TOWLSON, C. W. (EDITOR)

Woodhouse Grove School 1812-1962

Bradford, Old Grovian Association. 1962, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and slight bumping to lower corners. Slightly sunned dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nicks and chips to edges. 155pp. A celebratory account of 150 years in the life of the public school at Apperley Bridge between Bradford and Leeds. Illustrated. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 025112

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: School History, Yorkshire Education

TOWNSEND, PETER

The Family Life of Old People : An Investigation in East London

Keele, Staffordshire, University College of North Staffordshire. 1955. Soft Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked very slightly browned boards and no bumping to corners. 175-195pp. Reprint from The Sociological Review December 1955. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works. Very Good.

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Book number: 013275

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social Policy, Politics, Social History Social Policy

TREVOR, MERIOL

The Arnolds : Thomas Arnold and His Family

London, The Bodley Head. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370013921) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor rub to top edge of rear cover and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with very small tear to top of spine and slight creasing to upper edge and spine foot. 206pp. A history of the family of Thomas Arnold (1795-1842), a number of whom became prominent in society. Christianity was a major feature in the lives of some. Very Good (+)/Very Good.

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Book number: 027869

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Biography, 18th 19th Century Religion / Spirituality / Occult 0370013921

TURNER, E. S.

What the Butler Saw : Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Servant Problem

London, Michael Joseph Ltd. 1962, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Name crossed out on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A clean very tight copy with unmarked maroon cloth boards, very slight rubbing to spine ends, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with pieces missing from spine ends, small pieces from corners and sunning to rear. 304pp. A lively account of the servant problem from around the start of the 18th century. Social history from a fascinating angle - droll information lightly handled with many a moral given. Illustrated. Very Good/Poor.

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Book number: 026992

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History,

TURNER, BARRY; RENNELL, TONY

When Daddy Came Home : How Family Life Changed Forever in 1945

London, Hutchinson. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 009179143X) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn or creased. 242pp. How Family Life Changed Forever in 1945. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 007021

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Family_great Britain, Post-War, 1940s, Social Life 009179143x

PENELOPE TUSON (EDITOR)

The Queen's Daughters: Anthology of Victorian Feminist Writings on India 1857-1900

Reading, Berkshire, Ithaca Press. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0863721877) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to upper rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with creasing to upper rear edge. 341pp. This anthology of women's writing about India in the second half of the 19th century illustrates the progression of imperialist and feminist attitudes from different women's perspectives. Near Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 020898

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: India, Victoriana, Literature, Women's Gender Studies 0863721877

UNRUH, JOHN D.

The Plains Across : Emigrants, Wagon Trains and the American West

London, Pimlico. 1992. (ISBN: 0712651284) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Small crease to lower corner of front, none to rear, very faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Protected in a professional removable plastic cover. 364pp. A classic work on the American West and how it was created. It tells the tale of the wagon train migrations in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Near Fine.

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Book number: 006539

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: American West, Wagon Trains, American Dream, 0712651284

VALLANCE, ROSALIND (SELECTED BY)

Dicken's London

London, Folio Society. 1966. Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6 inches. Ill.: George Cruikshank. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Slip case in near fine condition with rubbing to one corner and minor bump to another corner. 239pp. A series of essays on the London of Charles Dickens' time selected and introduced by Rosalind Vallance. Fine.

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Book number: 011367

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, London George Cruikshank

VANLINT, E.G.

When Pigeons Come Home to Roost

Suffolk, The Lavenham Press Ltd. 2010, First Edition. Soft Cover, 9.5 x 6.75 inches. Book in mint condition. 218pp. Appears unread. This book tells the story, at first hand, of young men sent to police a worn torn Germany, a population of women, children and of men on the verge of starvation. From the last months of World War II until the Berlin Airlift, with bankrupt Britain trying to cope with dismantling its Empire, whilst finding employment for its war weary veterans, these teenage soldiers were upholding British prestige in Berlin during the worst winter of the century. Very scarce. As New.

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Book number: 006337

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: World War 2, Second World War, Berlin Airlift, Germany,

VOGT, PER (EDITOR)

Norway To-Day

Oslo, Dreyers Forlag. 1961. Hard Cover, 11.75 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly sunned boards and tiny bump to lower rear corner. 144pp. Eighth revised edition. A well illustrated book covering most aspects of Norway and Norwegian life. Very Good (+)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006674

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Culture, Tourism, Geography, History, Art,

PETER WAGNER

Eros Revived: Erotica of the Enlightenment in England and America

London, Paladin. 1990. (ISBN: 0586089136) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Very minor creasing to covers, creases to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 498pp. The author shows us the erotica in the 18th century - the whole spectrum of bawdy, obscene, erotic and pornographic works that flourished throughout - including fiction, poetry, drama, scientific treatises, para-medical works, satire and erotic art. Well illustrated with contemporary images. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 022232

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, Sex, Erotism, 0586089136

WALVIN, JAMES

English Urban Life 1776-1851

London, Hutchinson. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091561515) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6 inches. Previous owner's name inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. 216pp. A study showing the rapid expansion of towns during the period 1776 to 1851and the unprecedented rate of social change resulting from this. Very Good.

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Book number: 014059

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social Conditions, Cities, Towns, England, 0091561515

WATKIN, HARRY

From Hulme All Blessings Flow: A Collection of Manchester Memories

Radcliffe, Manchester, Neil Richardson. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0907511821) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, trace of label removal near foot of slightly torn spine and no bumping to corners. 94pp. Harry Watkin recounts the first twenty one years of his life, born in the district of Hulme near the centre of Manchester in 1909. Very scarce in the UK. Very Good.

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Book number: 027600

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Local History, Manchester 0907511821

WEIR, JEAN & BONANNO, ALFREDO M.& KRONSTADT EDITIONS COMRADES

Workers' Autonomy : Anarchist Pamphlet No 3

London, Bratach Dubh. 1979. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly foxed boards and no bumping to corners. 40pp. A discussion of the means needed to further the aims of the proletariat. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 023844

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Proletariat, Communism, Trade Unions, Revolution Philosophy Employment / Work

WHEELER, KEITH

The Scouts (The Old West)

Alexandria, VA, Time Life Books. 1978. (ISBN: 0809423065) Faux Leather, 11 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked embossed boards and no bumping to corners with the smallest traces of storage. 240pp. By the editors of Time-Life books with text by Keith Wheeler, this book describes the men in the forefront of exploration of the new lands as the wagon trains and others slowly moved westwards in a wealth of detail and with superb contemporary black & white photos from the time. Also some in colour including detailed illustrations based on artwork. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Fine.

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Book number: 025465

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Wild West, America, Exploration, Wild West, Wagon Trains, Non-Uk Country Studies 0809423065