The Hermit In The Country; Or, Sketches Of British Manners. In Three Volumes: Volume I (One).

London, Henry Colburn & Co., 1823 A New Edition, hard cover blue paper covered bds with brown paper to spine, Fair, some rubbing and a little loss at btm upper bd edge, corners rubbed, spine has lines to paper and some splitting and loss at top and small amount at base, title block nearly complete, pges rough cut and a little darkened at edges, contents clean and tight, pge 59 - 62 loose with age darkening and creasing to btm edge, pges 199-204 have small brown mark to btm corner, pp285, adverts to front endpapers. Includes chapters on A Trip To Richmond; Man Traps; Rusticating Londoners; My Landlady; Watering Places; The Fishermen; Sea Bathing; The March; Hunting; The Antiquated Beau; Sportsmen's Ladies; The Navy Lieutenant; Family Pride etc...

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Book number: 11915

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Keywords: life observation England London hunting Richmond sea bathing beau sportsmen navy lieutenant fishermen watering places landlady man traps 000000000

The Magna-Chrome Letter Card: Hunstanton.

Norwich, J Jarrold & Son, no date Envelope-style letter card with 5 black and white pictures of Hunstanton, VG+, the address part is blank and the stamp place has been stamped with '6d'. The photographs are of The Esplanade and Pier; Cliff and beach from Pier; The Beach; 2 views of the Boating Lake.

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Book number: 13342

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Keywords: Hunstanton letter-card postcard photographs black and white boating lake pier esplanade beach cliff social history Norfolk

Arlott, John Ray Evans (Illustrator):

The Snuff Shop.

London, Michael Joseph, 1974 1st Ed., SIGNED by AUTHOR on half-title, hard cover blue cloth bds, gilt dec. to upper bd and lettering to spine, VG, contents clean and tight, lovely colour frontis. and further b/w illust.s by Ray Evans, foreword by Kingsley Amis, pp59.

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Keywords: Signed by author snuff shop Ray Evans Kingsley Amis Fribourg Gottlieb Treyer Evans Snuff box modern snuff house Haymarket social history culture snuff taking 0718112474

Ashby, M. K.:

Joseph Ashby of Tysoe 1859 -1919. A Study of English Village Life.

Cambridge At The University Press, 1961 Hard cover blue cloth bds, black title block to spine, VG, in dust jacket, small tape marks on flaps and outer cover otherwise Good, bk leans very slightly, label residue to front pastedown (not a lib. bk), b/w frontis., pp303, contents clean and tight, small brown stain to btm pge edge block. A picture of English country life, the author writes of her self-educated father, 'a man of rare character' and her own childhood.

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Book number: 12748

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Keywords: Joseph Ashby Tysoe English rural life self educated J.P. farmer farming nineteenth century Victorian social history childhood Hornton Quarries Methodists emigration village education family war

Ballhause, Walter:

Licht und Schatten der dreissiger Jahre: Foto-dokumente aus dem Alltag.

Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1985 Paperback, Good+, contents clean and tight, pp176, text in German.

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Book number: 12762

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Keywords: fotos 1930 1933 soziel dokumentarische fotografie 3423105011

Barr, Pat (Ed. by) Drawings by Jane Dickins:

I Remember: An Arrangement For Many Voices.

London, Macmillan, 1970 SIGNED BY AUTHOR to ffep "To Jill & Ray from 'editor Pat Barr" Hard cover brown cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, VG, unclipped dust jacket, scuffed to edges, film just lifting at btm of spine hinge, London Borough stamp to btm pge edge block, residue of label to ffep, lib. stamp to title verso, contents clean and tight, pp152. "... a tapestry of memories from the late Victorian and Edwardian eras drawn from the childhood reminiscences of a hundred people from all over the country. Vividly remembered sights, sounds, tastes, smells and textures bring to present life those long-past experiences of home and school, owrk, play, joy and sorrow."

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Book number: 13429

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Keywords: history memoir memories Victorian Edwardian childhood reminiscences sights sounds tastes smells textures school work play joy sorrow town country holidays

Blomfield-Smith, Denis:

Heritage of Help: The Story of the Royal Patriotic Fund.

London, Robert Hale, 1992 1st Ed., Hard cover blue cloth bds, Near Fine, in Near Fine d/w, contents fine and tight, seem unread, pp240, light sprinkling of age-spots to pge edge blocks at top and leading block, b/w plates.

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Book number: 12673

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Royal Patriotic Fund Queen Victoria history foundation Victorian social conscience charity social order orphans covenant for children foster fund 0709049609

Borrow, George:

The Zincali. An Account Of The Gypsies Of Spain.

