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
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Constantine, Stephen, ed.
Dominions Diary: The Letters of E. J. Harding, 1913-1916
(Ryburn Publishing, 1992).
Hardback. A slight waviness across tops of pages (the effects of minor damp), otherwise very good. 336pp. Order No. NSBK-A7418
Keywords: 1853310182, E. J. Harding, letters, correspondence, diaries, twentieth century, travel, the British Empire, Imperialism, 20th, Australia, New Zealand, South African, New Foundland, Canada, Canadian, autobiography, autobiographical, life history, life histories, colonies, colonialism, colony
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Cookson, Catherine.
My Land of the North: Memories of a Northern Childhood
(Headline, 1999).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-C10761
Keywords: 0747274444, Catherine Cookson, North-East, women, woman, women writers, women's writing, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, North, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, East Jarrow, Jarrow, South Shields
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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
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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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Addy, John, ed.
The Diary of Henry Prescott, LLB., Deputy Registrar of Chester Diocese: Volume 1, 28 March 1704 - 24 March 1711
(Alan Sutton Publishing, 1987, Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire).
Hardback. Very good in slightly torn, slightly faded dustwrapper. xxx + 303pp. Order No. NSBK-A10989
Keywords: 0902593161, diary, diaries, Henry Precott, lawyer, LLB, eighteenth century, 18th, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
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Young, Robert, ed.
Memoirs of a Family: 1822 - 1944
(Oxford, 1983).
Paperback. Light soiling, otherwise very good. viii + 93pp. Order No. NSBK-A15567
Keywords: 9780950899107, pamphlet, family, families, memoirs, booklets, pamphlets, childhood, autobiography
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Miller, Hugh.
My Schools and Schoolmasters: the Story of My Education
(Edinburgh, W.P. Nimmo, Hay, Mitchell, rpt, 1889).
Hardback. Some rubbing to edges and corners, and soiling to page edges, otherwise a good copy. xi + 562pp. Order No. NSBK-A8603
Keywords: B0008A80KY, evangelical Christians, Christianity, religion, religious, evangelicalism, Cromarty, education, autobiographies, autobiography, history, life history, life histories, Scots, Scotland, Scottish, Hugh Miller, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th century, self improvement, memoirs, geology, geologists
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Guinness, Alec.
My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor
(Hamish Hamilton, 1996).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly creased dustwrapper. x + 214pp. Order No. NSBK-A9009
Keywords: 0241136679, actors, acor, Alec Guiness, autobiography, life, life history, lives, life histories, theatre, stage, twentieth century, Britain, British, history, England, English
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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
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