Macdonald, Isobel:

A Family In Skye: 1908 - 1916.

Isle of Lewis, Acair, 1980 Pbk, VG, fading to spine, contents fine and tight with b/w plates, pp148.

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Book number: 10588

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Isle of Skye memoir life family social history autobiography Scotland Scottish Festubert 0861520556

Mitchison, Naomi; Eric J. Barker; John F Davis; Mary Waugh. Illust. by G W Lennox Paterson; J P McCrum; Kenneth Hauff.:

People Of Britain (Series One).

Oxford University Press, 1964 Hard cover brown cloth bds with protective film, no dust jacket, lib. no. to spine, film splitting at top on both spine hinges, a little wrinkled at rear otherwise Good, contents clean and tight, leading pge edge block just tanning, school lib. docket holder to ffep. Contents include: A Fishing Village on The Clyde; Grimsby Trawlers; A Sheep Farm in North Wales; A Dairy Farm in Somerset; Norwich - A Market Town; Fruit and Hop Growing In Kent. Includes lovely drawings, diagrams and graphs in b/w.

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Book number: 13393

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Britain Fishing village The Clyde Grimsby Trawlers fishing Sheep Farm farming North Wales Dairy Farm Somerset Norwich fruit hop growing Kent agriculture drystone walls market Lennox Paterson McCrum

Mitchison, Naomi; Eric J. Barker; John F Davis; Mary Waugh. Illust. by G W Lennox Paterson; J P McCrum; Kenneth Hauff.:

People Of Britain (Series One).

Oxford University Press, 1964 Hard cover brown cloth bds, Good, no dust jacket, bds bowed, contents clean and tight, one illustration neatly coloured in, one map has a blue biro edge in places, pge edge blocks marked with a black line block, neat name to ffep, pp32. Contents include: A Fishing Village on The Clyde; Grimsby Trawlers; A Sheep Farm in North Wales; A Dairy Farm in Somerset; Norwich - A Market Town; Fruit and Hop Growing In Kent. Includes lovely drawings, diagrams and graphs in b/w.

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Book number: 14526

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Britain Fishing village The Clyde Grimsby Trawlers fishing Sheep Farm farming North Wales Dairy Farm Somerset Norwich fruit hop growing Kent agriculture drystone walls market Lennox Paterson McCrum

Morris, R. J.:

Scotland 1907. The Many Scotlands of Valentine and Sons Photographers.

Edinburgh, Birlinn Ltd, 2007 Oversized black cloth bds, gilt lettering to spine, Near Fine, in VG d/w, a little furling/creasing at edges, contents fine and tight, pp218.

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Book number: 11447

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Scotland photographs Scottish Valentine and Sons Dundee commercial photographers postcard postcards bens glens towns cities fishermen steamers loch social history 9781841585147

Normand, Tom:

Scottish Photography: A History.

Edinburgh, Luath Press Ltd, 2007 1st Ed., Hard cover, oversized, black paper covered bds, VG, unclipped d/w, Good, some surface wear, small closed tear to tip of spine, contents fine and tight, seem unread, pp188 +index.

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Book number: 11451

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Scottish photography history social history memorial document object portraits people land landscape documentary art 9781906307073

Partridge, Burgo:

A History of Orgies.

London, Spring Books, 1966 Hard cover btm edge of bds faded, gilt lettering to spine, Good+, clipped dust jacket, edgewear, Good-, contents nice and tight, pp224, neat inscript. to ffep.

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Book number: 14141

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: orgies history sex psychology social environment Hedonism Greeks sexuality Aphrodisia Dionysia Thesmophoria Romans Nero Caligula Tiberius performance Popes Puritan Rake Medmenhamites Victorians

Reeves, Dave (Compiled and Ed. By) Illust. by Adele Stach-Kevitz:

Brummies: In Camera. Secret Lives & Unsung Heroes of Birmingham.

Birmingham City Council, The Moving Finger, 1999 Paperback, glossy white pictorial cover, Good+, very sl. tanning at edges, corners a little furled at btm, stapled, pp48, contents fine and tight. "In this book you'll find stories of the hidden lives of Brummies, those who've cared, those who've achieved and those with a strange story to tell.... told in the words of the people of Birmingham themselves."

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Book number: 13356

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Brummies Birmingham stories lives people heroes carers achievements families jobs poetry B J Hawker Sylvia Butler Holly Hill School Don Alcott M N Kostiuk Molly Flitcroft Vera Price Danuta Gray 1871296765

Steel, Tom:

The Life and Death of st Kilda.

The National Trust For Scotland, 1965 Hard cover blue cloth bds, almost VG, a little bumping to leading edge, clipped d/w, Good, a bit dusty to top edge block, contents nice and tight, pp135, attractive island maps to endpapers.

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Book number: 10952

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: St Kilda natural history exodus Paternal Society life memoir social history island 0000000

Walling, John:

From Oaks To Avocets.

Grimsby, Riparian Publishing, 1994 Signed by Author to half title, "To John with best wishes John Walling" Pbk, orange/grey wraps, VG+, contents fine and tight with b/w photographic plates and family tree, pp135. "...mainly a story of an Atherstonian's memories of the first thrity six years of his life when he lived in the town.... days ... before the war adn the countryside around his home town and his love of nature."

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Book number: 13059

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Atherstone countryside memoir memories boyhood scouting pre-war social history autobiography school ATC navy Staffordshire Derbyshire Lincolnshire South Humberside RSPB family tree 0952384809

Willis, Frederick:

London General.

London, The Non-Fiction Book Club, 1954 Hard cover blue cloth bds, faded at top and btm tip of spine and a little to upper bd top, otherwise Good, bk leans, in Fair d/w, a bit loose with smallish pieces missing at spine top and btm upper corner and wear, contents clean and tight, pp192, with b/w plates and frontis., neat name and date to front pastedown.

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Book number: 12558

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: London Edwardian books lower working class life Camberwell shops Festival of Empire buses history social