Search Results: HISTORY social from Daisyroots Books Ltd

Aye Ready: The History of Edinburgh Fire Brigade, the Oldest Municipal Brigade in BritainReid. AlexanderGeo.Stewart & Co. Ltd. Edinburgh, 1974, large format softback, stiff card wraps, VG, 48 pp, illustrated with 73 b/w photographs and includes three postcards from the Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade, covers slightly creased near spine, glossy pages. Rubbed on spine. A commemorative history of 150 years of the Edinburgh fire Brigade.Edinburgh Fire Brigade, Social history, Scottish fire services43203 HIST/SOCIAL £19.00

Birmingham Cinemas : their films and stars 1900-1960Victor J. PriceBrewin Books, Warwickshire, 1995, new edition, VG. 1204 p, b/w illus from photographs in the text. Good clean and sound copy with no inscriptions. 41259 SOC HIST £22.00

The Book of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle 1834-1934: n
The Trades Union Congress
ISBN: 9781850065012
The Trades Union Congress, London, 2000, large format hardback with dust wrapper, Vg/vg, boards dark green/gilt, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 239 pp.
Boards clean and firm, two dedications to Hazel Blears M.P., on front end papers, no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, edges of end papers lightly tanned, smattering of dark marks to top edge of text block. Wrapper clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, price not clipped. Lovely copy. Also included: copy of a speech given by the book's recipient, Hazel Blears M.P., at the 2004 Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival.
The Story of the Dorsetshire Labourers Who Were Convicted and Sentenced to Seven Years Transportation for Forming a Trade Union.
HISTORY, SOCIAL HISTORY, INDUSTRY, THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS, CREATION OF A WORKERS UNION, OPPRESSION, INJUSTICE, MIS-USE OF LEGAL PROCESS, CONVICT SHIPS, TRANSPORTATION, WELFARE AND… Read More

Bournville Through TimeThe Bournville Society (BOOTH, R., SHUTT, R., HARRIS, K., WIILIAMS, D., WOODHOUSE, R.)ISBN: 9781445614274Amberley Publishing, Stroud, 2013, softback with stiff card wraps, As New, illustrated throughout from several maps, and b/w and colour photographs, 96 pp.SOCIAL HISTORY, INDUSTRY, BOURNVILLE, GEORGE CADBURY, 'THE FACTORY IN A GARDEN', 'A MODEL VILLAGE', SOCIAL, CULTUTAL, ECONOMIC HERITAGE.45301 hb 55 SOCIAL HIST/INDUSTRY £10.00

Cadbury's Angels : Memories of Working with George Cadbury from Bridge Street to BournvilleCARRINGTON, IrisISBN: 9788373581029Monks Bridge Books, Monks Bridge, 2011, softback with stiff card wraps, Fine, illustrated from 18 b/w photographs, 138 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. Lovely condition.SOCIAL HISTORY, INDUSTRY, 'THE FACTORY IN THE GARDEN', CADBURY'S, BOURNVILLE, GEORGE CADBURY, QUAKER, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC HERITAGE45313 hb 55 SOCIAL HIST/INDUSTRY £14.50

Cartoonists at War
HUGGET, Frank E.
Book Club Associates, London, 1981, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards red/gilt, illustrated end papers in addition to pen and ink frontispiece, b/w and colour photographs, 192 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscriptions, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, tanned, rubs to all edges and corners, small closed tear to front lower fore-edge corner. SOCIAL HISTORY, WAR, HUMOUR, DEVELOPMENT OF WAR CARTOONS, JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS, BIOGRAPHY, CARTOONISTS HB 76 45884 SOCIAL HIST £11.50

The Compleat Collier : The Whole Art of Sinking, Getting, and Working, Coal Mines etc. as is now used in the Northern Parts, especially about Sunderland and New-Castle Anon.Frank Graham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1979. VG, Facsimile of the 1708 original, soft back cream soft card wraps, 55 pp.No inscriptions, sound binding with no loose pages, pages are clean, bright and unmarked.SOCIAL HISTORY, MINING, COAL MINES, SUNDERLAND, NEWCASTLE43478. Social History/Mining £8.50

