Horn, Pamela,

LIFE BELOW STAIRS IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

Sutton, Thrupp, Stroud, 2003, trade paperback, x, 358pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the transformation of domestic service during the 20th century, prior to which it has been the largest single female occupation but which the first world war changed forever, slightly cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, small tippex mark half title, very good,

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Book number: 40785

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british social history domestic service

Hughes, Kathryn,

THE VICTORIAN GOVERNESS.

The Hambledon Press, London, 1993, 1st edn., xvi, 256pp, 4pp half tone ills., frontis and 6 other in text line ills., dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, drawing on published and unpublished sources an account of the only profession open to a Victorian lady whose marriage prospects were poor, that of governess, lightly rubbed at head of spine, dustwrapper: unpriced, spine very sl. sunned, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32131

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british history governess victoria victorian social

Humphry, Mrs (Madge of Truth),

MANNERS FOR MEN.

Pryor Publication, Whitstable, 1995, reprint, paperback, 160pp, [10pp] ads., paper wrappers, a facsimile reprint of the 1897 edition published by James Bowden, a comprehensive guide to the rules of etiquette and social mores for men for every occasion including dress and behaviour in the street, in a carriage, in a hansom, in or on an omnibus, on horseback, at a play, in a restaurant, the conventions with regard to calling and visiting cards, etc., a fascinating piece of social history which records the current standards as well as many of the earlier ones from which they have developed, lightly rubbed at tips, small stain fore-edge, light bump and small stain bottom of lower wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 40228

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: etiquette british social history

Humphry, Mrs (Madge of Truth),

MANNERS FOR WOMEN.

Pryor Publications, Whitstable, ND (copyright 1993), facsimile edn., paperback, 156pp, tall slim pocket book size about 8 x 4 inches, pictorial upper wrapper, a facsimile reprint of the edition first published in 1897 by James Bowden, a comprehensive guide to the rules of etiquette and social mores for girls and women for every occasion, including the curtsey, learning to laugh, behaviour in the street, bicyling, the conventions with regard to calling and cards, at homes, etc., a fascinating piece of social history which records the current standards as well as many of the earlier ones from which they have developed, a little rubbed at extrems., small fox mark upper wrapper, very good,

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Book number: 40834

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british history miscellaneous etiquette mores women ladies manners dress social calls

Hunt, Richard,

QUEEN BOUDICCA'S BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Spellmount, Staplehurst, 2003, 1st edn., xii, 140pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 6 in text maps, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, presenting new perspectives on many aspects of the events in one of the most evocative periods in British history, that from the time of the Roman invasion to the aftermath of Queen Boudicca's rebellion, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41121

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british history boudicca roman invasion military

Hurstfield, Joel,

THE ELIZABETHAN NATION.

BBC Publications, London, ND (c1965), 1st edn., trade paperback original, 112pp inc. 16pp col'd and half tone photo ills., wraparound pictorial wrappers, five aspects of the Elizabethan period are covered in this volume -'.. the Elizabethan people, the dream of order, neither peace nor war, the darker years and the Elizabethan Nation..', sl. slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., diag. crease lower cnr. upper wrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 40229

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british history elizabethan

Jenkins, Alan,

THE FORTIES.

Book Club Associates, London, 1977, club edn., 232pp, 8 coloured plates and many in text line and half tone photo. ills., pictorial endpapers, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a social history of Great Britain during the 1940. from the darkest days of WW2 with the fall of France, Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the influx of all things American, the continuing austerity in Britain after the war, the distractions that Hollywood, music and the theatre offered on both sides of the Atlantic, the visual and performing arts reflecting the advances in technology and communications that the war had produced, etc., lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: rubbed with sl. loss at tips, repaired tear upper edge upper panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41059

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: history forties war peace religion entertainment theatre cinema poetry literature politics

Kay, F. George, FRSA,,

ROYAL MAIL - The Story of the Posts in England from the time of Edward IVth to the Present Day.

