Wojtczak, Helena.
Mary Raleigh Richardson: The Suffragette Arsonist Who Slashed the Rokeby Venus
(Hastings Press, 2025).
Signed by the author. This first book-length biography of the militant suffragette Mary Raleigh Richardson reveals for the first time her true identity, ancestry, childhood and education, as well as her surprising - and exciting - international travels before she became embroiled in the suffrage struggle. During her time as a militant Mary was arrested nine times. Prepared to die for the cause, she adopted the hunger strike each time she was imprisoned, and was forcibly fed countless times. Her hunger strike medal boasted more bars than that of any other suffragette - something of which she remained proud for the rest of her life. Her most infamous deed was to use a cheap meat cleaver to inflict several gashes into Velasquez's Rokeby Venus, a world-famous and priceless painting. In a lesser-known and yet equally sensational attack she burned down a historic mansion near Hampton Court. During the war she continued to work for the vote, allying herself with both Sylvia Pankhurst's ELFS and the United Suffragists. Having joined the Labour Party she twice stood for Parliament, and in 1933 was briefly a member of Mosley's British Union of Fascists. Finding it did not align with her values she returned to socialism for the rest of her life. In retirement she penned Laugh a Defiance, a memoir of her suffrage days. The work is essential reading for suffrage scholars and those keen to explore the lives of the individual personalities within the militant movement. Paperback. Fine. 320pp. Order No. NSBK-C15912
Keywords: 9781904109600, signed by the author, suffragettes, Votes for Women, biography, biographies, social history, women's history, Mary Raleigh Richardson, hunger strikes, militancy,suffragette, Canada, Canadian politics, arson, militant
Price £18.00.
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Welle-Strand, Erling.
Motoring in Norway: the Motorist's Ideal Holiday Guide
(Norway Travel Association, 1967).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. 127pp. Order No. NSBK-A14130
Keywords: B0006C73TI, Norway, cars, car, motors, motoring, Norwegian, history, 1960s, sixties, travel, roads, travel guides, advice
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Smith, Anne.
Women Remember: an Oral History
(Routledge, 1989).
Hardback. With newspaper cuttings pasted to endpapers, otherwise very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C4236
Keywords: 0415033306, women, oral history, history, memories, autobiography, autobiographies, memories, memory, life history, life histories, Britain, British, England, English, family, interview, interviews, twentieth century
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Pateman, Carole and Gross Elizabeth, eds.
Feminist Challenges: Social and Political Theory
(Allen & Unwin, 1986).
Hardback. Very good in slightly yellowed, slightly soiled & dented dustwrapper. x + 215pp. Order No. NSBK-C15627
Keywords: feminism, social theory, political theory, patriarchy
Price £23.50.
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Hogg, Ian.
The History of Fortification:
(Orbis Publishing, 1981).
Hardback. Very good in slightly edge-worn, lightly soiled, slightly torn & creased dustwrapper. Large format. 256pp. Order No. NSBK-Z14731
Keywords: 0856130281, fortification, strongholds, history, castles, sieges, defences, military history, forts, fortresses, architecture
Price £24.00.
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Godden, Leslie J.
Handbook of Dental Radiography:
(Ilford Ltd, 1935).
Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Hardback. Browning & soiling to boards & a little fraying to spine. Contents largely detached int at spine, otherwise a good working copy. 22pp. Order No. NSBK-A13672
Keywords: B00126A2BI, health, dental health, dental radiography, teeth, dentists, dentist, history, 1930s, medicine, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, photos, photographs, illustrations, dentists, mouth, mouths, X-ray, radiography, X-rays,
Price £26.00.
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Rose, June.
Marie Stopes and the Sexual Revolution:
(Faber & Faber, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in slightly worn dustwrapper. xiii + 272pp. Order No. NSBK-C1405
Keywords: 0571162606, Britain, British, England, English, history, sexuality, Marie Stopes, contraception, women's history
Price £4.00.
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Murray, Robert N.
Lest We Forget: The Experiences of World War II Westindian Ex-Service Personnel
(Nottingham Westindian Combined Ex-Servic, 1996).
Edited by Patrick L. Hylton. Paperback. Fine. 190pp. Order No. NSBK-A15316
Keywords: 1870518527, world war II, Second World War
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Holmes, Colin and Booth, Alan, eds.
Economy and Society: European Industrialisation and its Social Consequences
(Leceister UP, 1991).
Essays Presented to Sidney Pollard. Hardback. Very good+. xxvii + 214pp. Order No. NSBK-A13529
Keywords: 0718513371, economy, economics, economic, finances, financial, Industrial Revolution, industrial, industrialisation, industrialization, nineteenth century, eighteenth century, industry, work, social consequences, Europe, European, Sidney Pollard
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Clark, Anna.
The Struggle for the Breeches: Gender and the Making of the British Working Class
(Rivers Oram, 1995).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. xv + 416pp. Order No. NSBK-C2179
Keywords: 9781854890757, gender, British, Britain, class, working class, marriage, courtship, Glasgow, Lancashire, London, factories, textiles, artisans, labour, labor, factory, social history
Price £13.95.
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