Aronson, Hugh.
Our Village Homes: Present Conditions and Suggested Remedies
(Thomas Murby, 1913).
With a preface by Lord Henry Bentinck. Hardback. Cloth rather soiled, some rubbing / fraying to extremities, otherwise a good solid copy. x + 150pp. Order No. NSBK-A13844
Keywords: B001IVIPUM, villages, village, history, town planning, housing, houses, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, housing schemes, social history, housing conditions, homes, rural areas, countryside, health, rural depopulation, agriculture, labourers' cottages, cottage, Hugh Aronson, social conditions, architecture, house building
Price £70.00.
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Wrigley, C.J., ed.
The Working Classes in the Victorian Age: Debates on the Issue from 19th Century Critical Journals
(Gregg International, 1973).
4 volumes: Vol 1: Political Economy and Whig Reforms 1815-1937; Vol II Urban Conditions, 1839-1848; Vol III Urban Conditions, 1848-1868; Vol IV Rural Conditions, 1815-1870. Hardbacks. Very good in slightly chipped, slightly worn dustwrapper. pp. Order No. NSBK-A928
Keywords: 0576532568, working class, Victorian, class, rural, social reform, countryside, Chris Wrigley, history
Price £60.00.
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Porter, Valerie.
Yesterday's Countryside: Country Life as it Really Was
(David & Charles, rpt, 2003).
Hardback. Slight bump top edge, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. Large format. 319pp. Order No. NSBK-A15126
Keywords: 0715309684, countryside, country, history, agrarian, rural, farming, farms, country markets, social history
Price £17.99.
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Bouch, C. M. L and Jones, G. P.
A Short Economic and Social History of the Lake Counties, 1500-1830:
(MUP, rpt., 1968).
Hardback. A little rubbing to spine ends, otherwise very good in torn / stained / soiled dustwrapper. xi + 371pp. Order No. NSBK-A10756
Keywords: 0719000157, the Lake Counties, Lakeland, Cumbria, counties, county, rural, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, The Lakes, Lake District, England, English, Britain, British, Cumbrian, history, society, economic, economy
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Minchinton, W. E.
Essays in Agrarian History: Volume II
(David & Charles, 1968).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 315pp. Order No. NSBK-A9666
Keywords: 0715341812, husbandry, land, landholding, prices, rents, agriculture, agricultural, farms, farming, rural, agrarian, Britain, British, England, English, history
Price £8.00.
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Phelps, Humphrey, ed.
Forest of Dean: England of One Hundred Years Ago. Photograph Collection
(Alan Sutton, 1992).
Paperback. Oversized book. A little wear to edges, otherwise very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A13331
Keywords: 0750903031, Forest of Dean, history, sepia, photographs, photography, images, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, nineteenth century, twentieth century, 19th century, prints, Gloucestershire, rural, Cinderford, Coleford, Littledean, social history
Price £24.99.
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Harris, Mollie.
All Kinds of Magic:
(OUP, 1995).
Charming reminiscences of Cotswold life. The author is Martha Woodford of "the Archers". Paperback. Ex lib, well-used, covers creased, a good working copy. ix + 387pp. Order No. NSBK-C3178
Keywords: 0192824139, Cotswold, rural life, country, countryside, Ducklington, Oxfordshire, Cotswolds, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Gilbey, Walter.
The Old English War-horse: Or the Great Horse as it Appears, at Intervals, in Contemporary Coins and Pictures During the Centuries of its Development into the Shire-horse. With Notes
(Vinton, 1888).
Two dates in the margins of the book have sadly been crossed out in ink. Text is otherwise not annotated, but there is some light foxing / soiling on some pages, not affecting legibility. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers. Boards darkened / thumbed, with fraying to spine edges. A little cracking internally at spine, else good. 23pp. Order No. NSBK-A14314
Keywords: B000875WPI, horses, shire-horses, shires, war-horses, equestrian, history, rural, Victorian, coins, illustrations, agriculture, antiquarian
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Hollett, David.
The Pioneer Ramblers, 1850 - 1940:
(Ramblers' Association, North Wales Area, 2002).
Foreword by Nick Barrett. Paperback. New book, fine. 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A6867
Keywords: 1901184544, Victorian, nineteenth century, history, social history, socialism, socialist, socialists, utopian, utopias, utopia, Robert Blatchford, Clarion Club, Clarion Movement, Clarion, Clarion Newspaper, Clarion Clubs, Clarion Fellowship, rambling clubs, ramblers, rambling club, exercise, hobbies, entertainment, working class, working classes, Britain, British, England, English, nature, natural, rambling, countryside, rambles, country, rural, North Wales Ramblers' Association, Ramblers' Association, Ramblers' Clubs, Duke of Atholl, walking, walkers, Access, access, open spaces, commons, tramping, recreation, Clarion Ramblers, pedestrians, trespassers, trespass, holidays, holiday, FHA, Friendship Holidays Association, Holiday Fellowship, hiking, long distance walking, youth hostels, youth hostelling, Edwardian, twentieth century, Commons Preservation Society
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Grey, Edwin.
Cottage Life in a Hertfordshire Village: How the Agricultural Labourer Lived and Fared in the Late '60s and the '70s
(Fisher, Knight and Co, 1977).
Hardback. Front board heavilysoiled, spine ends rubbed and soiled, otherwise good. 253pp. Order No. NSBK-A12066
Keywords: 0950594105, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Hertfordshire, farms, farming, farmers, agricultural, land, agrarian, agriculture, country, countryside, rural, labourers
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