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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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Wright, Thomas.
The Romance of the Lace Pillow: Being The History Of Lace-Making In Bucks, Beds, Northants And Neighbouring Counties, Together With Some Account Of The Lace Industries of Devon And Ireland
(Olney, Bucks, 2nd edition, 1930).
Volume II only of two. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps and markings. Minor wear to edges, otherwise good+. ii + 125 + 271pp. Order No. NSBK-A15131
Keywords: B0018Y07WI, lace, lace-making, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, history, lace-makers, Devon, Ireland, Irish, bobbins, crochet, sewing, crafts
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Dubois, Ellen Carol and Ruiz, Vicki L., eds.
Unequal Sisters: A Multi-Cultural Reader in US Women's History
(Routledge, 1990).
Paperback. Very good. xvi + 473pp. Order No. NSBK-C9280
Keywords: 041590272X, America, American, American women, American women's history, United States, USA, multicultural, Black history
Price £6.00.
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McGann, Susan; Crowther, Anne and Dougall, Rona.
A History of the Royal College of Nursing 1916-90: A Voice for Nurses
(Manchester University Press, 2009).
Hardback. Very good. x + 358pp. Order No. NSBK-C14628
Keywords: 9780719077951, nursing, nurses, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women's history, hospitals, Royal College of Nursing, managers, NHS, National Health Service, training, unions, unionism, trade unionism, women and work
Price £36.00.
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Jong, Erica.
Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones
(The Leisure Circle Ltd, rpt., 1980).
In three books. Comprising her life at Lymeworth, her initiation as a Witch, her travels with the Merry Men, Her Life in a Brothel, Her London High Life, Her Slaving Voyage, Her life as a Female Pyrate, Her Eventual Unravelling of her Destiny, et cetera, MDCCLI. Hardback. Covers slightly soiled, otherwise good+496. 496pp. Order No. NSBK-C9910
Keywords: Fanny Hackabout-Jones, Erica Jong, women's history, women's studies, history, woman, women, Lymeworth, fiction, novels, novelists, books, women's writing, women writers, woman writer
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Hughes, H.P.
Mr T. J. Down's Bands: A Short History of the Origin and Development of the Orchestra and Military Band, Together with a Biography of the Late Mr. T. J. Down
(Percival Pearse, Warrington, 1905).
Hardback. Frontispiece partly detached. Endpapers a little soiled. Some wear to boards, especially at edges and spine ends, otherwise good+, a nice solid copy. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A13787
Keywords: B000XJ6X18, Warrington, bands, bandsmen, Thomas John Down, memoir, band, orchestra, military bands, history, music, concerts, North-West, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, memoirs, biography, biographies, string bands, photography, camera, musicians, Stockton Heath, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th
Price £36.00.
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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
Price £5.50.
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Chancellor, Valerie E.
History for their Masters: Opinion in the English History Textbook, 1800-1914
(Adams & Dart, 1970).
Hardback. Very good in yellowed dustwrapper. 153pp. Order No. NSBK-A2653
Keywords: 0239000684, English History, textbook, education, schooling, school, education, History, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Maurice, Frederick D.
The Workman and the Franchise: Chapters from English History on the Representation and Education of the People
(A. Kelley, 1970 rpt of 1866 edit.).
Hardback. Fine. xvi + 244pp. Order No. NSBK-A2005
Keywords: 0678005923, franchise, politics, political reform, voting, election, Reform Acts, education, representation, Victorian, nineteenth century, workman, working-class, working class, electoral reform, Britain, British, England, English, history, Frederick Maurice, Maurice, Augustus M. Kelley reprints
Price £8.00.
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Herbert, Michael.
The Wearing of the Green: a Political History of the Irish in Manchester
(IBRG, 2001).
Paperback. New book, fine. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-A4434
Keywords: 0954137809, Irish, Manchester, history, politics, political, Michael Herbert, Irish in Britain Representation Group, Ireland, Irish independence, United Irishmen, Fenianism, Fenians, Home Rule, Republicanism, nationalism, emigration, emigrants, immigration, immigrants, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Mancunians, North West, England, English, Britain, British
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