Hill, William Thomson.
Octavia Hill: Pioneer of the National Trust and Housing Reformer
(Hutchinson, 1956).
Hardback. Very good in soiled and chipped dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C1243
Keywords: B0007IVFJU, housing, National Trust, housing reform, history, Octavia Hill, biographies, poverty, open spaces, London, Hampstead Heath
Price £13.99.
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British Museum, Department of Greek & Roman Antiquities.
A Guide to the Exhibition Illustrating Greek and Roman Life:
(Trustees of the British Museum, 1908).
With a frontispiece and two hundred and forty-two illustrations. Hardback. A little spliiting internally at spine, some soiling & chipping to exteriors, but a good solid working copy. xvi + 242pp. Order No. NSBK-A13045
Keywords: Exhibition Illustrating Greek and Roman Life, British Museum, Romans, Roman, Greek, Greeks, history, ancient, illustrations, images, Roman coins, archaeology, Edwardian, exhibitions, museum, museums, curatorial, London
Price £14.00.
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Cobbe, Frances Power.
Criminals, Idiots, Women and Minors: Is the Classification Sound? A Discussion on the Laws Concerning the Property of Married Women
(Portrayer, 2002 rpt of 1868 article).
First appeared in Fraser's Magazine, Dec 1868. No 2 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 22pp. Order No. NSBK-C6302
Keywords: social history, Frances Power Cobbe, Victorian, nineteenth century, women, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, philanthropy, philanthropists, women's rights, women's movement, suffrage, woman suffage, women's suffrage, London National Society for Women's Suffrage, feminists, feminist, feminism, family history, families, Married Women's Property Act, law, legal, marital relations, marital law, property holders, property owners, married women, husbands, wives, married couples, domesticity, wife, laws, Fraser's Magazine, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Open Archive Occasional Series, new title, booklet
Price £6.00.
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Punch and Judy Poster, Reproduction of a Rare 1880 Image.
The True Story of Punch and Judy: Royal Polytechnic. New Entertainment by Damer Cape. Humourous, Musical, Pictorial, Tragical, Comical. New Views by A. Mayhew & J. Green. New Music, by Edouard Frewin & Alfred Lee. New songs by Damer Cape & New Effects by the Institution. Twice Daily
(Portrayer Publishers, 2007 reproduction of 1880 poster).
A reproduction of an attractive poster which promoted a Punch and Judy show at the Royal Polytechnic, Westminster, London, England in 1880. PAPER: A3 sized = 297mm x 420mm or 11.7 inches x 16.5 inches. IMAGE: 250mm x 400mm or 10 inches x 16 inches [approx]. 100 GMS matte poster paper, coated and treated. In full glossy colour: brownish-red, white and black. The online image is lessened in quality for speedy loading and watermarked to deter image theft. Fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-A13093
Keywords: Victorian, Punch and Judy, Punch & Judy, entertainment, leisure, posters, poster, reproductions, Portrayer Publishers, nineteenth century, London, 19th century, Britain, British, England, English, social history, magic, Punch and Judy shows, ventriloquists, ventriloquism, theatre, English theatre, music halls, puppets, puppetry, hand puppets, Damer Cape, Edouard Frewin, Alfred Lee
Price £7.00.
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Renton, Andrew.
Maria Chevska:
(Anderson O'Day Gallery, 1990).
Published in a limited edition of 500 to coincide with an exhibition at Anderson O'Day Gallery, 18 October - 17 November 1990. Illustrated. White and stored with art catalogues. Catalogue. Very good paperback in red card covers protected by a soiled white dustwrapper. 30pp. Order No. NSBK-F7669
Keywords: B00379DEUE, Maria Chevska, art, artists, twentieth century, catalogues, Anderson O'Day Gallery, London, paintings, women painters, White and stored with art catalogues in rare book stack
Price £10.00.
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Mayhew, Henry.
The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts. Volume 2
(Caliban Books, 1981).
Paperback. Spine a little browned. A few light marks to card covers, otherwise very good. 335pp. Order No. NSBK-A13115
Keywords: 0904573214, Victorian, 1840s, forties, 19th century, nineteenth century, labour, poor, poverty, Henry Mayhew, social surveys, social investigations, sanitation, oral history, wages, sweated labour, poor law, employment, hucksters, alcohol, drinking, housing, coal, pawn-broking, tailoring, pubs, publicans, public houses, London
Price £19.95.
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Lindley, Keith, and Scott, David, eds.
The Journal of Thomas Juxon, 1644-1647:
(CUP, 1999).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 214pp. Order No. NSBK-A3931
Keywords: 0521652596, Journal of Thomas Juxon, seventeenth century, Puritan, London, public affairs, political, military, politics, civil war
Price £9.00.
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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
Price £14.00.
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Wyld, Andrew.
English Watercolours, Drawings and Oil Paintings: From Gainsborough to Turner
(Ditchling Press Ltd, 1985).
Paintings exhibited 14-31 May 1985 in the New Gallery at 17 Clifford Street, London. Exhibition Catalogue. Covers soiled, but internally very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A10619
Keywords: paintings, painters, art, artists, twentieth century, Victorian, Gainsborough, Turner, New Gallery, 17 Clifford Street, London, exhibition catalogues, watercolours, drawings, oil paintings, Andrew Wyld, Britain, British, England, English
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Milne, Alexander Taylor.
A Centenary Guide to the Publications of the Royal Historical Society, 1868-1968: and of the Former Camden Society, 1838-1897
(Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1968).
Hardback. Very good. xi + 249pp. Order No. NSBK-A9689
Keywords: 0901050008, Royal Historical Society, Camden Society, Victorian, twentieth century, organisations, organizations, Britain, British, England, English, history, London, centenary guides, publications
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