Vertinsky, Patricia A.
The Eternally Wounded Woman: Women, Doctors and Exercise in the Late Nineteenth Century
(MUP, 1990).
Hardback. With newspaper cutting pasted to inside front cover, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. 279pp. Order No. NSBK-C13610
Keywords: 0719025257, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, doctors, exercise, medicine, hospitals, physical exercise, physical, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
Price £18.00.
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Horsfield, Margaret.
Biting the Dust: The Joys of Housework
(Fourth Estate, 1998).
Paperback. Fading to spine, light edge-wear, otherwise very good. xi + 292pp. Order No. NSBK-C6189
Keywords: 1857026756, domestic, domesticity, women and work, women's work, woman, women's history, housewives, housewife, housewifery, homemaking, homemaker, houses, home, household, chores, housemaids, Mrs Beeton, cleanliness, cleaning, Hannah Cullwick, Cleanliness Institute, cleaners, flappers, dusting
Price £4.00.
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Pearce, Edward.
The Lost Leaders:
(Little Brown, 1997).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. viii + 385pp. Order No. NSBK-A13208
Keywords: 0316641782, political, politics, twentieth century, leadership, history, Richard Butler, Denis Healey, Iain Macleod, biography, biographies, Britain, British, England, English
Price £7.00.
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Hufton, Olwen.
The Prospect Before Her: A History of Women in Western Europe. Volume I: 1500-1800
(HarperCollins, 1995).
Hardback. Very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 654pp. Order No. NSBK-C7202
Keywords: 0002551209, women, Europe, history, women's history, Olwen Hufton, European, Europeans
Price £10.00.
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Gillen, Mollie.
The Wheel of Things: A Biography of L. M. Montgomery. Author of Anne of Green Gables
(Harrap, 1976).
Hardback. Good in edge-worn slightly torn dustwrapper. 200pp. Order No. NSBK-C6472
Keywords: 0245529713, L. M. Mongomery, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, biographical, women writers, women's writing, Canada, Canadian, literature, literary, fiction, Maud Montgomery, Clifton, Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Ephraim Weber, Saskatchewan, George Boyd MacMillan, women writers, women's writing, women's history, Ewan Macdonald
Price £6.00.
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Waugh, Thomas.
The Clarion or the Bible:
(Charles H. Kelly, 2nd edit., n.d.).
In this scarce period source, Thomas Waugh attacks the Clarion Movement and in particular Robert Blatchford himself, whom he describes as "The Infidel". In the name of "Christian workers who have in the past sympathised with pure socialism", Waugh sets out to win back the hearts and minds of working men "whom 'The Clarion' has hit". Hardback. Small, some ink scorings on pg edges & 1st page of chapter 1 only, otherwise very good with gilt decorated boards. 136pp. Order No. NSBK-A5246
Keywords: B0008BTIQS, Clarion Club, Clarion Clubs, history, social history, bible, religious, scripture, temperance, socialism, socialist, socialists, Britain, British, England, English, Clarion Movement, socialist movements, Robert Blatchford, religion, Thomas Waugh, Rev Thomas Waugh, workers, working classes, Christian, Christian socialism, Christians, Christian socialists, infidelity, atheism
Price £12.00.
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McBride, Theresa M.
The Domestic Revolution: the Modernisation of Household Service in England and France, 1820 - 1920
(Croom Helm, 1976).
Hardback. Minor pencil annotation, otherwise very good in slightly rubbed dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C3751
Keywords: 9780856642203, domestic sphere, domesticity, servants, servant, household, England, France, middle class, middle classes, working class, working classes, nineteenth century, Victorian, women, employment, maids, maid, social history
Price £15.00.
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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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Wood, Ethel M.
A History of the Polytechnic:
(Macdonald, 1965).
Hardback. Ex lib with usual library stamps, stickers and markings; some wear and marking to covers, a good working copy. 176pp. Order No. NSBK-A6602
Keywords: B0000CMIPY, history, Britain, British, England, English, polytechnics, education, adult education, students, colleges, social history, further education, higher education, tertiary
Price £7.50.
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Reay, Barry.
Watching Hannah: Sexuality, Horror and Bodily De-formation in Victorian England
(Reaktion Books Limited, 2002).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. 199pp. Order No. NSBK-H13042
Keywords: 1861891199. Hannah Cullwick, Arthur Munby, servants, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, body, bodies, working class, working classes, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
Price £15.00.
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