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Bradley, Martha4
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)3
Parkes, Mrs William3
Pasanen, Leena3
Spottiswoode, A3
Webster, Thomas (1773-1844)3
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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
Archive Print Item

Archive Print Item

An encyclopædia of domestic economy : comprising such subjects as are most immediately connected with housekeeping: as, the construction of domestic edifices, with the modes of warming, ventilating, and lighting them; a description of the varous articles of furniture, with the nature of their materials; duties of servants; a general account of the animal and vegetable substances used as food

Webster, Thomas (1773-1844); Parkes, Mrs William; Spottiswoode, A; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1844

With a 32-page catalogue of works published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Bedford Collection copy A673 does not contain a 32-page catalogue of works.

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An encyclopædia of domestic economy : comprising such subjects as are most immediately connected with housekeeping: as, the construction of domestic edifices, with the modes of warming, ventilating, and lighting them; a description of the varous articles of furniture, with the nature of their materials; duties of servants; a general account of the animal and vegetable substances used as food

Webster, Thomas (1773-1844); Parkes, Mrs William; Spottiswoode, A; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1844

With a 32-page catalogue of works published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Bedford Collection copy A673 does not contain a 32-page catalogue of works.

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Glimpses of Industrial Bradford

Fieldhouse, Elizabeth Mary

1972

A study comprising six sections. The Introduction presents a history of the woollen and worsted industries, whilst the second section outlines phases in industrial development, from the guild and dome...

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The accomplish'd housewife : or, the gentlewoman's companion... Concluding with some serious instructions for the conduct of the fair sex, with regard to their duty towards God, and towards their neighbours

1745

Anon. Includes index. Contents: I. Reflections on the education of the fair sex; with characters for their imitation. -- II. The penman's advice to the ladies; or the art of writing made easy, and...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Pasanen, Leena

August 1971

[Collector announcement]; Stanley Applett, a retired butcher, recorded in his home in Framsdenon the 3 August 1971; talks about his working life as a butcher; his apprenticeship and wages; joining the...

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