Brittain, Vera.
Poems of the War and After:
(Victor Gollancz, first edition, 1934).
Ex-Wigan Free Public Library. A signed first edition copy. Inscription reads: 'With best wishes to Wigan, and Wigan Public Library from Vera Brittain. Wigan, December 7th, 1936'. Scarce, for the collector. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps.(Wigan Library). Cream cloth soiled, lacks spine cover, but contents firm, solid. Collectible though a working copy. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-C16020
Keywords: Vera Brittain, First World War, Great War, poems, verse, poetry, signed, women, women's history, social history, grief, mourning, signed editions, first editions, first edition, World War I, Wigan, Wigan Free Public Library, Lancashire, interwar, inter war, 1930s, thirties, antiquarian, collectible, literature, women writers, pacifism, pacifists
Price £150.00.
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Sinclair, J. B and Fenn, R. W. D.
Just the Right Man: John Richard Worthington Poole-Hughes, 1916-1988: Bishop of South West Tanganyika, 1962-1974, and Bishop of Llandaff 1975-1985
(Cadoc Books, 1992).
Paperback. Very good. 177pp. Order No. NSBK-A10039
Keywords: 0951686518, John Richard Worthington Poole-Hughes, Tanzania, Tanganyika, bishops, religion, religious, Christians, Christianity, African, twentieth century, Wales, Welsh, biography, biographies, lives, life history, life histories, missionaries, missionary
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Summerfield, Penny.
Women Workers in the Second World War: Production and Patriarchy in Conflict
(Croom Helm, 1984).
Classic work of women's history, now very scarce. Hardback. Ex library but good+ in faded, slightly creased dustwrapper. ix + 214pp. Order No. NSBK-C1783
Keywords: 0709923171, Second World War, World War II, munitions, women's work, patriarchy, factory, history, Britain, British, England, English
Price £47.95.
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Fussell, Paul.
Wartime: Understanding and Behaviour in the Second World War
(OUP, 1989).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. x + 330pp. Order No. NSBK-A8920
Keywords: 0195037979, wartime, Second World War, World War Two, World War II, social history, behaviour, habits, propaganda, psychological, psychology, morale, USA, Britain, British, American, United States of America, England, English, Britain, British, emotion, popular culture, sentiment, memory
Price £9.00.
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Gray, J., McPherson, A. F. and Raffe, D.
Reconstructions of Secondary Education: Theory, Myth and Practice Since the War
(RKP, 1983).
Paperback. Front cover creased in spine area, newspaper cuttings pasted to inside front cover and flyleaf, otherwise good+. xvi + 375pp. Order No. NSBK-A10564
Keywords: 0710092687, wars, warfare, secondary education, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Trainor, Luke.
The Origins of the First World War:
(Heinemann Educational Publishers, rpt, 1975).
Paperback. Light soiling / scuffing to covers, otherwise good+. 68pp. Order No. NSBK-A13591
Keywords: 0435319000, World War 1, World War One, World War I, First World War, Great War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th, origins, causes, alliances, Europe, causes, Balkans, diplomacy
Price £6.00.
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Stammers, Neil.
Civil Liberties in Britain During the Second World War: A Political Study
(Croom Helm, 1983).
Hardback. Tear in rear endpaper, otherwise very good+ in dustwrapper. 250pp. Order No. NSBK-A10362
Keywords: 0312141297, civil liberties, Britain, British, England, English, history, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, wars, government policy, policies, democracy, democratic, Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, Regulation 18b, enemy aliens, twentieth century, 20th
Price £11.00.
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Barker-Benfield, G.J and Clinton, Catherine.
Portraits of American Women: From Settlement to the Civil War
(St Martin's Press, 1991).
Paperback. Very good+. xii + 301pp. Order No. NSBK-C11928
Keywords: 0312024282, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, settlement, Civil War, antebellum, colonial, slavery, slaves, Pochahontas, eighteenth century, seventeenth century, sixteenth century, nineteenth century, 17th, 16th, 19th
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Goodman, Philomena.
Women, Sexuality and War:
(Palgrave, 2002).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to front endpapers, a little rubbing to dustwrapper, otherwise very good+. xii + 180pp. Order No. NSBK-C4987
Keywords: 0333760867, war, women, woman, sex, sexuality, history, femininity, morals, social history, World War II, Second World War, morale, Home Front, British, Britain, England, English, gender roles, female identity, social relations, gender relations, separate spheres, public, private, services, wartime, Mass Observation, patriotism, conscription, Women's Land Army, WLA, Women's Royal Air Force, WRAF, Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service, ATS, Women's Auxiliary Airforce, WAAF, Women's Voluntary Services, WVS, war effort
Price £45.00.
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Ayers, Pat.
Women at War: Liverpool Women, 1939 - 45
(Liver Press, 1988).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps, stickers and markings, fly leaf clipped. Minor pencil annotation, otherwise good. 58pp. Order No. NSBK-C15624
Keywords: Liverpool, oral history, World War II, women, wartime, the Home Front, munitions, the Blitz, Britain, British, England, English, history, Merseyside, North West, stored by piano
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