Forster, Robert & Ranum, Orest, eds.
Medicine and Society in France: Selections from the Annales
(Johns Hopkins UP, 1980).
Volume 6 only. Paperback. Good. ix + 176pp. Order No. NSBK-B4490
Keywords: 0801823064, medicine, medical, history, France, French, Annales, society, Annaliste, Annalistes, healing, ancien regime, eighteenth century, Enlightenment, Arlette Farge, Jean-Pierre Goubert, diseases, illness, popular medicine, popular culture
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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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Wilson, Andrew, ed.
The Modern Physician: Being a Complete Guide to the Attainment and Preservation of Health
(Caxton Publishing, 1913).
Volume IV ONLY of five. Frontispiece portrait lacks tissue paper covering. Hardbacks. Original green / gilt cloth a little marked and rubbed, with wear to edges, otherwise a good solid copy. Single volume only, Vol 4. viii + 296pp. Order No. NSBK-A7370
Keywords: B000881XCI, social history, Edwardian health, twentieth century, medical, medicine, medical history, Dr Andrew Wilson, Britain, British, England, English, physicians, physician, welfare, organs, circulation, treatments, symptoms, ailments, diseases, women, men, children, doctors, illnesses, hygiene, fevers, vaccinations, drugs, exercise, exercising, exercises
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Wojtczak, Helena.
Women of Victorian Sussex: their Status, Occupations,and Dealings With The Law, 1830-1870
(Hastings Press, 2003).
Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 245pp. Order No. NSBK-C7234
Keywords: 1904109055, Victorian, Hastings, women, woman, nineteenth century, social history, Britain, British, England, English, provinces, provincial, regional studies, seaside, seaside towns, women's history, occupations, neighbourhood, community, communities, urban, urban history, St Leonards, gender, Sussex, Victorian prostitution, prostitutes, prostitute, infanticide, liquor, liquor trade. trade, motherhood, mothers, mother, occupation, occupations, infant murder, infant killing, infant killings, brothel, brothels, milliners, milliner, midwives, midwife, midwifery, drunkenness, drunkard, drunkards, drink, drinking, drinker, drinkers, 19th Century, Lewes, Brighton, status, law, laws, Hailsham, Helena Wojtczak, Chichester, Class, Classes
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Hickman, Katie.
Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives
(Flamingo, 2000).
Paperback. Very good+. xxviii + 321pp. Order No. NSBK-C9955
Keywords: 0006387802, lives, Diplomatic Wives, life histories, life history, Britain, British, England, England, history, social biography, biographies, biographical, diplomacy, politics, women writers, overseas, postings, ambassadresses, ambassadors
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De Hempsey, Sidney.
Practical Punch and Judy:
(Arcady Press [John Alexander], Reprint, 2004).
This useful guide to starting Punch and Judy first appeared in 1953 as a series of articles published in the monthly magic magazine "The Wizard", which is now, sadly, defunct. Reprinted 2004. Booklet. Fine. 28pp. Order No. NSBK-F12597
Keywords: Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Punch and Judy, puppets, puppet, puppetry, theatre, marionette, marionettes, puppeteer, puppetteer, puppet master, professor, professors, hand puppet, hand puppets, scripts, script, show, seaside, sea side, humour, humor, street theatre, street theatres, street entertainment, social history, social historian, traveller, travellers, magic, illusions, conjuring, history, showmen, showman, shows, show, Sidney De Hempsey, Sidney de Hempsey's, booklet
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Bass Ratcliff and Gretton Limited, .
Excursion to Scarborough: Friday July 24th, 1914
(Bass Museum, reprint, 1977).
A charming booklet. On the very eve of the First World War, this detailed guide prepares Bass employees and their families for their day excursion to Scarborough by train. Illustrated. Booklet. Fine. 40pp. Order No. NSBK-A6872
Keywords: B000IZA06Q, Scarborough, seaside, holidays, outings, Britain, British, England, English, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, towns, spa towns, working classes, working class, excursions, working class excursions, leisure, entertainment, recreation, train journeys, trains, railways, days out, day out, days-out, day-out, tramways, amusements, Bass, industrial workers, Bass Ratcliff and Gretton Limited, Ratcliff, Gretton, stations, twentieth century, World War I, Great War, First World War, pre-war, Bass Museum, Bass outings, booklet
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Mort, Frank.
Dangerous Sexualities: Medico-Moral Politics in England since 1830
(RKP, 1987).
Paperback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, covers browned, otherwise a good copy. ix + 280pp. Order No. NSBK-A9632
Keywords: 0710208561, sexuality, sexualities, medico-moral, medicine, science, England, English, history, Britain, British, disease, STD, health, AIDS, twentieth century, nineteenth, 20th, 19th, Victorian, moral purity, sanitary, legislation, laws, medical
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Butler, Josephine E.
Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2002 facsimile reprint of 1910 edition).
A well-presented facsimile of a hitherto scarce title. Paperback. New book, fine. 268pp. Order No. NSBK-C581
Keywords: 0954263219, 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, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical
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Jacobs, Ruth.
Organic Gardening: A Guide for Beginners
(Alfresco Books, second edition, 1999).
Paperback. New book, fine. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-A14044
Keywords: 1873727143, garden, organic gardening, gardens, horticulture, horticultural, plants, pests, diseases, gardeners, environmentally-friendly gardens
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