Search Results: Social history from lobstabooks

Ward Lock and Co London undated Vg (no dj, clean dark boards with gilt lettering, lightly rubbed head and tail of spine. slight browning to front free endpaper ( old insert? ) pages clean and binding firm, 12mo 314pp plus 6pp publisher's adverts. 2nd issue as stated but undated. Little anecdotes and homilies on keeping a brave face through the ups and downs of ordinary family life.

Ward Lock and Co London undated Good (no dj, clean taupe cloth with black lettering, lightly rubbed head and tail of spine, bookplate and ink signatures front free endpaper, pages clean and binding firm, very small stain at hinge back endpapers) foxing to ffep, pre-title and title page, but not into text. 12mo 314pp plus 6pp publisher's adverts. Fourth issue. No date of publication, but inscribed 1935. Little anecdotes and homilies on keeping a brave face through the ups and downs of ordinary family life.

privately published Woodford 1937 VG (no dj, blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, worn at top and base of spine and light patchy fading to front board,light browning endpapers and prelims, contents clean and bright) large octavo 198pp. The history of Bancrofts School, founded by the Worshipful Company of Drapers in 1737. 13 b/w plates and 5 maps and illustrations in the text.

Arsenal Pulp Press Vancouver1996 Vg (no dj, paperback with covers lightly curled and tips of corners bumped, crease bottom corner of front cover, light crease and small red sticker front free endpaper, contents clean tight and bright) octavo 347pp. First edition. Collection of personal essays on the role of feminism in their lives by women from diverse experiences and backgrounds.

HMSO London 1996 Near fine new paperback, faint surface creasing front cover, quarto 154pp. Extracts from newspapers, magazines, journals and comics, adverts etc., revealing the whole range of British society's attitudes towards its children between 1900 and 1970. B/w illustrations throughout.

Peter Owen London 1995 Fine/fine (new unopened copy with fine unclipped dj) octavo 154pp. First edition. An ingenius reconstruction of an episode in English social and religious history. Jacket by Iain Stuart based on contemporary engravings from Punch. Decorated endpapers, illustrated with satirical engravings from Punch.

UK: Andre Deutsch, 1979 VG/VG First Edition. Some small tears in the Dj, otherwise no significant faults with book or DJ. Octavo 160pp with photographs and prints. A social history of the changes in Britain during the twentieth century.

W. H. Allen, London, 1987 VG/VG . dj is very faded/sunned to spine and adjacent edges, and to top edge. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. lovely clean copy. New and revised edition. a revised analysis of the famous murder - a who-dunnit that will never rest it seems.

The Rodale Press London 1954 Vg (no dj, pink paper-covered boards with dark brown cloth backstrip, edges and corners rubbed and few small ink spots on spine, scattering small ink spots top page edges, pages clean crisp and bright with small ink mark last page, ink ownership inscription front fixed endpaper and a little scattered spotting free endpapers) octavo 36pp. First edition.

Methuen London 1989 Near fine/near fine (new unopened copy in unclipped dj, light browning page edges and trace of erased pencil numerals front free endpaper) octavo 395pp. Exploring terrorism, and arguing fiercely for a feminist redefinition of political power.

Macdonald & Co London 1948 Fair (no dj, green cloth rather worn and faded and creased on spine, ex library markings back endpaper, outside page edges dusty and one cracked hinge with small damp stain to edge of one plate) octavo 208pp. Portraits of figures of the 1930s: three monarchs, three prime ministers, politiciasns, financiers, newspaper controllers, playwrights, conductors, stars and novelists. Illustrated with b/w plates.

Winchester Publications London 1948 Vg (no dj, black cloth with gilt titles on spine and gilt shield on front board, light wear at top and base of spine, minimal loss to edges of front and back endpapers, contents no significant fault) large octavo 246pp. Eton history, the college, the Oppidan house, the schoolwork, sport, tutors, festivals and other activities. Also Eton during the second world war. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

Purnell Book Services London 1975 Vg/Vg (book and dj both no fault) octavo 291pp. Anthology of writings from the Tudor period, by the kings and queens, adventurers, clerics, playwrights, and ordinary men and women of England, painting a vivid picture of life in their time. With b/w illustrations.

William Heinemann London 1956 VG (no dj, original red cloth, ex library copy, weak central hinge else contents clean and unmarked) octavo 216pp. The story of the world Post through the centuries. Maps of early postal routes to endpapers. With many b/w illustrations in the text and 16 b/w plates.

William Heinemann London 1956 VG (no dj, red cloth with touch of light fading spine and edges, gilt titles on spine lightly faded, internally a very good clean bright tight copy, one or two tiny speckles outside page edges) 12mo 217pp. First edition. Endpapers illustrated with maps of early postal routes, b/w illustrations.

GLC London 1985 VG (pictorial card covers, no significant faults) Large format, small folio. 88pp illustrated

Hamish Hamilton London 1994 Fine/near fine ( a very square crisp tight bright copy in fine condition with neat ownership inscription front free endpaper, similar clipped dj very lightly creased head of spine) octavo 466pp. First printing.

Berg, Leamington Spa, 1986 VG/VG. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. clean attractive copy. well bound. 1st edition. Represents a survey of research which aims to open up different perspectives on many European countries. The theme of social inequality is divided into sections on income, property, employment, education, housing, illness and death. This book also attempts to develop arguments about the relationship between industrialisation and social inequality

Hutchinson & Co London 1960 Vg/G (clean unclipped dj worn and chipped upper edge, sea green cloth with gilt/blue titles on spine, top page edges blue, signature front free endpaper, touch of yellowing edges of endpapers and outside page edges else contents clean and unmarked) octavo 452pp. First edition. Entertaining memoirs painting a vivid picture of 18th century social life.

Collins Harvill London 1988 Vg/Vg (transparent protective wrapper to undamaged unclipped dj, front free endpaper missing and memorial presentation plate reverse of title page and two small library marks, contents clean crisp and bright) octavo 336pp.A powerful and moving portrait of the fishermen of Long Island and their battle to combat property development and the loss of their livelihood.