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Trade
1964-1976
This subseries contains items relating to different aspects of trade. The subject matter largely includes trading and dealing, and fairs and markets. Alongside general items relating to trade, the sub...
Trade - General
1964-1976
This file contains items relating to aspects of trading, including a typed paper by Ted Spiegel on Handslag, or striking a bargain, by farmers ([2] leaves); a typed extract listing bad luck beliefs in...
Crafts, Trades and Industries
1951-1981
This subseries contains items on traditional crafts, trades and industries. The subjects represented include crafts in Warwickshire and Ireland, terminology relating to wheelwrighting, Sam Hanna's fil...
C: Communications and Trade
1963-1976
This series contains items relating to communications by land and sea, including horse-drawn vehicles; and trading and dealing, including fairs and markets.
The book of trades : or Library of the useful arts (v.1)
1807-10
Volumes 1-2 the fourth edition, 1810; volume 3, 'A new edition, corrected', 1807.
The book of trades : or Library of the useful arts (v.2)
1807-10
Volumes 1-2 the fourth edition, 1810; volume 3, 'A new edition, corrected', 1807.
The book of trades : or Library of the useful arts (v.3)
1807-10
Volumes 1-2 the fourth edition, 1810; volume 3, 'A new edition, corrected', 1807.
The panorama of professions and trades, or, Every man's book
Hazen, Edward; Hunt, Uriah; Hazen, Edward; Fagan, J; Burton, Charles; Gimber, Stephen Henry (1810-1862); Hoyle, Raphael (1804-1838); Morton, John Ludlow (1792-1871); Gilbert, Reuben S; Mason, Abraham John (1794-1858); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Rupp, Adin; Haswell and Barrington
1836
"The following work has been written for the use of schools and families"--Preface, p. [vii]. Frontispiece engraved title page by Morton and R. S. Gilbert with title: Hazen's panorama of professions ...
The Language of the Meat Trade: A Survey of Terms Used by a Selected Sample of Butchers in the United Kingdom
Upton, Clive Stanley
1977
Ph.D. thesis containing seven chapters and three appendices, presenting the findings of an enquiry into the technical lexicon of the meat trade of the United Kingdom which was carried out between 1973...
The cabinet of arts, or general instructor in arts, science, trade, practical machinery, the means of preserving human life, and political economy, including a variety of important subjects
Clarke, Hewson (1787-1832?); Dougall, John (1760-1822)
1817
The chapters on architecture, painting and engraving are for the most part the same as books 2-4 of The cabinet of the arts, being a new and universal drawing book, edited by T. Hodson, in l805.
Rope and Rope-Making
McNay, Ian
1966
A study which records the development and place in society of rope making. Its ten chapters provide a history of rope making, descriptions of machinery and types of rope, rope manufacture (including i...
Dialect recording in Capheaton, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
13 Jun 1939
[Side 1] Matthew and William discuss demise of miller trade, express preference for beer brewed with barley hops, discuss rise of poultry trade; anecdote about ducks. [Side 2] Conversation between W.R...