SOCIAL HISTORY
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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.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- HOMES AND HOUSING
IMPRESSIONS OF LONDON SOCIAL LIFE
Written by E.S. Nadal.
Stock no. 2135015
Published by Scribner Armstrong And Company.
1st USA
1875.
Good condition.
Red/brown cloth with gilt title to spine. With Other Papers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping and loss to top and tail of spine. Stitching has broken in a couple of places (especially between pages 48-49), so contents are starting to come loose. A reading copy only!
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- ANTIQUARIAN
SOCIETY IN THE NEW REIGN
Written by T.H.S. Escott.
Stock no. 2134951
Published by T. Fisher Unwin.
1st
1904.
Good condition.
Red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Spine is browned with chipping and fraying to cloth at top and tail. Corners are worn with some bumping. Small part of a newspaper cutting stuck to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. A few margin marks. Some page edge nicks. Contents are generally still very good.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
THE HERMIT IN LONDON; OR, SKETCHES OF ENGLISH MANNERS (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 2134508
Published by Henry Colburn And Co..
Circa
1821.
Almost very good condition.
A new Edition in 3 volumes. Leather spines and corners. New binding. These items have been rebound, so have extra endpapers; a few pages are strengthened with paper tape at spine. Wear and rubbing to spines and corners. Bookplates to front pastedowns of each volume. Ink stamp to one prelim. Foxing and page browning.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- LONDON
- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN
FIFTY YEARS OF LONDON SOCIETY 1870-1920
No author listed.
Stock no. 2134068
Published by Brentano's.
1st USA
1920.
Good condition.
Cloth spine with title label. Brown mottled covers. American edition. SIGNED by Hamiliton Hadden (Polo player) to front endpaper, with his bookplate to front pastedown. Grubby marks to spine. Bumping and chipping along cover edges. Half-title page has a couple of inch tear next to spine at top. Page edge browning.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- SOCIAL HISTORY
FROM SLAVERY TO CITIZENSHIP
Written by Richard Ennals.
Stock no. 1208880
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
1st
2007.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
'This book reminds us that slavery was not abolished in 1807 but continues in modern forms today'. Green boards, white title to spine. Contributions from Africa, America, Europe and Asia and from discourses in work organisation, occupational health, psychiatry and human rights. 417 pages includes index. ISBN: 9780470028322. SIGNED by author on title page.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SLAVERY
- SOCIAL HISTORY
ALMSHOUSES
Written by Brian Bailey.
Stock no. 2113397
Published by Robert Hale.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A fascinating insight into these ancient, charitable institutions which form a significant part of our national heritage. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0709032927. Light wear to cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and a little faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
THE PALADINS
Written by John James.
Stock no. 1207015
Published by MacDonald.
1st
1990.
As new condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A Social History of the RAF up to the outbreak of World War II. 272 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0356190714. Wrapper spine faded.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AIRCRAFT
- AIR FORCE
- SOCIAL HISTORY
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE BREECHES
Written by Anna Clark.
Stock no. 1205883
Published by University of California Press.
1st
1995.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Gender And The Making Of The British Working Class. 416 pages. ISBN: 0520086244.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
THE CROFTER IN HISTORY
Written by Colin Campbell; Dalriad.
Stock no. 1205231
Published by William Brown.
2nd
1886.
Very good condition.
2nd edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 104 pages. Address in ink to title page else contents fine. Corners slightly bumped.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FARMING
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- ANTIQUARIAN
THE HISTORIE OF GREAT BRITAINE UNDER THE CONQUESTS OF THE ROMANS, SAXONS, DANES AND NORMANS
Written by John Speed.
Stock no. 1701800
Published by George Humble.
1623.
Very good condition.
Their Originals, Manners, Habits, Warres, Coines and Seales: with the Successions, lives, acts etc. of the English Monarchs. Second Edition. Revised and enlarged. Contents lists 10 books; this binding contains the following: Contents, plus 8 page proeme; Books 5 - 10, plus Summary of the whole and 78 page index table. Very large format. Leather binding with raised bands to spine and black title labels and gilt titles. Contains woodcuts. Leather binding is a modern binding, which is faded to spine. NO frontis. Book reads complete with in itself - but starts at book 5. A rare survivor of this historical book!
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
- ROMAN
- SAXON
- NORMAN
- SOCIAL HISTORY
- WOODCUTS
- LEATHER BINDING
LIFE IN REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE
Written by Gwynne Lewis.
Stock no. 1701446
Published by B.T. Batsford.
1st
1972.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
25 years of French social life. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713415568. Wrapper spine is faded and corner clipped from front flap.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- FRENCH REVOLUTION
- SOCIAL HISTORY