Naomi Symes Books

Divisions of Labour:

Pahl, R. E · 1984

£14.99 (€17.97 | $19.80 | ¥3,162)

(Basil Blackwell, 1984) Paperback. Very good. 362pp.

Still More Commonplace:

Stocks, Mary · 1973

£6.99 (€8.38 | $9.23 | ¥1,475)

(Peter Davies, 1973) Supplement to "My Commonplace." With a chapter on Marie Stopes. Hardback. Good in stained / foxed dustwrapper. 142pp.

The Journal of a Feminist: Elsie Clews Parsons

Parsons, Elsie Clews · 1994

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

(Thoemmes Press, 1994) With a new introduction and notes by Margaret C. Jones. Paperback. Very good. xxxvi + 108pp.

Beatrice Webb: A Life, 1858-1943

Muggeridge, Kitty and Adam, Ruth · 1983

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

(Academy Chicago, rpt, 1983) Paperback. Marginal ink notation (very marginal), front endpapers slightly splashed, otherwise good. 271 + vipp.

Belle Moskowitz: Feminine Politics and the Exercise of Power in the Age of Alfred G. Smith

Perry, Elisabeth Israels · 1992

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

(Routledge, 1992) Paperback. Some foxing / mottling to page edges, otherwise good. xv + 280pp.

Irish Women in Lancashire, 1922-1960: their Story

Lambert, Sharon · 2001

£6.95 (€8.33 | $9.18 | ¥1,466)

(Centre for North West Regional Studies, 2001) Paperback. Some soiling / foxing to page edges and endpapers, otherwise good. xii + 129pp.

Mary Sumner: her Life and Work

Porter, Mrs Horace · 1950

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,742)

(Mothers' Union, 3rd edition, 1950) Founder of the Mothers' Union. Hardback. Blank frontispiece page lacks corner, edges of boards rubbed, otherwise very good. xii + 109pp.

The Yellow Wallpaper:

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins · 2000

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

(Virago, rpt, 2000) Paperback. Good. 63pp.

Four Victorian Ladies of Wiltshire: with an Essay on those Leisured Ladies

Olivier, Edith · 0

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

(Fab. & Fab., mcmxlv) Hardback. Cloth mottled / foxed, pages edges foxed, otherwise good. 101pp.

The Young Philosopher:

Smith, Charlotte · 1999

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

(Kentucky UP, 1999) Edited by Elizabeth Kraft. Paperback. Slight dent top spine end, page edges foxed, otherwise good. xxxv + 397pp.

Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, 1827-1891: Feminist, Artist and Rebel

Hirsch, Pam · 1998

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

(Chatto & Windus, 1998) Hardback. Some foxing / soiling to page edges, otherwise good in dustwrapper. x + 390pp.

The Politics of Motherhood: Child and Maternal Welfare in England, 1900 - 1939

Lewis, Jane · 1980

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

(Croom Helm, 1980) Hardback. Ex library but very good in faded, slightly worn / torn dustwrapper. 235pp.

Railwaywomen: Exploitation, Betrayal and Triumph in the Workplace

Wojtczak, Helena · 2005

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

(Hastings Press, 2005) Please note that this is a CD (not an actual book) containing the book in electronic format. Foreword by Dr Colin Divall, Professor of Railway Studies. The first and definitive history of women working on the railways of Britain from 1830 to 2005, encom...

Corporate Society:

Marris, Robin, ed · 1974

£10.95 (€13.13 | $14.47 | ¥2,310)

(Macmillan, 1974) Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, minor wear to corners, otherwise good+. xii + 403pp.

Mary Raleigh Richardson: The Suffragette Arsonist Who Slashed the Rokeby Venus

Wojtczak, Helena · 2025

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

(Hastings Press, 2025) Signed by the author. This first book-length biography of the militant suffragette Mary Raleigh Richardson reveals for the first time her true identity, ancestry, childhood and education, as well as her surprising - and exciting - international travels ...

Complete Poems of Marianne Moore:

Moore, Marianne Craig · 1984

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

(Faber and Faber, rpt, 1984) Paperback. Some light browning to pages, covers slightly browned, otherwise very good. xiv + 305pp.

Women in the Japanese Workplace:

Saso, Mary · 1990

£9.99 (€11.97 | $13.20 | ¥2,107)

(Hilary Shipman, 1990) Paperback. A little soiling to covers, otherwise very good. xviii + 289pp.

Suffragettes' Parade. March 3rd 1913. Washington DC: Liberty and her Attendants. Suffragettes' Tableau in Front of Treasury Bloc

Real Photographic Suffragette Postcard, Original · 1913

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

(I. & M. Ottenheimer, Baltimore, MD., 1913) An original photographic postcard for collectors of original suffragette / Votes for Women memorabilia. On March 3, 1913, the National American Woman Suffrage Association - NAWSA - organised a woman suffrage parade and demonstration...

Living with Grandma: a Hull Woman Recalls Her Childhood in Monmouth and the Rhondda

Arundell, Lucy · 1987

£7.99 (€9.58 | $10.56 | ¥1,686)

(Highgate Publications, 1987) Paperback. Covers slightly faded, otherwise very good. 80pp.

A London Childhood:

Rodaway, Angela · 1985

£8.99 (€10.78 | $11.88 | ¥1,897)

(Virago, rpt with new intro,1985) Paperback. With a newspaper review pasted to inner cover, otherwise very good. xvii + 158pp.