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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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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Beer, Gillian, ed.
Charles Darwin and T. H. Huxley: Autobiographies
(OUP, 1983).
Paperback. Corners slightly worn, otherwise good+. xxvi + 123pp. Order No. NSBK-A10148
Keywords: 0192851314, Charles Darwin, Gillian Beer, autobiography, autobiographies, Victorians, nineteenth century, lives, life history, life histories, science, history of science. T. H. Huxley, memoirs
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Reynolds, M. E.
Memories of John Galsworthy:
(Robert Hale, 1936).
By his sister. Hardback. Very good in slightly torn, rubbed and browned dustwrapper. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A10299
Keywords: B000I83NSU, John Galsworthy, biography, biographies, lives, life histories, life history, writers, literature, authors, fiction, novels, Forsyte Saga, M. E, Reynolds
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Owen, John.
L. T. Hobhouse: Sociologist
(Nelson, 1974).
Hardback. Very good in slightly torn, slightly faded dustwrapper. xiii + 225pp. Order No. NSBK-A9739
Keywords: 0177110805, sociology, sociologists, L. T. Hobhouse, Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse, nineteenth century, Victorian, 19th, biography, biographical, biographies, lives, life-histories, life, Martin White Professor of Sociology
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Wiener, Joel.
William Lovett:
(MUP, 1989).
Lives of the Left. Paperback. Some annotation in pen not affecting legibility, otherwise good. vi + 152pp. Order No. NSBK-A12784
Keywords: 0719021731, William Lovett, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Chartism, Chartists, politics, political, politicians, government
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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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Donaldson, Frances.
Freddy Lonsdale:
(William Heinemann, 1957).
Hardback. Covers soiled and spine ends bumped. xlv+ 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A11959
Keywords: B0006DAJK2, Freddy Lonsdale, theatres, stage, plays, drama, literature, literary, actors, actresses, playwrights, writers, dramatic, theatrical, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history
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Rich, Doris L.
Amelia Earhart: A Biography
(Smithsonian Institution, 1989).
Paperback. Very good. xiii + 322pp. Order No. NSBK-C8308
Keywords: 1560987251, biography, biographies, life history, life histories, lives, biographical, Amelia Earhart, aviation, aviators, heroines, American America, USA, United States, women, woman, women's history
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Nolan, Christopher.
Under the Eye of the Clock:
(Weidenfield and Nicholson, 1987).
Preface by John Carey. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 163pp. Order No. NSBK-A5070
Keywords: 0297790927, autobiography, autobiographies, life history, life histories, Christopher Nolan spastic, Dam-Burst of Dreams, brain damage
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