Crompton, Samuel.
Samuel Crompton Centenary: Bolton, June 7th- 10th 1927. Official Souvenir
(Tillotsons, Bolton, 1927).
Hardback. Original pictorial boards darkened and a little soiled, spine ends and edges worn, otherwise good and firm. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-A16063
Keywords: Bolton, social history, Samuel Crompton, Lancashire, textiles, mills, cotton industry, production, North West, industry, spinning mule, stored under Crompton
Price £12.00.
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Stringer, Peter and Robinson, Gillian, eds.
Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: First Report, 1990-1991
(The Blackstaff Press, 1991).
Paperback. One corner of front cover slightly bent, otherwise very good. viii + 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A10367
Keywords: 0856404772, Northern Ireland, Irish, social attitudes, society, sociology, Britain, British, British Social Attitudes survey, classes, twentieth century, 20th, national identity, law and order, discrimination, role of women, poverty, morality, AIDS
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Brittain, Vera.
Poems of the War and After:
(Victor Gollancz, first edition, 1934).
Ex-Wigan Free Public Library. A signed first edition copy. Inscription reads: 'With best wishes to Wigan, and Wigan Public Library from Vera Brittain. Wigan, December 7th, 1936'. Scarce, for the collector. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps.(Wigan Library). Cream cloth soiled, lacks spine cover, but contents firm, solid. Collectible though a working copy. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-C16020
Keywords: Vera Brittain, First World War, Great War, poems, verse, poetry, signed, women, women's history, social history, grief, mourning, signed editions, first editions, first edition, World War I, Wigan, Wigan Free Public Library, Lancashire, interwar, inter war, 1930s, thirties, antiquarian, collectible, literature, women writers, pacifism, pacifists
Price £150.00.
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Black, George F.
A Gypsy Bibliography:
(Privately Printed, Provisional Issue, 1909).
Printed Privately for the Members of the Gypsy Lore Society, 6 Hope Place, Liverpool, by T. & A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. Card covers. Ex library in tweed-effect library card covers. Usual library stamps / markings, with some taped repair work to inner hinges. Title page torn, otherwise good. 139pp. Order No. NSBK-A8467
Keywords: B00178HJBM, gypsy, gypsies, romany, romanies, bibliography, books, history, literature, travelling people, ethnography, Gypsy Lore Society, gipsy, gipsies, reference, travellers, travelers
Price £38.00.
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Powell, C.G.
An Economic History of the British Building Industry, 1815-1979:
(The Architectural Press, 1980).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. ix + 211pp. Order No. NSBK-A13527
Keywords: 085139194X, economy, economics, economic, finances, financial, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, building society, building societies
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Wrigley, Ammon.
Those Were the Days:
(Whittaker and Sons, Stalybridge, 1937).
Illustrated reminiscences. Hardback. Some heavy staining to spine. Original cloth worn at edges and slightly marked, internally a good working copy. xi + 288pp. Order No. NSBK-A14066
Keywords: B0018IK3LE, Lancashire, Blackpool, Saddleworth, moors, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, mills, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, social history, memories, industrial history
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Westall, Oliver M., ed.
Windermere in the Nineteenth Century:
(CentreNW Regional Studies, Lancaster Uni, new and revised edition, 1991).
Paperback. New book, fine. 62pp. Order No. NSBK-A4730
Keywords: 0901272884, Windermere, Britain, British, England, English, social history, Lakes, Lake District, Cumbria, nineteenth century, Victorian, tourism, tourist, tourists, holidays, day-trips, outings, outing, tourist trade, rural society, Lancaster University, Centre for North West Regional Studies, Lakeland, the lakes, Cumbrian
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Hollett, David.
The Pioneer Ramblers, 1850 - 1940:
(Ramblers' Association, North Wales Area, 2002).
Foreword by Nick Barrett. Paperback. New book, fine. 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A6867
Keywords: 1901184544, Victorian, nineteenth century, history, social history, socialism, socialist, socialists, utopian, utopias, utopia, Robert Blatchford, Clarion Club, Clarion Movement, Clarion, Clarion Newspaper, Clarion Clubs, Clarion Fellowship, rambling clubs, ramblers, rambling club, exercise, hobbies, entertainment, working class, working classes, Britain, British, England, English, nature, natural, rambling, countryside, rambles, country, rural, North Wales Ramblers' Association, Ramblers' Association, Ramblers' Clubs, Duke of Atholl, walking, walkers, Access, access, open spaces, commons, tramping, recreation, Clarion Ramblers, pedestrians, trespassers, trespass, holidays, holiday, FHA, Friendship Holidays Association, Holiday Fellowship, hiking, long distance walking, youth hostels, youth hostelling, Edwardian, twentieth century, Commons Preservation Society
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Haining, Peter.
The Great English Earthquake:
(Robert Hale, rpt., 2002).
Paperback. Fine. 219pp. Order No. NSBK-H13040
Keywords: 0709043910, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, earthquakes, tremors, Altrincham, Cheshire
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Owens, W. R., ed.
Seventeenth-Century England: A Changing Culture. Volume 2: Modern Studies
(Ward Lock Educational/Open University, 1980).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise good+. iv + 337pp. Order No. NSBK-A11337
Keywords: 0706240898, seventeenth century, 17th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, civil war, history of science, Royal Society
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