Hill, Octavia.
Homes of the London Poor:
(Macmillan, first edition, 1875).
Rare first edition copy. Hardback. Leather spine worn / scuffed. Cloth, which is a little patchy with sun-fading, has light marking, spotting. Fly leaf split at spine and last page loose, else a good solid copy. pp. Order No. NSBK-C16068
Keywords: 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, London, women
Price £135.00.
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Floud, Roderick.
An Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Historians:
(Methuen, 1973).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers in slightly faded, slightly torn dustwrapper. ix + 220pp. Order No. NSBK-A9279
Keywords: 0416125506, quantitative, statistics, historical method, methodology, data, theory
Price £7.50.
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Berthezene, Clarisse.
Training Minds for the War of Ideas: Ashridge College, the Conservative Party and the Cultural Politics of Britain, 1929 - 54
(MUP, 2015).
Inscribed by the author. Hardback. A little ink spotting to pg edges, minor pencil annotations to text, otherwise very good. xi + 276pp. Order No. NSBK-A15649
Keywords: 9780719086496, Tories, Conservatives, history, Ashridge College, Conservative Party
Price £36.00.
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Butler, W. C.
The Modern Practical Confectioner: A Boon to the Trade for the Master, Improver, Apprentice and the Trade Generally
(Abel Heywood/Simpkin Marshall, 1890).
Hardback. Boards worn and stained, internally good. vi + 87pp. Order No. NSBK-A12673
Keywords: B0008AO6AC, cakes, confectionary, foods, eating, bakers, bakery, apprentices, trades, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £28.00.
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Wyatt, Charles Henry.
Gardening for Children and Others:
(Thomas Wyatt, 1910).
Hardback. Spine loose / partly detached. Original pictorial boards worn / darkened, otherwise a good working copy. 92pp. Order No. NSBK-A14932
Keywords: B002096PDA, childhood, education, history, children, gardening, gardens, Edwardian, garden plots, seeds, soil, flowers
Price £9.00.
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Minett, E. P. and Severn, A. G. M.
Practical Tropical Sanitation: A Pocket Book for Sanitary Inspectors in the Tropics
(Balliere, Tindall and Cox, 1927).
Hardback. Boards slightly soiled, otherwise good. 180pp. Order No. NSBK-A13464
Keywords: sanitary inspectors, sanitation, public health, water, tropics, sewage, refuse disposal, rubbish, abbatoirs, food, markets
Price £32.00.
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Coates, Ken, et al.
Eleventh Hour for Europe:
(Spokesman, 1981).
Paperback. Very good. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A11172
Keywords: 0851243096, peace, Europe, European, twentieth century, 20th, nuclear war, nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation treaty, Polaris, disarmament
Price £5.00.
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Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
Price £10.99.
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Rhodes, Mary.
Ideas for Canvas Work:
(Jarrold and Sons, 1970).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, board edges rubbed, otherwise good in worn dw. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-G13087
Keywords: 0713426349, canvas work, crafts, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Scaffardi, Sylvia.
Fire Under the Carpet: Working for Civil Liberties in the 1930s
(Lawrence and Wishart, 1986).
Paperback. Very good. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C14152
Keywords: 0853156549, 1930s, thirties, inter war, inter-war, interwar, civil liberties, NCCL, Mosley, fascism, Ronald Kidd, Sylvia Scaffardi, anti-fascism, anti-semitism
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