Horn, Pamela.
The Victorian Country Child:
(Kineton/The Roundwood Press, 1974).
Hardback. Covers slightly soiled, marginal pencil annotation not affecting legbility, otherwise very good. xvi + 244pp. Order No. NSBK-C11001
Keywords: 0900093307, women, woman, gender, 1920s, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, fashion, Great War, social elite, middle class, wives, daughters, women and work, women's work, leisure, maternal, mothers, motherhood, mortality, countryside, professions, Victorian
Price £9.00.
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Wohlcke, Anne.
The 'Perpetual Fair': Gender, Disorder and Urban Amusement in Eighteenth-century London
(MUP, 2014).
Gender in History Series. Hardback. Very good+. x + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C15578
Keywords: 9780719090912, entertainment, urban, amusement, gender, morality, immorality, history, leisure, London, fairs, eighteenth century, 18th, Empire, imperialism
Price £40.00.
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Roberts, Elizabeth.
A Woman's Place: an Oral History of Working-Class Women, 1890-1940
(Blackwell, reissue, 1985).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. vii + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C4152
Keywords: 0631147543, oral history, Elizabeth Roberts, Lancaster, Barrow, Preston, working class, working classes, family, marriage, work, leisure, motherhood, mothers, neighbourhood, North West, Northern, England, British, Britain, English, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Edwardian
Price £13.99.
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Wilks, Mike.
The Ultimate Noah's Ark:
(Michal Joseph, 1993).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. n.pp. Order No. NSBK-A6531
Keywords: 0718135962, leisure, entertainment, childhood, children, kids, animals, beasts, Noah's Ark, play, twentieth century, puzzles, art, artists, pictures, paintings, Mike Wilks
Price £8.00.
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Anon, .
The Journal of the National Playing Fields Association:
(Nat Play Fields Assoc., Jan. 1933).
Includes an editorial entitled, "The Right Use of Leisure". Paperback. Covers browned, otherwise very good. xiii + 104pp. Order No. NSBK-A3053
Keywords: leisure, playing fields, green fields, sport, recreation, recreation ground, space, National Playing Fields Association, sports, history
Price £2.50.
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Bray, Maurice I.
Railway Picture Postcards:
(MPC, rpt., 1991).
Paperback. Spine and front cover creased, otherwise good. 240pp. Order No. NSBK-A6230
Keywords: 0861903137, railways, steam trains, trains, transport, engines, vehicles, travel, postcards, pictures, nineteenth century, twentieth century, railway ships, docks, royal trains, bridges, tunnels, viaducts, Great Western Railway, locomotives, trams, traffic, The London and North Western Railway, photographs, photography, collectors, hobbies, hobby, entertainment, leisure, Britain, British, England, English, history
Price £6.00.
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Anderson, Madge.
The Heroes of the Puppet Stage:
(Jonathan Cape, 1924).
With illustrations by the author. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps. Some soiling / streaking to cloth, a little cracking internally at spine, otherwise a good solid working copy. vi + 420pp. Order No. NSBK-A14241
Keywords: B00088FF4A, puppets, Punch, Mr Punch, puppetry, history, stage, theatre, puppet shows, marionettes, Punch and Judy, leisure, entertainment
Price £28.00.
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Punch and Judy Poster, Reproduction of a Rare 1880 Image.
The True Story of Punch and Judy: Royal Polytechnic. New Entertainment by Damer Cape. Humourous, Musical, Pictorial, Tragical, Comical. New Views by A. Mayhew & J. Green. New Music, by Edouard Frewin & Alfred Lee. New songs by Damer Cape & New Effects by the Institution. Twice Daily
(Portrayer Publishers, 2007 reproduction of 1880 poster).
A reproduction of an attractive poster which promoted a Punch and Judy show at the Royal Polytechnic, Westminster, London, England in 1880. PAPER: A3 sized = 297mm x 420mm or 11.7 inches x 16.5 inches. IMAGE: 250mm x 400mm or 10 inches x 16 inches [approx]. 100 GMS matte poster paper, coated and treated. In full glossy colour: brownish-red, white and black. The online image is lessened in quality for speedy loading and watermarked to deter image theft. Fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-A13093
Keywords: Victorian, Punch and Judy, Punch & Judy, entertainment, leisure, posters, poster, reproductions, Portrayer Publishers, nineteenth century, London, 19th century, Britain, British, England, English, social history, magic, Punch and Judy shows, ventriloquists, ventriloquism, theatre, English theatre, music halls, puppets, puppetry, hand puppets, Damer Cape, Edouard Frewin, Alfred Lee
Price £7.00.
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Manning-Sanders, Ruth.
Seaside England:
(B.T. Batsford, 1951).
Hardback. Grey cloth somewhat soiled, but a good working copy. viii + 151pp. Order No. NSBK-A13598
Keywords: B0000CHVZC, sea, seaside, leisure, Britain, British, England, English, social history, United Kingdom, UK, spas, bathing places, tourism, tourists, bathers, Brighton, Weymouth, Southport, railways, Bognor, Bournemouth, Torquay, Victorian seaside, holidays
Price £11.50.
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Hindley, Charles.
The Book of Ready-Made Speeches:
(George Routledge, rpt, n.d).
Late Victorian. Contains speeches on special subjects including: naval, military, ecclesiastical, parliamentary, sporting, weddings, birthdays, education, fine arts, railway, electioneering. Hardback. Original red boards darkened & spine worn, 3 pages slightly torn, otherwise good though lacking fly leaf. 191pp. Order No. NSBK-A3155
Keywords: Victorian, speeches, speechmaking, railway, education, ecclesiastical, naval, military, leisure and entertainment, birthday, wedding, parliamentary, Britain, England, British, English, history, oration, etiquette, advice books
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