Porter, Susan L. ed.
Women of the Commonwealth: Work, Family and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts
(Mass UP, 1996).
Paperback. Very good. viii + 240pp. Order No. NSBK-C8449
Keywords: 1558490051, women, woman, women's history, Commonwealth, American, USA, United States, family, children, social changes, nineteenth century, Victorian, womanhood, gender, ethnicity, race, class, jobs, employment, employees, employers, families, sisterhood, women's studies, Massachusetts, Boston, Bostonians
Price £8.00.
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Jones, Howard.
Steam Engines: an International History
(Ernest Benn, 1973).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, overall good+ in slightly loose dustwrapper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-J13973
Keywords: 0510129552, railways, trains, steam engines, history, steam traction, James Watt, transport
Price £7.00.
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Whiting, Charles.
Massacre at Malmedy: The Story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group Ardennes, December, 1944
(Leo Cooper, rpt., 1996).
Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, slight damage to spine and fly leaf, a good working copy. vi + 244pp. Order No. NSBK-A6711
Keywords: 0850525128, massacre, warfare, wars, Second World War, World War Two, II, 2, Jochen Peiper's Battle group, Jochen Peiper, twenteith century, British, Britain, history, France, French, Malmedy, guns, Germans, Nazis, Germany, Europe, European
Price £5.50.
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Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, .
Bookplate portrait of Mary Rice Livermore, A4 size:
(n.p., n.d.).
American suffragist and reformer who saw the vote for women as integral to ameliorating social ills. She also protested against slavery and wrote for various religious and reform periodicals. Bookplate portrait. Very good. 1pp. Order No. NSBK-C4179
Keywords: Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, picture, pictures, American, USA, suffragettes, suffragists, Massachusetts, Kansas, United States of America, Votes for Women, abolition, abolitionists, slavery, women, history, nineteenth century
Price £6.00.
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Dyment, Clifford.
The Railway Game: an Early Autobiography
(Readers Union, rpt, 1963).
Hardback. Very good in browned, slightly worn dustwrapper. 218pp. Order No. NSBK-A4710
Keywords: B0000EERAV, British, Britain, England, English, autobiographies, autobiography, railway, steam, railway game, Clifford Dyment, autobiography, child, boy, children, childhood, 1920s, 1930s, interwar, inter-war, inter war, history, boyhood, youth, poems, poet, poets, poetry
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Bird, Anthony.
Roads and Vehicles:
(Arrow Books, rpt., 1973).
Paperback. Pages a little browned and spine creased, otherwise good. ix + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-A7530
Keywords: 0099078104, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, 18th, roads, transport, hansom cabs, broughams, Victorias, Tiburys, omnibuses, gigs, traps, curricles, mail coaches, stage coaches, steam coaches, railways, horses, archaeology, pony and trap
Price £4.00.
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Science Museum, .
The Science Museum: the First Hundred Years
(HMSO, 1957).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings, otherwise very good, bright. 85pp. Order No. NSBK-A14377
Keywords: B0000CHBPJ, science museum, science, history, machines, aircraft, engines, steam, technology, scientific, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £14.00.
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Wojtczak, Helena.
Railwaywomen: Exploitation, Betrayal and Triumph in the Workplace. (CD Rom)
(Hastings Press, 2005).
Please note that this is a CD (not an actual book) containing the book in electronic format. Foreword by Dr Colin Divall, Professor of Railway Studies. The first and definitive history of women working on the railways of Britain from 1830 to 2005, encompassing both manual and clerical staff and, to a lesser extent, shipping, workshop and catering employees. Contains a lot of material about women filling men's uniformed railway roles during the two world wars and over 200 photographs, most of which have never before been published. An entertaining read, which is also well-referenced to satisfy academics. CD. New, in perfect condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15915
Keywords: women, woman, gender, women's work, women and work, railways, railway workers, trains, steam, railwaywoman, railwaywomen, steam engine drivers, sexual discrimination, equal rights, harassment, workplace, workers, Britian, British, England, English, history, transport, British Rail, railway history, twentieth century, 20th
Price £15.00.
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Gourvish, T. R.
Mark Huish and the London North Western Railway: A Study of Management
(Leicester UP, 1972).
Hardback. Very good in soiled and slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. 319pp. Order No. NSBK-A8221
Keywords: 0718511018, Mark Huish, railways, railway, trains, transport, London North Western, politicians, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, management, managers, Railway mania, Captain Mark Huish, steam engines
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Berg, Maxine, ed.
Technology and Toil in Nineteenth Century Britain: Documents
(CSE Books, 1979).
Paperback. Good. 246pp. Order No. NSBK-A4939
Keywords: 0906336031, Britain, British, history, England, English, toil, labour, labor, work, nineteenth century,m Victorian, industry, pin money, weaving, factory, factories, textiles, steel making, steam engines, lead foundries, shipbuilding, boot and shoe trade, workshop, industrialisation, industrialization, coal, saw mills, machines, working class, working classes, working-class
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