library stamps and markings, edges worn, otherwise good. 169pp. Order No. NSBK-A16036
Keywords: B000S5HB7W, Victoria and Albert Museum, history, glass, antiquarian
Price £16.95.
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Bryant, Arthur.
Protestant Island:
(Collins, 2nd impress., 1967).
Hardback. Ex library with marks left by stickers, otherwise good in slightly torn dustwrapper. 359pp. Order No. NSBK-A2797
Keywords: B0000CNLYP, Protestant, Britain, England, religion, Church, Protestantism, Britain, British, England, English, history,
Price £4.00.
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Committee of Council on Education, .
Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, With Appendices. 1840 - 41:
(William Clowes for HMSO, 1841).
Hardback. Light foxing to endpapers. Rubbing and light bumping to corners, otherwise very good, solid. 482pp. Order No. NSBK-C15097
Keywords: B002MXNYOM, 1840s, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, Committee of Council on Education, children, childhood, elementary education, school inspection, reports, minutes, enquiries, inquiries, antiquarian
Price £45.00.
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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
Price £95.00.
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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
Price £48.00.
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Hattatt, Lance.
Gardening in a Small Space:
(Parragon, rpt, 1999).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 255pp. Order No. NSBK-G5226
Keywords: 0752524607, gardens, garden, garden design, gardening, British, Britain, English, England, landscape gardening, landscape design, horticulture, horticultural, planting, flowers, plants, small spaces, space, kitchen gardens, cottage gardens, small gardens, hobbies, perennials, patios
Price £7.00.
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Addy, Mrs Sidney Oldall Mary Golden Addy.
Collections A Miscellany: Sidney Oldall Addy and Family
(Roffey and Clark, Croydon, no date).
With illustrations. Hardback. Some sunning / fading to maroon cloth, especially at spine, rubbing to corners, foxing to page edges, otherwise a good solid copy. 221pp. Order No. NSBK-A15941
Keywords: Mrs S.O. Addy, Mary Golden Addy, collections, Sidney Oldall Addy, miscellany, literature, writers, antiquarian, poems, letters, suffragettes, women's suffrage, essays, biography, biographies
Price £68.00.
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Lefebure, Molly.
The Bondage of Love: A Life of Mrs. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(Victor Gollancz, 1986).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf. Ex library with minimal library stamps & stickers, otherwise good in dustwrapper. 287pp. Order No. NSBK-C8897
Keywords: 0575038713, drugs, addiction, opium, Mrs Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sara Coleridge, literature, biography, biographies, history, marriage, drug addiction, Britain, British, England, English, 18th century, eighteenth century, 19th century, nineteenth century, Wordsworth, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Robert Southey, romantics, romanticism, romantic period, Coleridges, Greta Hall
Price £6.00.
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Baines, Thomas.
History of the Town and Commerce of Liverpool: and of the Rise of Manufacturing Industry in the Adjoining Counties
(Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, London, Liverpool, 1852).
Small library markings to spine and front endpaper. Frontispiece plan of Liverpool damaged and repaired with sellotape. Another plan, of Royalist Fortifications, torn in two but complete. A little rubbing / bumping to corners, but a very nice copy indeed, sound and tight. Hardback. Full leather nicely repaired. Gilt decoration front & back, raised gilt bands & titles to spine, all edges gilt. Ex library, but library markings minimal. Very good, attractive. xvi + 844 + 13pp. Order No. NSBK-A6861
Keywords: B000K40UBA, towns, cities, urban, city, commerce, commercial, manufacturing, manufacture, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England, Britain, British, English, counties, Lancashire, history, urbanisation, antiquarian, industry, industrial, Thomas Baines, Industrial Revolution, industrialisation, town, Mersey, Victorian, nineteenth century, Liverpool Docks, trade, exports, imports, economic, economy, ports, port
Price £60.00.
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