Mayhew, Henry.
Mayhew's Characters:
(Spring Books, 1967).
Edited with a note on the English character by Peter Quennell. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper which is rather torn and tatty at edges. xix + 360pp. Order No. NSBK-A5010
Keywords: B0000CNF5P, Henry Mayhew, nineteenth century, Victorian, povery, poor, London, oral history, Britain, British, England, english, interviews, people, popular, working-class, working class, work, labor, labour, mayhew's characters, mayhew's, mayhew, characters
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Hall, Edith.
Canary Girls and Stockpots:
(WEA, 1977).
Paperback. Covers rubbed / worn, signed by the author. Good+ condition. 55pp. Order No. NSBK-C2796
Keywords: 9780950556307, autobiography, oral history, London, Britain, British, England, English, history
Price £8.99.
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Christies, .
Seven Cezanne Paintings from the Auguste Pellerin Collection:
(Christies, 1992).
Illustrated with black and white and colour images of the paintings. Sales catalogue. Very good+ in dustwrapper. pp. Order No. NSBK-A10637
Keywords: Christies, paintings, art, artists, French, France, impressionism, Impressionists, sale, twentieth century, London, images, colour, photos, photographs, Auguste Pellerin Collection
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Allen, Vivien.
Lady Trader: A Biography of Mrs Sarah Heckford
(Collins, 1979).
Hardback. Very good in soiled and chipped dustwrapper. 243pp. Order No. NSBK-C4496
Keywords: 0002160730, Mrs Sarah Heckford, women travellers, woman traveller, women travelers, woman traveler, The East London Hospital, Childrens' Hospital, Nathaniel Heckford, India, South Africa, Transvaal, Pretoria, Rain Queen, Loboda, Modjadje, Boer War, biography, biographies, women's history, British, Britain nineteenth century
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Mayhew, Henry.
The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts. Volume 2
(Caliban Books, 1981).
Paperback. Spine a little browned. A few light marks to card covers, otherwise very good. 335pp. Order No. NSBK-A13115
Keywords: 0904573214, Victorian, 1840s, forties, 19th century, nineteenth century, labour, poor, poverty, Henry Mayhew, social surveys, social investigations, sanitation, oral history, wages, sweated labour, poor law, employment, hucksters, alcohol, drinking, housing, coal, pawn-broking, tailoring, pubs, publicans, public houses, London
Price £19.95.
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Clark, Peter, ed.
The Early Modern Town: A Reader
(Longman & Open UP, 1976).
Paperback. Covers yellowed, a little creasing to spine, otherwise good. 332pp. Order No. NSBK-A5313
Keywords: 0582484057,Early Modern, town, towns, planning, urban, pre-industrial, English, England, Britain, British, history, economics, economy, London, Norwich, Sheffield
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Rossiter, Jenny.
Nobler and Better Things: Octavia Hill's Life and Work
(Octavia, 2012).
Paperback. Light edgewear, otherwise very good. 66pp. Order No. NSBK-C15628
Keywords: 9780957307308, Octavia Hill, booklets, housing, urban, open spaces, Victorian, London, slums, social history, women's history
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Chrisp, Peter.
The Blitz:
(University of Sussex Library, 1987).
Scarce. Based on papers held at the Mass Observation Archive, University of Sussex. Spiral-boundbooklet. Good. 26pp. Order No. NSBK-A13031
Keywords: 0850870186, Mass Observation, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, Blitz, Mass-Observation, Peter Chrisp, University of Sussex, 1940s, forties, home front, domestic front, London Blitz, Coventry, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Hull, bombing, social history, Croydon Raid, air raids
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Muggeridge, Kitty and Adam, Ruth.
Beatrice Webb: A Life, 1858-1943
(Academy Chicago, rpt, 1983).
Paperback. Marginal ink notation (very marginal), otherwise good. 271 + vipp. Order No. NSBK-C5304
Keywords: 0897330889, Beatrice Webb, Webb, Webbs, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, women's history, Fabian society, left, Sudney Webb, London School of Economics, The New Statesman, social reform, Modern Welfare State, journals, diary, diaries, socialists, socialism, Stalin, Russia, women's movement, feminism, feminist, Herbert Spencer, Balfour, Haldane, G. B. Shaw
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Benson, Gerard, Chernaik, J and Herbert, C.
Poems on the Underground:
(Cassell, rpt., 1997).
Paperback. Very good+. 271pp. Order No. NSBK-A13739
Keywords: 0304354953, poems, poetry, poets, Underground, London, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £4.00.
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