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The Almshouses of York [soft back] Author: Carole Smith |
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The impetus for this study came from William Kaye Sessions who in 1946 was commissioned by the Nuffield Foundation to report on York almshouses and charities for a survey of poverty in old age in the UK. Seebohm Rowntree was the chairman, and it was published as Old people in 1947. Bill Sessions' report appeared as an appendix. He commissioned this history and his original report is reprinted at the end. Part One defines almshouses, and is a brief history of poverty, and social and charitable responses to it, since the 10th century. Part Two is a gazetteer of 50 named almshouses established in York since about 936 AD, the possible founding date of the first English almshouse, St Leonard's Hospital in York. The most recent York almshouse was founded in 1983. Carole Smith came to York in 1972, and worked in public and university libraries in York and, recently, in Cambridge. She is now working for the Trustees of Wandesford House, an 18th-century almshouse. William Sessions is a member of a long-established York family. In the 1930s he studied economics under John Maynard Keynes at Cambridge. During the war he worked in London for the Friends War Victims Relief Service. In 1946 he reported on York's almshouses and charities for the Nuffield Foundation survey of poverty in old age, before resuming work in the family firm. He continues to be an enthusiastic publisher. |
£15 (£2.75 p&p) |
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The Bells and Bellringers of York Minster [hard back] Author: David Potter |
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This is a beautifully produced hardback book, with full-colour laminated dust cover, printed on high quality 150 gsm satin paper, measuring 285 x 225 mm and section sewn. The book is lavishly illustrated with over 150 colour and 75 black & white photographs in its 154 pages. Accompanying the book, in a sleeve inside the back cover, is a CD of "The Bells of York Minster". This illustrates the sound of these magnificent bells, and includes more than 70 minutes of recordings of the Ringing Peal, the Cathedral's Carillon and Nelson Chime, its Queen Mother Clock Chime, and the Minster's 11 ton Bourdon Bell Great Peter. An ideal gift or a book to treasure, this limited edition will be of interest to a wide audience. |
£40 (£3 p&p) |
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The Cornwallis Family History: [hard back] Author: Rev. N. B. Cryer |
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The Rev N.B. Cryer charts the history of the Cornwallis family from 1225 |
£40 (+ £25 p&p) |
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The Crystal Gazers: When Saints Turn Their Backs [soft back] Author: Jonathan Patricks |
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A fantasy for children with mystery, magic and suspense. |
£7.50 (+ £2.05 p&p) |
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The Dragon Tree: [soft back] Author: Irma Gemmel |
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The Dragon Tree is a tale of dragon tree forests and fast rivers; of elves and caves; |
£9.95 (+ £1.50 p&p) |
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Drawing from Line to Life [soft back]Author: Mike Sipley |
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Focuses on drawing with pencil, this book also provides instruction and tutorials on several aspects of producing graphite pencil artwork. |
£35 (£tbc p&p) |
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Elfrida (Elfrida Vipoint Foulds 1902 to 1992) [soft back] Author: Susan V. Hartshorne |
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Biography about Elfrida Vipoint Foulds. Elfrida Vipoint wrote over over 40 books. Some are serious books about Quakerism; some are written for teenagers - adventure stories or biographies of famous authors; and some are suitable for much younger readers. She was awarded a Carnegie Medal for The Lark of the Wing, and her book for reading to the very young, The Elephant and the Bad Baby, has become a classic. However, not many of her readers know that Elfrida trained first as a professional singer and that she spent the war years as a headmistress of a school for evacuees. Only after that did she turn to writing as a full time career. Elfrida was also an inspiring lecturer, speaking both about her books and also on Quaker subjects. Many remember her inspirational addresses. This is the story of her life. |
£8.50 (+ £1.50 p&p) |
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Joseph Wood 1750-1821 - A Yorkshire Quaker [soft back] Author: Pamela Cooksey |
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This book has been written as an introduction to a remarkable man who was both a true Quaker of the Quietist years and a prolific writer. |
£10.00 (+ £1.50 p&p) |
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The Lost Crown of Cumbria [soft back] Author: Jonathan Patricks |
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A fantasy for children with mystery, magic and suspense. |
£7.50 (£2.05 p&p) |
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The Nature of the World: The Yorkshire Philosophical Society 1822-2000 [soft back] Author: David Rubinstein |
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The Nature of the World is a major contribution to the history of the scientific and cultural life of Yorkshire, demonstrating the part played by an influential provincial organisation in the development of the study of the natural sciences and antiquities in the 19th century and beyond. In this meticulously researched, well-illustrated and entertaining account David Rubinstein brings to life the personalities, not always working in harmony, who contributed so much to the achievements of a still-flourishing society that has provided a lasting legacy for all in the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens. |
£15.95 (+ £2.05 p&p) |
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Princess Begas Magic Bracelet [soft back] Author: Jonathan Patricks |
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A fantasy for children with mystery, magic and suspense. |
£7.50 (+ £2.05 p&p) |
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Only a Thought Away [soft back] Author: Angela Howard |
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A month after her husband, Martin, died from cancer, in 2003, Angela Howard visited Paul Lambillion, a healer and spiritual counsellor who had given Martin healing. Paul became aware of Martin's presence, and an amazing three-way conversation took place. As the story of these communications unfolds, Martin shows an awareness of events in Angela's life, tells of his passing and why he now realises that it had been his time to go, and of the understanding he has gained and the experiences he is now having. Angela writes about mediumship and quotes from some of the many messages which have been received, giving us valuable information about the nature of life beyond death. She is a Quaker, and the book includes fascinating personal accounts of spiritual/psychic experiences contributed by other members of the Society of Friends - experiences which though considered unusual today, would have seemed familiar to the early, seventeenth century Quakers with their powerful awareness of the spiritual worlds. |
£8.50 (£1.50 p&p) |
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Songs of Dead Laughter: [soft back] Author: Graham Best |
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A Selection of Gertrude Lowthian Bell's translations of the 14th century Persian poet Hafiz. "These graceful renderings...where the reader will discover the mystic sensuousness of Hafiz; passion and sorrow; a supreme mastery of words; the scent of aroma from an Eastern garden and taste the tart and heady wine..." |
£8.99 (+ £1.50 p&p) |
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War Comes to York [soft back] Author: David Rubinstein |
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The outbreak of war in Europe in late July 1914 and the involvement soon afterwards of the United Kingdom were, so far as the great majority of the British population was concerned, astonishing and wholly unexpected events. Winifred Sturge, headmistress of The Mount, York’s Quaker school for girls, recalled summer 1914 in terms similar to many other published recollections: “When the school broke up for the summer holidays in July 1914, none of us even suspected the coming tragedy. It was unthinkable to us that Great Britain would join the continental quarrel.” David Rubinstein is a retired senior lecturer in social history, University of Hull, and a former honorary fellow in history, University of York. He has been a visiting professor of British civilisation at the universities of Tours, Angers and the Littoral (Boulogne-sur-Mer), in France. He is the author of books and articles about several aspects of modern British history, including education, housing, the labour movement, women’s emancipation and the Society of Friends (Quakers), of which he is a member. Before becoming a lecturer in higher education he was a history teacher in London secondary schools. |
£3 (£1 p&p) |
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War Comes to York - July-October 1939: [soft back] Author: David Rubinstein |
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David Rubinstein is the author of books and articles about several aspects of modern |
£5 (+ £1.50 p&p) |
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