Anon, .
Life at the Cape A Hundred Years Ago:
(Centaur (Pty) Ltd, 1983).
With contemporary illustrations selected from the work of Thomas Bowler. Covers the years 1861-2 in a series of vignettes which first appeared in the Cape Monthly magazine. Chapters include first impressions of people and scenery, Camps Bay, excursion on Table Mountain, Christmas festivities at Wynberg and Newlands, hospitality at Constantia, a picnic at Kalk Bay, a State Ball, Stellenbosch, Wellington and the Paarl. Hardback. Very good in faded, slightly worn dustwrapper. 119pp. Order No. NSBK-C3900
Keywords: 0908379471, Cape Town, South Africa, Table Mountain, autobiographies, autobiography, women, woman, history, Victorian, nineteenth century, Wynberg, Newlands, Constantia, Kalk Bay, Stellenbosch, Wellington, Paarl, Berg River
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Butler, Lord.
The Art of the Possible: The Memoirs of Lord Butler
(Hamish Hamilton, 1971).
Hardback. Good in chipped dustwrapper. x + 274pp. Order No. NSBK-A9373
Keywords: 0241020077, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, life histories, politics, political, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, politicians, Lord Butler, memoirs, Suez, Conservatives, Tories, Tory Party
Price £7.50.
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Bell, Ken, et al.
An Ordinary Lot: Recollections of the Thirties and World War II
(Department Adult Continuing Education, 1985).
Paperback. Very good. 39pp. Order No. NSBK-A14363
Keywords: B001OPWBX4, 1930s, thirties, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, memories, autobiography, recollections, youth, Yorkshire, Saltaire, Shipley
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Beer, Gillian, ed.
Charles Darwin and T. H. Huxley: Autobiographies
(OUP, 1983).
Paperback. Corners slightly worn, otherwise good+. xxvi + 123pp. Order No. NSBK-A10148
Keywords: 0192851314, Charles Darwin, Gillian Beer, autobiography, autobiographies, Victorians, nineteenth century, lives, life history, life histories, science, history of science. T. H. Huxley, memoirs
Price £3.00.
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Joannou, Maroula.
'Ladies, Please Don't Smash These Windows': Women's Writing, Feminist Consciousness and Social Change, 1918-38
(Berg, 1995).
Hardback. Slight crease to back cover, otherwise very good. xii + 236pp. Order No. NSBK-H8038
Keywords: 0854969098, women's writing, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, history, woman, female, feminism, feminists, consciousness, social change, twentieth century, 20th, politics, feminist-materialist, class, lesbianism, lesbians, domestic, domesticity, literature, literary, novels, Virginia Woolf, Rebecca West, Rosamund Lehmann, Radclyffe Hall, autobiographies, autobiography
Price £9.00.
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Webb, Beatrice.
Beatrice Webb's Diaries, 1912-1924:
(Longmans, Green and Co, 1952).
Edited by Margaret L. Cole. With an introduction by Lord Beveridge. Hardback. Spine ends bumped, covers slightly worn, otherwise good in chipped, torn and worn dustwrapper. xxvi + 272pp. Order No. NSBK-C11987
Keywords: B0000CI9IH, Beatrice Webb, The Webbs, Sidney Webb, philanthropy, philanthropists, twentieth century, left- wing, socialism, socialists, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender
Price £16.00.
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Devas, Nicolette.
Susannah's Nightingales:
(Readers Union, Rpt 1979).
A Companion Piece to Two Flamboyant Fathers. Hardback. Light moulding to boards, otherwise good in slightly soiled dustwrapper. 184pp. Order No. NSBK-C4577
Keywords: 0002627582, autobiography, autobiographies, Two Flamboyant Fathers, Nicolette Devas, Augustus John, painter, painting, Caitlin Thomas, Dylan Thomas, Anthony Devas, Majoliers, Bel Ombre, Provence, Quakers, France, French, family history, genealogy, Europe, European, women's history
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Hobhouse, Emily.
The Brunt of War and Where it Fell:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2007 facsimile of the 1902 edition).
A facsimile edition of a very scarce book. Complete with a map and all illustrations. Hardback. Good in blue cloth. xvi + 357pp. Order No. NSBK-C13227
Keywords: 0954476131, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs, self history, self histories, women writers, women's writing, woman writer, females, feminine, writers, authors, authoresses, Boer War, Boers, South Africa, Africa, African, wars, South African War, warfare, twentieth century, 20th, century, Emily Hobhouse, camps, war camp, war camps, concentration camps, camp, POW, prisoners of war, enemy, enemies, soldiers, soldier, Cape, Cape Colony, children, child, Chamberlain, homes, housing, deprivation, starvation, Britain, British, England, English, troop, troops, battle, battles, battallions, propaganda, battallion, living conditions, Southern Africa, Southern African, Afrikaan, Afrikaans, Veld, scorched earth policy, charity, philanthropy, Portrayer Publishers
Price £25.95.
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Raverat, Gwen.
Period Piece: a Cambridge Childhood
(Fab. & Fab., rpt, 1968).
Paperback. Some wear to bottom spine end, covers sun faded and creased at spine, page edges soiled, otherwise good. 282pp. Order No. NSBK-C990
Keywords: 571067425, Gwen Raverat, Period Piece, Cambridge, childhood, child, children, autobiography, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Healey, Bert.
Hard Times and Easy Terms: And Other Tales by a Queens Park Cockney
(Russell Press, 1980).
Paperback. Good. 164pp. Order No. NSBK-A12910
Keywords: B000R58XTS, Queens Park, Bert Healey, Cockney, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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