Social History from Matilda Mary's Books
New Arrivals
Bristol Trade Cards. Remnants of Prolific Commerce.
by John Winstone. Intro.David Eveleigh
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€17.20
Show Details
Description:
Bristol: Reece Winstone Publishing Co., 1993 A wonderful and fascinating look at the commerce and business life of Bristol.132 pp. including 6pp of Indices at rear of text:1) Trade Cards Business Location;2)Trade cards by Address/ location; 3)Artists, Designers, Engraver and Printers;4)Trade Cards from the Terrell Scrap Book not included in this volume, plus List of Plates in book:58 plates...… Read more about this item Item Price
€17.20
City Pit . Memoirs of A Speedwell Miner.
by Fred Moss
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€94.90
Show Details
Description:
Bristol: Bristol Broadsides, 1986 70pp. A wonderful book,uniquely the only autobiography of a Bristol coal miner. The pits of Speedwell closed in 1936. Clean, bright, tight copy. No inscriptions. . First. Pictorial Card Covers. Fine. Illus. by Black and White Photographs. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Item Price
€94.90
Pure Posy
by Posy Simmonds
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€21.94
Show Details
Description:
London: Methuen, 1990 Book of Cartoons as previously published in various publications, Guardian, New York Times, Harper's, Sunday Times.Pages very lightly toned. No inscriptions.80pp.. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Posy Simmonds. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Oblong.. Paperback. Item Price
€21.94
Children of the Turnpike
by Geraldine Kaye
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€11.86
Show Details
Description:
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976 Light wear to dustjacket, some light age spotting to fore edges, rear endpaper and inside board.152pp.Tight neat copy.. First. Blue Buckram, Gilt Type. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gareth Floyd Jacket.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Item Price
€11.86
MORE OLD POSSET Portishead People and Places
by John Joslin
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First.
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780948265433
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€14.23
Show Details
Description:
Bristol: White Tree Books, 1988 A wonderful little local history book, packed with photographs, information about people, locations and local history. Virtually as new, no inscriptions.63 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First.. Pictorial Card Covers. Fine. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated Black and White Photographs. Paperback. Item Price
€14.23
In the Thick of It. The Private Diaries of a Minister
by Alan Duncan
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2021
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€20.76
Show Details
Description:
London: Wlliam Collins., 2021 36 coloured photographs and illustrated endpapers.578pp including 3pp Appendix,2pp Acknowledgements, 3pp Abbreviations, 2pp Illustrations Titles.23pp Index, A lovely copy.. First. Black Board silver Type. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Coloured Photographs.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Item Price
€20.76
The Working Mens Club Portishead 1920-1995
by John Joslin
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€29.65
Show Details
Description:
Author, 1995 History of this important local Club. Clean and bright, this rare copy is staple bound, staples clean.. Pictorial Card Covers. Fine. Illus. by and Vintage Advertisements of Local Businesses.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Item Price
€29.65
Magdalen College Record 2019.
- Condition
- Used - Fine/ Mint
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2019
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€17.79
Show Details
Description:
Oxford, England: Magdalen College, 2019 Decorative first and last endpage ("The Wave"). Illustrated black and white photographs. 248 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Decorative Covers.Black/Gold. Fine/ Mint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softback. Item Price
€17.79
Ernest Lelievre 1826-1889. Have the Poor Ever Had a Greater Friend?
by The Little Sisters of the Poor
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€20.76
Show Details
Description:
Baltimore, Maryland USA: The Little Sisters of the Poor, 1989 80 pp.No inscriptions.. First. Pictorial Card Covers. Fine. Illus. by Black and White photographs.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Item Price
€20.76
Carlton Colville:: A Village History Based on the Millennium Exitibition
by Goffin, Mary; Davies, Keith
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780953969708
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€17.79
Show Details
Description:
Carlton Colville Parish Council, Suffolk.: Carlton Colville Parish Council, 2000 114pp. Text is iIllustrated throughout with black and white photographs and maps. 4pp index at rear.A lovely copy.No inscriptions.. First. Pictorial Card Cover. Fine. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Item Price
€17.79
Years of Change: Autobiography of a Hackney Shoemaker
by Newton, Arthur
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint of 1974 Ed.
