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THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING IN SCOTLAND
Written by Douglas Niven.
Stock no. 2135919
Published by Croom Helm Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0709901593. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine and small nicks to edges.

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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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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!

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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.

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HILL AND ADAMSON'S THE FISHERMEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRTH OF FORTH
Written by Sara Stevenson.
Stock no. 1822070
Published by Scottish National Portrait Gallery. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

First announced in 1844, only in 1991, 147 years later, is it published. A collection of b/w and sepia photographs with some history. Card wraps. ISBN: 0903598159. Front edge of spine lightly faded. Minor foxing to lower edge of text block. Contents fine.

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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.

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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.

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JIPPING STREET: CHILDHOOD IN A LONDON SLUM
Written by Kathleen Woodward. Illustrated by Leon Underwood.
Stock no. 2134066
Published by Harper And Brothers. 1st USA 1928. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine and corners; paper covered boards. Tipped-in frontis by Underwood. American edition. Paper title label to spine is starting to unstick. Browning. Bookplate to front pastedown. Wrapper is torn and chipped with some pieces of loss; browned with some foxing.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S RECREATIONS
Written by Marcia Vale.
Stock no. 2132681
Published by D.S. Brewer. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Deep pink covers with silver title to spine. Accomplishments and pastimes of the English gentleman 1580-1630. ISBN: 0859910318. Wrapper is price-cut with some browning; faded to spine.

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WILLIAM DOWNING EVANS: POETRY AND POVERTY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEWPORT
Written by Ian Dear; Wendy Dear.
Stock no. 2127937
Published by South Wales Record Society. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Edited by Ian and Wendy Dear. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780955338748. Light bumping to spine. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased.

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A HISTORY OF BRITISH LABOUR LAW 1867-1945
Written by Douglas Brodie.
Stock no. 2126319
Published by Hart Publishing Co.. 1st USA 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 184113015X. Small nick to bottom of title page. Wrapper is a bit grubby with some edge-creasing.

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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.

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