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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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
Price £10.99.
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Seager, Donald.
Glove Puppetry:
(Macmillan, 1950).
Paperback. Covers darkened, otherwise good. 72pp. Order No. NSBK-G5221
Keywords: B0000CHS7U, puppets, puppet, glove puppets, making puppets, making glove puppets, toys, toy, craft, crafts, hobbies, papier mache, puppet theatres, puppet plays, Punch and Judy, children's puppets
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Neale, Douglas.
Guide For Husbands and Wives or A Manual Of Wisdom:
(William Lovett, revised edition, 1938).
Paperback. Very good. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-A13675
Keywords: B00126A4I4, advice books, 1930s, thirties, husbands, wives, marriage, family, sex, birth control, family planning, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, family limitation, mothers, motherhood, maternity, contraception, contraceptives, inter-war, interwar, inter war, confinement, babies, health
Price £13.00.
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Crowther, Robert.
Trains: A Pop-Up Railway Book
(Walker Books, 2006).
Hardback. Very good condition throughout. pp. Order No. NSBK-A16059
Keywords: 9780744596564, trains, pop-up books, pop-up book, history, children, steam trains, railways, steam engines, Robert Crowther
Price £19.95.
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Liddiard, Mabel.
British Red Cross Society: Infant Welfare Manual. No 9
(J. & A. Churchill, third edition, 1933).
Hardback. Some fading and soiling to cloth, otherwise good. viii + 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A7277
Keywords: B000HC1154, health, history, British Red Cross Society, Red Cross, philanthropy, first aid, first-aid, medicine, medical, history, manuals, Britain, British, England, English, childhood, children, child, infants, infant, infant welfare, social welfare, mothers, motherhood, maternity, advice books, ante-natal, feeding children, babies, looking after babies, interwar, inter-war, inter war, baby, breast feeding, breast-feeding, bottle feeding, natural feeding, artifical feeding, teething, family, families
Price £6.00.
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Ottley, Lucy J.
A Preliminary Manual of Home Nursing:
(John Ambulance Association, 1959).
First illustrated edition. Small tear to title page. Paperback. Red / grey covers soiled and a little creased, else a good copy. 83pp. Order No. NSBK-A7269
Keywords: St. John Ambulance Association, first aid, health, social history, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, sickness, injured, injuries, caring for the sick, patients, advice books, nursing, nurses, care, 1950s, post war, post-war, bed-making, patients, diseases, treatments, bandaging
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Peer, Willie Van, ed.
The Taming of the Text: Explorations in Language, Literature and Culture
(Routledge, 1991).
Paperback. Very good. xii + 337pp. Order No. NSBK-A13418
Keywords: 0415060303, text, language, literature, books, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, power, culture
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Jones, Huw.
Population Geography:
(Paul Chapman, 2nd edition, 1990).
Paperback. Very good. vii + 321pp. Order No. NSBK-J13884
Keywords: 1853960713, population, demography, geography, fertility, migration, text books
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Campbell, R. H and Wilson, R. G.
Entrepreneurship in Britain, 1750-1939:
(Adam & Charles Black, 1975).
Documents in Economic History. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, minor pencil annotation not affecting legibility, otherwise very good. 155pp. Order No. NSBK-A10577
Keywords: 0713615249, Britain, British, England, English, history, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, economy, economic, industry, businesses, firms, accounts, wages-books
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Stodart, M.A.
Hints on Reading: Addressed to a Young Lady
(Photocopy only of R.B. Seeley edition, 1839).
Hardback. Library photocopy only, not an original. In slightly marked, good, sturdy, black library binding. viii + 175pp. Order No. NSBK-A14324
Keywords: B0018D1TV2, Victorian, women, A. A. Stodart, 19th century, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, reading habits, manners, reading, education, childhood, girls, advice books
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