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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Kelly, Alison, ed.
Science for Girls?:
(Open University Press, 1987).
Paperback. With a newspaper article pasted to endpapers, light soiling to covers, otherwise good+. ix + 141pp. Order No. NSBK-A14095
Keywords: gender, education, science, science in education, scientific, technology, schools, training, gender identity, physics, masculinity, femininity, engineering, mathematics, careers
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Floud, Roderick.
An Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Historians:
(Methuen, 2nd edit., rpt, 1983).
Paperback. A little waviness to spine area, otherwise good condition. ix + 237pp. Order No. NSBK-A743
Keywords: 0416716709, quantitative, statistics, historical method, methodology, data, theory
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Reproduction Suffragette Badge, .
Modern Replica Suffragette Badge / Brooch - Clarion Angel: Votes for Women
(Portrayer Publishers, 2014).
High-quality, attractive reproduction suffragette badge / brooch displaying a WSPU insignia - the Clarion 'Angel' with trumpet. Manufactured by Portrayer Publishers. Circular badge: 2.5cm in diameter. Attractive plated, gold-coloured metal with firm safety-pin fitment at the rear for affixing to clothes. Badge displays the classic suffragette colours: purple, white and green. Brand new in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15413
Keywords: clarion angel, Christmas gifts, jewellery, jewelry, woman suffrage, button badge, the pin backs, the pinback, suffragette era, suffragettes, suffragist activity, women, women's history, woman, social history, Britain, British history, England, English history, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, badges, suffragette jewellery, suffragette jewelry, brooch, brooches, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera, pins
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Padgett, Stephen and Burkett, Tony.
Political Parties and Elections in West Germany: The Seach for a New Stability
(C. Hurst and Co, 1986).
Paperback. Sticker mark to front cover, handwritten dedication inside, otherwise very good. xi + 308pp. Order No. NSBK-A11051
Keywords: 0312001002, politics, political, politicians, government, West Germany, German, Europe, European, parties, elections
Price £14.00.
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Herman, G. Ernest.
Difficult Labour: A Guide to its Management for Students and Practitioners
(Cassell, new and enlarged edition, 1910).
New and Enlarged Edition, With Added Chapters on Retroversion of the Gravid Uterus and Puerperal Eclampsia. With 180 illustrations. Paperback. A rather shakey ex-library copy. Binding loose (needs rebinding), lacks original cover, (has library jacket). A working copy only. 547pp. Order No. NSBK-C13896
Keywords: B00087WBKW, labour, history of childbirth, having a baby, Edwardian, women's history, maternity, motherhood, medical, medicine, labor, uterus, uterine, gynaecology, obstetrics, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Hughes, G. Bernard.
Horse Brasses: and Other Small Items for the Collector
(Country Life, 1956).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, otherwise good in rather torn, soiled, chipped dustwrapper. 104pp. Order No. NSBK-A15065
Keywords: B0000CJI1W, horses, horse, brasses, brass, history, horse brasses, equine, equestrian, collecting horse brasses, snuff-boxes
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Elston, Frank.
Organized Games: For the School, The Hall, or the Playground
(E.J. Arnold, ?).
Hardback. Wax mark and soiling to boards, internally good. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A12303
Keywords: B0008BXJX6, leisure, entertainment, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, wheelbarrows, steeplechase, leap frpg, teams, jumping, children, kids
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Neale, Douglas.
Guide For Husbands and Wives or A Manual Of Wisdom:
(William Lovett, revised edition, 1938).
Paperback. Very good. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-A13675
Keywords: B00126A4I4, advice books, 1930s, thirties, husbands, wives, marriage, family, sex, birth control, family planning, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, family limitation, mothers, motherhood, maternity, contraception, contraceptives, inter-war, interwar, inter war, confinement, babies, health
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Plowden, Alison.
The Case of Eliza Armstrong: "a Child of 13 Bought for £5"
(BBC, 1974).
Hardback. Good+ in slightly browned, slightly edgeworn, slightly torn dustwrapper, with a newspaper review pasted to front endpaper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-C1033
Keywords: 9780563108733 prostitution, children child abuse, Victorian, white slave trade, prostitutes, BBC, nineteenth century, crime, women, history, prostitute, vice-trade, vice trade, vice, 19th century, child prostitute
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