Hughes, M.V..
A London Girl of the 1880s:
(OUP, rpt, 1980).
Paperback. Spine creased, sticker mark to front cover, otherwise good. v + 245pp. Order No. NSBK-C367
Keywords: 0192812432, Britain, British, England, English, history, girlhood, autobiography, Victorian, London, woman writer, women writers, memoir, biographies
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Maurice, C. Edmund, ed.
Life of Octavia Hill: as Told in her Letters
(Macmillan, rpt, 1914).
Hardback. Some foxing to early pages, minor yellow highlighting to text, rubbing to edges and spine ends, otherwise a good solid copy. vii + 591pp. Order No. NSBK-C4485
Keywords: B01M9FUK1S, Octavia Hill, biography, biographies, autobiographies, autobiography, letters, housing, Victorian social reformers, reform, philanthropy, town planning, open spaces, settlements, dwellings, poverty, poor, paupers, pauperism, Britain, England, English, British, National Trust, commons, working class, working classes
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Douglass, Frederick.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass:
(Dover, 1995).
Paperback. Very good. xvii + 76pp. Order No. NSBK-A6204
Keywords: 0486284999, Frederick Douglass, autobiography, memoir, Tuckahoe, slave, slavery, United States, USA, history, America, nineteenth century, Maryland, Massachusetts, abolition, women's rights, black rights, anti-slavery, freedom, emancipation, slaves
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Sand, George.
My Life: George Sand
(Harper and Row, 1979).
Translated and Adapted by Dan Hofstadter. Hardback. Very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. viii + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C5967
Keywords: 0060137665, Mme Dudevant, George Sand, women writers, socialism, France, French, history, autobiographies, autobiography, autobiographical, life history, life histories, socialists, socialist, feminist, feminists, feminism
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Baker, Kenneth.
The Turbulent Years: My Life in Politics
(Faber and Faber, 1993).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly worn, slightly creased dw. xiii + 498pp. Order No. NSBK-A6031
Keywords: 0571170773, Kenneth Baker, autobiography, autobiographical, life history, life histories, memoir, politics, political, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, Tory Party, Tories, Conservatives, Margaret Thatcher, Party Chairman, Cabinet, Poll tax, Education, British Telecom, ILEA, GLC
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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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Partington, Jim.
The Two-Up and Two-Downer (With a Taste for Honey): the Crowded Life of a Lancashire Lad
(Fabians Publishers, 1972).
Autobiography. Leftist reminiscences of self-made Lancashire man, born 1908, dedicated to Lord Brockway of ILP. "I attended meetings in Bradford [where] he showed me the Political Path I should follow. Although I have devoted much of my life to the acquisition of material possessions, I have never deviated from his Philosophy". Hardback. Very good in slightly worn and slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A1550
Keywords: B000HBVSLC, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Lancashire, lads, boys, homes, houses, terraces, twentieth century, 20th, Jim Partington, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
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Palmer, George Herbert.
The Life of Alice Freeman Palmer:
(Houghton Mifflin, 1908).
Hardback. Fly leaf and title pages loose, otherwise a good copy in dark green/black leather binding. 354pp. Order No. NSBK-A9929
Keywords: B000JQOUBK, Alice Freeman Palmer, George Herbert Palmer, American, America, USA, United States, twentieth century, women's history, Alicia, Freeman Palmer, Victorian, nineteenth century, New York, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiography, education, educationalists, teaching, teachers, colleges, Wellseley, lives, life histories, life history
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Morley, Ken.
Knowledge is Power: My Life on Coronation Street
(Blake Publishing, 1995).
With Charles Yates. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good+ in dustwrapper. 252pp. Order No. NSBK-A10326
Keywords: 1857821521, Coronation Street, Ken Morley, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, self history, self histories, lives, life history, life histories, TV, television, actors, acting, Coronation Street, Granada, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Watson, Mrs Sydney.
A Village Maiden's Career: Life Story of Mrs Sydney Watson
(S. W. Partridge, second edit. n.d).
Authoress of 'Old Home on the Hill', 'Hubert Grantham's Atonement,' 'Kenneth St Clair,' etc., etc. Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, blue cloth rubbed along edges, gilt titles, pages browned, otherwise a good working copy. 392pp. Order No. NSBK-C7509
Keywords: Mrs Sydney Watson, nineteenth century, 19th, woman writer, women writers, Britain, British, England, English, history, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, life history, life histories, memoirs, novelists, literature, novels, fiction, Wiltshire, religion, religious
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