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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Calvert, Peter.
Revolution:
(Pall Mall, 1970).
Hardback. Ex library, good in dustwrapper. 174pp. Order No. NSBK-A1007
Keywords: 026902638X, revolutions, theory, theories, history, revolution
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Hotson, J. Leslie.
The Death of Christopher Marlowe:
(The Nonesuch Press, 1925).
Hardback. Wx library with usual library stamps and stickers, spine edges rubbed adn covers soiled, otherwise internally good. 76pp. Order No. NSBK-A15405
Keywords: B001GJOJ7Y, Chrsistopher Marlowe, playwright, seventeenth century, Britain, British, history
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Lane, Margaret.
The Tale of Beatrix Potter:
(Penguin, rpt., 1962).
Paperback. Covers slightly browned, small tear at base of front cover, otherwise good. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-C5879
Keywords: B0000CLKPW, Beatrix Potter, women writers, woman writer, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Lake District, Cumbria, children's books, children's writing, children, animals, history, Britain, British, England, English, literature, literary, biography, biographical, biographies, life history, life histories, Margaret Lane, unitarianism, Unitarians, The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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Knights, Peter R.
The Plain People of Boston, 1830-1860: A Study in City Growth
(OUP, 1971).
With a handwritten note from the author. Hardback. Good+ in spine sunfaded and slightly worn dustwrapper. xv + 204pp. Order No. NSBK-A13198
Keywords: 019501488X, population, economics, cities, urban, city, Boston, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, statistics, demography, demographics
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Lauder, J.P. and Biggs, R. H..
Ships in Bottles:
(Percival Marshall, 1954).
Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise a good working copy in creased cover. 74pp. Order No. NSBK-A15526
Keywords: ship in bottles, ships, boats, shipping, maritime, marine, ornaments, history
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Garrett, Richard.
The Search for Prosperity: Emigration from Britain, 1815-1930
(Wayland, 1973).
Illustrated. Hardback. Large, very good in dustwrapper. 127pp. Order No. NSBK-A2850
Keywords: 853403163, emigration, America, USA, Malthus, the colonies, settlers, Australia, coffee table book, emigrants, emigrant, colony, settler, history, British, Britain, English, England
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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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Anon, .
The Times: Past, Present and Future. To Celebrate Two Hundred Years of Publication
(The Times, 1985).
Paperback. Large format, good. 166pp. Order No. NSBK-Z15243
Keywords: B000SIIVUK, Times, newspapers, media, publishing, news, history
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Gaisford, John, ed.
Times Gone By: A Photographic Record of Great Britain 1856-1956
(Select Editions, 1977).
Hardback. Very good. 223pp. Order No. NSBK-A2886
Keywords: 085685316X, photographs, Britain, British, England, English, history
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