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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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
Price £6.00.
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Hillocks, Rev J. L.
Life and Struggles:
(John S. Marr, no date).
Edited by Rev. Geo. Gilfillan. Hardback. Lacks fly leaf and title page, red boards darkened, board edges and corners worn, otherwise good. xii + 184pp. Order No. NSBK-A5917
Keywords: B00086WSME, Dundee, Edinburgh, Scotland, Scottish, social history, religion, religious, biographies, biography, education, schools, life struggles, autobiography, autobiographies, Rev. J.L. Hillocks, Scots, Britain, British, Victorian, nineteenth century, philanthropy, philanthropists, self-education, self-help, work ethic, self-taught, self-made man, antiquarian
Price £11.00.
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Maurois, Andre.
Lelia: The Life of George Sand
(Harper and Brothers, 1954).
Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. Hardback. Spine ends and corners rubbed, otherwise good. 482pp. Order No. NSBK-C5975
Keywords: B0000CIJ7Z, Mme Dudevant, George Sand, women writers, socialism, France, French, history, biographies, biography, biographical, life history, life histories, socialists, socialist, feminist, feminists, feminism, Andre Maurois, Aurore Dupin
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Wilbur, Sibyl.
The Life of Mary Baker Eddy:
(The Christian Science Publishing Company, 1941).
Hardback. A very good copy, brown boards with gilt lettering, in torn and worn dustwrapper. xvi + 406pp. Order No. NSBK-C10298
Keywords: B0000E7O0W, Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, American, America, women, woman, women's history, religion, religious, Christians, Christianity, biography, biographical, biographies, lives, life history, life histories
Price £4.00.
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Kingsley, Charles.
Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life
(Macmillan and Co, 1908).
Edited by his Wife. Hardback. Light edge wear, otherwise very good. xv + 364pp. Order No. NSBK-A11306
Keywords: B000HC5HIQ, Charles Kingsley, letters, memories, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, novels, literature, literary, novelists, fiction, writers, writing, authors, children's literature
Price £12.00.
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Hewitt, Patricia.
About Time: Revolution in Work and Family Life
(IPPR, Rivers Oram, 1993).
Paperback. Very good. vii + 183pp. Order No. NSBK-A14945
Keywords: 1854890409, Patricia Hewitt, work, family life, life cycle, families, employment, working women, flexible working hours
Price £8.99.
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Morley, Ken.
Knowledge is Power: My Life on Coronation Street
(Blake Publishing, 1995).
With Charles Yates. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good+ in dustwrapper. 252pp. Order No. NSBK-A10326
Keywords: 1857821521, Coronation Street, Ken Morley, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, self history, self histories, lives, life history, life histories, TV, television, actors, acting, Coronation Street, Granada, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Bertaux, Daniel ed.
Biography and Society: The Life History Approach in the Social Sciences
(Sage Publications, 1981).
Sage Studies in International Sociology, 23. Minor marginal pencil annotation. Hardback. With a newspaper review pasted to front endpapers, otherwise very good and solid in slightly faded / chipped dustwrapper. 309pp. Order No. NSBK-A15971
Keywords: 9780803998001, biography, society, life history, life histories, biographies, Daniel Bertaux, sociology, Quebecois, Poland, psychology, Polish, oral history
Price £65.00.
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Booth, Charles, ed.
Life and Labour of the People of London:
(Macmillan, 1892).
Volume III (3, Three): Blocks of Buildings, Schools and Immigration. Original edition. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps and markings, gilt lettering to spine, good+ condition, firm. 306pp. Order No. NSBK-A16073
Keywords: London, streets, Charles Booth, Charles Booth's London, metropolitan, social history, poverty, poor, class, population, demography, demographic, occupations, working classes, working class, working-class, neighbourhood, Britain, British, England, English, Booths, Booth, social investigations, surveys, urban history, labor, labour, life and labour, towns, town, city, cities, urbanisation, classification, statistical, statistics, school boards, education, housing, neighbours, inhabitants, respectability, blocks, London, antiquarian, buildings, schools, immigration, schooling, Victorian, nineteenth century
Price £42.00.
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