Rockcliff, London, 1951, 1st edn., x, 198pp, frontis and 46pp line and half tone ills., maps in text, full colour illustrated endpapers, red cloth lettered in black at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a history of mail carrying in England, from the first Royal couriers at the time of Edward IV, the creation of a Master of the King's Post by Henry VIII, the subsequent expansion of mail carrying by private enterprises, the ear of the Mail Coach, the introduction of the Penny Post, and the great expansion with the coming of the railways, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed and a little bumped at tips, upper edge sl. dusty, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems. with very sl. loss at tips, several nicks at edges, spine sl. sunned, internally repaired, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32123

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: england british history royal mail post coach penny railways

Langlands, Alex, Goodman, Ruth and Ginn, Peter,

EDWARDIAN FARM - Rural Life at the turn of the Century.

Pavilion, London, 2010, lst edn., 288pp, coloured and half tone ills, map and line drawings in text, coloured endpapers, tv tie-in, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, published to accompany the BBC tv series of the same name, an experiment in living as Edwardians and experiencing the skills and pastimes of the period, including life on the farm, domestic life, local industries, leisure and relaxation as known to the Edwradians, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43002

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british history edwardian farm morwellham quay devon

Laurence, Anne,

WOMEN IN ENGLAND 1500-1760 - A Social History.

Phoenix, London, 1996, 1st in imprint, paperback, xvi, 301pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., large format (8.5 x 5.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the expectations and experiences of women in the crucial period between the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution, covering marriage, sex, childbirth, work within and outside the household, education, religion and women's activity in the community and beyond, lightly rubbed at tips, light foxing upper edge, very good,

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Book number: 39258

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british social history women

Laver, James (illustrated by Iris Brooke),

ENGLISH COSTUME OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

A. and C. Black, London, 1929, 1st edn., 90pp incl. col'd frontis and 11 other full page col'd ills., nuemrous ills. in line, decorative endpapers, dark blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt at spine, single line border in blind upper board, upper edge coloured, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, a pictorial chronology of the devlopment and change in English costume in the nineteenth century, lightly rubbed at tips, fore-and lower edges tanned and sl. stain fore-edge, light partial brwoning to free endpapers, ink name verso front free endpaper, two ink names top cnr. half title, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss at spine ends and cnrs., larger chip top cnr. upper panel, overall light soiling and heavier soiling and ink marks to lower panel, internally repaired, very good plus in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32133

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british history regency william mary victoria victorian social costume dress clothing fashion

Linklater, Eric,

THE VOYAGE OF THE CHALLENGER.

Cardinal Books, London, 1974, paperback, 288pp, numerous col'd and half tone ills. throughout, large format (9.5 x 7.5") paperback, laminated col'd pict. wrappers, account of the three year circumnavigation from 1872 visiting Antarctic, East India islands, New Guinea and Japan, a little rubbed at extrems., edges of wrappers a little dusty, light vertical crease in spine, very good,

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Book number: 28131

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: travel exploration natural history origin species maritime

Lockyear, Arthur,

WARRIORS IN FIRE BOOTS - A Tribute to the Valour of Firefighters.

Jeremy Mills, Huddersfield, 2011, 1st edn., paperback original, [viii], 318pp, half tone photo ills in text, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a history of the British fire services, from the days of James Braidwood, the Chief Officer of the London Fire Engine Establishment in the first half of the 19th Century, the development of formal fire-fighting establishments in the major cities of Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester, some major fgires in the first part of the 20th Century, WW2 and the standardisation of equipment and techniques as well as the national expansion of the service, with details of some of the major fires and advances in technology since, fine,

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Book number: 41603

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british history war ww1 ww2 braidwood blitz auxiliary national fire service dunkirk cheapside street worsley hotel

Longmate, Norman,

DEFENDING THE ISLAND - Caesar to the Armada.

Hutchinson, London, 1989, 1st edn., x, 532pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, in a blend of military, social and diplomatic history an account of the defence of Great Britain by the Celtic tribes against the Romans through the dark ages, the Saxon and Viking invasions, the Norman conquest and the Plantagenet and Tudor periods culminating in the resistance to the Armada, lightly rubbed at tips, light foxing to upper edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, some creasing lower panel, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40443

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british history caesar romans celtic saxon viking norman plantagenet tudor hastings bosworth french spanish armada

Mackenzie, Kenneth,

THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.

Pelican, Harmondsworth, 1950, 1st edn., paperback original, 207pp, 8pp half tone ills., [i] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, a history of the development of the English Parliament, highlighting particular features and events that have contributed to its evolution, lightly rubbed at tips, overall light tanning and sunning, very good,

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Book number: 40840

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: british history parliament politics government