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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Palmer, W. Scott & Haggard, A. M.
Michael Fairless: Her Life and Writings
(Duckworth, third impression, 1917).
A. M. Haggard is the sister of Michael Fairless. With two portraits by Elinor Dowson. Hardback. A little rubbing to edges of green boards, otherwise good+. 137pp. Order No. NSBK-C2742
Keywords: B000J2MOMG, Michael Fairless, A. M. Haggard, Haggard, women writers, literature, biography, physic, telepathy, mystic, A Modern Mystic's Way, The Roadmender
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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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Styler, W. E.
Adult Education and Political Systems:
(Univ of Nottingham, 1984).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 227pp. Order No. NSBK-A8342
Keywords: 1850410003, adult education, politics, political thought, twentieth century, 20th, Liberal First World Democracies, Communists, Communism, Developing Countries
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Hart, Josephine.
Sin:
(Chatto & Windus, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 164pp. Order No. NSBK-A5068
Keywords: 0701147733, novels, fiction, literature, women writers, woman writers, twentieth century, Josephine Hart, Elizabeth Ashridge
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Lillington, Kenneth, ed.
For Better For Worse: an Anthology of Courtship and Marriage
(Angus & Robertson, 1979).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 157pp. Order No. NSBK-C3428
Keywords: 0207958262, courtship, marriage, social history, anthology, poems, prose, engagement, betrothal, literature, extracts, marital relations, weddings
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Priestley, Philip.
Victorian Prison Lives: English Prison Biography, 1830-1914
(Methuen, 1985).
Hardback. Good+ in dustwrapper. xviii + 311pp. Order No. NSBK-A298
Keywords: 0416347703, biography, biographies, prison, gaol, jail, prisons, jails, England, English, Britain, British, gaols, crime, criminals, criminal, law and order, prisoner, prisoners, incarceration, prison administration, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, imprisonment, imprison
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France, Anatole.
On Life and Letters:
(John Lane, Bodley Head, 4th series, 1924).
Fourth Series. Translation by Bernard Miall. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, some soiling, fading and bubbling to cloth - a good solid working copy. xviii + 341pp. Order No. NSBK-C14552
Keywords: B00085MMIU, Anatole France, France, French, literature, writers, reviews
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Stevenson, John and Cook, Chris.
The Slump: Society and Politics During the Depression
(Quartet Books, 1979).
Paperback. Spine creased and covers yellowed, very minimal pencil annotation not affecting legibility, otherwise good. x + 348pp. Order No. NSBK-A10470
Keywords: 0704332809, slump, Depression, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, 1930s, thirties, unemployment, working class, working-class, classes, enemployed, Communism, Communists, The National Unemployed Workers' Movement, Hunger marches, Fascists, government, polls, general elections
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Enamel Badge, Women's Rights.
International Women's Day Ribbon-Style Badge: March 8th
(International Women's Day).
Attractive ribbon-style badge in purple enamel. Dimensions - 25mm X 14mm. With a pin and butterfly clasp to the reverse. Text to the right 'International Women's Day' and to the left ''8th March''. No year date so can be used every year. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15672
Keywords: badges, pins, brooches, pin, brooch, badge, International Women's Day, women's rights, movement, March 8th, jewellery, feminism, ephemera
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