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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Burke, Peter.
Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe:
(Scolar Press, revised rpt, 1994).
Paperback. Soiling to page edges, otherwise good. xxvii + 377pp. Order No. NSBK-B4326
Keywords: 1859281028, early modern, Europe, history, popular culture, popular beliefs, broadsides, chap-books, social history, society, carnivals, Peter Burke, mentalities, rituals, social behaviour, rites, cultural
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Coronation Street, Derek Meakin.
The Coronation Street Wedding Souvenir: Elsie Tanner and Sergeant Steve Tanner
(TV Times, 1967).
TV Times Special. 4to. Pictorial Cover. Magazine format. Folded at centre, all edges tatty, internally good. 31pp. Order No. NSBK-Z15450
Keywords: ITV, Coronation Street, souvenirs, 1960s, sixties, television, Elsie Tanner, stored with Darling books
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St John Ambulance Association, .
First Aid: the Authorised Manual of the St. John Ambulance Association
(St. John Ambulance Association, 2nd edition, 3rd impression, 1970).
Card covers. Paperback. Light soiling to front cover, otherwise good+. 272pp. Order No. NSBK-A7293
Keywords: St. John Ambulance Association, first aid, health, social history, twentieth century, ambulances, Britain, British, England, English, sickness, injured, injuries, caring for the sick, patients, advice books, philanthropy, bandages, 1960s, advice books, manuals
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John, Angela V.
Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 1869 - 1955
(MUP, 2009).
Paperback. Fine, as new. xv + 281pp. Order No. NSBK-D14266
Keywords: 9780719080159, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, politics, political, rights, women's rights, women's movement, Votes for Women, woman, women's history, women's studies, women's suffrage, Evelyn Sharp, biography, biographies, children's authors, women writers, Henry W. Nevinson, schoolgirl fiction, Manchester Guardian, Weimar Germany, famine, Soviet Russia, journalists, journalism, Victorian, Edwardian, nineteenth century, 19th, Rebel Women, Angela V. John
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Hindley, Charles.
The Book of Ready-Made Speeches:
(George Routledge, rpt, n.d).
Late Victorian. Contains speeches on special subjects including: naval, military, ecclesiastical, parliamentary, sporting, weddings, birthdays, education, fine arts, railway, electioneering. Hardback. Original red boards darkened & spine worn, 3 pages slightly torn, otherwise good though lacking fly leaf. 191pp. Order No. NSBK-A3155
Keywords: Victorian, speeches, speechmaking, railway, education, ecclesiastical, naval, military, leisure and entertainment, birthday, wedding, parliamentary, Britain, England, British, English, history, oration, etiquette, advice books
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Kelly's Directories Ltd, .
Kelly's Directory of Cumberland: With Coloured Map
(Kelly's Directories Ltd, 1910).
Hardback. Original red cloth faded with some rubbing to edges. Small tear to coloured map, otherwise a very good copy. xvi + 437pp. Order No. NSBK-A10981
Keywords: B000HC1M94, Kelly's Directory, Kelly's Directories, Cumberland, Cumbrian, Cumbria, Lakes, Lake District, reference books, North, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, local history, Carlisle, trades, residents, Penrith, Edwardian, geneaology, family tree, family trees, antiquarian
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Shelley, Mary.
Maurice: or the Fisher's Cot
(Viking, 1998).
Intro. by Claire Tomalin. Hardback. Near fine in dustwrapper. xiv + 152pp. Order No. NSBK-C2308
Keywords: 0670881724, Mary Shelley, Shelley, Fisher's Cot, Maurice, woman writer, women writers, literature, children's writing, Romanticism
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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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Miller, Olive Beaupre.
My Bookhouse: The Latch Key
(The Bookhouse for Children, 1921).
Illustrated. Hardback. Spine sunned and faded, title page coming loose at spine, otherwise good. 320pp. Order No. NSBK-H13773
Keywords: B000TIA4BI, children's book, illustrated, pictures, twentieth century, Olive Beaupre Miller
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