Black, Clementina.
A New Way of Housekeeping:
(W. Collins, 1st edition, 1918).
Rare first edition copy of this ground-breaking work. For the collector. Women employed in housekeeping; changes in domestic standards; why not be servantless?; the distaste for domestic service; labour-making houses; domestic federations; reconstructed domestic service; the motor as emancipator; waste of labour; women who do domestic work without aptitude or satisfaction; service of women needed by the country. Clementina Black urges a reorganisation of household duties, in order to free women from domestic drudgery. In her utopian vision of 'co-operative housekeeping', women would be released from the wasted effort of housework and made available for the labour market, which was now so very depleted of men after the Great War. She criticises the 'stupidity' of 'labour-making houses', and questions the continuing validity of the employment of domestic servants in the modern age. Her solution is to propose the formation of 'domestic federations'. These would represent committees of householders who would collectively manage their domestic arrangements in a centre 'fitted up with store places, kitchens, dining-rooms, offices, and lodgings for a nucleus of resident servants'. Hardback. Original cloth covered in small dark and white blotches, corners worn and spine split, text firm. A good working copy only. 132pp. Order No. NSBK-C4960
Keywords: Great War, First World War, World War I, social history, class, middle classes, middle class, domesticity, servants, domestic servants, maid, maids, housemaids, housekeeping, Clementina Black, labour-making houses, homes, houses, domestic service, twentieth century, interwar, inter-war, inter war, Homes for Heroes, housing, domestic standards, etiquette, women, domestic work, labour, working women, women's history, chores, co-operative housekeeping, domestic federations, cooperative housekeeping, co-operatives, co-operation, cooperation, Women's Industrial Council, labour-saving, labour market, labor, labour shortage, housework, utopianism, utopian, stored with antiquarian
Price £24.00.
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Sinclair, Catherine.
Modern Society: or, The March of Intellect. The Conclusion of Modern Accomplishments
(William Whyte, Edinburgh, rpt, 1838).
Hardback. Original leather with gilt embossed decoration, and all edges gilt. Some wear to edges, especially at spine. A little shakey internally at spine but overall good, solid. viii + 470pp. Order No. NSBK-C15843
Keywords: Catherine Sinclair, accomplishments, ninteenth century, women's history, antiquarian, novel, morality, novels, literature, Scotland, Scottish
Price £24.00.
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Collet, Miss.
Report by Miss Collet on the Statistics of Employment of Women and Girls:
(HMSO, 1894).
Although there is some tear damage to the right-hand side of the front cover, the book has been nicely repaired. There's a new spine, the covers have been neatly rebacked and there are new endpapers. The only other faults are a small tear (2cm) to right-edge of title page and some Roman numerals in ink are written at the base of the front cover. Otherwise, this is a good+, tight copy. Paperback. Some tear damage to front cover, but nicely repaired. New spine, covers rebacked, new endpapers, though small tear to right edge of title page. Good+, a tight copy. vii + 152pp. Order No. NSBK-C15323
Keywords: B0013IULPC, Miss Collet, women, girls, work, women's history, Britain, British, history, antiquarian, employment
Price £55.00.
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Bayly, Mary.
Ragged Homes: and How to Mend Them
(James Nisbet & Co, 1859).
Possibly a first edition. Impossible to be sure as one intro page is missing - the page between the preface and the opening of the text. Frontispiece also lacking. Ex library (Royal Edinburgh Infirmary) with usual library stamps and markings. Hardback. Ex library with usual stamps and markings, a firm copy. Original embossed royal blue boards, with attractive gilt decoation to the spine & front. Edges & corners worn. Good. viii + 263pp. Order No. NSBK-C16052
Keywords: poverty, poor, Victorian, social history, antiquarian, housing, homes, domesticitiy, nineteenth century
Price £95.00.
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Atholl, Katharine, Duchess of, Marjory Ramsay.
Working Partnership: Being the Lives of John George, 8th Duke of Atholl and of His Wife Katharine Marjory Ramsay
(Arthur Barker, 1958).
Scarce. Hardback. Green cloth slightly marked, with some rubbing to rear and wear to edges amd corners, otherwise a good solid copy. vii + 256pp. Order No. NSBK-C16041
Keywords: B0007IZ34I, history, autobiographies, biography, autobiography, autobiography, antiquarian, Duke of Atholl, history, Duchess of Altholl, John George Atholl, Katharine Marjory Ramsay, Scottish, Scotland, inter-war, First World War, Second World War, peace, parliament, women MPs, Perthshire
Price £82.00.
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Hughes, Emrys, ed.
Keir Hardie's Speeches and Writings: from 1888 to 1915
(Forward Printing and Publishing, 1915).
Hardback. Some fading to cloth at spine and top edge, otherwise good. xvi + 187pp. Order No. NSBK-A15994
Keywords: B00GHT6UQQ, antiquarian, Keir Hardie, Labour, Left, Labour Party, history, ILP, Independent Labour Party, socialism, socialist, speeches, literature, writings
Price £20.00.
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Robins, Elizabeth.
Where are you Going to?:
(William Heinemann, 2nd impress., 1913).
Scarce, collectable. Hardback. Some white moulding to board edges and light marking to board faces, otherwise a good, firm copy. vi + 312pp. Order No. NSBK-C9864
Keywords: B000KT6EJM, Elizabeth Robins, women's suffrage, woman suffrage, women writers, Where Are You Going To, fiction, suffragettes, acting, actresses, novels, novelists, theatre, collectible, antiquarian, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, Social and Political Union, actresses, actresss, theatre, drama, plays, novelists, feminists, actors, literature, original suffragette ephemera
Price £70.00.
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Soulsby, Lucy H. M.
The Use of Leisure: I. Some Thoughts on the Education of Girls. II. Our Duty to Our Neighbour
(Longmans, Green, 1900).
Booklet. Paperback. Small format, hand-held. Paper covers slightly chipped, otherwise very good. 54pp. Order No. NSBK-A14994
Keywords: B0017ZN49G, stored with booklets, education, girls, girlhood, leisure, booklets, booklet, antiquarian, history, femininity, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Edwardian, training
Price £22.00.
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Hill, Miranda.
The Fairy Spinner: and Out of Date or Not?
(Marcus Ward & Co, 1875).
Illustrated. Hardback. Some natural foxing with age, especially to endpapers, some wear to edges and spine ends, otherwise good in pictorial boards with gilt titles. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-A16009
Keywords: antiquarian, Miranda Hill, Victorian, nineteenth century, fiction, women writers, literature, illustrated
Price £45.00.
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Lethaby, W. R.
Leadwork: Old and Ornamental and For The Most Part English
(Macmillan, 1893).
Illustrated. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Some ink stains to cloth, top half of spine cover lacking. Spine and edges worn. Internally good and solid. viii + 148pp. Order No. NSBK-A14960
Keywords: B002PEAQY4, lead, leadwork, antiquarian, buildings, decoration, history, architecture, roofs, gutters, fountains, craftsmanship, statues
Price £60.00.
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