Robbins, Keith.
The Eclipse of a Great Power: Modern Britain, 1870-1975
(Longman, 1983).
Paperback. Very good. xi + 408pp. Order No. NSBK-A9399
Keywords: 0582489725, Britain, British, England, English, nineteenth, twentieth, 19th, 20th, century, EEC, United Kingdom, Empire, imperialism, Commonwealth, democracy, economy, economics, European, Europe
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Webster, Margaret.
The Same Only Different: Five Generations of a Great Theatre Family
(Victor Gollancz, 1969).
Hardback. A little light flecking to cloth and minor edgewear at corners, otherwise very good. xviii + 391 + xivpp. Order No. NSBK-C16090
Keywords: 9780575003880, Websters, theatre, acting, history, stage, Webster family
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Thistlethwaite, William.
Four Lectures on the Rise, Progess and Past Proceedings: of the Society of Friends in Great Britain
(A. W. Bennett, 1865).
With brief historical notices of some preceding and contemporary events. Hardback. Spine and corners ends slightly split, worn, light marking to boards, a small library sticker on spine, otherwise good. vi + 152pp. Order No. NSBK-A6068
Keywords: B000HC4R5U, Society of Friends, Quakers, religion, religious, nonconformity, non-conformity, nonconformism, non-conformism, dissenters, nonconformists, non-conformists, dissent, Victorian, nineteenth century, societies, associations, Quakerism
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Tomalin, Claire.
Mrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King
(Penguin, rpt., 1995).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise very good. xx + 422pp. Order No. NSBK-C10026
Keywords: 0140159231, actresses, actress, actors, drama, theatres, theatrical, Mrs Jordan, women's history, plays, stage, William IV, Dora Jordan, eighteenth, nineteenth, century, courts, royalty, monarchs, monarchy, kings, Britain, British, England, English, biography, biographies, woman, biographical, lives, life history, life histories
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Galbraith, John Kenneth.
The World Economy Since the Wars: A Personal View
(Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994).
Paperback. Light staining to lower corner of pages. xiii + 273pp. Order No. NSBK-A9801
Keywords: 1856194159, John Kenneth Galbraith, Galbraith, economy, economics, wars, world, twentieth century, 20th, history
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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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Hurley, Jennifer A, ed.
Women's Rights: Great Speeches in History
(Greenhaven Press, 2002).
Hardback. Library sticker to front board, a little waviness to later pages caused by damp, otherwise good. 240pp. Order No. NSBK-C15663
Keywords: 9780737707731, women's speeches, feminism, USA, women's rights, suffragettes, human rights, civil rights
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Barron, Hal S.
Mixed Harvest: The Second Great Transformation in the Rural North, 1870-1930
(The University of North Carolina Press, 1997).
Paperback. Very good+. xiv + 301pp. Order No. NSBK-A12559
Keywords: 0807846597, north, farms, farming, farmers, agricultural, land, agrarian, agriculture, country, countryside, rural, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth century, 20th, Industrial Revolution, industrial, industrialisation, industrialization, nineteenth century, industry, work
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Gilbey, Walter.
The Old English War-horse: Or the Great Horse as it Appears, at Intervals, in Contemporary Coins and Pictures During the Centuries of its Development into the Shire-horse. With Notes
(Vinton, 1888).
Two dates in the margins of the book have sadly been crossed out in ink. Text is otherwise not annotated, but there is some light foxing / soiling on some pages, not affecting legibility. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers. Boards darkened / thumbed, with fraying to spine edges. A little cracking internally at spine, else good. 23pp. Order No. NSBK-A14314
Keywords: B000875WPI, horses, shire-horses, shires, war-horses, equestrian, history, rural, Victorian, coins, illustrations, agriculture, antiquarian
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Whyte, Andrew.
Jaguar: The Definitive History of a Great British Car
(Patrick Stephens, 1985).
Foreword by Sir William Lyons. Hardback. Very good in edgeworn dustwrapper. 252pp. Order No. NSBK-H13934
Keywords: 0850597463, Jaguar, cars, vehicles, transport, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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