Black, Clementina.
A New Way of Housekeeping:
(W. Collins, 1st edition, 1918).
Rare first edition copy of this ground-breaking work. For the collector. Women employed in housekeeping; changes in domestic standards; why not be servantless?; the distaste for domestic service; labour-making houses; domestic federations; reconstructed domestic service; the motor as emancipator; waste of labour; women who do domestic work without aptitude or satisfaction; service of women needed by the country. Clementina Black urges a reorganisation of household duties, in order to free women from domestic drudgery. In her utopian vision of 'co-operative housekeeping', women would be released from the wasted effort of housework and made available for the labour market, which was now so very depleted of men after the Great War. She criticises the 'stupidity' of 'labour-making houses', and questions the continuing validity of the employment of domestic servants in the modern age. Her solution is to propose the formation of 'domestic federations'. These would represent committees of householders who would collectively manage their domestic arrangements in a centre 'fitted up with store places, kitchens, dining-rooms, offices, and lodgings for a nucleus of resident servants'. Hardback. Original cloth covered in small dark and white blotches, corners worn and spine split, text firm. A good working copy only. 132pp. Order No. NSBK-C4960
Keywords: Great War, First World War, World War I, social history, class, middle classes, middle class, domesticity, servants, domestic servants, maid, maids, housemaids, housekeeping, Clementina Black, labour-making houses, homes, houses, domestic service, twentieth century, interwar, inter-war, inter war, Homes for Heroes, housing, domestic standards, etiquette, women, domestic work, labour, working women, women's history, chores, co-operative housekeeping, domestic federations, cooperative housekeeping, co-operatives, co-operation, cooperation, Women's Industrial Council, labour-saving, labour market, labor, labour shortage, housework, utopianism, utopian, stored with antiquarian
Price £24.00.
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Waters, William.
Stained Glass from Shrigley and Hunt of Lancaster and London:
(Centre for North-West Regional Studies, Lancaster University, 2003).
Hardback. Fine. 88pp. Order No. NSBK-A14728
Keywords: 9781862201408, stained glass, stained glass windows, religion, religious, Shrigley and Hunt, glass houses, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, Centre for North-West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster, art, William Walters, church windows, church architecture
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Mallory, Keith.
The Bristol House:
(Redcliffe Press, 1985).
Paperback. A little curling to cover edges, otherwise good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-A9729
Keywords: 0905459997, homes, houses, Bristol, housing, cities, city, towns, great house, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, 18th, eighteenth, architecture, architectural
Price £6.00.
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Thomis, Malcolm I.
Old Nottingham:
(David and Charles, 1968).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 200pp. Order No. NSBK-A7631
Keywords: 071534305X, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, regions, Britain, British, history, England, English, towns, Castle Rock, law, High Pavement, Thomas Bailey of Basford, Goose Fair, Luddites, Trade unions, trade unionism, enclosure, pubs, public houses
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Ward Lock, .
Paint Finishes for Home Decorators: A Step by Step Guide to Mastering Decorating Techniques
(Ward Lock, 1997).
Creating a Home. Paperback. Very good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-G12267
Keywords: 0706376560, art, artists, painters, paintings, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, homes, houses, interior decoration, decor, twentieth century
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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
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Rooy, Max Van.
Honderdzes Adressen in Den Haag:
(Den Haag, 1986).
With colour illustrations. Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled dustwrapper. 110pp. Order No. NSBK-A13840
Keywords: 906644065, Den Haag, Netherlands, Holland, architecture, houses, addresses, Dutch, urban, The Hague, architecture, Shell
Price £38.00.
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Towner, Margaret.
Dollhouse Furniture: The Collector's Guide to Selecting and Enjoying Miniature Masterpieces
(Courage Books, 1993).
Hardback. Very good in creased dustwrapper. 80pp. Order No. NSBK-A6954
Keywords: 1561383252, female, women, women's history, girls' education, girls, girlhood, dolls houses, dollhouse furniture, furniture, Britain, British, England, English, miniatures, toys, games, collectors. collecting, making dolls houses
Price £8.00.
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Stevenson, D. Alan.
The World's Lighthouses before 1820:
(OUP, 1959).
Large format. Hardback. Green cloth. Ex-library but very good copy with minimal library stamps in rather soiled dustwrapper, chipped at edges and with a small piece torn out of top edge. xxiv + 310pp. Order No. NSBK-A14228
Keywords: B0000CKDV2, lighthouses, lighthouse, sea, oceans, safety, marine, maritime, navigation, engineering, history, towers, harbours, architecture, architectural
Price £45.00.
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Firth, Gary.
Victorian Yorkshire at Play: A Pictorial History of Yorkshire Sport and Pastimes
(Hendon Publishing, 1989).
Paperback. Good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A10610
Keywords: 0860671259, Yorkshire, Victorian, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, amusements, sport, leisure, pastimes, holidays, theatres, playhouses, sports
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