Buy this book on-line Ogston Derek and Margaret Carlaw : Working Children; an Illustrated Account of Child Employment in Scotland in the Nineteenth CenturyBaillieknowe Publishing, 2003 ISBN 0953859029
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Pocket has been removed from F.E.P. and bar code has been cut out of upper edge of same, dust jacket is covered in mylar jacket and taped to boards. Overall however book shows very little wear and is straight and clean. 95 pages with a great many color illustrations, many paintings, some photos in b&w. Chapters include Legislation governing the employment of children, Employment in the industrial and urban areas (broken down into the main industries: coal, lead, textiles (sub-broken) paper etc.), Employment in agricultural and rural areas (broken down into herding, bird scaring, peat cutting, bark stripping etc.), Employment in coastal and fishing areas (shelfish gathering, kelp gathering etc.) Employment in the home. Notes on artists, summary and conclusions with four appendices.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Ogston Derek and Margaret Carlaw : Working Children; an Illustrated Account of Child Employment in Scotland in the Nineteenth Century. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, first editions, libri rari, livres illustrées and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |