A Dictionary of Violin Makers

Published in 1896, and revised in 1909, this wonderful book is a catalogue of violin makers compiled from various sources.    

Price:  £8.50

Creating Capitalism

The emergence of the joint-stock company in nineteenth-century Britain was a culture shock for many Victorians. Though the home of the industrial revolution, the nation's economy was dominated by the private partnership, seen as the most efficient as well as the most ethical form of business organisation. The large, impersonal company and the rampant speculation it was thought to encourage were viewed with suspicion and downright hostility.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93284-9

Price:  £45.00

Guide to the Rowntree and Mackintosh Company Archives 1862-1969

One of a series of guides to archive collections at the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York.     ISBN 0-903857-62-6

Price:  £11.50

Inland Fisheries in Medieval Yorkshire 1066-1300

This is one of an on-going series of publications from the Borthwick Insitute for Archives, intended to provide insights into new research concerning the history of Yorkshire and the North of England.   pp 42   ISBN 0-900701-55-2

Price:  £4.00

London Tradesmen's Tokens Current in the Seventeenth Century

A fascinating source of information from the 1600s in London. Tradesmen, taverns and coffee houses had their own tokens (a currency), and they are described and listed in this excellent book published in 1855.    

Price:  £12.13

Merchant's Marks

Merchants used 'marks' from at least as early as the thirteenth century and continued to use them for the next four or five hundred years. This book details possibly the largest private collection of marks ever known.    

Price:  £9.79

North East England, 1850-1914

The North East produced coal, iron, steel and ships on an unprecedented scale in the decades before the Great War, a time at which it acquired its persistent image as one of the world's great export-driven industrial districts. However, the North East was far from being a single and unified region, and its constituent towns and rivers often worked in fierce competition with one another.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83240-9

Price:  £55.00

Owen's New Book of Fairs (1824)

A complete and authentic account of all of the fairs in England and Wales. Noting the commodities of each fair; days on which markets are held; distances from London; and number of Members which each place sends to Parliament.    

Price:  £9.79

Protesting about Pauperism

The consequences of extreme poverty were a grim reality for all too many people in Victorian England. The various poor laws implemented to try to deal with it contained a number of controversial measures, one of the most radical and unpopular being the crusade against outdoor relief, during which central government sought to halt all welfare payments at home.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93292-4

Price:  £50.00

Rob Rat - A Story of Barge Life

A delightful illustrated book that relates the every-day story of barge life in the mid 1800s. If your ancestors were canal men, this book will give a really fascinating insight into their lives.    

Price:  £8.50

Slavery in Early Mediaeval England from the Reign of Alfred until the Twelfth Century

At last a major topic in early medieval English history has found its author, who deals with it comprehensively and systematically. ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW. A landmark treatment...immensely enriches the debate about early medieval working classes. SPECULUM.   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-15829-7

Price:  £25.00

The Art of the Anglo-Saxon Goldsmith

Throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, goldsmiths produced work of a high standard in both design and craftsmanship, both for personal adornment, and to embellish bookbindings, reliquaries, vessels and weapons. Some works are well known, particularly the magnificent gold and garnet regalia from Sutton Hoo, but this represents only a fraction even of the surviving work, and much more has been lost.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15883-9

Price:  £70.00

The Culture of Commerce in England, 1660-1720

Late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England - the period between the Restoration and the South Sea Bubble - was dramatically transformed by the massive cost of fighting wars, and, significantly, a huge increase in the re-export trade. This book seeks to ask how commerce was legitimated, promoted, fashioned, defined and understood in this period of spectacular commercial and financial 'revolution'.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93281-8

Price:  £40.00

The General Strike in York

This is one of an on-going series of publications from the Borthwick Insitute for Archives, intended to provide insights into new research concerning the history of Yorkshire and the North of England.   pp 34   ISBN 0-900701-51-X

Price:  £4.00

The History of Freemasonry

Three large volumes describe the history of Freemasonry across the world. Mediaeval origins in trades unions, decline during the Reformation and return in 1717 until 1887. Chronicles antiquities, symbols, customs and constitutions of every Grand Lodge, in England, Europe, Asia and North America.    

