Anderson, Madge.
The Heroes of the Puppet Stage:
(Jonathan Cape, 1924).
With illustrations by the author. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps. Some soiling / streaking to cloth, a little cracking internally at spine, otherwise a good solid working copy. vi + 420pp. Order No. NSBK-A14241
Keywords: B00088FF4A, puppets, Punch, Mr Punch, puppetry, history, stage, theatre, puppet shows, marionettes, Punch and Judy, leisure, entertainment
Price £28.00.
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Shewell-Cooper, W. E.
The Royal Gardeners: King George VI and His Queen
(Cassell & Cooper, 1952).
With five colour plates and forty-eight pages of half-tone illustrations. Hardback. Good in torn/ worn/soiled dustwrapper. xiii + 66pp. Order No. NSBK-A5670
Keywords: B0000CIDVJ, royalty, monarchs, kings, queens, George VI, gardeners, garden, horticulture, gardens, flowers, horticulturalists, twentieth century, leisure, Windsors
Price £8.00.
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Horn, Pamela.
The Victorian Country Child:
(Alan Sutton, 1985).
Paperback. Creases to back cover, otherwise good. xii + 244pp. Order No. NSBK-A13483
Keywords: 0862991579, women, woman, gender, 1920s, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, 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
Price £7.00.
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Buckley, V. C.
Good Times: At Home and Abroad Between the Wars
(Thames and Hudson, 1979).
With 197 illustrations. Paperback. Very good. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A5740
Keywords: 050027178X, wras, interwar, homes, abroad, leisure, entertainment, schooldays, schools, schooling, London, motors, motoring, pastimes, hobbies, dining, First World War, Great War, World War One, World War Two, World War Two, World War II, twentieth century, social history, Britain, British, England, English
Price £6.00.
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Roberts, Elizabeth.
A Woman's Place: an Oral History of Working-Class Women, 1890-1940
(Blackwell, reissue, 1985).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. vii + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C4152
Keywords: 0631147543, oral history, Elizabeth Roberts, Lancaster, Barrow, Preston, working class, working classes, family, marriage, work, leisure, motherhood, mothers, neighbourhood, North West, Northern, England, British, Britain, English, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Edwardian
Price £13.99.
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Wilks, Mike.
The Ultimate Noah's Ark:
(Michal Joseph, 1993).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. n.pp. Order No. NSBK-A6531
Keywords: 0718135962, leisure, entertainment, childhood, children, kids, animals, beasts, Noah's Ark, play, twentieth century, puzzles, art, artists, pictures, paintings, Mike Wilks
Price £8.00.
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Stapleton, Michael.
The Sadler's Wells Opera: A Pictorial Record
(A and C. Black, 1954).
With ninety-five photographs. Hardback. Good+ in rather torn dustwrapper. 66pp. Order No. NSBK-A11783
Keywords: B0000CJ0IY, opera, Sadler's Wells, dancing, singing, theatre, entertainment, leisure, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, singers, Sadler's Wells Opera Company
Price £9.00.
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Anon, .
The Journal of the National Playing Fields Association:
(Nat Play Fields Assoc., Jan. 1933).
Includes an editorial entitled, "The Right Use of Leisure". Paperback. Covers browned, otherwise very good. xiii + 104pp. Order No. NSBK-A3053
Keywords: leisure, playing fields, green fields, sport, recreation, recreation ground, space, National Playing Fields Association, sports, history
Price £2.50.
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Caunter, C. F.
The History and Development of Light Cars:
(HMSO, 1957).
Hardback. Cloth darkened. Ex library with minimal library markings. A good+ copy. viii + 120pp. Order No. NSBK-A14234
Keywords: B001AGA1RA, light cars, history, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, automobiles, leisure, tricars, cyclecars, minicars, minis, small cars, driving, engines, car design
Price £17.00.
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Hutchinson, Roger.
Empire Games: The British Invention of Twentieth-century Sport
(Mainstream Publishing, 1996).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A14201
Keywords: 1851588426, sport, leisure, entertainment, history, Empire, Britain, British, England, English, United Kingdom, UK, sports, football, rugby, tennis
Price £6.00.
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