Burnett, John, ed.
Useful Toil: Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s
(Allen Lane, rpt, 1976).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in slightly soiled and browned dustwrapper. 364pp. Order No. NSBK-A2267
Keywords: 0713906820, working class, autobiography, Britain, British, England, English, history, working classes, autobiographies, men, women, women's, labour, labor, labouring classes, laboring classes, domestic servants, housemaids, domestic service, skilled workers, labour aristocracy, John Burnett
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Burnett, John, ed.
Destiny Obscure: Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family from the 1820s to the 1920s
(Allen Lane, 1982).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, minor marginal pencil annotation, otherwise good+ in browned, slightly edge-worn dustwrapper. 345pp. Order No. NSBK-A7533
Keywords: 9780713912142, autobiography, childhood, education, Victorian, social history, England, Britain, autobiographies, 19th century, nineteenth century, children, family, families, schooling, working class, working classes, working-class, literature, John Burnett
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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
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Burnett, John, ed.
Destiny Obscure: Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family from the 1820s to the 1920s
(Penguin, rpt, 1984).
Paperback. Spine slightly sun-faded, otherwise very good. 345pp. Order No. NSBK-A1481
Keywords: 9780140073454, autobiography, childhood, education, Victorian, social history, England, Britain
Price £6.95.
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John, Augustus.
Finishing Touches:
(Readers Union, 1966).
With black and white photographs. Edited and introduced by Daniel George. Hardback. Spine ends slightly soiled, otherwise good. 156pp. Order No. NSBK-A12128
Keywords: B0000CMCW9, Augustus John, Finishing Touches, art, artists, painters, paintings, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
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Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Barlow, Amy.
Seventh Child: The Autobiography of a Headmistress
(Gerald Duckworth and Co, 1969).
Hardback. Good+ in slightly worn dustwrapper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A12201
Keywords: 0715604287, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Amy Barlow, schoolmistress, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students
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Willard, Frances E.
Glimpses of Fifty Years: the Autobiography of an American Woman
(Source Book Press, rpt, 1970).
Complete, unabridged republication of 1889 Chicago edition. Intro. by Hannah Whitall Smith. Hardback. Slight darkening / light marking to red boards, otherwise very good. xvi + 698pp. Order No. NSBK-C1593
Keywords: B0008C0JOM, Frances Willard, Hannah Whitall Smith, Hannah Smith, America, American women, American women's history, United States, USA, autobiography, history, Chicago, nineteenth century, women's history, women, autobiographies, Women's Christian Temperance Union, WCTU, W.C.T.U
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Melmoth, Jenny.
A Cat in My Lap:
(Alfresco Books, first paperback version, 2004).
Illustrated by Jo Berriman. Paperback. Fine. 172pp. Order No. NSBK-C8373
Keywords: 1873727194, Alfresco Books, Jenny Melmoth, poets, poems, poetry, prose, cat, cats, feline, autobiography, autobiographies, women, women poets, women writers, kittens, Jo Berriman, pets, pet, pet owners, cat owners
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Lawrence, Elizabeth.
A Home on My Hands:
(Book Guild, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 139pp. Order No. NSBK-A13299
Keywords: 0863327869, narrowboats, narrowboat, boats, canals, canal boats, rural, agriculture, agricultural, history, countryside, villages, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, autobiography, autobiographies, women
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