Price:  £25.49

The Huguenots - Their Settlements, Churches and Industries In England & Ireland

The story of those who escaped persecution in Europe. The first migration took place in the latter half of the 16th century and consisted partly of French, but mainly of Flemish Protestants; and the second, towards the end of the 17th century, consisted almost entirely of French Huguenots. An excellent account of the causes and effects of these migrations into England and Ireland.    

Price:  £12.13

The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland, 1889-1891

Alfred Barnard's The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland is a magnificent insight into the brewing industry at the end of the nineteenth century. Over 110 breweries are covered over nearly 2,200 pages.     ISBN 1-84630-064-9

Price:  £20.30

The Old Engravers of England

Traces the art of copper plate engraving through the most interesting period of its history, from its introduction in the middle of the 16th century to its climax at the end of the 18th. 48 illustrations. From the preface: "There is a charm about old prints quite apart from their quality as engravings... In a word the prints revive for us the human atmosphere of a past age."    

Price:  £7.50

The Problem of Labour in Fourteenth-Century England

At the very moment that the image of the honest labourer seemed to reach its apogee in the Luttrell Psalter or, a few decades later, in Piers Plowman, the dominant culture of the landed interests was increasingly suspicious of what it described as the idleness, greed and arrogance of the lower orders.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-903-15304-8

Price:  £50.00

The Railway and Commercial Gazetteer

A complete list (in alphabetical order) of every railway station, town, village, hamlet, parish and place in England, Scotland and Wales. Gives population from the 1901 census, locality, post offices, money order and telegraphy offices and more. For those interested with ancestors employed in railways, this book could help you discover for whom they worked. Also ideal for railway enthusiasts.    

Price:  £12.13

The Records of the Company of Shipwrights of Newcastle upon Tyne 1622-1967. Volume I

Original records contained in 13 volumes. Presented in three sections: Orders made by the company, reproduced almost in entirety, Resolutions etc. passed at meetings, and Annual Accounts of the Company, a selection of those which best illustrate the development and history of the company. See Surtees Society volume 184.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-854-44001-6

Price:  £25.00

The Skilled Labourer 1760-1832

Although similar to 'The Village Labourer' this book deals with the history specific groups of workers. Includes: miners of the Tyne and Wear, cotton workers, woollen and worsted workers, Spitalfields silkweavers, frame work knitters and also has sections dealing with Nottinghamshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire Luddites.    

Price:  £15.11

The Village Labourer & The Skilled Labourer

1760-1832. Both of these wonderful books (see descriptions above) on one CD.    

Price:  £21.70

The Village Labourer 1760-1832

A wonderful history of the poor in the villages of the period. It deals with subjects such as enclosure, which had a dramatic effect upon village life and also with the Labourers Uprising of 1830. An absolutely fascinating read which allows you to understand the hardships and the problems that the ordinary person faced during these times.    

Price:  £15.11

The Work of Work Servitude, Slavery and Labor in Medieval England

These essays deal with physical labour - exhausting, demeaning, demanding - in the middle ages, viewed against the background of the familiar division of medieval society into those who ruled, those who prayed, and those who worked. The work of work is shown, in varied ways, to have been directed to one end - to maintaining the status quo.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-873-44803-8

Price:  £35.00

Trade and Economic Developments, 1450-1550

The changes that affected the English economic landscape between 1450 and 1550 are examined here through a close study of three south-eastern counties which provide a rich variety of sources. Mavis Mate pays particular attention to the growing commercialisation of the brewing industry and its impact on women, the expansion of trade with Normandy, Brittany and the Low Countries, and the rise of trade outside the market place.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83189-1

Price:  £50.00