Groves, Derek.
The Roof of Africa on Wheels:
(Alfresco Books, 1999).
Commentary by Jon Amos. Foreword by Chris Bonnington. Jon Amos became a paraplegic following a road accident when just 17. Since then he has advanced the awareness of what a person with a disability can achieve by the challenges he has personally undertaken, raising thousands of pounds for charity in the process. In 1998 he attained an altitude record by someone in a wheelchair - 16,040 feet up Mount Kilimanjaro. This book vividly describes the preparation and actual ascent by Jon and the team. With a fascinating selection of colour photographs, this story of Jon's grit and determination, and the dedicated teamwork of those who accompanied him, makes inspiring reading. Paperback. Fine. 104pp. Order No. NSBK-A6269
Keywords: 1873727119, Africa, African, Derek Groves, Alfresco Books, Jon Amos, Chris Bonnington, wheelchairs, mountains, mountaineering, disabilities, disability, teamwork, climbing, Mount Kilimanjaro, twentieth century, paraplegics, paraplegic sports, Moshi International School, Moshi Club, Tanzania, wheelchair sport, British Wheelchair Sports Foundation, Marangu Gate, Tanzanian National Parks, TANAPA, Arusha, Mkombozi Street Kids Project, Kishari Orphanage, Mandara Hut, Brice Bennett's Trekking Lodge, Horombo, Kibo, Mwereni Primary School, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, KCMC, Arusha National Park, Ngurdoto Crater, Momella Lodge, Poverty Africa, Cyclone Wheelchairs
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NUWSS Supporters' Badge, Suffragist Suffragette.
Enamel Reproduction NUWSS Suffragist Suffragette Stick-Pin Badge / Brooch:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2018).
NUWSS Supporters' Badge. Enamel Reproduction NUWSS Suffragette Stick-Pin Badge / Brooch, a Faithful Replica of the Original By Portrayer Publishers. High-quality modern reproduction enamel badge, brand new. Size: Badge circle diameter: 22mm. Length - badge and stick pin together -55mm. This badge is a replica of an original of the period, an enamel badge issued by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, NUWSS, displaying the organisation's official colours of red, white and green. The text reads: National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies Constitutional Non Party. Attaches to clothes safely by the stick-pin, the bottom of which - the bell cap - pushes on firmly. The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, NUWSS, also known as the Suffragists, was an organisation of women's suffrage societies in the United Kingdom. The organisation was democratic, and devoted itself to achieving women's suffrage - the Vote for Women - through peaceful and legal means. The badge / brooch comes with a free attractive purple velvet gift pouch. Presented within a lovely gift bag which is clear at the front and shiny silver at the rear. Brand new, excellent condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15560
Keywords: Christmas gifts, jewellery, jewelry, woman suffrage, button badge, pin back, badges, pinback, suffragette era, pins, suffragettes, suffragist activity, suffragists, women, women's history, woman, history, social history, Britain, British history, England, English history, NUWSS, National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, enamel badges, suffragette jewellery, suffragette jewelry, brooch, brooches, women's movement, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera, replica, reproduction
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Stewart, Alexander P. & Jenkins, Edward.
The Medical and Legal Aspects of Sanitary Reform:
(Leicester UP, 1969 rpt of 1867 2nd edit).
Intro by M.W. Flinn. Hardback. Very good in soiled dustwrapper. 100pp. Order No. NSBK-A4851
Keywords: 718550072, medical, history, M. W. Flinn, social history, welfare, Britain, British, England, English, legal, sanitary reform, public health, sanitary conditions, Public Health Acts, nineteenth century, Victorian, social improvements, social reforms, Royal Sanitary Commissions, Disraeli, Disraelian Conservatism, Alexander P. Stewart, Edward Jenkins
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Lummis, Trevor and Marsh, Jan.
The Woman's Domain: Women and the English Country House
(Viking, 1990).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. xii + 221pp. Order No. NSBK-C13893
Keywords: 0670816809, Hardwick Hall, women's history, women, Trevor Lummis, Jan Marsh, Arlington Court, Wallington, Belton House, Saltram, English country houses, Bess of Hardwick, domestic servants, domestic service
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Black, Clementina.
A New Way of Housekeeping:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2004 facsimile of 1918 text).
Clementina Black (1854 - 1922) was a campaigner committed to improving the plight of working women. In this work of 1918, she 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'. Examples of material included: 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. Paperback. New book, fine. x + 132pp. Order No. NSBK-C7548
Keywords: 0954476123, 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, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Portrayer reprints, Portrayer facsimiles, new titles
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Goldie, Sue M.
Florence Nightingale: Letters from the Crimea, 1854 - 1856
(Mandolin, 1997).
Paperback. Small biro mark to front cover, light soiling to rear, otherwise very good. xi + 326pp. Order No. NSBK-C2565
Keywords: 190134102X, Crimean War, nurses, nursing, Florence Nightingale, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, nineteenth century, nurse, medical, medicine, health
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Carver, Vida and Liddiard, Penny, eds.
An Ageing Population:
(Hodder & Stoughton, Open UP, 1978).
Paperback. Good. viii + 429pp. Order No. NSBK-A4272
Keywords: 0340233737, ageing, population, demography, demographic, demographics, social history, sociology, elderly, old age, family, families, community, welfare, communities, growing old, aged, care, care workers, health, old age pensioners, older people, Britain, British, England, English
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Conway, Edward S.
Post-war Employment:
(Jonathan Cape, 1943).
Hardback. Spine faded, corners bumped. Ex library with minimal library stamps, otherwise good. 143pp. Order No. NSBK-A13925
Keywords: B000WULES0, employment, work, post war, post-war, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, ex-service men, army, training, youth, unemployed, unemployment, labour, demobilisation, demobilization
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Stratton, Helen.
Walberswick Marshes:
(Date unknown).
An original delicate watercolour painting on card (unframed) believed to be by the artist Helen Stratton (24.5 cm x 27.5cm or 9.5 inches x 10.5 inches). Stratton is a highly-regarded illustrator of children's fairy tales. Signed with initials in bottom right-hand corner (active 1891-1925). Framer's plate (which is separate, but which has presumably been on the back of the picture when framed) gives provenance - Walberswick Marshes - Helen Stratton - and her London address: 113 Abingdon Road, Kensington. The picture, in greens and blues, is of a bridge over marshland. Walberswick in Suffolk was a haven for artists in the 1890s and 1900s and is associated with Philip Wilson Steer and his circle of English Impressionists. The card has suffered a little acidification from the original backing boards. Corners worn, one slightly split, some browning to edges, and light brown staining to top left edge, about 1.5cm wide. Otherwise very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15466
Keywords: B07FT384YJ, Helen Stratton, Stratton, painter, painting, original, watercolour, Suffolk, Walberswick Marshes,painters, Walberswick, illustrations, images, art. artist, artists, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, nineteenth century, Helen Isobel Mansfield Ramsey Stratton, Art Nouveau, Glasgow School, woman artist, women artists, book illustrator, illustrators, children's book illustrator, Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest, Walberswick National Nature Reserve, Southwold, marshland, reedbeds, English Impressionists, impressionist, Enfland, 20th century, 19th century, antiquarian, women painters, watercolours
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Stuart, Dorothy Margaret.
The English Abigail:
(Macmillan, 1946).
Hardback. Ex library with minor marks left by stickers, edges worn, otherwise good. 221pp. Order No. NSBK-C3359
Keywords: B0007IW8V0, abigail, domestic service, servant, women adn work, women's work, literature, novel, fiction
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