De Hempsey, Sidney.
Practical Punch and Judy:
(Arcady Press [John Alexander], Reprint, 2004).
This useful guide to starting Punch and Judy first appeared in 1953 as a series of articles published in the monthly magic magazine "The Wizard", which is now, sadly, defunct. Reprinted 2004. Booklet. Fine. 28pp. Order No. NSBK-F12597
Keywords: Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Punch and Judy, puppets, puppet, puppetry, theatre, marionette, marionettes, puppeteer, puppetteer, puppet master, professor, professors, hand puppet, hand puppets, scripts, script, show, seaside, sea side, humour, humor, street theatre, street theatres, street entertainment, social history, social historian, traveller, travellers, magic, illusions, conjuring, history, showmen, showman, shows, show, Sidney De Hempsey, Sidney de Hempsey's, booklet
Price £16.95.
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Heriot, Angus.
The Castrati in Opera:
(Secker and Warburg, 1956).
Hardback. Frontispiece loose, ex library but in good condition. Dustwrapper soiled and torn / chipped. 243pp. Order No. NSBK-A15792
Keywords: history, opera, entertainment, castrati, theatre, threatrical
Price £18.00.
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Mundy, John.
The British Musical Film:
(Manchester UP, 2007).
Paperback. Very good. viii + 276pp. Order No. NSBK-A14795
Keywords: 9780719063213, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, musical, pictures, films, musicals, cinema, music, popular culture, leisure, entertainment
Price £9.00.
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Little, Alan, & Tingay, Lance.
Wimbledon Ladies: A Centenary Record, 1884-1984. The Singles Championships
(Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, 1984).
Paperback. Some white spotting to covers, otherwise good. 80pp. Order No. NSBK-C5667
Keywords: 0906741130, Wimbledon, Lawn Tennis, women and sport, sporting, leisure, entertainment, singles championships, women tennis players, sports, woman, women's sports
Price £6.00.
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Stapleton, Michael.
The Sadler's Wells Opera: A Pictorial Record
(A and C. Black, 1954).
With ninety-five photographs. Hardback. Good+ in rather torn dustwrapper. 66pp. Order No. NSBK-A11783
Keywords: B0000CJ0IY, opera, Sadler's Wells, dancing, singing, theatre, entertainment, leisure, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, singers, Sadler's Wells Opera Company
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Jaffe, Nigel Allenby.
Folk Dance of Europe:
(Folk Dance Enterprises, 1990).
Hardback. Very good in slightly yellowed dustwrapper slightly creased at the edges. xvi + 344pp. Order No. NSBK-Z14704
Keywords: 0946247145, folk dance, folk dancing, Europe, European, folk music, dancing, history, leisure, entertainment, Morris dancing, maypoles, country dancing, maypole dancing
Price £38.95.
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Walvin, James.
Leisure and Society, 1830 - 1950:
(Longman, 1978).
Paperback. Good. ix + 181pp. Order No. NSBK-A9631
Keywords: 9780582486829, Victorian, leisure, society, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth, 20th, railways, trains, seaside, sports, music, treats, games, entertainment
Price £24.99.
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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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Down, Michael.
Archie: A Biography of A. C. MacLaren
(George Allen and Unwin, 1981).
Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled, slightly dented dustwrapper. xii + 193pp. Order No. NSBK-A5841
Keywords: 0047960566, biography, biographies, biographical, life history, life histories, Archie C. McLaren, cricket, cricketers, cricketing, sport, sportsmen, sportsman, A. C. MacLaren, Golden Age, entertainment, leisure, sporting heroes, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Bass Ratcliff and Gretton Limited, .
Excursion to Scarborough: Friday July 24th, 1914
(Bass Museum, reprint, 1977).
A charming booklet. On the very eve of the First World War, this detailed guide prepares Bass employees and their families for their day excursion to Scarborough by train. Illustrated. Booklet. Fine. 40pp. Order No. NSBK-A6872
Keywords: B000IZA06Q, Scarborough, seaside, holidays, outings, Britain, British, England, English, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, towns, spa towns, working classes, working class, excursions, working class excursions, leisure, entertainment, recreation, train journeys, trains, railways, days out, day out, days-out, day-out, tramways, amusements, Bass, industrial workers, Bass Ratcliff and Gretton Limited, Ratcliff, Gretton, stations, twentieth century, World War I, Great War, First World War, pre-war, Bass Museum, Bass outings, booklet
Price £12.00.
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