Marsh, E. L.
Laundry Work: In Theory and Practice
(Longmans, Green & Co, 1914).
With illustrations. Hardback. External condition poor, spine cover flapping loose, cloth worn/marked/blotched, a working copy. xiii + 205pp. Order No. NSBK-A11180
Keywords: B000877ELI, laundry, laundry work, launderesses, women's work, women and work, domestic, domesticity, washing, ironing, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, cleaning, mangling, cotton, linen
Price £8.00.
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Sambrook, Pamela.
Laundry Bygones:
(Shire, 1983).
Paperback. Vert good. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-C15500
Keywords: 0852636482, laundry, washing, clothes, women's work, women, Victorian, nineteenth century
Price £3.00.
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Henny, E. and Byett, J. D.
Modern Home Laundrywork:
(J.M. Dent and Sons, rpt., 1948).
Illustrated with photographs and drawings of different types of laundry equipment, methods of folding items of clothing etc. Hardback. Good. x + 181pp. Order No. NSBK-A10644
Keywords: women, women's history, homes, Britain, British, homekeeping, housekeeping, housewifery, England, English, twentieth century, 20th, laundry, washing, stains, cotton, linen, fabrics, cleaning, rayon, nylon, family wash, domestic, domesticity, laundrywork, reagents, equipment, water, soap, women's work, textiles, housewife, housewives, clothes, clothing
Price £7.00.
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White, Florence, ed.
How to Wash Clothes at Home: Containing Simple and Complete Instructions
(Florence White, 1901).
An advice book, recommending the best methods of carrying out laundry work. A very interesting one of its kind, with illustrations and lots of detail of interest to the social historian. Paperback. Original covers slightly soiled and creased at edges, otherwise good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C15121
Keywords: clothes, clothing, washing clothes, laundry, laundry work, working women, domesticity, antiquarian, social history, ironing, starching, booklets, boiling, advice books, linen, booklet, booklets
Price £24.00.
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Stearns, Peter N.
Lives of Labour: Work in a Maturing Industrial Society
(Croom Helm, 1975).
Hardback. Minor ink annotation, otherwise good in slightly creased, slightly chipped dustwrapper. viii + 424pp. Order No. NSBK-A4884
Keywords: 085664210X, labour, labor, history, industry, industrial, mature capitalism, industrialising, work, Britain, England, France, Belgium, Germany, British, English, French, Belgian, German, working classes, working class, economy, employment, occupations, economic
Price £10.00.
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Westall, Oliver, ed.
Innovation and Labour During British Industrialisation: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Harry Dutton, 1947-1984
(Huntington Publishers, 1985).
Hardback. Covers rubbed, otherwise good+. 92pp. Order No. NSBK-A11979
Keywords: 0906389097, Harry Dutton, Industrial Revolution, industrial, industrialisation, industrialization, nineteenth century, eighteenth century, industry, work, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, twentieth century, 20th, patents, food riots
Price £11.50.
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Dixon, Ruth B.
Rural Women at Work: Strategies for Development in South Asia
(Johns Hopkins UP, 1978).
Hardback. Ex library, title page stained, otherwise good in dustwrapper. Library sticker on dustwrapper spine. xvi + 227pp. Order No. NSBK-C1291
Keywords: 080182124X, rural women, rural, country, countryside, work, South Asia, Asian
Price £6.00.
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Vicinus, Martha.
Independent Women: Work and Community for Single Women, 1850-1920
(Chicago UP, 1985).
Hardback. Light edgewear to dustwrapper, otherwise good+. xv + 396pp. Order No. NSBK-C7557
Keywords: 0226855678, women's work, single women, spinster, community, work, Britain, British, England, English, history, jobs, career, communities, spinsterhood, careers
Price £14.99.
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The Embroiderers' Guild, .
Canvas Work:
(Embroiderers' Guild, rpt., 1963).
Church Needlework 2. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Paperback. Covers slightly chipped, otherwise good+. 31pp. Order No. NSBK-A10601
Keywords: religion, religious, churches, embroidery, embroiderers, needlework, sewers, sewing, church, Britain, British, England, English, history, stitching, stitches, techniques, canvas work, craft
Price £8.00.
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Elizabeth, Charlotte.
The Works of Charlotte Elizabeth: Passing Thoughts; Falsehood and Truth
(Baker & Scribner, 1846).
The works "Passing Thoughts" & "Falsehood and Truth" only, by Charlotte Elizabeth (Tonna). Very scarce. Contains (mysteriously) one extraneous page - from "Conformity", another of Elizabeth's works which is not included. Hardback. Small, with pieces missing from the gilt-decorated spine, corners worn, some light foxing, otherwise good, tight. 105; x + 137pp. Order No. NSBK-C5103
Keywords: B0008B8N6Y, Charlotte Elizabeth, Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, history, women writers, woman, women's literature, Britain, British, England, English, nineteenth century, Victorian, religion, religious, works, writings, purity, sentiment, morality, female
Price £13.00.
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