Baker, Kenneth.
The Turbulent Years: My Life in Politics
(Faber and Faber, 1993).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly worn, slightly creased dw. xiii + 498pp. Order No. NSBK-A6031
Keywords: 0571170773, Kenneth Baker, autobiography, autobiographical, life history, life histories, memoir, politics, political, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, Tory Party, Tories, Conservatives, Margaret Thatcher, Party Chairman, Cabinet, Poll tax, Education, British Telecom, ILEA, GLC
Price £3.00.
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Hall, Edith.
Canary Girls and Stockpots:
(WEA, 1977).
Paperback. Covers rubbed / worn, signed by the author. Good+ condition. 55pp. Order No. NSBK-C2796
Keywords: 9780950556307, autobiography, oral history, London, Britain, British, England, English, history
Price £8.99.
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Lambert, Sharon.
Irish Women in Lancashire, 1922-1960: their Story
(Centre for North West Regional Studies, 2001).
Paperback. New book, fine. xii + 129pp. Order No. NSBK-C4253
Keywords: 1862201102, Ireland, Irish, women, Irish women, history, Britain, British, England, English, immigration, immigrant, immigrants, emigration, emigrants, emigrant, Lancashire, oral history, social history, life stories, autobiography, autobiographies, Sharon Lambert, Dublin, Wigan, Preston, Lancaster, Liverpool, Lancaster University, Catholic, Catholics, Catholicism, female, national identity, family, families, North West, Centre for North West Regional Studies
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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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Maurice, C. Edmund, ed.
Life of Octavia Hill: as Told in her Letters
(Macmillan, rpt, 1914).
Hardback. Some foxing to early pages, minor yellow highlighting to text, rubbing to edges and spine ends, otherwise a good solid copy. vii + 591pp. Order No. NSBK-C4485
Keywords: B01M9FUK1S, Octavia Hill, biography, biographies, autobiographies, autobiography, letters, housing, Victorian social reformers, reform, philanthropy, town planning, open spaces, settlements, dwellings, poverty, poor, paupers, pauperism, Britain, England, English, British, National Trust, commons, working class, working classes
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Partington, Jim.
The Two-Up and Two-Downer (With a Taste for Honey): the Crowded Life of a Lancashire Lad
(Fabians Publishers, 1972).
Autobiography. Leftist reminiscences of self-made Lancashire man, born 1908, dedicated to Lord Brockway of ILP. "I attended meetings in Bradford [where] he showed me the Political Path I should follow. Although I have devoted much of my life to the acquisition of material possessions, I have never deviated from his Philosophy". Hardback. Very good in slightly worn and slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A1550
Keywords: B000HBVSLC, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Lancashire, lads, boys, homes, houses, terraces, twentieth century, 20th, Jim Partington, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
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Gardiner, Juliet.
Joining the Dots: A Woman In Her Time
(William Collins, 2017).
Hardback. Good in dustwrapper. 194pp. Order No. NSBK-C15597
Keywords: 9780007489169, autobiography, women, education, history, sociology
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Priestley, Philip.
Victorian Prison Lives: English Prison Biography, 1830-1914
(Methuen, 1985).
Hardback. Good+ in dustwrapper. xviii + 311pp. Order No. NSBK-A298
Keywords: 0416347703, biography, biographies, prison, gaol, jail, prisons, jails, England, English, Britain, British, gaols, crime, criminals, criminal, law and order, prisoner, prisoners, incarceration, prison administration, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, imprisonment, imprison
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Forster, Canon Leslie John.
Through a Glass Darkly: Notes on the Life of a Parish Priest
(St Helen's Church, 1998).
Edited by Paul Catcheside. Paperback. Covers lightly marked, otherwise very good. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A14047
Keywords: 095328560X, priests, priest, religious, religion, history, parish priests, Canon Leslie John Forster, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, St Helen's Church, church, churches, Liverpool, ordination, blind, blindness, sight, Hollinfare Church, Great Budworth, Cheshire, Antrobus, Merseyside, autobiographies, autobiography
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Deedes, W. F.
Dear Bill: W.F.Deedes Reports
(Macmillan, 1997).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 413pp. Order No. NSBK-A8684
Keywords: 0333713869, journalism, journalists, Britain, British, England, English, history, autobiography, autobiographies, reporting, reporters, reports, foreign correspondents, public affairs, politics, political, international
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