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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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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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Black, George F.
A Gypsy Bibliography:
(Privately Printed, Provisional Issue, 1909).
Printed Privately for the Members of the Gypsy Lore Society, 6 Hope Place, Liverpool, by T. & A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press. Card covers. Ex library in tweed-effect library card covers. Usual library stamps / markings, with some taped repair work to inner hinges. Title page torn, otherwise good. 139pp. Order No. NSBK-A8467
Keywords: B00178HJBM, gypsy, gypsies, romany, romanies, bibliography, books, history, literature, travelling people, ethnography, Gypsy Lore Society, gipsy, gipsies, reference, travellers, travelers
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Lane, Margaret.
The Tale of Beatrix Potter:
(Penguin, rpt., 1962).
Paperback. Covers slightly browned, small tear at base of front cover, otherwise good. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-C5879
Keywords: B0000CLKPW, Beatrix Potter, women writers, woman writer, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Lake District, Cumbria, children's books, children's writing, children, animals, history, Britain, British, England, English, literature, literary, biography, biographical, biographies, life history, life histories, Margaret Lane, unitarianism, Unitarians, The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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Campbell, Rod.
Henry's Ball:
(Campbell Books, 1994).
Hardback. Good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A14254
Keywords: 185292196X, children's books, dogs, dog, Henry
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Lingard, Horace.
Hints and Ideas of a Practical Man for Unpractical People:
(Horace Lingard, privately printed, no date).
A booklet about plain and high class decorative painting for the home. Booklet. Red covers slightly darkened with a small mark to rear, otherwise good. 16pp. Order No. NSBK-A16032
Keywords: booklets, booklet, decoration, home decorating, painting and decorating, advice, palette, furniture, sign-writing, art, interior design, decor, history
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Stroud, Marion P.
Rainbow's End:
(Victory Press, 1st edition, 1971).
Hardback. Spine ends slightly bumped. Original pictorial boards. Very good, in edge worn, slightly chipped original pictorial dustwrapper. 152pp. Order No. NSBK-A13949
Keywords: 085476108X, children's books, first editions, 1st editions, child, riding, horses, riding stories, ponies, riding schools, girls' stories, Victory Press, girlhood, collectible editions
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Jong, Erica.
Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones
(The Leisure Circle Ltd, rpt., 1980).
In three books. Comprising her life at Lymeworth, her initiation as a Witch, her travels with the Merry Men, Her Life in a Brothel, Her London High Life, Her Slaving Voyage, Her life as a Female Pyrate, Her Eventual Unravelling of her Destiny, et cetera, MDCCLI. Hardback. Covers slightly soiled, otherwise good+496. 496pp. Order No. NSBK-C9910
Keywords: Fanny Hackabout-Jones, Erica Jong, women's history, women's studies, history, woman, women, Lymeworth, fiction, novels, novelists, books, women's writing, women writers, woman writer
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Young, Pat.
Mastering Social Welfare:
(Macmillan, 1987).
Paperback. Minor highlighting to text, otherwise good. xi + 295pp. Order No. NSBK-A5695
Keywords: 0333363736, social welfare, British, Britain, England, English, family, marriage, divorce, family, single parent, welfare state, race, racism, social security, dole, unemployment, employment, government, policies, twentieth century, sociology, text books
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Peyton, K. M.
The Team:
(Red Fox, new Beaver edition, 1982).
Paperback. Some light wear to edges, otherwise good+. 204pp. Order No. NSBK-K14258
Keywords: 0099276801, children's books, horse, horses, K. M. Peyton, pony, ponies, riding
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