Hopkins, Edward J.
The Organ: its History and Construction. A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure & Capabilities of the Organ, with Specifications and Suggestive Details for Instruments of all Sizes. Intended as a Handbook for the Organist and the Amateur. Preceded by an Entirely New History of the Organ by Edward F. Rimbault
(Robert Cocks and Co, 3rd edition, 1877).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers in soiled library binding. Binding repaired inside, to strengthen it.Small tear to fold-out plan of organ. A good, firm working copy. xxxi + 636pp. Order No. NSBK-A14237
Keywords: B0006AEBFE, instruments, musical instruments, organ, organs, history, construction, organists, keyboards, church music, organ-building
Price £98.00.
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Swift, Roger, ed.
Victorian Chester: Essays in Social History, 1830-1900
(Liverpool UP, 1996).
Paperback. Very good+. xii + 251pp. Order No. NSBK-A13457
Keywords: 0853236615, Chester, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, cities, city, towns
Price £16.50.
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Whyte, Andrew.
Jaguar: The Definitive History of a Great British Car
(Patrick Stephens, 1985).
Foreword by Sir William Lyons. Hardback. Very good in edgeworn dustwrapper. 252pp. Order No. NSBK-H13934
Keywords: 0850597463, Jaguar, cars, vehicles, transport, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £10.00.
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Robinson, Jane.
A Force To Be Reckoned With: A History of the Women's Institute
(Virago, 2011).
Hardback. WIth newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise good in dustwrapper. 294pp. Order No. NSBK-C15840
Keywords: 9781844086597, women's institute, history, WI
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Jong, Erica.
Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones
(The Leisure Circle Ltd, rpt., 1980).
In three books. Comprising her life at Lymeworth, her initiation as a Witch, her travels with the Merry Men, Her Life in a Brothel, Her London High Life, Her Slaving Voyage, Her life as a Female Pyrate, Her Eventual Unravelling of her Destiny, et cetera, MDCCLI. Hardback. Covers slightly soiled, otherwise good+496. 496pp. Order No. NSBK-C9910
Keywords: Fanny Hackabout-Jones, Erica Jong, women's history, women's studies, history, woman, women, Lymeworth, fiction, novels, novelists, books, women's writing, women writers, woman writer
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Clarke, A.K.
A History of the Cheltenham Ladies' College, 1853-1953:
(Fab. & Fab., mcmliii).
Hardback. Good in browned, chipped, slightly soiled dustwrapper. 193pp. Order No. NSBK-C1514
Keywords: B0000CIK1F, Cheltenham Ladies' College, education, Britain, British, England, English, history, secondary education, private schools, private schooling
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Jansen, Harry.
The Construction of an Urban Past: Narrative and System in Urban History
(Berg, 2001).
Hardback. Light soiling to back board, otherwise very good+. vii + 374pp. Order No. NSBK-A13326
Keywords: 9781859734377, towns, city, town, cities, urban history, historiography, geography
Price £17.99.
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Demmin, Auguste.
Weapons of War: Being a History of Arms and Armour From The Earliest Period To The Present Time
(Bell and Daldy, 1870).
With nearly 2000 illustrations. One page damaged but repaired with sellotape. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, otherwise good and solid in slightly marked brown library binding. vii + 595pp. Order No. NSBK-A14831
Keywords: B00086151O, weapons, weaponry, history, arms, armour, guns, fire-arms, shields, swords
Price £38.00.
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Rubinstein, David.
School Attendance in London, 1870 - 1904: A Social History
(University of Hull, Augustus M. Kelley, 1969).
Scarce. University of Hull Occasional Papers in Economic and Social History No. 1. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings, good+ in smart crimson binding. viii + 137pp. Order No. NSBK-A8542
Keywords: 0900480009, London, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, education, schools, Edwardian, school attendance, schooling, social history, truancy, truants, elementary education, David Rubinstein, Britain, British, England, English, London School Board, poverty, poor, school boards, 1870 Education Act, Forster's Education Act, magistrates, voluntary schools, state education, policy, University of Hull Occasional Papers in Economic and Social History
Price £35.00.
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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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