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Neale, R.S.
Class and Ideology in the Nineteenth Century:
(RKP, 1972).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. viii + 200pp. Order No. NSBK-A599
Keywords: Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, class, classes, ideology, social class
Price £10.00.
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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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Rowntree, Isabella Ann.
Poems:
(Maurice L. Rowntree, 1930).
Scarce collection of poems by the Scarborough poet Isabella Ann Rowntree. With illustrations by Isobel M. and Eirene W. Rowntree, her grandchildren. Card covers. Some light foxing to pages, especially endpapers. Card covers lightly soiled, & yellowed with age at edges - but overall a good copy. 48pp. Order No. NSBK-C15951
Keywords: Scarborough, Yorkshire, women poets, woman poet, 1930s, thirties, Rowntrees, verse, North Yorkshire, social history, inter-war, antiquarian, poetry, inter war, Isabella Ann Rowntree, Isobel M. Rowntree, Eirene W. Rowntree, stored with booklets
Price £45.00.
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Miller, Stuart and Bell, Billy.
Sunderland in Old Photographs:
(Alan Sutton, 1991).
Paperback. Very good. 159pp. Order No. NSBK-A16092
Keywords: 9780862998981, history, photography, Sunderland, North East, Newcastle, history, photos, photography, pictures, social history
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Reproduction Suffragette Medal, Hunger Strike Suffragettes.
Reproduction Suffragette Medal Hunger Strike Suffragettes:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2020).
Beautiful suffragette replica medal, a faithful reproduction of the original Hunger Strike one awarded to suffragettes who had gone on hunger strike (and often been force-fed) in prison. With the appearance of a military-style campaign medal, hunger strike medals were presented to suffragettes by the leadership of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), and honoured those who had gone on hunger strike to to protest against not being recognised as political prisoners. The obverse of the medal is inscribed with the words 'HUNGER STRIKE', whilst the back is blank (where the recipient's name would have been engraved). Materials: Grosgrain ribbon in the famous suffragette colours of purple, white and green (vertical strips). Nickel with an antique-effect silver finish for an authentic "aged-look". A safe, secure pin-clasp at the rear. Presented with a free purple velvet gift-pouch which is in turn displayed within an attractive zip-lock gift-bag, clear at the front and shiny silver at the rear. Dimensions: Medallion: 22mm diameter. Bars: 38mm X 7mm. Double-folded ribbon length: 40mm. Total medal length: 78mm. Medal. Brand new, in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C16042
Keywords: B08KGNFYQ5, women's suffrage, suffragettes, suffragette ephemera, replica, reproduction, badges, badge, prisons, protest, gaols, jails, criminal justice system, law, medals, medallions, Holloway Prison, Edwardian, woman suffrage, England, London, English, Britain, British, social history, women and politics, political, Votes for Women campaign, women's movement, emblems, feminist, feminism, hunger strikes
Price £25.00.
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Mason, Michael.
The Making of Victorian Sexual Attitudes:
(Oxford UP, 1994).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise good+ in slightly dull dustwrapper. xi + 256pp. Order No. NSBK-C8975
Keywords: 0198122926, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, sexuality, masculinity, femininity, sex, gender, morals, moralism, social history, sexual ideology, women, men, free love, evangelicalism, chastity, free thought, Malthus, Malthusian, prostitutes, prostitution, birth control, contraception, Annie Besant, Charles Bradlaugh, celibacy, marriage, Britain, British, England, English
Price £11.50.
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Maurice, C. Edmund, ed.
Life of Octavia Hill: as Told in her Letters
(Macmillan, rpt, 1914).
Hardback. Some foxing to early pages, minor yellow highlighting to text, rubbing to edges and spine ends, otherwise a good solid copy. vii + 591pp. Order No. NSBK-C4485
Keywords: B01M9FUK1S, Octavia Hill, biography, biographies, autobiographies, autobiography, letters, housing, Victorian social reformers, reform, philanthropy, town planning, open spaces, settlements, dwellings, poverty, poor, paupers, pauperism, Britain, England, English, British, National Trust, commons, working class, working classes
Price £20.00.
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Williams, Norman.
Men O'Felling: the History of Felling Male Voice Choir 1920 - 1970
(Five Shillings, 1969).
Booklet. Minor staining to base of last few pages, otherwise a good copy. 44pp. Order No. NSBK-A16108
Keywords: B001PGIOA6, booklets, choirs, history, male voice choirs, Felling, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, singing, Norman Williams, North East, social history
Price £24.00.
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Whelan, Robert.
Helping the Poor: Friendly Visiting, Dole Charities and Dole Queues
(Civitas, 2001).
Paperback. Good. viii + 183pp. Order No. NSBK-A15705
Keywords: 9781903386163, poor, poverty, dole, charities, charity, philanthropy, social history
Price £8.00.
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Butler, Josephine E.
Some Thoughts on the Present Aspect of the Crusade: Against the State Regulation Of Vice
(Portrayer, 2002 reprint of 1874 text).
No 1 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 12pp. Order No. NSBK-C6304
Keywords: B001C3VNMS, Josephine E. Butler, education, social history, women, women's history, Victorian, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, equality, gender roles, working women, women workers, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade, prostitution, prostitutes, State Regulation of Vice, Contagious Diseases Act, social purity, Liverpool, Open Archive Occasional Series, new title, booklet
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