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780903738071
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€11.86
Show Details
Description:
London: Hackney Workers' Educational Association and Centerprise Publications, 1975 68pp plus 4 pages of photographs. Tight, clean copy. . Reprint of 1974 Ed.. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Black and White photographs.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Item Price
€11.86
Lowestoft: A Pictorial History (Pictorial history series)
by Malster, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780850337938
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€30.84
Show Details
Description:
Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1991 174 illustrations,illustrated endpapers of facsimiles of victorian advertisements. Slight rubbing to part of top edge of front board, dustjacket is stuck to front board partially.top edges of pages are lightly ruffled. Still bright, tight and clean .Unpaginated,129pp.. Maroon Boards. Good/Good. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Item Price
€30.84
A Hackney Camera 1883-1918.
by Workers' Educational Association
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780903738149
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€17.79
Show Details
Description:
London: Hackney Workers' Educational Association and Hackney Libraries and Amenitues Department., 1974 60pp.A photographic record of Hackney during the last years of Queen Victoria's reign until the First World War. Crease to bottom corner of front cover, otherwise would be graded Fine.. First. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft… Read more about this item Item Price
€17.79
Stepney, Bethnal Green and Poplar in Old Photographs (Britain in Old Photographs)
by Taylor, Rosemary; Lloyd, Chris
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780750908771
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€23.66
Show Details
Description:
Stroud Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1995 160pp.Bright, tight, clean lovely copy.. First. Pictorial Card Covers. Fine. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Item Price
€23.66
Maid in West Ham: My Formative Years, 1924-48
by Alexander, Ivy Joan
- Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780954154509
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€17.79
Show Details
Description:
Winchester: Ivy Alexander, 2001 Beautiful copy, bright, tight and clean. . First. Pictorial Card Covers. As New. Illus. by Black and White photographs.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Covers. Item Price
€17.79
Policing Bristol.The Story of the Bristol Police Force to 1974.
by Michael Osborne
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine.
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781900178556
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€11.86
Show Details
Description:
Bristol: Redcliffe Press , 1996 Small crease to top corner of front cover, otherwise Fine. 109pp.. First. Pictorial Card Covers. Near Fine.. Illus. by Black and White photographs.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Covers. Item Price
€11.86
Sudbury Through the Ages
by Wall, Barry
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued.
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780900227707
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€22.54
Show Details
Description:
Ipswich, Suffolk: East Anglian Magazine, 1985 Bright, tight, clean copy.132pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Signed on title page by author,with additional small gift inscription on same page, which is title page and is priceclipped,. Signed by Author. First. Glazed Pictorial Boards. Near Fine./No Jacket as Issued.. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
€22.54
Industrial Record 1919-1939. A Review of the Inter-War Years.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€17.79
Show Details
Description:
Cadbury Brothers Ltd. Bournville, 1945 Sunning on spine and on boards adjoining. Distributed by Isaac Pitman, loose leaf Pitman advert leaflet in book."(1945) see p.74" in tiny pencil writing at bottom of title page.Clean, bright,tight text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maps, Diagrams, Black and white Photographs. Hard Cover. Item Price
€17.79
Howards End (Modern Classics)
by E.M. Forster.Ed. & Introduction Oliver Stallybrass.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140003116
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€21.35
Show Details
Description:
London: Penguin Classics, 1980 2 creases on front cover plus other light wear ro covers. Owner name in ink on inside cover, top left corner, dated 1981.Pages age tanned. 2 word phrase on title page "Only connect." underlined in ink. Clean,tight copy. 343pp plus 8pp of Notes on text at rear of text. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
€21.35
Child in the Forest
by Winifred Foley
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First.
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780563126058
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
-
€29.65
Show Details
Description:
London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1974 Dustjacket has light edgewear, not priceclipped. Boards much brighter lime green than image. No inscriptions. 254pp. A lovely copy of this fascinating autobiography of a childhood in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire in the 1920's.Bright, tight, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First.. Lime Green Board Gold Type. Fine/New. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
€29.65
