Maurice, C. Edmund, ed.
Life of Octavia Hill: as Told in her Letters
(Macmillan, rpt, 1914).
Hardback. Some foxing to early pages, minor yellow highlighting to text, rubbing to edges and spine ends, otherwise a good solid copy. vii + 591pp. Order No. NSBK-C4485
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Hammond, J. L and Hammond, Barbara.
Lord Shaftesbury:
(Constable and Co, 1923).
In the series Makers of the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Basil Williams. Hardback. Cloth faded/worn/marked, otherwise a good working copy. `x + 313pp. Order No. NSBK-A6007
Keywords: B0006AJFC8, Lord Shaftesbury, politics, Victorian, nineteenth century, biographies, biographical, biography, men, life histories, life history, lunacy, mental health, philanthropy, Peel, mines, mine reform, mining, factories, industry, industrialisation, Ten Hours Bill, public health, Anton Ashley Cooper, Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury
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Robertson, John M.
The Eight Hours Question:
(Swan Sonnenschein, 2nd edition, 1899).
Hardback. Red boards darkened / soiled, spine ends and corners worn, ex library with usual library markings - otherwise a good solid copy. xii + 150pp. Order No. NSBK-A14441
Keywords: B00087AGQ8, working hours, pay, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, working conditions, economy, industry, eight hours, factory, factories, mines, railways, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, reform
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Maylunas, Andrei and Mironenko, Sergei.
A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra. Their Own Story
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2nd impression, 1996).
Heavy book. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good+ in dustwrapper. 516pp. Order No. NSBK-A8520
Keywords: 0297815202, Tsarism, Tsarist, Russian, Russia, royalty, royalty, monarchy, monarchs, Nicholas I, history, Tsarina, Alexandra, Russian Revolution, repression, reform, revolutionaries, reaction
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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
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Flinn, M. W and Smout, T. C. eds.
Essays in Social History:
(Clarendon Press, 1974).
Edited for the Economic History Society. Paperback. Minor annotation, slightly shaky with tatty covers, a good working copy. xi + 289pp. Order No. NSBK-A5657
Keywords: 0198770170, social history, economy, economics, Britain, British, England, English, labour, labor, Industrial Revolution, industry, Sunday Schools, Manchester, Poor Laws, class, classes, towns, urban history, social reform, mortality, trade unions, women's history, trade unionism
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Bailey, Victor.
Delinquency and Citizenship: Reclaiming the Young Offender, 1914-48
(Clarendon, OUP, 1987).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, slight soiling to page edges, otherwise good in slightly creased dustwrapper. viii + 352pp. Order No. NSBK-A13168
Keywords: 0198226640, delinquency, citizenship, Victor Bailey, crime, history, criminals, criminal, twentieth century, 20th century, Britain, British, England, English, young offenders, welfare, probation, juvenile court, Home Office, penal reform, policy, justice
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Read, Donald and Glasgow, Eric.
Feargus O'Connor: Irishman and Chartist
(Edward Arnold, 1961).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, light sellotape marks to cloth, otherwise good in slightly worn dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-A10350
Keywords: B0000CKYZG, Chartists, Chartist movement, Chartism, radicalism, popular protest, nineteenth century, Victorian, socialism, reform, politics, franchise, votes, suffrage, working class, representation, working-class, classes, radicals, Irish, Irishman, British, England, English, history, biography, biographies, biographical, life history, life histories, lives, eighteenth century, 18th
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Muggeridge, Kitty and Adam, Ruth.
Beatrice Webb: A Life, 1858-1943
(Academy Chicago, rpt, 1983).
Paperback. Marginal ink notation (very marginal), otherwise good. 271 + vipp. Order No. NSBK-C5304
Keywords: 0897330889, Beatrice Webb, Webb, Webbs, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, women's history, Fabian society, left, Sudney Webb, London School of Economics, The New Statesman, social reform, Modern Welfare State, journals, diary, diaries, socialists, socialism, Stalin, Russia, women's movement, feminism, feminist, Herbert Spencer, Balfour, Haldane, G. B. Shaw
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Barnett, Henrietta.
Canon Barnett: His Life, Work and Friends
(John Murray, 1918).
With newspaper articles pasted to endpapers, plus a typed and signed letter by Henrietta Barnett. Complete in two volumes. Hardbacks. Minor yellow highlighting, lacking spine covers.Good working copies, vol I firm; vol II firm also though with splitting inside at spine. xxiv + 302; xii + 415pp. Order No. NSBK-A15635
Keywords: Henrietta Barnett, Canon Barnett, Samuel Augustus Barnett, housing, social conditions, Octavia Hill, Britain, British, England, English, nineteenth century, Victorian, Edwardian, biography, biographies, social reform, philanthropy, Toynbee, state relief, social problems, poverty
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