Fisher, David.
The War Magician: How Jasper Maskelyne and his Magic Gang Altered the Course of World War II
(Coward McCann, New York, 1983).
Britain's most bizarre secret weapon of WWII - he made the Suez canal disappear. Became an assassination target of Hitler's regime during WWII. A very scarce title. Hardback. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise very good in chipped, slightly discoloured, slightly worn dustwrapper. First Edition in 315pp. Order No. NSBK-A4731
Keywords: 0698111400, magic, conjuring, maskelyne, illusions, music hall, theatre, David Devant, jasper, Neville, war, Hitler, illusion, conjurer, warfare, war, magic gang, magician, magicians, magical, illusionist, jasper maskelyne, illusionists, Second World War, great britain, great british, england, english, war magician, history, david fisher, egyptian hall, illusions, deceptions, deception, deceptionist, deceptionists, decept, deceptive, deceptor, world war, wartime, war magician, magic gang, history, magic history, conjurers, conjured, J.N Maskelyne, white magic, World War II, World War Two, Inter-war, Interwar, Inter war
Price £38.00.
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Lamb, Geoffrey.
Mental Magic Tricks:
(Thomas Nelson, 2nd printing, 1973).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, split internally at spine front & back. Shakey. A working copy in torn, worn dw. 89pp. Order No. NSBK-A13929
Keywords: 0840763328, magic tricks, mentalism, mental, magicians, sleight of hand, history, conjuring
Price £12.00.
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Carpenter, Mary.
Reformatory Schools: For the Children of the Perishing and Dangerous Classes and for Juvenile Offenders
(Woburn Press, Augustus M. Kelley, new impression, 1969).
A re-issue of the 1851 text. Hardback. Very good in spine-faded, lightly soiled dustwrapper. xi + 353pp. Order No. NSBK-C13605
Keywords: B0010Y287S, crime, reformatory schools, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, childhood, education, children, schooling, Mary Carpenter, juvenile offenders, poverty, destitution, social history, free day schools, ragged schools, gaols, prisons
Price £32.00.
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Rooper, T.G.
School and Home Life: Essays and Lectures on Current Educational Topics
(A. Brown and Sons, 1899).
Hardback. Light wear to edges and a few splashes to back board, otherwise a good+ copy with minor annotation, mainly to margins. 479pp. Order No. NSBK-A7695
Keywords: B00088SERU, education, educational, essays, T. G. Rooper, social history, schools, schooling, teachers, teaching, training, elementary schools, children, child, childhood, Britain, British, England, English, Yorkshire, school boards, inspectors, schools inspectors, school inspector, technical schools, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th
Price £4.00.
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Skrubbeltrang, Fridlev.
The Danish Folk High Schools:
(Copenhagen/Det Danske Selskab, 1947).
Illustrated with black and white photographs. Danish Information handbooks. Paperback. Covers chipped, otherwise good+. 85pp. Order No. NSBK-A11317
Keywords: B0007IYA0Q, education, educational, schools, schooling, Denmark, Danish, Danes, Dansk, Folk High Schools
Price £6.00.
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Kamm, Josephine.
Indicative Past: a Hundred Years of the Girls' Public Day School Trust
(G.A. & Unwin, 1971).
Hardback. Spine of dustwrapper faded, otherwise very good. 238pp. Order No. NSBK-C1363
Keywords: 0043730027, education, Girls' Public Day School Trust, childhood, women's history, women, history, Britain, British, England, English, girlhood
Price £9.00.
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Philips, H and McInnes F. J. C.
Exploration in the Junior School:
(UCL Press, rpt;., 1957).
Hardback. Edges soiled, otherwise good in soiled, tatty dustwrapper. 272pp. Order No. NSBK-A6998
Keywords: education, educational, schooling, schools, junior schools, teachers, teaching, pupils, pupil, student, students, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, curricula, curriculum, studying , learning, theory of education, environment
Price £5.00.
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Whitehouse, J. Howard.
Creative Education at an English School:
(CUP, 1928).
Hardback. Ex library with marks left by library stickers, boards marked/slightly soiled and corners worn, otherwise good. xi + 167pp. Order No. NSBK-A3301
Keywords: B0006FEQX6, education, creative, Bembridge, public school, private education, woodwork, pottery calligraphy, gardening, boys' education
Price £11.00.
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Irvine, D. G.
The Reading Ability of School-Leavers: A Study of the Extent of Reading Difficulties Among School-Leavers in Liverpool
(Institute of Extension Stud, Liv Univ, 1976).
Pamphlet. Good. 31pp. Order No. NSBK-A9835
Keywords: B000HC584Y, reading, school leavers, young, youth, Liverpool, Merseyside, literacy, twentieth century, 20th, reading ability, education, educational, schools, students, pupils, pamphlet
Price £6.50.
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Wollaston, Charles.
Silkscreen in Schools:
(Dryad Press Leicester, 1960).
Hardback. Covers worn, internally good. 72pp. Order No. NSBK-G12272
Keywords: B0000CKS51,Charles Wollaston, silkscreen, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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