Irvine, William.
Apes, Angels and Victorians: A Joint Biography of Darwin and Huxley
(Readers Union/Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1956).
Hardback. Good+ in soiled dustwrapper. 278pp. Order No. NSBK-A12045
Keywords: B0000CJ6RW, apes, angels, Victorians, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, Charles Darwin, Aldous Huxley, science, scientists
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McCamley, Bill.
The Third James: James Fearon, 1874 - 1924. An Unsung Hero of Our Struggle
(Irish Labour History Society, 2000).
Booklet. Very good. 36pp. Order No. NSBK-A16051
Keywords: James Fearon, booklets, Ireland, Irish Labour History, biographies, biography, Cork, trade unions, working classes
Price £13.00.
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Thwaite, Ann.
Waiting for the Party: the Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1849-1924
(Secker & Warburg, 1974).
Hardback. Ex library, lacks fly leaf, usual lib stamps & stickers, some white speckling to boards, otherwise good in dw. xii + 274pp. Order No. NSBK-C757
Keywords: 436521504, Frances Hodgson Burnett, children's writing, woman writer, women writers, literature, Secret Garden, The Little Princess, Britain, British, England, English, history, biography, biographies
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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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Skelton, Robin.
J. M. Synge and his World:
(Thames and Hudson, 1971).
With 130 illustrations. Hardback. Spine ends slightly bumped, sotherwise very good in chipped and slightly worn dustwrapper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A11857
Keywords: 0500130310, J. M. Synge, theatres, stage, plays, drama, literature, literary, actors, actresses, playwrights, writers, dramatic, theatrical, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Irish, Eire, Ireland, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, twentieth, 20th, century
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Wilson, Ian.
Shakespeare The Evidence: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Man and his Work
(Headline, 1993).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, lacks fly leaf, title page & final index page partly detached, otherwise good in chipped dw. xiii + 498pp. Order No. NSBK-A7000
Keywords: 0747205825, literature, literary, Shakespeare, Britain, British, playwrights, writers, dramas, theatres, Globe, London, Stratford-on-Avon, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, lives, sixteenth century, seventeenth century, stages, actors
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Jacobs, Diane.
Her Own Woman: the Life of Mary Wollstonecraft
(Abacus, 2001).
Paperback. Very good. 333pp. Order No. NSBK-A14655
Keywords: 0349114617, Mary Wollstonecraft, biography, biographies, feminism, feminists, history, 18th century, eighteenth century
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Griffith, Elisabeth.
In Her Own Right: The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
(OUP, 1984).
Paperback. Pages slightly browned, otherwise good. xx + 268pp. Order No. NSBK-C15772
Keywords: 9780195037296, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, America, American, American women, United States, USA, feminism, suffrage, suffragists, reformers, votes for women, American suffrage, women's rights, women's movement, property rights, divorce reform, education, birth control, equality, Susan B. Anthony, feminists, Victorian, nineteenth century, Elisabeth Griffith
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Goldstein, Donald M. & Dillon, Katherine V.
Amelia: The Centennial Biography of an Aviation Pioneer
(Brassey's, 1997).
Paperback. Fine. 321pp. Order No. NSBK-C4692
Keywords: 157488199X, aviation, planes, aeroplanes, flight, aeronautical, history, flying, flights, air travel, women's history, woman, heroine, women and work, adventuress, Amelia Earhart, biography, biographies, pioneers, pioneer, American, America, United States, USA
Price £6.00.
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Noakes, Vivien.
Edward Lear:
(Fontana, rpt, 1979).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise good+. 367pp. Order No. NSBK-C6721
Keywords: 0006356087, Edward Lear, male writers, Victorian, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, biography, biographies
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