Social History from Dodman Books

London: Hutchinson, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well regarded account of pre-gentrification Camden, Thomson's home since 1956. This is an ex-library copy with attendant stamps and missing fep. Best regarded as a reading copy. Bar toning to stock and issues mentioned, all in general good order. D/j unclipped, but worn… Read more about this item

Palma de Mallorca: Privately Published, 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Three papers on Mallorca's contribution to the history of pharmacy, delivered by apothecary and bibliophile Vich at conferences of the Sociedad Farmaceutica del Mediterraneo Latino in 1960, 1962 and 1964 and published between 1960 and 1968. All… Read more about this item

Milan: Francesco Pagnoni, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The Grand Secretary Of Lovers, Or The Art Of Being Loved. Excellent and early example of the Italian publishing phenomenon of letter writing guides for lovers. Cheaply produced for popular sale, contains much advice on how to woo, and what to do next.… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fascinating history, well illustrated. In fine, clean and bright internal order. Light wear only to pictorial card covers. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 483pp

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Excellent and comprehensive history of card games in fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Smart blue 'Oxford' boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo.… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The troubled launch but ultimate success of innovative Leicester school. All in VG+, clean and bright internal order. Minor wear to pictorial card covers, lightly toned to rear. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of Neville's extraordinary tour through 1960s counterculture as editor of Oz. Well illustrated. All in fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Light fading to bottom edge of smart purple boards with bright gilt titling to… Read more about this item

Wallington: The Religious Education Press, 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Nine pen portraits of remarkable religiously motivated social campaigners. All in VG internal order. Pictorial card covers dulled to edges. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 96pp

London: Secker & Warburg, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Spotting to edge of block quite heavy, but internally all is clean and bright for this fascinating account. Grey cloth lightly faded to extremities, with bright gilt tilting to spine. VG unclipped d/j, lightly worn to edges, a little… Read more about this item

Durham: The Memoir Club, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lively story of a Sheffield charity from the 16th century to the present day. In fine, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. Smart plum boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for… Read more about this item

London: London County Council, 1961. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The first comprehensive school opened in London in 1954 and by 1961 there were 59. This report studied 16 representative schools to see how this new approach to secondary eduction was working. Stock lightly toned, but otherwise in VG… Read more about this item

Manchester: The Bishop Of Manchester's Special Commission, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce and fascinating report from the Commission set up by the Bishop of Manchester to determine the need for church provision in the region. It concluded that 28 new churches were required, along with extra mission rooms… Read more about this item

London: SCM Press, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Wide ranging historical essay from the Bishop of Durham, and, bar light toning to stock, moreso to endpapers, in VG, clean and bright order throughout. Former owner's neat signature to fep. Smart green boards showing light shelfwear only. Good clipped d/j… Read more about this item

Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fascinating record of life on the land in the late Victorian era. All in VG+, clean and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Minor shelfwear only to smart black boards with bright gilt tilting to spine. VG clipped d/j lightly… Read more about this item

London: Persephone Books, 1999. Soft cover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No.9 in the Persephone Books catalogue and in fine order throughout, seemingly unread. Just a little light wear to card wraps. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. xxi, 590pp

Fakenham: Jim Baldwin, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well written account of rapidly receding North Norfolk village life. Signed by Wyer to title page. All in VG, clean and bright order throughout. Very light wear only to pictorial card covers. This is a charity sale for… Read more about this item

Blakeney: Blakeney Neighbourhood Housing Society, 1996. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well written account of pioneering and successful local social housing initiative. In VG+, clean and bright order throughout. Very light wear only to card covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831).… Read more about this item

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Four volumes in the Boydell Press's popular Bygones series, presented as a set in slip case. One, A Village Shop, is signed by the author Freda Starr to title page. All are in fine/as new order, with light wear… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light dust spotting to top of block, but otherwise in VG, clean and bright order throughout. Smart green boards with bright gilt tilting to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831).… Read more about this item

Paris: La Rémige, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In near-fine, clean crisp and bright order throughout. Gift inscription to dedication page. Pictorial card covers lightly faded to spine. 8vo. [12],184pp