Hindley, Charles.
The Book of Ready-Made Speeches:
(George Routledge, rpt, n.d).
Late Victorian. Contains speeches on special subjects including: naval, military, ecclesiastical, parliamentary, sporting, weddings, birthdays, education, fine arts, railway, electioneering. Hardback. Original red boards darkened & spine worn, 3 pages slightly torn, otherwise good though lacking fly leaf. 191pp. Order No. NSBK-A3155
Keywords: Victorian, speeches, speechmaking, railway, education, ecclesiastical, naval, military, leisure and entertainment, birthday, wedding, parliamentary, Britain, England, British, English, history, oration, etiquette, advice books
Price £9.00.
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White, Florence, ed.
How to Wash Clothes at Home: Containing Simple and Complete Instructions
(Florence White, 1901).
An advice book, recommending the best methods of carrying out laundry work. A very interesting one of its kind, with illustrations and lots of detail of interest to the social historian. Paperback. Original covers slightly soiled and creased at edges, otherwise good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C15121
Keywords: clothes, clothing, washing clothes, laundry, laundry work, working women, domesticity, antiquarian, social history, ironing, starching, booklets, boiling, advice books, linen, booklet, booklets
Price £24.00.
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Stodart, M.A.
Every Day Duties: in Letters to a Young Lady
(Photocopy only of R.B. Seeley edition, 1840).
Hardback. Library photocopy only, not an original. In good, sturdy, maroon library binding, a little scuffed at the back. xiii + 232pp. Order No. NSBK-A13755
Keywords: B0008CKDZC, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th century, femininity, feminine, advice books, prayer, women's history, religion, private sphere, domesticity, politeness, manners, home, Sabbath, household, servants, social history, etiquette, religious
Price £29.00.
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Drummond, James.
Upstairs to Downstairs: Advice to Servant Girls and Weary Mothers. Extracts from the Magazine of the Onward and Upward Association
(Aberdeen UP, rpt., 1991).
Paperback. Good+. viii + 88pp. Order No. NSBK-A13110
Keywords: 0080412041, advice, servant girls, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, women's work, mothers, motherhood, maternal
Price £8.00.
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Cobbett, William.
Advice to Young Men: and (incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters Addressed to a Youth, A Bachelor, A Lover, A Husband, A Father, A Citizen, or a Subject
(Ward, Lock and Co, ?).
With notes and a life of the author. Hardback. Red decorated boards worn and spine ends torn, internally good. xiii + 232pp. Order No. NSBK-A13089
Keywords: William Cobbett, advice, men, males, masculinity, boys, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
Price £6.00.
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Theakstone, John.
Victorian & Edwardian Women Travellers: A Bibliography of Books Published in English
(Martino Publishing, 2006).
Hardback. New book, fine. xxii + 315pp. Order No. NSBK-A14043
Keywords: 1578986486, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, travel, travellers, world travel, Empire, women travellers, bibliography, exploration, 19th century, nineteenth century, Victorian, Edwardian, resources, women writers, guide, guidebooks
Price £70.00.
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Bonar, A.
Lawns: Picture books, no.13
(Collingridge, 1965).
Hardback. Very good, bright. 60pp. Order No. NSBK-A14001
Keywords: B0000CMMPC, lawns, gardens, gardening, soil, weeds, mowing, mowers
Price £8.50.
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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
Price £3.00.
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Hayle, Felicity.
Our Brother Nick and the Tolling Bell:
(Sampson Low, 1958).
With black and white etchings. Original dustwrapper present though it's slightly soiled, faded at spine and a little torn / worn at edges. Hardback. Ex library with markings left by usual library stamps & stickers. Creasing to front board, edges browned & some splitting internally at spine. A good working copy. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A13982
Keywords: B0000CK65M, children's books, child, children, Felicity Hayle, Our Brother Nick books, fiction, post-war
Price £5.00.
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Kelly's Directories Ltd, .
Kelly's Directory of Cumberland: With Coloured Map
(Kelly's Directories Ltd, 1910).
Hardback. Original red cloth faded with some rubbing to edges. Small tear to coloured map, otherwise a very good copy. xvi + 437pp. Order No. NSBK-A10981
Keywords: B000HC1M94, Kelly's Directory, Kelly's Directories, Cumberland, Cumbrian, Cumbria, Lakes, Lake District, reference books, North, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, local history, Carlisle, trades, residents, Penrith, Edwardian, geneaology, family tree, family trees, antiquarian
Price £55.00.
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