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Account book giving details of personal and household expenses, 1948-1963; compiled by Rawlinson Charles Ford

Ford, Rawlinson Charles (1879-1964)

1948-1963

The first 13 leaves comprise an alphabetical thumb index of names and subjects to the paginated section of the book

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Account book of domestic expenditure, mainly on foodstuffs, 1752-1755
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Account book of domestic expenditure, mainly on foodstuffs, 1752-1755

1752-1755

Ff.135-141 are sewn in loosely at the end, the stub of the former f.142 being visible

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The cost of living in Britain

McGrandle, Leith; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1973

Includes bibliographical references (page 126) and index.

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The high cost of living : its probable causes and remedies

Butler, Nicholas Murray (1862-1947)

[1919?]

"An interview printed in the Morning press, Santa Barbara, Calif., August 12, 1919".

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Foreign food prices as affected by the war

United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics

1915

At head of title: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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How to live in England on a pension : a guide to public servants abroad and at home

Mauser

1933

"First published in 1930, second edition... 1933."--T.p. verso.

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The Englishman's food : a history of five centuries of English diet

Drummond, J C; Wilbraham, Anne; Hollingsworth, Dorothy Frances

1957

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The human needs of labour

Rowntree, B Seebohm (1871-1954)

[1918]

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The human needs of labour

Rowntree, B Seebohm (1871-1954)

[1918]

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Labour women's report on Socialism and our standard of living

Greenwood, Arthur (1880-1954); Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women's Organisations; Labour Party (Great Britain)

[1940]

"Prepared by the Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women's Organisations - which is the Labour Party's Advisory Committee on Women's Questions - as a report to the National Conference of Labour W...

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