Eden, Frederic Morton.
The State of the Poor: or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England from the Conquest to the Present Period
(Thoemmes Continuum, 2001 facsimile edition of 1797 edition).
PLEASE NOTE: TWO VOLUMES ONLY OF THREE (Vol I and Vol II). Hardbacks. Very good condition. Set sadly lacks vol 3. xxxi + 632; viii + 692pp. Order No. NSBK-A13850
Keywords: 1855062623, poverty, poor, poor relief, friendly societies, friendly society, labouring classes, working classes, pauperism, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Frederic Morton Eden, parochial reports, diet, dress, habitation, domestic economy, philanthropy, poor houses, workhouses, 18th century, eighteenth century
Price £72.00.
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Enamel Reproduction Suffragette Badge, WSPU Loyal Service 1913.
Women's Social and Political Union, Modern Replica Badge: Loyal Service, WSPU, 1913. Deeds Not Words
(Portrayer Publishers, 2005).
Large rosette-shaped badge (with a diameter of 45mm), in the attractive suffragette colours of purple, white and green. Gold-plated finish all round. Purple background with green circle displaying the words "Loyal Service - Deeds Not Words" in gold. On an inner white circle, in the centre of the badge, the letters "W.S.P.U" and the date "1913" appear, also in gold. Gold back and safety pin to rear for easy affixing to garments. Presented inside a small poly-bag. Badge. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C8954
Keywords: Christmas gifts, jewellery, jewelry, woman suffrage, button badge, the pin backs, the pinback, suffragette era, suffragettes, suffragist activity, women, women's history, woman, social history, Britain, British history, England, English history, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, enamel badges, suffragette jewellery, suffragette jewelry, brooch, brooches, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera
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Petroski, Catherine.
A Bride's Passage: Susan Hathorn's Year Under Sail
(Northeastern UP, 1997).
American woman's honeymoon sea voyage in 1855, based on her diary. Paperback. Back cover creased, otherwise very good. xviii + 283pp. Order No. NSBK-C1616
Keywords: 1555532977, America, American, American women, American women's history, sea, nautical, marriage, honeymoon, Susan Hathorn, Hathorn, bride, diary, woman writer, women writers, American women writers, United States, USA, nineteenth century, maritime
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Lamont, Thomas W.
My Boyhood in a Parsonage: Some Brief Sketches of American Life Toward the Close of the Last Century
(Heinemann, 1945).
Illustrated. Hardback. Bright green cloth, good. xviii + 207pp. Order No. NSBK-A2597
Keywords: B000HC0KBU, childhood, autobiography, parsonage, United States, America, Methodism, Catskill Mountains, presidential campaigns
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Ostroff, Eugene.
Photographing The Frontier:
(Smithsonian Institution, 1976).
An exhibition researched and organized by Eugene Ostroff, Curator of Photography, National Museum of History and Technology. Developed and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1975-1978. Booklet. Covers soiled, otherwise good. 31pp. Order No. NSBK-A11145
Keywords: B000GKEHS0, photography, photographic, photos, cameras, frontier,US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, twentieth century, 20th, booklet
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Tims, Margaret.
Jane Addams of Hull House, 1860 - 1935: a Centenary Study
(George Allen and Unwin, 1961).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly soiled dustwrapper. 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A8955
Keywords: B0000CKYPE, Jane Addams, Hull House, women's history, Chicago, American women, USA, United States of America, social work, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, pacifism, pacifists, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize winners, social reformers, philanthropy, philanthropists
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Griffin, C. S..
The Ferment of Reform, 1830-1860:
(RKP, 1968).
Routledge American History. Paperback. Covers very slightly chipped otherwise very good. vii + 104pp. Order No. NSBK-A10600
Keywords: 0710063105, reform, nineteenth century, Victorian, American, USA, United States, US, history, reform
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Willard, Frances E..
My Happy Half-Century: The Autobiograophy of an American Woman
(Ward, Locke and Bowden Ltd, 1895).
Edited by Frances E. Cook. With an introduction by Lady Henry Somerset. Hardback. Good in rubbed boards with gold embossed decoration, spine edges rubbed and slightly torn. x + 392pp. Order No. NSBK-C15522
Keywords: B002L24XH6, Frances E. Willard, women, women's history, women writers, woman writer, American, America, USA, United States, US, autobiography, self-history, nineteenth century, self-history
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Arnold, Eleanor, ed.
Voices of American Homemakers:
(Indiana UP, 1985).
Paperback. Very good. 295pp. Order No. NSBK-C11859
Keywords: 0253207991, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, oral history, States, homemakers, family, families, family values, rural, oral histories, education, courtship, marriage, child rearing, farms, farming, farmers, agricultural, land, agrarian, agriculture, country, countryside, rural
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McKelvey, Blake.
The City in American History:
(George Allen and Unwin, 1969).
Paperback. Some browning to covers, otherwise good. x + 229pp. Order No. NSBK-A5897
Keywords: 043010180, city, American, USA, United States, America, history, cities, city, towns, urban, planning, building, construction, colonial ports, metropolis, metropolitan, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, skyscrapers, architecture
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