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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Liddiard, Mabel.
British Red Cross Society: Infant Welfare Manual. No 9
(J. & A. Churchill, third edition, 1933).
Hardback. Some fading and soiling to cloth, otherwise good. viii + 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A7277
Keywords: B000HC1154, health, history, British Red Cross Society, Red Cross, philanthropy, first aid, first-aid, medicine, medical, history, manuals, Britain, British, England, English, childhood, children, child, infants, infant, infant welfare, social welfare, mothers, motherhood, maternity, advice books, ante-natal, feeding children, babies, looking after babies, interwar, inter-war, inter war, baby, breast feeding, breast-feeding, bottle feeding, natural feeding, artifical feeding, teething, family, families
Price £6.00.
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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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Lingard, Horace.
Hints and Ideas by a Practical Man for Unpractical People:
(Publisher unknown, no date).
Paperback. Small stain on back cover, otherwise good. 16pp. Order No. NSBK-A3223
Keywords: decorative, painting, home decoration, advice, history, Horace Lingard, DIY, handywork
Price £4.00.
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Taylor, Jane and Ann.
Little Ann and Other Poems: Illustrated by Kate Greenaway
(Frederick Warne, 1917).
With beautiful Greenaway illustrations. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps & markings. Cover boards browned with some staining and soiling, corners worn, but internally good. Boards are original, illustrated ones. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-K14291
Keywords: B000UYPTGQ, children's books, education, childhood, history, Kate Greenaway's illustrations, Kate Greenaway, child, villages, Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor
Price £18.00.
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Stopes, Marie.
Sleep:
(Chatto & Windus, 1956).
Hardback. Ex library, good. ix + 154pp. Order No. NSBK-C402
Keywords: B0000CJC4Q, Marie Stopes, women's history, sleep, insomnia, advice
Price £6.50.
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