CUMBRIA FEDERATIONS OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES.

CUMBRIA WITHIN LIVING MEMORY.

Newbury, Berks. Countryside Books, 2005., Reprint, first published 1994. "Compiled by the Cumbria Federations of Women's Institutes from notes sent by Institutes in the County." Softback. 255 pages and b./w. photographs. Contents near fine, no inscription. Near fine cover, priced £9.99 on back. 21cm. x 15cm. ISBN 1853063010. 2005

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N° du livre: 7778

Catalogue: Social History

Mots-clés: Cumbria Keswick Hawkshead Westmorland Cumberland

FAST, HOWARD

PEEKSKILL: U S A ; A Personal Experience.

Moscow. Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1954., (Seems to be a first USSR edition.) An account of a concert in 1953 where the black singer Paul Robeson was expected to appear, and the hostility of police & state troopers along side a very aggressive crowd of anti-negro protesters. 110 pages. 6 b./w. photographs. Foreword or introduction is in Russian. Cream coloured boards with brown linen spine is slightly dusty otherwise very good, but corners bumped. Contents very good, no inscription or marks. 20.5cm. x 13.5cm. 1954

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N° du livre: 7281

Catalogue: Social History

Mots-clés: Peeksgill negro Blacks African-American Paul Robeson

KENYON, OLGA

800 Years of Women's Letters.

Stroud. Allan Sutton, 1995., Softback. Reprint. Foreword by P.D. James. 298 pages including select biographies, sources & index. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Card cover is near fine, priced on back £9.99. 9.25" x 6" ISBN 0750907258. 1995

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N° du livre: 6518

Catalogue: Social History

Mots-clés: letters correspondence communication

LEWIS, RICHARD D.

THE BILLINGERS.

Pall Mall, London. Riversdown Publications, 1976., Ex Library. About real people who lived in or near the village of Billinge in Lancashire between 1840 and 1970. 231 pages Over 50 b./w. photographs. Top and bottom edges of cover are shelf rubbed, contents are clean and very good, but front end pages are marked with library labels, tickets etc. D./w. is slightly worn on ends of spine where labels used to be. 1978

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N° du livre: 7050

Catalogue: Social History

Mots-clés: Billinge Lancashire

OPIE, ROBERT.

REMEMBER WHEN. A nostalgic trip through the consumer era.

London. Bounty Books/Octopus, 2007., Reprint, first published 1999 by Mitchell Beazley. Large softback. Divided into 11 parts, the Victorians, the Edwardians, the 1910's, 1920's, 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, and the 1990's. Each is illustrated with advertizing at that time, the fashions, the toys, entertainment , cinema, house & home, events, holidays, motoring & aviation, and so on. A very interesting book. 207 pages. Lavishly illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. 28.25cm. x 23.5cm. ISBN 9780753714577 Reprint, first published 1999. 2007

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N° du livre: 7772

Catalogue: Social History

Mots-clés: advertizing consumer commercials adverts advertisments

WICKS, BEN.

Promise You'll Take Care Of My Daughter.

Toronto, Canada. Stoddart, 1993., Softback. "The Remarkable War Brides of World War II." 229 pages. 17 b./w. photographs on 8 pages. Priced on back cover $14.95. Near fine, no inscription. Near fine card cover. 22.5 cm. x 15 cm. ISBN 0773755659. 1993

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N° du livre: 7075

Catalogue: Social History

Mots-clés: world war 2 World War II Canada Canadian Air Force