Search Results: Social History from Dodman Books

New York: Hill And Wang, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In VG, clean crisp and bright order throughout. Minor bump to smart paper-covered boards, with cream cloth spine. VG unclipped d/j. 8vo. 286pp

Mascot Media, 2023. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/New. The unmistakable voice of Carla Carlisle rings out from the pages of Another Country, her third collection of columns from Country Life. Over 320 pages, and in pieces as broad and eclectic as her life, she covers the years that began with Brexit, included Trump and Boris, a pandemic, the death of a Queen and the coronation of a King. Carla's Country Life columns have a loyal following among those in her adopted country and in the mighty nation of her birth. Born on the banks of the Yazoo River in Greenwood, Mississippi, her childhood was divided between her maternal grandparents' dairy farm in the red clay hills, and her paternal grandparents' cotton plantation in the Mississippi Delta. She dreamed of a wider world, and lived in New York, Paris and London before marrying a farmer with 1,000 acres in Suffolk. Over the past 37 years she has pushed to diversify the farm at Wyken by planting a vineyard, transforming an ancient barn into… Read More

London: The Old Ardinians Society, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well illustrated. Light toning to stock, with very occasional foxing, moreso to endpapers and titles, but in general all in VG, clean and bright order. Gilt to top edge of block. Smart green bevelled edge boards with bright gilt crest to front and titling to spin. Light fading to spine. 8vo. xv, 285pp

Saxmundham: Historical Suffolk Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well researched and illustrated. In near-fine order throughout, clean, crisp and bright, with smart card covers. 8vo. 96pp

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 with small internal tape repairs. Scarce in d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 128pp

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mottram's fascinating account, much drawn from personal experience, of the history and virtues of clerks and old fashioned banking. Minor foxing, moreso to title pages, but otherwise in good internal order. Former owner's signature to toned fep. Dark green boards a little worn and marked, with red titling to spine. 8vo. 255pp + 16pp publisher's ads.

Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Excellent study in fine, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Smart red boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG+ unclipped d/j. 8vo. xi, 179pp

London: Office Of The Anti-Gambling League, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to. Exceptionally scarce bound volume of The Bulletin of the National Anti-Gambling League containing Vol. III Nos. 25-36 and Vol. IV Nos. 37-48. Complete with subject index. All in good internal order bar toning to endpapers. Treasury Library stamp to ffep but no other signs of library activity. Covers are heavily worn with bumping to corners and loss to top and bottom of spine. Spine is heavily frayed and other marking remains on covers. Gilt titling to covers. A very scarce volume regardless. 4to.

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 only to the slip case (NB. Not a d/j). This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo, each 48pp

Guist Bottom: The Larks Press, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Excellent account of beating the bounds in Norwich, and restoration and photography of the city's boundary markers. In fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Very light fading to spine of smart, printed card covers. 8vo. 68pp

Albany: State University of New York Press, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Byron, popular culture and feminine hysteria. In VG+, clean and bright order throughout. Smart fawn boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j, lightly creased to edges and faded to spine. 8vo. xiii, 242pp

Privately Printed, 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ND. 1976 (WorldCat). Extensive collection of reminiscences by former pupils, preceded by brief history of the school. All in VG, clean and bright internal order. Card covers are a little toned and marked, with crease to rear. 8vo. 205pp

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 and rectories. By the time of the report many of these had been constructed or works were underway, with some of those completed featured in a section of photos. Appendices give a detailed look at each of the region's deaneries, populations, parishes, funding and current church arrangements. Light toning to some stock, moreso to page edges, but in general all in VG internal order. Blue cloth, with bright gilt titling to front, a little marked and worn. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 87pp + appendices

Simon & Schuster, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fascinating and well-written study of "what it is to be an American", focusing on four visionary communities. In VG+, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Light shelfwear only to pale green paper-covered boards with quarter black cloth, and bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. 8vo. 414pp

Norwich: Norfolk Research Committee, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Well produced and illustrated study. In VG+ internal order. A little light marking to illustrated card covers. 4to. 48pp

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 Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 217pp

London: Doubleday, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stourton uncovers the stories of the Chemin de la Liberté, the wartime escape route across the Pyrenees. In VG+, clean and bright internal order. Minor shelfwear only to smart grey boards with bright silver titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. 8vo. vii, 340pp

London: Charterhouse Mission Ladies' Guild, 1924. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Attractive small format booklet providing interesting snapshot of the Mission and its Ladies' Guild's work among the poor of Southwark. Bar a little rust marking from staples, all is in VG order throughout. 24mo. 28pp

Edinburgh: David Flatman, 1984. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All in VG clean and bright internal order. Pictorial card covers a little worn and dulled. 8vo. 64pp

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 in VG clean and bright internal order. Presented in uniform cream card covers, these lightly marked for vols.II and III. Spanish language. 8vo. 28pp, 12pp and 14pp plus plates.