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GOERGIAN AND VICTORIAN CARLISLE: LIFE, SOCIETY AND INDUSTRY
Written by Sydney Towill.
Stock no. 1825440
Published by Carnegie Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Analyses the industrial and historical development of Carlisle through the most important period of its development. Deep yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1859360394. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and scuffed to rear panel. Includes a relevant newspaper clipping.

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WOMEN AND THE RAILWAY, 1850-1915
Written by Anna Despotopoulou.
Stock no. 1324948
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture series. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 202 pages. ISBN: 9780748676941. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed/creased.

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EARLY VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE IN BRITAIN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Henry-Russell Hitchcock.
Stock no. 1824705
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two volumes: volume 1 text; volume 2 illustrations. A major work of scholarship and original research of very great importance to students of the history of English architecture. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and illustrations. Small stain to base of spines and faint mottling to boards. Text blocks browned. Bookplate with name crossed out in both volumes to front endpaper, volume 1 has name to front endpaper heavily crossed out in ink, volume 2 has name in ink to front endpaper, not crossed out. A few scattered foxspots present, mainly to prelims. Red pictorial dustwrapper are rubbed at edges and corners, faded to spines with small chips to top & tail, some foxing to verso.

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VICTORIAN ENGLAND
Written by G.M. Young.
Stock no. 1824479
Published by Folio Society. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

A History of England series. Various essays. Blue cloth, gilt decorations, gilt title to spine. Top edge blue. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. Third printing. A fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed.

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BLACK TOM ARNOLD OF RUGBY: THE MYTH AND THE MAN
Written by Terence Copley.
Stock no. 1824429
Published by Continuum. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Terency Copley's lively and provoking biography of Thomas Arnold combines a study of his life with an examination of his influence as an educator, a theologian and a churchman. Black boards, red title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0826457231. Black dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA
Written by Mary Kingsley.
Stock no. 2139465
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Fine condition.

Observations of Charles Kingsley's sister of life in Africa in Victorian times. Edited by Elspeth Huxley. Abridged edition. Green, brown & cream decorated covers. B/w photos. Slip case is better than very good.

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PLACES OF PLEASURE: FROM MUSIC HALLS TO THE SEASIDE TO FOOTBALL, HOW THE VICTORIANS INVENTED MASS ENTERTAINMENT
Written by Lee Jackson.
Stock no. 2137777
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Beige boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780300224634. A couple of grubby marks to wrapper.

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THE WORKHOUSE: A STUDY OF POOR-LAW BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND
Written by Kathryn Morrison.
Stock no. 1823445
Published by English Heritage; Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recognising that an undervalued and poorly understood category of building was in danger of simply being lost, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England has attempted to make a record of these structures against their historical background. A story of the student of social history, as much as for the professional architectural historian. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, lightly faded to spine & worn at top of same, minor scuffing to rear panel. ISBN: 1873592361. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel, slightly faded to spine and worn at top of spine.

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VICTORIAN HOMES
Written by David Rubinstein.
Stock no. 2135657
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The homes of all social classes both inside and out, in towns and countryside. ISBN: 071536765X. Bumping to spine. Stains to some page edges and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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THE JUBILEE YEARS 1887-1897
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1821377
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Compiled by Hudson. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Lower corners lightly bumped else a fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly bumped at corners and a little scuffed.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES OF BRITAIN: WALES
Written by Roly Smith.
Stock no. 1819189
Published by Frith Book Company. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photographs from the Francis Smith collection of mid-Victorian times. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 1859377726. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed to rear panel.

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A COTSWOLD VILLAGE SCHOOL FROM VICTORIAN TIMES
Written by Michael Boyes.
Stock no. 1811455
Published by The Rissingtons Local History Society. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

An account of the development of education in one rural village - Great Rissington - of which much of this account could apply equally to other small villages in the Cotswolds and elsewhere. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 095306610x. A nice, clean copy.

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