Rahikainen, Marjatta.
Centuries of Child Labour: European Experience from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
(Ashgate, 2004).
Hardback. Fine. ix + 272pp. Order No. NSBK-A10255
Keywords: 0754604985, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, European, Europe, child, children, labour, labor, work, peasants, factories, factory, Agricultural Revolution
Price £47.00.
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Williams, A Susan.
Women and Childbirth in the Twentieth Century: A History of the National Birthday Trust Fund, 1928-93
(Sutton Publishing, 1997).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xvii + 331pp. Order No. NSBK-A7566
Keywords: 075091209X, women, childbirth, maternity, maternity, children, child, National Birthday Trust Fund, births, women, women's history, woman, twentieth, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, pregnancy, mortality, gender, health, fertility, motherhood
Price £10.00.
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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
Price £14.00.
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May, William J.
Calling All Women: Fifty-Two Talks for Women's Meetings
(The Epworth Press, 1943).
Hardback. Good+ in soiled, torn dustwrapper. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A11280
Keywords: B000LPEC94, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, Methodism, nonconformity, Dissent, nonconformists, women's meetings, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, wartime
Price £6.00.
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Edinburgh Festival Society, .
Rumanian Art Treasures: Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries
(Royal Scottish Museum, edinburgh, 1965-6).
Arranged by the Edinburgh Festival Society and the Arts Council of Great Britain in Association with the Rumanian State Committtee for Culture and the Arts. With black and whie photographs of the art atreasures. Catalogue. Spine ends slightly chipped, otherwise good. 48 + 47 platespp. Order No. NSBK-A12208
Keywords: B0000CNC34, Edinburgh, Rumanian, Roumanian, art, artists, painters, paintings, exhibitions, Edinburgh Festival Society, twentieth century, 20th
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Pimlott, Ben.
Frustrate their Knavish Tricks: Writings on Biography, History and Politics
(HarperCollins, 1994).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 417pp. Order No. NSBK-A11328
Keywords: 000255495X, Ben Pimlott, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history , Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, John Kennedy, Harold Macmillan, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, Bill Clinton, Edgar Hoover, Arthur Koestler, Anthony Crosland, Noman Tebbit, Neil Kinnock, politics, political, politicians, government
Price £8.00.
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Nicholson, Winifred. (Compiled by Andrew Nicholson).
Unknown Colour: Paintings, Letters, Writings by Winifred Nicholson
(Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1987).
An extremely scarce title, for the collector. Very good, clean, tight copy. "Unknown Colour" by Andrew Nicholson, brings together all Winifred Nicholson's works for the first time and reproduces in colour the wide range of her paintings, conveying in words and images the essence of her art which is light, colour and radiance. Compiled by Andrew Nicholson. Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981), wife of Ben Nicholson, is particularly remembered for her exquisite flower studies - many of which were painted before a window. She often incorporated landscape elements from Cumberland, Cornwall and the South of France into her work. Also characteristic of her style was the abstract using an ellipse shape. Hardback. Top corner slightly bumped, otherwise very good+, clean bright copy. Dustwrapper also very good, though with light creasing at corners, & minor, almost imperceptible, scratches. 271pp. Order No. NSBK-C4620
Keywords: 0571149502, winifred nicholson, nicholson, nicholsons, winifred, flower tales, unknown, colour, watercolour, watercolours, art, artist, artists, painting, paintings, painter, painter, English, England, Britain, British, great, twentieth century, 20th century, female, woman, women, females, letters, design correspondence, history, women writers, women writer, cornwall, st ives, modern, modernist, modernists, modernism, modernistic, ben nicholson, impressionist, impressionists, impressionism, impressionistic, impressions, impression, writings, color, unknown color, unknown colours, unknown colors, colors, GB, British Modern, Modern British Art
Price £350.00.
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Pack of 10 Suffragette Christmas Cards, .
Santa Claus. Votes for Women: Shan't We Give the Girls Some This Time?
(Portrayer Publishers, 2010).
Pack of 10 suffragette Christmas greetings cards (all featuring the same design). Card measurements are 6 inches high by 4 inches wide and each card is complete with envelope. Blank interiors for your own message or for any occasion. The image, which is based on a picture contemporary to the suffragette era, is printed in vibrant colours. It features Santa Claus with the word Votes on his Christmas sacks. A choir of children looks on and a little choir girl greets him, amidst festive lanterns, snow and icicles. Please note that the sample electronic image, unlike the cards themselves, is watermarked and reduced in quality, to prevent image theft. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C14819
Keywords: B07YZK33LV, suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, women's rights, Votes for Women, women and politics, women's politics, politics, Britain, British, England, English, history, greeting card, greeting cards, cards, suffragette images, suffragettes, propaganda, envelopes, suffrage imagery, card, picture, pictures, cartoons, art, artist, artists, suffragette art, art, arts, artistry, illustration, illustrations, twentieth century, 20th century, twentieth century, portrayer, portrayer publishers, suffragette greetings cards, greetings card, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera, new, Christmas cards, Santa, Father Christmas, Xmas, festive
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Blyth, John A.
English University Adult Education, 1908-1958: A Unique Tradition
(MUP, 1983).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xii + 363pp. Order No. NSBK-A9101
Keywords: 0719009030, adult education, training, twentieth , century, 20th, Britain, British, history, England, English, university, universities, academics, Ashby Report, Liberal, academe, adults, Workers' Educational Association, WEA
Price £18.00.
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Frangopulo, N. J.
Tradition in Action: The Historical Evolution of the Greater Manchester County
(EP Publishing Limited, 1977).
Hardback. Very good in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. xiv + 306pp. Order No. NSBK-A12049
Keywords: 0715812033, Manchester, Greater Manchester, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, county, counties, twentieth century, 20th
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