Hill, Octavia.
Our Common Land:
(Macmillan, 1877).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, some wear to spine, spine ends, edges and corners. Cloth a little marked / rubbed -else good / solid. vi + 206pp. Order No. NSBK-C6431
Keywords: B001P1SGF4, housing, Octavia Hill, dwellings, philanthropy, the poor, poverty, Victorian, England, town planning, urban history, open spaces, countryside, Britain, England, British, English, history, Octavia Hill's essays, nineteenth century, papers, works, garden cities, period sources, contemporary comment, district visiting, volunteer visitors, commons, charity, charities, COS, C.O.S., Charity Organisation Society
Price £120.00.
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King, Geoffrey.
Portrait of Knutsford:
(Sigma Leisure, 1988).
Paperback. Very good. 92pp. Order No. NSBK-A14050
Keywords: 1850581223, Knutsford, Cheshire, history, towns, town, Tatton Park, King Street, photos, photographs, pictures of Knutsford, Mobberley
Price £12.99.
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Anon, .
Life at the Cape A Hundred Years Ago:
(Centaur (Pty) Ltd, 1983).
With contemporary illustrations selected from the work of Thomas Bowler. Covers the years 1861-2 in a series of vignettes which first appeared in the Cape Monthly magazine. Chapters include first impressions of people and scenery, Camps Bay, excursion on Table Mountain, Christmas festivities at Wynberg and Newlands, hospitality at Constantia, a picnic at Kalk Bay, a State Ball, Stellenbosch, Wellington and the Paarl. Hardback. Very good in faded, slightly worn dustwrapper. 119pp. Order No. NSBK-C3900
Keywords: 0908379471, Cape Town, South Africa, Table Mountain, autobiographies, autobiography, women, woman, history, Victorian, nineteenth century, Wynberg, Newlands, Constantia, Kalk Bay, Stellenbosch, Wellington, Paarl, Berg River
Price £5.00.
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Morris, R. J.
Cholera, 1832: the Social Reponse to an Epidemic
(Croom Helm, 1976).
General editors: J. F. C. Harrison and Stephen Yeo. Scarce. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in faded, chipped, lightly soiled dustwrapper. 228pp. Order No. NSBK-A13440
Keywords: 0856643777, cholera, epidemics, diseases, water, water supplies, sanitation, 19th century, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, sanitary, urban, urbanisation, medical, medicine, science, morality, class, Sunderland, Manchester, hospitals, Edinburgh, quarantine, public health, illness, sickness, towns, cities, town, city
Price £45.00.
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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 £22.00.
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National Union of Townswomen's Guilds, .
The Constitutions, Rules and Handbook:
(National Union of Townswomen's Guilds, 1960).
Hardback. Very good. 129pp. Order No. NSBK-C8747
Keywords: B0000CKMTY, sixties, 1960s, National Union of Townswomen's Guilds, women's history, constitutions, rules, handbook, organisations, societies, Britain, British, female, England, English, membership
Price £9.00.
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Stott, Mary.
Organization Woman: the Story of the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds
(Heinemann, 1978).
Hardback. Ex lib with usual lib stickers, otherwise good in dustwrapper. 240pp. Order No. NSBK-C1256
Keywords: 434748005, Mary Stott, National Union of Townswomen's Guilds, women, history, women's rights, women's movement, England, Britain, British, English
Price £8.00.
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Townsend, Henry.
Robert Wilson Black:
(Carey Kingsgate Press, 1954).
Temperance worker; President of the United Kingdom Alliance, 1932-52. Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled / chipped dustwrapper. 222pp. Order No. NSBK-A3230
Keywords: B0000CIX5B, Baptism, Baptist, Robert Wilson Black, Free Churches, temperance, Baptist Union, evangelicalism, United Kingdom Alliance, religion, baptists, dissent, dissenters, nonconformists, nonconformity, nonconformist
Price £4.00.
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Warner, George Townsend.
How Wars Were Won: a Short Study of Napoleon's Times
(Blackie and Son, 1915).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Cloth darkened and slightly marked, otherwise good and solid. 236pp. Order No. NSBK-A15186
Keywords: B001623AL2, wars, Napoleon, Napoleonic wars, armies, Wellington, revolutionary, France, French
Price £10.00.
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Towner, Margaret.
Dollhouse Furniture: The Collector's Guide to Selecting and Enjoying Miniature Masterpieces
(Courage Books, 1993).
Hardback. Very good in creased dustwrapper. 80pp. Order No. NSBK-A6954
Keywords: 1561383252, female, women, women's history, girls' education, girls, girlhood, dolls houses, dollhouse furniture, furniture, Britain, British, England, English, miniatures, toys, games, collectors. collecting, making dolls houses
Price £8.00.
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