Brewer, Rev Dr.
A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar:
(Jarrold, rpt, revised, 1862).
With an appendix of questions. Revised. Hardback. Attractive, original brown embossed cloth. Edges and spine ends slightly worn, otherwise very good. vii + 488pp. Order No. NSBK-A15260
Keywords: B001EHLSLI, science, scientific, history, scientific elements, nineteenth century, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
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Best, G. A.
Shaftesbury:
(Nel Mentor, rpt., 1975).
Paperback. Pages browned, otherwise good. 156pp. Order No. NSBK-A11698
Keywords: 0450022579, Shaftesbury, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, social history, nineteenth century, Victorian, Lord Shaftesbury, factory, factory system, factory reforms, factories, social reforms, satanic mills, mills, cotton mills, textiles, public health, humanitarian, humanitarianism, Tory humanitarians, Tory Radicals, Conservatives, working conditions, living conditions, Condition of England, millowners, exploitation, labour, labor, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Trudgill, Eric.
Madonnas and Magdalens: The Origins and Development of Victorian Sexual Attitudes
(William Heinemann, 1976).
Hardback. Good+ in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. xii + 336pp. Order No. NSBK-C8045
Keywords: 0434794627, Eric Trudgill, madonna, magdalens, Victorian, nineteenth, 19th, sex, sexuality, century, attitudes, history of ideas, prudery, prostitution, prostitutes, hookers, loose women, sex workers, sexual hypocrisy, Britain, british, England, English, history, women's history, woman, gender, angels, whores, double standard
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Shonfield, Zuzanna.
The Precariously Privileged: A Professional Family in Victorian London
(OUP, 1987).
Hardback. With newspaper cutting pasted to inside front cover, otherwise good in dustwrapper. ix + 266pp. Order No. NSBK-C463
Keywords: 0192122657, class, professional, Victorian, London, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, middle class
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Rogers, Stanley.
Barenetha Rock: A True Drama of the Sea
(W. H. Allen, 1957).
Hardback. Spine slightly bumped, otherwise very good. 223pp. Order No. NSBK-A4799
Keywords: B0000CJOWD, Barenetha, sea, maritime, naval, history, America, American, USA, United States, ship, shipping, Victorian, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, London, shipwreck
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Griffithes, T.P., editor.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children: the Statutes Used in Work of the Society
(NSPCC, 1901).
Hardback. Some splitting internally at spine to reveal binding. Red boards soiled / darkened, and a little shakey at hinges. Some fraying a corners. Internally a good copy. iv + 219 + xivpp. Order No. NSBK-A13124
Keywords: elementary education, bastardy, custody, guardianship, child labour, child employments, infants, child, children, child abuse, history, poor law, vagrancy, reformatory schools, industrial schools, sanitation, poor, poverty, pauperism, cruelty to children, drunkenness, crime, criminals, NSPCC, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, charity, children's charities, England, English, Britain, British, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, legislation, laws, legal, baby, babies
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Holroyd, Michael.
The Genius of Shaw: A Symposium
(Hodder and Stoughton, 1979).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good+ in dustwrapper. 238pp. Order No. NSBK-A12593
Keywords: 0340241462, George Bernard Shaw, Michael Holroyd, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, writers, writing, literature, literary
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Hanson, Neil.
The Custom of the Sea: a Shocking True Tale of Shipwreck, Murder and the Last Taboo
(Doubleday, 1999).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 331pp. Order No. NSBK-A8696
Keywords: 0385600836, shipwreck, shipwrecks, history, yachts, yacht, voyages, travel, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th century, storm, seas, sea, oceans, ocean, survival
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Walton, John K. and Walvin, James.
Leisure in Britain, 1780 - 1939:
(MUP, 1983).
Paperback. Ex library, spine creased, usual library markings, otherwise good. vi + 241pp. Order No. NSBK-A13843
Keywords: 071901946X, leisure, entertainment, social history, recreation, Victorian, nineteenth century, eighteenth century, twentieth century, England, English, Britain, British, hobbies, working class, working classes, middle class, middle classes, class, John Walton, Jim Walvin, James Walvin, Walton, Leisure in Britain
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Hammond, J.L. & Hammond, Barbara.
The Town Labourer:
(Longman, 1978).
Paperback. Front cover creased, otherwise very good. xlvii + 238pp. Order No. NSBK-A7559
Keywords: 0582480817, Hammond, urban labourers, town, work, industry, employment, poor, poverty, unemployment, urbanisation, eighteenth century, nineteenth century, history, town, towns, work, Britain, British, England, English, Hammonds, poor, factories, factory, factory system, power looms, industrial revolution, workers, class, working class, working classes, child labour, labour, labor, Lord Shaftesbury, trade unions, economic history, economy
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