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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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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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Coates, Ken and Topham, Anthony.
Industrial Democracy in Great Britain: A Book of Readings and Witnesses for Workers Control
(Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, 1968).
Hardback. Good+ in chipped dustwrapper. ix + 161pp. Order No. NSBK-A12551
Keywords: 0901740888, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, reading, witmeses, unions, trade unions, trade unionism, trade unionists, collective action, work, workers, sex discrimination, labour market, employers, employment, employees, twentieth century, 20th
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Glyn, Andrew and Miliband, David, eds.
Paying For Inequality: The Economic Cost of Social Injustice
(IPPR/Rivers Oram Press, 1994).
Paperback. Very good. xiii +248pp. Order No. NSBK-A15502
Keywords: 185489059X, economics, economic, inequality, poverty, poor, Labour, politics, Britain, British, history, twentieth century
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Morley, Louise and Walsh, Val, eds.
Feminist Academics: Creative Agents for Change
(Taylor and Francis, 1995).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. vi + 203pp. Order No. NSBK-C9106
Keywords: 0748402993, women, woman, female, academe, academia, universities, higher education, university, degrees, graduates, academy, teachers, gender, feminists, feminism
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Anon, .
Enumeration and Parish Registers, 1811: Abstract of the Answers and Returns made Pursuant to an Act, Passed in the Fifty-first Year of His Majesty King George III. An Act for Taking Into Account of the Population of Great Britain, and of the Increase or Diminution Thereof
(House of Commons, 1812).
Preliminary Observations, Enumeration Abstract, Parish-Register Abstract. Hardback. Outsized book, front and back boards loose / detached and rather worn / battered (poor), lacking spine cover. A few rear pages loose also. A good working copy. xxxi + 511 + 148pp. Order No. NSBK-A11784
Keywords: B000HC1RTE, enumeration, parish registers, population, demography, demographic, people, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, nineteenth century, census, head count, parish register, legal, laws, census, 1811, Georgian
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Macmillan, Hugh.
Roman Mosaics or Studies in Rome and its Neighbourhood:
(Macmillan, 1892).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library markings. Blue boards soiled / darkened with some wear to corners, and spine ends. Otherwise, a good solid copy. xv + 397pp. Order No. NSBK-A14440
Keywords: B002FZXMUI, ancient, Rome, Roman, mosaics, history, Egyptian, marbles, ancient world, Vatican
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Duggan, Joseph J.
A Guide to Studies on the Chanson du Roland:
(Grant and Cutler, 1976).
Paperback. Very good+. 133pp. Order No. NSBK-A12872
Keywords: 072930017X, Chanson du Roland, mediaeval, medieval, Middle Ages, literature, literary, poems, poets, poetry
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Coates, Ken and Topham, Anthony.
Industrial Democracy in Great Britain: A Book of Readings and Witnesses for Workers' Control
(Macgibbon and Kee, 1968).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly worn, slightly marked dustwrapper. xxxvi + 431pp. Order No. NSBK-A14555
Keywords: 0901740888, labour, labor, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, trade unionism, industrial democracy, industrialisation, working classes, trade disputes, wages, pay, Labour Party, shop stewards
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HMSO, .
Suggestions for the Guidance of the Clergy: Relative to the Duties Imposed Upon Them By the Marriage and Registration Acts
(HMSO, 1901).
Booklet. Spine damaged to reveal binding, boards darkened, embossed, decorated boards with gilt lettering, a good working copy only. 33pp. Order No. NSBK-A5101
Keywords: B000HC0T7U, stored with booklets, marriage, social history, marriages, weddings, wedding, Britain, British, England, English, Edwardian, Victorian, marriage ceremonies, marriage rites, marriage rituals, registration, registrars, clergy, religion, religious, banns, licence, baptism, civil registration, burial, burials, registering, registering birth, marriage and death, law, legal, booklet
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