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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Gash, Norman.
Aristocracy and People: Britain, 1815 - 1865
(Arnold, rpt, 1988).
Paperback. Spine creased, minor pencil annotation, otherwise good+. 376pp. Order No. NSBK-A7498
Keywords: 0713161604, Norman Gash, aristocracy, class, classes, nineteeth century, text books, Victorian, 19th century, history, politics, social change, industry, industrial, constitution, government, Britain, British, England, English
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Kent, Charles.
The Ballad of the Babes in the Wood and all About Them:
(SPCK, 1914).
Illustrated. Hardback. Covers soiled and slightly stained, internally good. 22pp. Order No. NSBK-A10096
Keywords: B000HC1G68, babes in the wood, children's stories, tales, twentieth century, nineteenth century, Victorian, literature, childhood, fiction
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Hollis, Wyndham, ed.
Mr Punch's Progress and Other Observations: A Salute to the Star of the Show by the Punch and Judy College of Professors
(Monkey Puzzle, 1987).
Very scarce. Booklet. Very good. 24pp. Order No. NSBK-F8544
Keywords: B001VIXIHW, Punch and Judy, Punch, Judy, shows, Punch and Judy Shows, Toby, Mr Punch, seaside, entertainment, history, Professor Glyn Edwards, Professor John Styles, Professor Rod Burnett, street entertainment, Professor Caz Frost, Professor Jingles, resorts, show, puppets, puppetry, hand puppets, glove puppets, wooden puppets, wood puppets, Swazzle, showman, humour, children's entertainment, booths, booth, seafront, bottler, British, England, English, Britain, heritage, nostalgia, seaside entertainment, booklet
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Shelley, Mary.
Maurice: or the Fisher's Cot
(Viking, 1998).
Intro. by Claire Tomalin. Hardback. Near fine in dustwrapper. xiv + 152pp. Order No. NSBK-C2308
Keywords: 0670881724, Mary Shelley, Shelley, Fisher's Cot, Maurice, woman writer, women writers, literature, children's writing, Romanticism
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White, Florence, ed.
How to Wash Clothes at Home: Containing Simple and Complete Instructions
(Florence White, 1901).
An advice book, recommending the best methods of carrying out laundry work. A very interesting one of its kind, with illustrations and lots of detail of interest to the social historian. Paperback. Original covers slightly soiled and creased at edges, otherwise good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C15121
Keywords: clothes, clothing, washing clothes, laundry, laundry work, working women, domesticity, antiquarian, social history, ironing, starching, booklets, boiling, advice books, linen, booklet, booklets
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John, Angela V.
Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 1869 - 1955
(MUP, 2009).
Paperback. Fine, as new. xv + 281pp. Order No. NSBK-D14266
Keywords: 9780719080159, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, politics, political, rights, women's rights, women's movement, Votes for Women, woman, women's history, women's studies, women's suffrage, Evelyn Sharp, biography, biographies, children's authors, women writers, Henry W. Nevinson, schoolgirl fiction, Manchester Guardian, Weimar Germany, famine, Soviet Russia, journalists, journalism, Victorian, Edwardian, nineteenth century, 19th, Rebel Women, Angela V. John
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Melmoth, Jenny.
A Cat in My Lap:
(Alfresco Books, first paperback version, 2004).
Illustrated by Jo Berriman. Paperback. Fine. 172pp. Order No. NSBK-C8373
Keywords: 1873727194, Alfresco Books, Jenny Melmoth, poets, poems, poetry, prose, cat, cats, feline, autobiography, autobiographies, women, women poets, women writers, kittens, Jo Berriman, pets, pet, pet owners, cat owners
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Hindley, Charles.
The Book of Ready-Made Speeches:
(George Routledge, rpt, n.d).
Late Victorian. Contains speeches on special subjects including: naval, military, ecclesiastical, parliamentary, sporting, weddings, birthdays, education, fine arts, railway, electioneering. Hardback. Original red boards darkened & spine worn, 3 pages slightly torn, otherwise good though lacking fly leaf. 191pp. Order No. NSBK-A3155
Keywords: Victorian, speeches, speechmaking, railway, education, ecclesiastical, naval, military, leisure and entertainment, birthday, wedding, parliamentary, Britain, England, British, English, history, oration, etiquette, advice books
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Boyd, Carole.
Lynda Snell's Heritage of Ambridge:
(Virgin Publishing, 1997).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C7747
Keywords: 1852276584, The Archers, Ambridge, radio, villages, country, countryside, heritage, Britain, British, England, English, history, Lynda Snell, Borsetshire, guidebooks
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