Stories
- Article
The chymist’s trade card
An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.
- Article
Trading breastmilk with men
When Alev Scott advertised her milk for sale, she was inundated with messages from men keen to satisfy sexual fetishes. Here she finds out who they are, and why women sell to them.
- Book extract
Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
- Article
Wonder Woman’s wonder women
Discover more about the women who inspired an icon: Wonder Woman’s story of bondage, bracelets and birth control.
Catalogue
- Books
The British book trades, 1710-1777 : an index of masters and apprentices recorded in the Inland Revenue registers at the Public Record Office, Kew / compiled by Ian Maxted.
Maxted, Ian.Date: 1983- Books
The book of English trades; or, library of the useful arts / with plates.
Date: 1816- Books
Our bodies, ourselves : a book by and for women / the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Date: [1976], ©1976- Books
Harrod's Librarians' glossary : 9,000 terms used in information management, library science, publishing, the book trades, and archive management / compiled by Ray Prytherch.
Date: [1995], ©1995- Books
The commercial hand-book of chemical analysis, or, practical instructions for the determination of the intrinsic or commercial value of substances used in manufactures, in trades, and in the arts / by A. Normandy.
Normandy, A. (Alphonse), 1809-1864.Date: 1865