Gyford, C. Barrington.
The Skipper Ashore: Being Some More Letters from the Skipper of a Tramp Steamer, about his Experiences Ashore in Various Parts of the World. With Photographs Sent by the Writer
(Isaac Pitman, 1938).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, boards worn especially at edges, some soiling to page edges, otherwise a good solid copy. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A14089
Keywords: B0014IF138, maritime, travel, ships, boats, skippers, history, C. Barrington Gyford, letters, correspondence, Europe, East, Arabia, Middle East, Sudan, steamers, photographs, sea travel, adventure, seas, inter-war, inter war
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Place, Francis.
Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population: Including an Examination of the Proposed Remedies of Mr Malthus, and a Reply to the Objections of Mr Godwin. Together with Unpublished Letters of Place on Birth Control & Coleridge's Criticisms of Malthus's Views on Birth Control
(G.A. & Unwin, rpt, 1967).
Notes by Norman E. Himes. Hardback. Front cover board slightly blotched, but generally very good. 63 + xv + 354pp. Order No. NSBK-A168
Keywords: 0043120059, population, Francis Place, Mathus, Malthusian, Godwin, birth control, contraception, family planning, Britain, British, England, English, history, mortality, fertility, sexuality, sex, procreation, Coleridge, Malthusian, economic history, economics, , Sweden, Scandinavia, immigration, immigrants, immigrant, parliamentary returns, breeding, emigration, migrants, emigrant's emigrants' immigrants' immigrant's
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Lazreg, Marnia.
Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women
(Princeton UP, 2009).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 156pp. Order No. NSBK-C15690
Keywords: 9780691138183, muslim, islam, women, the veil
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Ouvry, Elinor Southwood.
Extracts from Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1864 - 1911:
(Adelphi Book Shop, London, 1933).
Foreword by Neville Chamberlain. Card covers. Spine darkened, edges of covers slightly chipped / slightly curled, some chipping to spine, internally very good. iii + 64pp. Order No. NSBK-C4295
Keywords: B001QVTYT0, open spaces, housing, housing management, house, houses, Octavia Hill, London, philanthropy, women, woman, philanthropist, philanthropists, town planning, social history, welfare, towns, city, cities, fellow workers, fellow-workers, housing reformers, housing reformer, slum, slums, property, poor, poverty, nineteenth century, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century
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Goldie, Sue M.
Florence Nightingale: Letters from the Crimea, 1854 - 1856
(Mandolin, 1997).
Paperback. Light soiling to page edges otherwise good, light soiling to rear, otherwise very good. xi + 326pp. Order No. NSBK-C2565
Keywords: 190134102X, Crimean War, nurses, nursing, Florence Nightingale, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, nineteenth century, nurse, medical, medicine, health
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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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Cobbett, William.
Advice to Young Men: and (incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters Addressed to a Youth, A Bachelor, A Lover, A Husband, A Father, A Citizen, or a Subject
(Ward, Lock and Co, ?).
With notes and a life of the author. Hardback. Red decorated boards worn and spine ends torn, internally good. xiii + 232pp. Order No. NSBK-A13089
Keywords: William Cobbett, advice, men, males, masculinity, boys, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
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Lovett, Richard.
James Chalmers: His Autobiography and Letters
(The Religious Tract Society, fourth edit., 1903).
With two maps and eight portraits and illustrations. Hardback. Edges slightly worn, corners and spine ends bent, small splash on front board, otherwise good. 511pp. Order No. NSBK-A5754
Keywords: B00087LEZ0, James Chalmers, autobiography, autobiographies, life history, life histories, autobiographical, Richard Lovett, Christian, Christianity, religion, religious, missionary, missionaries, missions, Rarotonga, New Guinea, Hervey Group, Suau, Namau, London Missionary Society, cannibals, canniblism, Motumoto, Dopima, the Fly River, Victorian, nineteenth century
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Johnston, Judith.
Anna Jameson: Victorian, Feminist, Woman of Letters
(Scolar Press, 1997).
Hardback. Minor pencil annotation, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. xiv + 264pp. Order No. NSBK-C15707
Keywords: 9781859283790, Anna Jameson, women writers, Victorian, non-fiction, biography
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Heydon, Peter N., & Kelley Philip, eds.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Letters to Mrs David Ogilvy, 1849-1861: With Recollections by Mrs Ogilvy
(Quadrangle, 1973).
Hardback. Very good in sl worn dustwrapper. xxxv + 220pp. Order No. NSBK-C2124
Keywords: 0812902874, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Mrs Oglivy, poet, Victorian, poetry, woman writer, women writers, women's history, literature, correspondence, poets, British, Britain
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