Hammond, J. L and Hammond, Barbara.
Lord Shaftesbury:
(Constable and Co, 1923).
In the series Makers of the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Basil Williams. Hardback. Cloth faded/worn/marked, otherwise a good working copy. `x + 313pp. Order No. NSBK-A6007
Keywords: B0006AJFC8, Lord Shaftesbury, politics, Victorian, nineteenth century, biographies, biographical, biography, men, life histories, life history, lunacy, mental health, philanthropy, Peel, mines, mine reform, mining, factories, industry, industrialisation, Ten Hours Bill, public health, Anton Ashley Cooper, Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury
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Sandys, Celia.
Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive:
(HarperCollins Publishers, 1999).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xvi + 233pp. Order No. NSBK-A13173
Keywords: 0002570173, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history , Winston Churchill, Boer War, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Prime Minister, South Africa, Cape Town
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Brooks, J. Barlow.
Lancashire Bred: An Autobiography
(Church Army Press, 1950).
Hardback. Covers slightly soiled and spine ends bumped, some foxing internally, otherwise good+. 229pp. Order No. NSBK-A11969
Keywords: B0000CHLSW, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Lancashire, J. Barlow Brooks
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Field, Jean.
Landor: A Biography of Walter Savage Landor
(Brewin Books, 2000).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-A7147
Keywords: 1858581672, Jean Field, Walter Savage Landor, nineteenth century, history, writers, poets, poems, poetry, Warwick, Warwickshire, Britain, British, England, English, literature, literary, biographical, biography, biographies, lives, life histories, life history, eighteenth century, 18th, 19th, Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Robert Southey, Landors, Landor family
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Skelton, Robin.
J. M. Synge and his World:
(Thames and Hudson, 1971).
With 130 illustrations. Hardback. Spine ends slightly bumped, sotherwise very good in chipped and slightly worn dustwrapper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A11857
Keywords: 0500130310, J. M. Synge, theatres, stage, plays, drama, literature, literary, actors, actresses, playwrights, writers, dramatic, theatrical, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Irish, Eire, Ireland, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, twentieth, 20th, century
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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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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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Ping-Ying, Hsieh.
The Autobiography of a Chinese Girl: A Genuine Autobiography
(George Allen and Unwin, 5th impress., 1945).
With a Preface by Gordon Bottomley. Translated into English with an introduction by Tsui Chi. Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled, slightly chipped dw. 216pp. Order No. NSBK-C4697
Keywords: B000HGWTVA, China, Chinese, autobiography, autobiographies, memoirs, life histories, history, histories, Hsieh Ping-Ying
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Hayman, Ronald, ed.
My Cambridge:
(Robson Books, 1977).
Hardback. Very good in slightly faded dustwrapper. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-A9626
Keywords: 0903895846, biography, biographies, life histories, lives, life history, Cambridge, Oxbridge, university, universities, education, academia, academe, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, Footlights
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Maclean, Catherine Macdonald.
Born Under Saturn: A Biography of William Hazlitt
(Collins, 1943).
Hardback. Some foxing to first few pages, spine edges bumped and covers slightly soiled, otherwise good in soiled, torn and sellotaped dustwrapper. 629pp. Order No. NSBK-A11947
Keywords: B0007IUS0W, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, politics, political, politicians, government, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, politics, political, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
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