Carter, Mark Bonham and Pottle, Mark.
Lantern Slides: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter
(Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. xiii + 461pp. Order No. NSBK-C12987
Keywords: 0297816497, Violet Bonham Carter, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, politics, political, politicians, government, letters, diaries, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, diary, epistles, epistolary
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Lane, Ann J., ed.
Mary Ritter Beard: A Sourcebook
(Schocken Books, 1977).
Paperback. Covers slightly soiled, otherwise very good. x + 252pp. Order No. NSBK-C5635
Keywords: 0805205764, Mary Ritter Beard, sourcebook, Ann J. Lane, women, woman, women's history, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, Woman as Force in History, Charles Beard, woman historian, historians, Mothercraft, The Legislative Influence of Unfranchized Women, feminism, feminists, twentieth century, women and politics, suffrage, women's rights, women's movement
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John, Augustus.
Finishing Touches:
(Readers Union, 1966).
With black and white photographs. Edited and introduced by Daniel George. Hardback. Spine ends slightly soiled, otherwise good. 156pp. Order No. NSBK-A12128
Keywords: B0000CMCW9, Augustus John, Finishing Touches, art, artists, painters, paintings, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
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Davis, Edwin Adams and Hogan, William Ransom.
The Barber of Natchez:
(Louisiana UP, 1973).
Paperback. Very good. 278pp. Order No. NSBK-A8204
Keywords: 0807102121, Natchez, barbers, slavery, slaves, free slaves, USA, United States, Black history, negroes, Mississippi, politics, American, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, diaries, diary, letters, biography, biographies, lives, life histories, life history, biographical, business records
Price £5.00.
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Kahn, Albert.
Days with Ulanova:
(Collins, 1962).
With an Introduction by Arnold L. Haskell. Hardback. Large format, good in slightly edge worn dustwrapper. 235pp. Order No. NSBK-C5310
Keywords: B0000CLJYI, Galina Ulanova, ballet, ballerina, prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet, Covent Garden, dancing, dance, dances, dancers, Soviet Union, Russia, biography, biographies, life history, life histories, women's history, Russian
Price £11.45.
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Horne, Alastair.
Macmillan, 1894-1956:
(Macmillan, 1988).
Volume I of the Official Biography. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xix + 537pp. Order No. NSBK-A9363
Keywords: 0333276914, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life histories, politics, political, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, politicians, Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister, Tories, Tory, Conservatives, statesmen, statesman
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Scott, Philippa.
Lucky Me:
(Kenilworth Press, 1990).
Illustrated by more than 90 photographs. The book is an evocation of the early life of Philippa Scott (nee Talbot-Ponsonby's) - her childhood in South Africa, school, climbing holidays, her time in the Land Army in World War II and a spell in Yugoslavia during the Cold War. She married Peter Scott in Reykjavik in 1951. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C5734
Keywords: 1872082114, Lucky Me, Philippa Scott, Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby, Land Army, Peter Scott, South Africa, World War Two, wars, Second World War, World War II, Britain, British, history, england, English, autobiography, autobiographical, memoirs, memoir, autobiographies, life history, life histories, women writers, Severn Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Thjorsaver Expedition, Reykjavik
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Hayman, Ronald, ed.
My Cambridge:
(Robson Books, 1977).
Hardback. Very good in slightly faded dustwrapper. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-A9626
Keywords: 0903895846, biography, biographies, life histories, lives, life history, Cambridge, Oxbridge, university, universities, education, academia, academe, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, Footlights
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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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Hobhouse, Emily.
The Brunt of War and Where it Fell:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2007 facsimile of the 1902 edition).
A facsimile edition of a very scarce book. Complete with a map and all illustrations. Hardback. Good in blue cloth. xvi + 357pp. Order No. NSBK-C13227
Keywords: 0954476131, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs, self history, self histories, women writers, women's writing, woman writer, females, feminine, writers, authors, authoresses, Boer War, Boers, South Africa, Africa, African, wars, South African War, warfare, twentieth century, 20th, century, Emily Hobhouse, camps, war camp, war camps, concentration camps, camp, POW, prisoners of war, enemy, enemies, soldiers, soldier, Cape, Cape Colony, children, child, Chamberlain, homes, housing, deprivation, starvation, Britain, British, England, English, troop, troops, battle, battles, battallions, propaganda, battallion, living conditions, Southern Africa, Southern African, Afrikaan, Afrikaans, Veld, scorched earth policy, charity, philanthropy, Portrayer Publishers
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