BLORE, GEOFF

Dicky Blood's War (SIGNED By AUTHOR)

Bridgnorth, Shropshire, DreamStar Books. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1904166075) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Signed 'Best Wishes, Geoff Blore' on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very crisp tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 222pp. Evacuated as a 10 year old from Birmingham during the Second World War to Yoxall Staffordshire, considered to be the oldest village in England, Dicky Blood recounts his wonderful collection of stories, each one describing an incident, accident, escapade or adventure. Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 004593

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Evacuation, Second World War, Birmingham, Yoxall 1904166075

BODY, GEOFFREY

The Railway Era : Life and Lines in the Great Age of Railways

Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Moorland Publishing Co Ltd. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0861900723) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased. 156pp. This book sets out to depict the great age of railways in terms of the way it affected the whole community. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 004419

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Communication and Traffic, Engineering, Locomotives, Stations, Journeys, History, Social Life, Customs 0861900723

BOOTH, CHARLES

The Aged Poor in England and Wales : Condition

London, Macmillan and Co. 1894, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.5 x 6 inches. 'From the Author' slip pasted inside front board. Signed by Professor Peter Townsend to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight tanned pages with very tanned end papers, original unmarked boards, a little loss to spine ends and minor rubbing to corners. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. 527pp. Written by socialist campaigner Charles Booth whose intervention on poverty led to the establishment of an Old Age Pension. Includes statistics from Royal Statistical Society Paper of 1894. Scarce. 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/No Jacket.

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Book number: 016078

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Poverty, Social History, Politics Social Policy

BOOTH, CHARLES

Pauperism - a Picture and The Endowment of Old Age - an Argument

London, United Kingdom, Macmillan & Co. 1892, First Edition. Hard Cover, 7.75 x 5.25 inches. Signed by Professor Peter Townsend to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rubbing to spine ends, tanning to end papers and a little bumping to upper corners. Untrimmed top of page edges. Adverts plus 355pp. Written by socialist campaigner Charles Booth whose intervention on poverty led to the establishment of an Old Age Pension. Includes statistics from Royal Statistical Society Paper of 1891. 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/No Jacket.

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Book number: 016073

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Poverty, Social Policy, Social History, Social Policy

BOROWITZ, ALBERT

The Thurtell-Hunt Murder Case

London, Robson Books Ltd. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0860514838) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with small indent to front and very slight creasing to top of spine. 304pp. The sensational crime that scandalized Regency England in 1823. Near Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 022309

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: True Crime, 19th Century, England Crime and Punishment 0860514838

BOTT, ALAN

Our Fathers 1870-1900

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1931, First Edition. Hard Cover, 9.5 x 7 inches. Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked irregularly sunned boards and bumping to most corners. 249pp. Manners and customs of the ancient Victorians : a survey in pictures and text of their history, morals, wars, sports, inventions and politics. Extremely well illustrated with contemporary drawings from Victorian times. Second impression. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 018867

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Victorians, Social History, Customs, Manners, Inventions, Politics

BOTTOMORE, TOM & GOODE, PATRICK (EDITORS)

Readings in Marxist Sociology

Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1983. (ISBN: 0198761090) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty/foxed top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 303pp. A study with substantial excerpts from the works of major Marxist thinkers, beginning with Marx and Engels themselves, arranged to show the Marxist contribution to some of the principal fields of sociological inquiry. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 013520

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Class, Capitalism, Culture, Sociology Sociology 0198761090

BOWER, ALAN

North Derbyshire Collieries on old picture postcards

Nottingham, Reflections of a Bygone Age. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0946245789) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Booklet in mint unread condition. 36pp. As New.

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Book number: 010125

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Mining, Mining 0946245789

BOYLE, PAUL; HALFACREE, KEITH H.; ROBINSON, VAUGHAN

Exploring Contemporary Migration

Harlow, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0582251613) Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creases to two corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight curve to whole book and no bumping to corners. 282pp. A comprehensive study of the various aspects of population migration in both the developed and the developing worlds. Scarce in the UK. Very Good.

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Book number: 016667

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Population Migration Social Policy 0582251613

BROADY, DUNCAN & SAWKILL, CAROL

The Police! : 150 Years of Policing in the Manchester Area

Runcorn, Cheshire, Archive Publications Ltd. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0948946490) Soft Cover, 10.75 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Minor creasing adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright slightly indented unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. pp. Foreword from the then Chief Constable James Anderton. Well illustrated with 261 photos and images. Very Good.

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Book number: 011475

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Crime, Law Enforcement, Manchester, Lancashire, Crime and Punishment 0948946490

MIKE BROWN

Evacuees: Evacuation in Wartime Britain 1939-1945

Stroud, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing Ltd. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 075092537X) Soft Cover, 9.5 x 6.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 122pp. The story of the children who were evacuated for their safety from dense centres of population to the countryside and smaller towns during the Second World War. Illustrated. Fine.

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Book number: 018675

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, Britain, World War 2 075092537x

BROWN, JEAN

We'll Trace the Rainbow (Signed By Author)

Keighley, Yorkshire, H. H. Brown Currer Laithe. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0953294803) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6 inches. Inscribed by author to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to edges and fine indenting. 417pp. Entertaining tales from the author's life and eternal optimism in the Pennines, told with humour and joy, wonder and gratitude. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 013102

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Pennines, Yorkshire Dales, Social History, Ilkley, Ingleborough Philosophy 0953294803

JOHN BRYSON

Evil Angels

Australia, Viking. 1985. (ISBN: 0670809934) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with very slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 550pp. The case of Lindy Chamberlain whose 9 week old daughter disappeared in Australia in the 1980s. A dingo was initially blamed. There was no body, no weapon and no motive, Then the mother was indicted and imprisoned for the murder. Finally with new evidence avaiable, she was released and pardoned. This study describes the events and the case in full. Very Good (+)/Very Good.

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Book number: 022057

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Murder, True Crime, Dingo, Australia, Crime and Punishment 0670809934

BULLOCK, REV CHARLES

How They Lived in the Olden Time

London, 'Home Words' Office. 1884. Hard Cover, 7.75 x 5.25 inches. Not dated, but reference is made to 'our Queen' and to living in 'this nineteenth century', so probably late 1800s. Variable amounts of foxing to many pages. No inscriptions or added marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean firm copy with blue bevelled slightly marked boards, gilt lettering and an olden scene in silver. Sunning to spine, dusty page edges and rubbing to corners. 84pp. This book describes social history with special reference to the details of domestic habits, customs, amusements and the general mode of living which prevailed during the Ango-Saxon and Anglo-Norman periods. With a wealth of line drawings. Good.

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Book number: 004214

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: History

CANTACUZ, MARINA

A London Christmas

Stroud, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing Ltd. 1998. (ISBN: 1840150963) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 6 inches. Book in as new condition. 158pp. An anthology of seasonal memories compiled from many sources and based on London and its region. Fine.

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Book number: 024903

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History 1840150963