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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Scott, Philippa.
Lucky Me:
(Kenilworth Press, 1990).
Illustrated by more than 90 photographs. The book is an evocation of the early life of Philippa Scott (nee Talbot-Ponsonby's) - her childhood in South Africa, school, climbing holidays, her time in the Land Army in World War II and a spell in Yugoslavia during the Cold War. She married Peter Scott in Reykjavik in 1951. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C5734
Keywords: 1872082114, Lucky Me, Philippa Scott, Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby, Land Army, Peter Scott, South Africa, World War Two, wars, Second World War, World War II, Britain, British, history, england, English, autobiography, autobiographical, memoirs, memoir, autobiographies, life history, life histories, women writers, Severn Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Thjorsaver Expedition, Reykjavik
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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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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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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Thompson, Thea.
Edwardian Childhoods:
(RKP, reprint, 1982).
Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers and a little waviness to a few pages, otherwise good. xiii + 232pp. Order No. NSBK-A6236
Keywords: 0710093357, child, children, Edwardian, infancy, family, Britain, British, England, English, history, childhood, reminiscences, memories, memory, autobiographies, autobiography, autobiographical, class, povert, poor, paupers, working class, working classes, lower orders
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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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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
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Finney, Brian.
The Inner I: British Literary Autobiography of the Twentieth Century
(Faber and Faber, 1985).
Hardback. Very good in lightly soiled dustwrapper. 286pp. Order No. NSBK-A9679
Keywords: 0571133118, literature, literary, autobiography, autobiographical, autobiographies, lives, life histories, life history, Britain, British, history, England, English, twentieth century, 20th
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Burn, James Dawson.
The Autobiography of a Beggar Boy:
(Europa Publications, 1978).
Edited by David Vincent. Hardback. Good in slightly creased / torn / browned dustwrapper. v + 205pp. Order No. NSBK-A2992
Keywords: 090511826X, poverty, nineteenth-century, working-class autobiographies, autobiography, beggars, trade unionism, radicalism, Oddfellows movement, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Faithfull, Lilian M.
In The House Of My Pilgrimage:
(Chatto and Windus, 1924).
Hardback. Some light wear to cloth and rubbing to edges and spine ends, light foxing, otherwise a good working copy. 287pp. Order No. NSBK-C15770
Keywords: B000KQYYPG, stored in antiquarian, history, women's history, Lilian M. Faithfull, autobiographies, autobiography, Cheltenham Ladies College, Somerville, Oxford
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