The Cornish Beam Engine
BARTON, D. B
ISBN: 9781871060041
Cornwall Books (Wheaton Publishers Limited), Exeter, 1989, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards pale brown/gilt, nine appendices, illustrated from 32 b/w plates and 36 diagrams including frontispiece, 285 pp.
Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, price not clipped. Lovely copy.
CORNWALL, INDUSTRY, CORNISH BEAM ENGINE, EARLY LATE 1800S, INVENTION, USE AND EXPANSION, DECLINE, ENGINEERS AND FOUNDRIES, STAMPS AND OTHER ENGINES, DISTRIBUTION WITHIN CORNWALL
46543 SOC HIST/mining/CORNWALL £31.50

Craft and Design of Monumental BrassesHenry H Trivick021299820xJ. Baker, London, 1969, 1st edition hardback with wrapper in original slipcase, VG/vg, black boards with gilt cameo, 320x260mm, 152 pp, 27 illustrations, more than 50 in colour. Black slipcase.Very good clean and sound copy. Wrapper gently rubbed on extremities, price clipped, no inscriptions or loose pages. Very heavy book. UK mainland delivery only. BRASSES, MEMORIALS, ENGRAVED BRASS, DESIGNSFOR BRASSES, HISTORY OF BRASSES.45776 HIST social HB65 £21.50

Summerhill Books, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2010, large format paperback, 48 pp, extensively illustrated in the text from b/w photographs and line drawings. Vg. No inscriptions, minimal shelf wear. Limited printing. Scarce title. Crime, penal colony, Australia, transportation, gaols, pillory, stocks, branding, whipping, Crime and Punishment in the North EastLorna Windham40891 Local Hist / NE £32.00

Durham School Register : Fifth Edition to March 1991BATY, D (M.D, O.D) & GEDYE, N.G.E. GEDYE (M.A.)City Printers (Printed by), Chester le Street, 1991, hardback, NF, green cloth boards with impressed gold medallion on front, two b/w frontispieces in addition to twenty full page colour plates, 534 pp.Boards clean, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, tiny mark on front endpapers. Lovely condition.SOCIAL HISTORY, SCHOOLS, DURHAM SCHOOL REGISTER, HISTORY OF SCHOOL, HEADMASTERS, TEACHING STAFF, PORTERS, SCHOLARS, LAY GOVENORS45074 hb 49 SOCIAL HIST/SCHOOLS £19.00

Festival of Britain - South Bank Exhibition London 1951
COX, Ian
H.M. Stationary Office, London, 1951, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated througout from b/w and vivid colour photographs and promotional adverts from exhibitiors and supporters, wire stitched 96 pp plus 64 (Ixiv) pages of promotional adverts.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, gentle rubs to edges and corners. Wraps intact, rubs to edges and corners, grubby in areas but overall a lovely tidy copy.
SOCIAL HISTORY, INDUSTRY, FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN, 1951, EXHIBITION GUIDE
46398 SOC HISTORY/INDUSTRY £21.50

The First Food Empire - A History of J. Lyons and Co.BIRD, Peter ISBN: 1860771327Phillimore & Company Ltd., Chichester, 2000, 1st Edition, large format hardback with dustwrapper, F/nf, Blue boards/gilt, 382 pp, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs and copies of promotional material, pastedowns and endpapers also illustrated (see scan). No inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, very light rubs to front top-edge, not clipped. PLEASE NOTE SHIPPING TO USA AND AUSTRALIA IS £32 This is a heavy book.SOCIAL HISTORY, FOOD, CATERING, J.LYONS, CORNER HOUSES, TEA SHOPS, DEVELOPMENT, 1880'S TO PRESENT DAY.43989 hb 30 HB 30 SOCIAL HIST/FOOD £58.50