London, John Murray, 1872 Hard cover brown cloth bds, cloth fraying and tearing at spine hinges in places, spine faded, gilt lettering, splash mark to upper bd, corners bumped, inner hinges cracking but holding, nice tissue-protected frontis., contents clean and tight, occas. pencil annotation to preface, pp264, neat name on frontis. verso. New edition with a portrait.

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Book number: 9618

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Keywords: Zincali gypsies history Spain Spanish social history life habits traveller Martin del Rio languages proverbs cannibalism food chiromancy dance evil eye superstitions Gitanos laws

Crook, M. J.:

The Evolution Of The Victoria Cross. A Study in Administrative History.

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Midas Books, 1975 1st Ed., in association with The Ogilby Trusts, London, Hard cover red cloth bds, VG+, clipped dust jacket, almost VG, small nic on front cover, spine faded, glaze rubbed on rear corner,/edge, contents clean and tight, light age-spotting to leading pge edge block, pp321, neat inscript. to ffep.

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Book number: 12963

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Prince Philip Victoria Cross history The Ogilby Trusts warrant cross selection presentation misconduct posthumous awards bars issue Act of Duty 0859360415

Dark, Harris & Phyllis:

Springfield Of The Ozarks. An Illustrated History.

USA, Windsor Publications Inc., 1981 Signed by both authors to ffep, 1st Ed., oversized hard cover white cloth bds, VG+, small dent to leading edge, red lettering to upper bd and spine, Good unclipped d/w, minor marks/scuffs, contents clean and tight, many b/w and colour plates, pp239.

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Book number: 11111

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Springfieldians Springfield Ozarks history signed past settlement Civil War railroads rift city depression World War Two Henry Rowe Schoolcraft USA 0897810287

Donati, Roberto:

The Palio: Siena July 2nd - August 16th.

Siena, Narni, Terni, Plurigraf, 1975 Oversized card covers, photographic, VG, contents clean and tight with wonderful colour photographs on every pge, includes the origins of the Palio, origins of the Contrade, The Mossa, the Masgalano etc...

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Book number: 9514

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Keywords: Palio Italy Italian horse race Mossa Masgalano history origins Siena parade Contrade supper social history

Guest, John:

Relics and Records of Men And Manufactures At or In The Neighbourhood of Rotherham In The County of York. A Paper Read on the 27th March, 1865, Before the Members of the Rotherham Literary & Scientific Society.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, 1980 A facsimile of the 1866 first printing, Hard cover brown cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, Nr Fine, in VG dust jacket, four light marks to the rear, contents fine and tight, printed on light brown paper, pp105. "The book deals mainly with the history of manufacturing in the area and gives a picture of the industries of Rotherham at the middle of the last century. It has been out of print for about 100 years..."

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Book number: 13306

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Keywords: Rotherham history Boston Park industry industries manufacture hospital Literacy and Scientific Society Walkers Walker family foundry Grennowside Greenhowside poetry Ebenezer Elliott Holmes steel works 0903666154

Hales, Jane:

One Thing And Another.

C. N. Veal & Co., 1982 1st Ed., hardcover, cream/yellow bds, protective film, good, some tape shadows, fading to rear at spine, v. small amount of wear at tip of spine, ex-lib so usual markings, ffep removed, pp81. Writing about Norfolk the author includes such places as: Rodbaston, Warham, Wells-Next-The-Sea, Scolt Head and Blakeney Point. A sound reading copy.

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Book number: 9088

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Keywords: Norfolk memoir childhood Rodbaston Wells-next-the-Sea scouting Red Cross James Pointer Mrs Gardwood Warham Scolt Head Blakeney Point 0907005004

Kirby, Mary And Elizabeth:

Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard.

London, Nelson, no date Dec. blue cloth hard cover, tipped in picture to upper bd, Good-, scuffing at extrem.s, hinge cloth rubbed, spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed, neat inscript. to front pastedown dated 1921, 4 b/w plates by W H C Groome, 1 missing, further b/w illusts through text, contents have occas. age-marking, front hinge cracked at title but holding, pp137.

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Book number: 9378

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Keywords: W H C Groome coffee plantation sugar cane china juvenile social history china clay tea cup tea sugar mill

De Lisle, Jean:

A Town In The Country: Berkhamsted 1939 - 1999.

Kings Langley, Alpine Press, 2007 SIGNED by the author to the title pge, 1st Ed., pbk, seems unread, Nr Fine copy, contents tight and bright, pp68.

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Book number: 14164

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Keywords: Berkhamsted history changes people events stories anecdotes opinions social history 9780955758003