Petavel, J. W.
Administrative Efficiency and What it Might Give Us: Reduced Military Expenditure with Increased Army Reserves, and the Solution of the Problems of the Unemployed, of Rehousing, and of Technical Education
(Swan Sonnenschein, 1906).
The Towns of the Future and Self-Supporting Armies. Hardback. Pages browned and a little brittle with age. First page detached. Ex-library with usual lib stamps, in library binding. Good. 58pp. Order No. NSBK-A13365
Keywords: B0006F9FZU, Edwardian, army, army reserves, militarism, military expenditure, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, unemployment, unemployed, rehousing, housing, technical education, administrative efficiency, conscription, social reform, houses, military, labour, land, towns, town planning
Price £28.00.
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Matthews, Mike.
Alf Cobb: Mugsborough Rebel. The Struggle for Justice in Edwardian Hastings
(Hastings Press, rpt, 2003).
Paperback. Fine. 143pp. Order No. NSBK-A6675
Keywords: 190410911X, Hastings, history, social history, Sussex, Britain, British, England, English, Alf Cobb, Robert Tressell, Social Democratic Federation, socialist, socialists, socialism, mob orators, rebels, Mugsborough, working class, working classes, political rebels, radicalism, Edwardian, twentieth century, labour movement, politics, local politics, local government, oratory, local councils, local corporations, local councillors
Price £8.00.
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Horn, Pamela.
The Victorian Country Child:
(Kineton/The Roundwood Press, 1974).
Hardback. Covers slightly soiled, marginal pencil annotation not affecting legbility, otherwise very good. xvi + 244pp. Order No. NSBK-C11001
Keywords: 0900093307, women, woman, gender, 1920s, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, fashion, Great War, social elite, middle class, wives, daughters, women and work, women's work, leisure, maternal, mothers, motherhood, mortality, countryside, professions, Victorian
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Waugh, Thomas.
The Clarion or the Bible:
(Charles H. Kelly, 2nd edit., n.d.).
In this scarce period source, Thomas Waugh attacks the Clarion Movement and in particular Robert Blatchford himself, whom he describes as "The Infidel". In the name of "Christian workers who have in the past sympathised with pure socialism", Waugh sets out to win back the hearts and minds of working men "whom 'The Clarion' has hit". Hardback. Small, some ink scorings on pg edges & 1st page of chapter 1 only, otherwise very good with gilt decorated boards. 136pp. Order No. NSBK-A5246
Keywords: B0008BTIQS, Clarion Club, Clarion Clubs, history, social history, bible, religious, scripture, temperance, socialism, socialist, socialists, Britain, British, England, English, Clarion Movement, socialist movements, Robert Blatchford, religion, Thomas Waugh, Rev Thomas Waugh, workers, working classes, Christian, Christian socialism, Christians, Christian socialists, infidelity, atheism
Price £12.00.
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Ottley, Lucy J.
A Preliminary Manual of Home Nursing:
(John Ambulance Association, 1959).
First illustrated edition. Small tear to title page. Paperback. Red / grey covers soiled and a little creased, else a good copy. 83pp. Order No. NSBK-A7269
Keywords: St. John Ambulance Association, first aid, health, social history, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, sickness, injured, injuries, caring for the sick, patients, advice books, nursing, nurses, care, 1950s, post war, post-war, bed-making, patients, diseases, treatments, bandaging
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Walton, John K. & Walvin, James, eds.
Leisure in Britain, 1780-1939:
(MUP, 1983).
Out-of-print. Very scarce. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, otherwise good+ in slightly faded, slightly creased dustwrapper. 241pp. Order No. NSBK-A2320
Keywords: 071900912X, leisure, entertainment, social history, recreation, Victorian, nineteenth century, eighteenth century, twentieth century, England, English, Britain, British, hobbies, working class, working classes, middle class, middle classes, class, John Walton, Jim Walvin, James Walvin, Walton, Leisure in Britain
Price £32.00.
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Manning-Sanders, Ruth.
Seaside England:
(B.T. Batsford, 1951).
Hardback. Grey cloth somewhat soiled, but a good working copy. viii + 151pp. Order No. NSBK-A13598
Keywords: B0000CHVZC, sea, seaside, leisure, Britain, British, England, English, social history, United Kingdom, UK, spas, bathing places, tourism, tourists, bathers, Brighton, Weymouth, Southport, railways, Bognor, Bournemouth, Torquay, Victorian seaside, holidays
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Phelps, Humphrey, ed.
Forest of Dean: England of One Hundred Years Ago. Photograph Collection
(Alan Sutton, 1992).
Paperback. Oversized book. A little wear to edges, otherwise very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A13331
Keywords: 0750903031, Forest of Dean, history, sepia, photographs, photography, images, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, nineteenth century, twentieth century, 19th century, prints, Gloucestershire, rural, Cinderford, Coleford, Littledean, social history
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Enamel Reproduction Suffragette Badge, Waving Flag Design.
Votes For Women Modern Replica Badge, W.S.P.U:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2004).
Votes For Women: waving flag badge. High quality modern reproduction enamel badge. (Hard enamel type finish, no epoxy sealing). Size: 28mm wide by 25mm tall (approx). Waving flag-shaped. In purple, white and green (the colours of the suffragette campaign). Brass back and gold-plated safety-pin with safe locking ring to rear. This badge is a replica of an original of the period, shaped as a tricolour-style waving flag. The words "Votes for Women" occupy one word per colour, per line. Presented inside a small poly-bag. Badge. New, fine - wrapped in polythene wrapper. pp. Order No. NSBK-C8167
Keywords: B002HJHDQQ, Votes For Women, suffrage, woman suffrage, pin, button, badge, pin back, pinback, pins, suffragette, suffragettes, suffragettes' badges, badges, suffragist, suffragists, women, women's history, women history, social history, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, enamel, enamels, jewellery, jewelry, women's suffrage, political women, politics, England, English, Britain, British, Christmas gifts, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera
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Butler, Josephine E.
Some Thoughts on the Present Aspect of the Crusade: Against the State Regulation Of Vice
(Portrayer, 2002 reprint of 1874 text).
No 1 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 12pp. Order No. NSBK-C6304
Keywords: B001C3VNMS, Josephine E. Butler, education, social history, women, women's history, Victorian, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, equality, gender roles, working women, women workers, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade, prostitution, prostitutes, State Regulation of Vice, Contagious Diseases Act, social purity, Liverpool, Open Archive Occasional Series, new title, booklet
Price £7.50.
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