Stanley, Oliver; Buchan, John, Bressey, C. H.
British Bridges: an Illustrated Technical and Historical Record
(Public Works, Roads, Transport Congress, 1933).
With many photographic illustrations. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Splitting / cracking damage to exterior of spine, with some wear to all edges. Otherwise overall good. xxiv + 498pp. Order No. NSBK-A14968
Keywords: B000RZAQPW, bridges, history, technical, transport, history, technology, roads, infrastructure, public works, bridge, towns, crossing points, photos, photographs, pictures, illustrations
Price £35.00.
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Dundee Municipal Statutes, .
Dundee Municipal Statutes: Being Acts of Parliament Administered by the Corporation of Dundee Relating to The Town Council as Such, and also as Coming in Place of the Commissioners of Police; and Including Recent Amendment of Acts (Separately Printed) of Dundee Gas and Dundee Water Commissioners, 1872-1898
(Winter, Duncan & Co, n.d).
Hardback. Spine ends and corners slightly worn, slight bubbling to cloth, otherwise very good. 471pp. Order No. NSBK-A5663
Keywords: B001EVRYBW, Dundee, Scotland, Scots, Scottish, history, Britain, British, towns, cities, city, Corporation, Acts of Parliament, government, local government, political, politics, statutes, gas, water, commissioners, public health, municipal facilities, urban, laws, legal, police, policemen, Victorian, nineteenth century, municipal corporations, Dundee Municipal Statutes
Price £26.00.
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Abraham, Katharine and McKersie, Robert, eds.
New Developments in the Labor Market: Toward a New Institutional Paradigm
(MIT Press, 1990).
Hardback. Very good + in dustwrapper. 299pp. Order No. NSBK-A10265
Keywords: 0262011182, economics, institutions, economy, twentieth century, 20th, labour markets, labor, employers, employees, workers, public policy
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Fraser, Derek.
The Evolution of the British Welfare State: A History of Social Policy Since the Industrial Revolution
(Macmillan, Second edit., rpt, 1985).
Paperback. Spine creased, edges soiled. Minor annotation, a good working copy. xxxii + 326pp. Order No. NSBK-A4420
Keywords: 0333359992, Britain, British, Welfare State, history, social policy, Industrial Revolution, factory, factories, Poor Law, public health, education, laissez-faire, state intervention, poverty, poor, war, warfare
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Aronson, Hugh.
Our Village Homes: Present Conditions and Suggested Remedies
(Thomas Murby, 1913).
With a preface by Lord Henry Bentinck. Hardback. Cloth rather soiled, some rubbing / fraying to extremities, otherwise a good solid copy. x + 150pp. Order No. NSBK-A13844
Keywords: B001IVIPUM, villages, village, history, town planning, housing, houses, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, housing schemes, social history, housing conditions, homes, rural areas, countryside, health, rural depopulation, agriculture, labourers' cottages, cottage, Hugh Aronson, social conditions, architecture, house building
Price £70.00.
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Partington, Jim.
The Two-Up and Two-Downer (With a Taste for Honey): the Crowded Life of a Lancashire Lad
(Fabians Publishers, 1972).
Autobiography. Leftist reminiscences of self-made Lancashire man, born 1908, dedicated to Lord Brockway of ILP. "I attended meetings in Bradford [where] he showed me the Political Path I should follow. Although I have devoted much of my life to the acquisition of material possessions, I have never deviated from his Philosophy". Hardback. Very good in slightly worn and slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A1550
Keywords: B000HBVSLC, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Lancashire, lads, boys, homes, houses, terraces, twentieth century, 20th, Jim Partington, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
Price £6.00.
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Petavel, J. W.
Administrative Efficiency and What it Might Give Us: Reduced Military Expenditure with Increased Army Reserves, and the Solution of the Problems of the Unemployed, of Rehousing, and of Technical Education
(Swan Sonnenschein, 1906).
The Towns of the Future and Self-Supporting Armies. Hardback. Pages browned and a little brittle with age. First page detached. Ex-library with usual lib stamps, in library binding. Good. 58pp. Order No. NSBK-A13365
Keywords: B0006F9FZU, Edwardian, army, army reserves, militarism, military expenditure, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, unemployment, unemployed, rehousing, housing, technical education, administrative efficiency, conscription, social reform, houses, military, labour, land, towns, town planning
Price £28.00.
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Morris, R. J.
Cholera, 1832: the Social Reponse to an Epidemic
(Croom Helm, 1976).
General editors: J. F. C. Harrison and Stephen Yeo. Scarce. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in faded, chipped, lightly soiled dustwrapper. 228pp. Order No. NSBK-A13440
Keywords: 0856643777, cholera, epidemics, diseases, water, water supplies, sanitation, 19th century, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, sanitary, urban, urbanisation, medical, medicine, science, morality, class, Sunderland, Manchester, hospitals, Edinburgh, quarantine, public health, illness, sickness, towns, cities, town, city
Price £45.00.
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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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Ward Lock, .
Paint Finishes for Home Decorators: A Step by Step Guide to Mastering Decorating Techniques
(Ward Lock, 1997).
Creating a Home. Paperback. Very good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-G12267
Keywords: 0706376560, art, artists, painters, paintings, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, homes, houses, interior decoration, decor, twentieth century
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