Carpenter, J. Estlin.
The Life and Work of Mary Carpenter:
(Macmillan, 2nd edition, 1881).
Hardback. Original cloth with spine ends and corners worn. Spine sunned, otherwise a very good, solid copy. xiv + 391pp. Order No. NSBK-A13865
Keywords: B000WSPERO, Mary Carpenter, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, biography, biographies, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, ragged schools, education, Bristol, social reform, reformatories for girls, poverty, teaching, teachers, reformatory schools, children, charity, philanthropy, childhood, Indian, India, female education, women's education
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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council, .
Silvered Wings: A Commemorative Brochure
(Kingston-upon-Hull CC, 1980).
The story of Amy Johnson. Produced for the Amy Johnson Festival, Kingston-Upon-Hull, 3rd - 24th May 1980. Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-C9692
Keywords: B000HC6XGQ, Amy Johnson, aircraft, aeroplanes, aviators, women, woman, history, Britain, British, England, English, wings, biographical, biographies, biography, lives, life, gender, women's work, Hull, twentieth century, 20th, planes, aviation
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Shadegg, Stephen.
Clare Booth-Luce: A Biography
(Leslie Frewin, rpt., 1973).
The biography of one of the world's most famous and controversial women - playwright, actress, Congresswoman, Ambassador, friend or enemy of almost everyone worth knowing on our times. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in chipped dustwrapper. 313pp. Order No. NSBK-C9404
Keywords: 085632017X, Clare Booth-Luce, American, women, women's history, woman, Congresswoman, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life history, playwrights, actresses, ambassadors, twentieth century, 20th, USA
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Field, Jean.
Mary Dormer Harris: The Life and Works of a Warwickshire Historian
(Brewin Books, 2002).
Special Hardback edition of 250 copies signed by the author. Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. xii + 180pp. Order No. NSBK-C7148
Keywords: 1858581990, Mary Dormer Harris, history, historians, Jean Field, Warwickshire, Warwick, suffragists, women's rights, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, women writers, women's writing, women's history, suffragettes, suffrage movement, 19th, 20th, Edwardian, biography, biographical, biographies, life histories, life history, lives
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Adams, W.S.
Edwardian Portraits:
(Secker and Warburg, 1957).
Hardback. Page edges mottled, otherwise good in soiled, slightly chipped dustwrapper. vii + 228pp. Order No. NSBK-A9900
Keywords: B0000CJTJT, Edwardian Portraits, William Scovell Adams, Baden-Powell, Leverhulme, Wilfred Scawen Blunt, E. D. Morel, Edward VII, monarchy, royalty, kings, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, biographies, biography, lives, life histories, life history
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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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Parsons, Elsie Clews.
The Journal of a Feminist: Elsie Clews Parsons
(Thoemmes Press, 1994).
With a new introduction and notes by Margaret C. Jones. Paperback. Very good. xxxvi + 108pp. Order No. NSBK-C5993
Keywords: 9781855062504, Elsie Clews Parsons, feminism, feminists, women's history, females, woman, patriarchy, abortion, careers, divorce, laws, legal, sexuality, ageism, gender, nineteenth century, twentieth cnetury, women's rights, rights for women, American, America, biography, journals, biographies, life histories, life history, United States, USA
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Thwaite, Ann.
Waiting for the Party: the Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1849-1924
(Secker & Warburg, 1974).
Hardback. Ex library, lacks fly leaf, usual lib stamps & stickers, some white speckling to boards, otherwise good in dw. xii + 274pp. Order No. NSBK-C757
Keywords: 436521504, Frances Hodgson Burnett, children's writing, woman writer, women writers, literature, Secret Garden, The Little Princess, Britain, British, England, English, history, biography, biographies
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Reid, Robert.
Marie Curie:
(Camair Press, rpt with amendmts, 1984).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 349pp. Order No. NSBK-C114
Keywords: 0950962805, Marie Curie, Curie, cancer, women and work, science, medicine, biography, biographies, life history, life histories, radium, women's history
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Sandys, Celia.
Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive:
(HarperCollins Publishers, 1999).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xvi + 233pp. Order No. NSBK-A13173
Keywords: 0002570173, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history , Winston Churchill, Boer War, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Prime Minister, South Africa, Cape Town
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