Folk Life: A Journal of Ethnological Studies (Volume 23 1984-85)LINNARD, William (Editor)ISBN: 04308778The Society for Folk Life Studies, 1985, Periodical/Journal, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, maps and diagrams, 122 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, spine strip sunned.SOCIAL HISTORY, STUDIES OF REGIONAL CULTURES & IDENTITY, TRADITIONAL CRAFTS, COSTUME & MATERIALS, ARCHITECTURE, LINGUISTICS, LANDSCAPE HERITAGE45666 hb 63 SOCIAL HISTORY £8.50

Folk Life: A Journal of Ethnological Studies (Volume 22 1983-84)LINNARD, William (Editor)ISBN: 04308778The Society for Folk Life Studies, 1984, periodical with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, maps and diagrams, 124 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, spine strip sunned.SOCIAL HISTORY, STUDIES OF REGIONAL CULTURES & IDENTITY, TRADITIONAL CRAFTS, COSTUME & MATERIALS, ARCHITECTURE, LINGUISTICS, LANDSCAPE HERITAGE45665 hb 63 SOCIAL HISTORY £8.50

Folk Life: A Journal of Ethnological Studies (Volume 21 1982-83)LINNARD, William (Editor)ISBN: 04308778The Society for Folk Life Studies, 1983, periodical with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, maps and diagrams, 120 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, bump to spine tail, spine strip sunned.SOCIAL HISTORY, STUDIES OF REGIONAL CULTURES & IDENTITY, TRADITIONAL CRAFTS, COSTUME & MATERIALS, ARCHITECTURE, LINGUISTICS, LANDSCAPE HERITAGE45664 hb 62 SOCIAL HISTORY £10.00

French Fashion Plates in Full Colour from Gazette Du Bon Ton (1912-1925) 58 Illustrations of Styles By Paul Poiret, North, Paquin, and OthersGeorges LepapeDover Publications, New York, 1979, gd, large format softback, 59 pp, stunning illustrations in colour by Georges Lepape, George Barbier et al.Gloss art paper, pages slightly wrinkly towards the top edge.fashion, French design, 1920s Downton41355 HIST social £17.00

Goldscope and the Mines of Derwent Fells
TYLER, Ian
ISBN: 9780954863135
Blue Rock Publications, Keswick, 2005, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, glossary of terms, illustrated throughout from hand drawn maps, line drawings and b/w photographs, 300 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, gentle rubs to fore-edge corners. Wraps clean and crisp, rubs to fore-edge corners, label residue to back. Nice tidy copy. OUT OF PRINT
HISTORY, METALLIFEROUS MINING, IAN TYLER, LAKE DISTRICT, DERWENT FELLS, NEWLANDS VALLEY, 'GOLDSCAPE MINE', YEWTHWAITE MINE, BASSENTHWAITE, THORNTHWAITE AND WYYTHOP
46405 HISTORY/MINING £56.50

Gordonstoun: Ancient Estate and Modern School
BRERETON, Henry, L.
ISBN: 978550503455
W. & R. Chambers Ltd., Edinburgh and London, 1968, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/gd, boards blue/gilt, with estate map under additional front flap as placed by the publisher, three appendices, illustrated from 98 b/w photographs, 251 pp. Boards clean, gently edge worn, no inscription or annotations, binding
a little loose but remaining sound, pages clean, lightly tanned. Wrapper clean, moderate wear (see scans), minor evidence of water damage to the inside, price not clipped, now protected by acid-free archive film.
SOCIAL HISTORY, SCHOOLS, 1ST EDITION, HARDBACK, GORDONSTOUN, HISTORY OF ESTATE, FAMILY OWNERS, ORIGINS OF SCHOOL, IDEAS, IDEALS AND FACTS, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
hb 79 46043 SOCIAL HIST/SCHOOLS £26.50

The History of Court Fools
DORAN, Dr. (John) 1807-1878
ISBN: 9781313636131
Hardpress Publishing, Miami, U.S., 2013, facsimile reprint of 1858 original, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, unpag. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp.
SOCIAL HISTORY, FACSIMILE, 'THE FOOL', HISTORY, ROLE OF 'THE FOOL', FEMALE FOOLS, ENGLISH MINSTREL, JESTER, COURTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE,19TH C.
hb 79 46040 SOCIAL HISTORY £19.00