Field, Jean.
Mary Dormer Harris: The Life and Works of a Warwickshire Historian
(Brewin Books, 2002).
Special Hardback edition of 250 copies signed by the author. Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. xii + 180pp. Order No. NSBK-C7148
Keywords: 1858581990, Mary Dormer Harris, history, historians, Jean Field, Warwickshire, Warwick, suffragists, women's rights, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, women writers, women's writing, women's history, suffragettes, suffrage movement, 19th, 20th, Edwardian, biography, biographical, biographies, life histories, life history, lives
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Carpenter, Mary.
Reformatory Schools: For the Children of the Perishing and Dangerous Classes and for Juvenile Offenders
(Woburn Press, Augustus M. Kelley, new impression, 1969).
A re-issue of the 1851 text. Hardback. Very good in spine-faded, lightly soiled dustwrapper. xi + 353pp. Order No. NSBK-C13605
Keywords: B0010Y287S, crime, reformatory schools, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, childhood, education, children, schooling, Mary Carpenter, juvenile offenders, poverty, destitution, social history, free day schools, ragged schools, gaols, prisons
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Mallock, W.H.
The Nation as a Business Firm: An Attempt to Cut a Path Through the Jungle
(Adam and Charles Black, 1910).
Hardback. Boards heavily worn but internally good. xi + 268pp. Order No. NSBK-A13090
Keywords: B000KWX9VK, business, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th, economy, economics, economic, finances, financial, poor, class, classes, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
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Clifford-Smith, J.L.
Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science: Manchester Meeting, 1879
(Longmans Green, 1880).
Hardback. Spine is rather worn with some loss to spine cover at both ends. Corners rubbed, original embossed cloth otherwise good, contents solid. 820pp. Order No. NSBK-C15306
Keywords: B00EBVKBRQ, Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, social history, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, antiquarian
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Vicinus, Martha, ed.
A Widening Sphere: Changing Roles of Victorian Women
(Indiana UP, 1977).
Important collection of essays on women's history, now very scarce. Hardback. Very good in slightly torn, slightly edge worn dustwrapper. xix + 326pp. Order No. NSBK-C1942
Keywords: 0253365406, Victorian, women's history, nineteenth century, women and work, jobs, work, Britain, British, England, English, history, Martha Vicinus, widening sphere
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Morrow, John.
Young England: The New Generation: a Selection of Primary Texts
(Leicester UP, 1999).
Hardback. Very good in laminated boards. xii + 196pp. Order No. NSBK-A3717
Keywords: 0718501454, Young England, 1840s, Benjamin Disraeli, The Condition of England, politics, society, George Smythe, Victorian, nineteenth century, England, English, Britain, British, Lord John Manners, Tory, Toryism, Tories, philosophy, history, ideas, Conservatism, Conservatives, Conservative, aristocracy, ruling classes
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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
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Mackenzie, Norman and Jeanne, eds.
The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Volume I: 1873 - 1892. Glitter Around and Darkness Within
(Virago, 1982).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in dustwrapper. xxii + 386pp. Order No. NSBK-C6086
Keywords: 0860682099, Beatrice Webb, socialism, socialist, socialists, Fabian, Fabians, Fabian socialism, women, history, diaries, diary, Victorian, Sidney Webb, Charles Booth, Margaret Harkness, Joseph Chamberlain, nineteenth century, Virago, Webbs
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Lane, Margaret.
The Tale of Beatrix Potter:
(Penguin, rpt., 1962).
Paperback. Covers slightly browned, small tear at base of front cover, otherwise good. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-C5879
Keywords: B0000CLKPW, Beatrix Potter, women writers, woman writer, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Lake District, Cumbria, children's books, children's writing, children, animals, history, Britain, British, England, English, literature, literary, biography, biographical, biographies, life history, life histories, Margaret Lane, unitarianism, Unitarians, The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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Petersen, William.
Malthus:
(Heinneman, 1979).
Hardback. Fly leaf clipped, otherwise very good in chipped dustwrapper. vi + 302pp. Order No. NSBK-A8250
Keywords: 043554800X, Thomas Robert Malthus, economists, economy, population, people, fertility, mortality, economics, economy, biography, biographies, biographical, history of ideas, nineteenth century, Britain, British, birth-control, contraception, demography, demographic, Malthusian, Darwinianism, Social Darwinianism
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