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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Quinn, Tom.
Angling in Art:
(Sportsman's Press, 1991).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in slightly creased, slightly soiled dustwrapper. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-J13310
Keywords: 094825355X, fish, fishing, fishes, angling, art, paintings, fishing artists, angling art
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Anderson, Janet A.
Women in the Fine Arts: A Bibliography and Illustration Guide
(McFarland, 1991).
Hardback. Fine. xi + 362pp. Order No. NSBK-C2810
Keywords: 0899505414, fine art, women's history, bibliography, art, artist, artists, artist's, artiste, artistes, woman, women, gender, arts
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Portrayer Reproductions, .
Replica Rectangular Votes for Women Suffragette Badge:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2018).
Rectangular, and measuring 3.5cm by 3cm, this badge is one of the larger and heavier ones in our collection. It's presented with a complimentary purple velvet pouch in an attractive silver-backed gift bag, and makes the perfect gift. (Particularly for any woman with a mind of her own!) The original badge from the suffragette era was glass-faced and contained woven fabric in the three suffragette colours. Therefore, the reproduction here has been created in transparent metallic enamels to give the idea of glass, and it also displays a downward gold-plated 'striping' to give the woven effect. The badge is secured at the back with two rubber butterfly-clutches. Badge. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15568
Keywords: B07KFHH5LY, badge, Christmas gifts, jewellery, jewelry, woman suffrage, button badge, pin backs, pinback, suffragette era, suffragettes, women, women's history, woman, woman's history, history, social history, Britain, British history, England, English history, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, enamel badges, suffragette jewellery, suffragette jewelry, Edwardian, brooch, brooches, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera, pins
Price £11.95.
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Williams, Leonard.
The Arts And Crafts Of Older Spain: Volume II only
(Foulis, 1907).
Volume Two Only. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Light wear to cloth, otherwise good+, solid. x + 263pp. Order No. NSBK-A14379
Keywords: B001BW24EQ, arts, crafts, Spain, Spanish, volume two, II, 2, European, Hispanic, furniture, ivory, pottery, potteries, glass, ivories, ornaments, decorated, decoration, religion
Price £16.00.
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Portrayer Reproductions, .
Suffragette Jewelled Ring: Sterling Silver Domed Costume Ring in The Style of The Suffragettes
(Portrayer, 2017).
Suffragette-Styled, Sterling Silver Domed Ring, in Suffragette Colours of Purple, White and Green. Classic Suffragette-Inspired Circular Costume Ring. A curved dome, with a circular presentation of sparkling stones. A cluster of raised purple crystals at the centre is encircled by a wheel of glittering, clear baton crystals, which in turn is surrounded by a circumference of sparkling green.Inspired by the colours of the British Votes for Women campaign during the Edwardian era. Hallmarked Sterling silver {925 by purity}. Hallmarked by the Birmingham Assay Office, UK. A beautiful, sterling silver piece of jewellery. Available in one size only: Size: 'O' [UK sizing] Ring dimensions: Circle diameter: 15mm. Height of entire ring: 25mm. Width including silver band: 20mm. Presented perfectly in a black velvet box with gold-coloured fixture to front. Box dimensions: 52mm by 52mm by 42mm. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15569
Keywords: B07K1J2L92, suffragette memorabilia, rings, bands, suffragette ephemera, Votes for Women jewellery, jewelery, costume rings, suffragettes, women's history, Edwardian, woman suffrage, women's suffrage
Price £42.00.
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Leek, Michael E.
The Art of Nautical Illustration: A Visual Tribute to the Achievements of the Classic Marine Illustrations
(Eagle Editions, 2001).
Paperback. Fine, large format. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A5823
Keywords: 1861604246, nautical, illustrations, marine, sea, drawings, paintings, art, artists, painters, ships, shipping, sailing, history, designs, designers, Dutch painters, American nautical artists, Europe, European, boats, USA, United States, American, history
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Huyghe, Rene.
Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art:
(Hamlyn, rpt., 1969).
Art and Mankind. Paperback. Oversize book, small tear to front cover, creasing to spine, otherwise good. 444pp. Order No. NSBK-A12223
Keywords: B0000CMRHB, Larousse, Encyclopedias, dictionary, dictionaries, Modern Art, art, artists, painters, paintings, twentieth century, 20th
Price £20.00.
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Darcy, C.P.
The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lancashire, 1760-1860:
(Chetham Society, 1976).
Merchants and manufacturers, who, spurred on by ideas of community prestige and the moral value of art, collected paintings and sculpture. Hardback. Good in torn, tea-stained dustwrapper. 180pp. Order No. NSBK-A1113
Keywords: 0719013305, Britain, British, England, English, history, fine arts, Lancashire, sculpture, paintings, eighteenth century, nineteenth century
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Church, W. E.
W. M. Thackeray as an Artist and Art Critic: an Essay
(Privately printed, 1890).
Booklet. Hardback. Good in ex-library binding. xvpp. Order No. NSBK-A15237
Keywords: B000WTKLSU, Thackeray, artists, writers, nineteenth century, 19th, art critics, history of art, essays
Price £12.00.
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