Partington, Jim.
The Two-Up and Two-Downer (With a Taste for Honey): the Crowded Life of a Lancashire Lad
(Fabians Publishers, 1972).
Autobiography. Leftist reminiscences of self-made Lancashire man, born 1908, dedicated to Lord Brockway of ILP. "I attended meetings in Bradford [where] he showed me the Political Path I should follow. Although I have devoted much of my life to the acquisition of material possessions, I have never deviated from his Philosophy". Hardback. Very good in slightly worn and slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A1550
Keywords: B000HBVSLC, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Lancashire, lads, boys, homes, houses, terraces, twentieth century, 20th, Jim Partington, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
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Mackail, J.W.
The Life of William Morris:
(Longmans, Green and Co, 1922).
New impression. Two volumes in one. Hardback. Covers and spine heavily soiled, internally good. xi + 380pp. Order No. NSBK-A12044
Keywords: 0405087675, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, William Morris, Arts and Crafts Movement
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Field, Jean.
Mary Dormer Harris: The Life and Works of a Warwickshire Historian
(Brewin Books, 2002).
Special Hardback edition of 250 copies signed by the author. Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. xii + 180pp. Order No. NSBK-C7148
Keywords: 1858581990, Mary Dormer Harris, history, historians, Jean Field, Warwickshire, Warwick, suffragists, women's rights, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, women writers, women's writing, women's history, suffragettes, suffrage movement, 19th, 20th, Edwardian, biography, biographical, biographies, life histories, life history, lives
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Pimlott, Ben.
Frustrate their Knavish Tricks: Writings on Biography, History and Politics
(HarperCollins, 1994).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 417pp. Order No. NSBK-A11328
Keywords: 000255495X, Ben Pimlott, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history , Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, John Kennedy, Harold Macmillan, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, Bill Clinton, Edgar Hoover, Arthur Koestler, Anthony Crosland, Noman Tebbit, Neil Kinnock, politics, political, politicians, government
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Owen, John.
L. T. Hobhouse: Sociologist
(Nelson, 1974).
Hardback. Very good in slightly torn, slightly faded dustwrapper. xiii + 225pp. Order No. NSBK-A9739
Keywords: 0177110805, sociology, sociologists, L. T. Hobhouse, Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse, nineteenth century, Victorian, 19th, biography, biographical, biographies, lives, life-histories, life, Martin White Professor of Sociology
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Beer, Gillian, ed.
Charles Darwin and T. H. Huxley: Autobiographies
(OUP, 1983).
Paperback. Corners slightly worn, otherwise good+. xxvi + 123pp. Order No. NSBK-A10148
Keywords: 0192851314, Charles Darwin, Gillian Beer, autobiography, autobiographies, Victorians, nineteenth century, lives, life history, life histories, science, history of science. T. H. Huxley, memoirs
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Monsarrat, Ann.
An Uneasy Victorian: Thackeray the Man, 1811-1863
(Cassell, 1980).
Hardback. Spine ends bumped, ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good+ in dustwrapper. 461pp. Order No. NSBK-A12202
Keywords: 0304305561, Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, novels, literature, literary, novelists, fiction, writers, writing, authors
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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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Swindells, Julia, ed.
The Uses Of Autobiography:
(Taylor and Francis, 1995).
Gender and Society: Feminist Perspectives on the Past and Present. Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to front endpapers, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. ix + 227pp. Order No. NSBK-A15614
Keywords: 9780748403653, autobiography, self history, life history, life histories, lives, memoirs, Ruth Symes, Ruth A. Symes, Julia Swindells, women, Africa, USA, Middle East, France, New Zealand, Britain, autobiographers, life writing, Catharine Cappe
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Burton, Anthony.
William Cobbett: Englishman, a Biography
(Aurum Press, 1997).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. xi + 275pp. Order No. NSBK-A13817
Keywords: biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, 1854105167, William Cobbett, Englishman, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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