Symes, Ruth A.
It Runs in the Family:
(The History Press, 2013).
In the quest to uncover our family history, we turn to written records, the family album and even heirlooms. However, they can often be difficult to interpret and sometimes pose more questions than they answer: Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Why did great-grandfather wear a beard while his sons were clean-shaven? Why is my great-grandmother holding flowers in this photograph? Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography, art and fashion, and using examples from the lowly as well as the famous, Ruth Symes explores many aspects of ordinary life in the past - from the state of the nation's teeth, to the legal and economic connotations of wearing a wedding ring and even the business of keeping a dog. This fascinating volume aims to help family historians get to know their elusive ancestors by deciphering the wealth of personal and historical clues contained in photographs, documents and artefacts. Paperback. New book, fine. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-D15428
Keywords: 9780752497020, family history, family, families, Ruth Symes, genealogy, geneaolgical, social history, evidence, sources, research, women, old photographs, photography
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HMSO, .
Suggestions for the Guidance of the Clergy: Relative to the Duties Imposed Upon Them By the Marriage and Registration Acts
(HMSO, 1901).
Hardback. Spine worn, embossed, decorated boards with gilt lettering, very good. 33pp. Order No. NSBK-A5101
Keywords: B000HC0T7U, marriage, social history, marriages, weddings, wedding, Britain, British, England, English, Edwardian, Victorian, marriage ceremonies, marriage rites, marriage rituals, registration, registrars, clergy, religion, religious, banns, licence, baptism, civil registration, burial, burials, registering, registering birth, marriage and death, law, legal, booklet
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Heriot, Angus.
The Castrati in Opera:
(Secker and Warburg, 1956).
Hardback. Frontispiece loose, ex library but in good condition. Dustwrapper soiled and torn / chipped. 243pp. Order No. NSBK-A15792
Keywords: history, opera, entertainment, castrati, theatre, threatrical
Price £18.00.
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Howard, Ann.
Where Do We Go From Here?: Compelling Post-war Experiences of Australian Ex-Servicewomen, 1945-1948
(Tarka Publishing, 1994).
Paperback. Fine. x + 171pp. Order No. NSBK-C8312
Keywords: 0646021389, Australian, Australia, servicewomen, women, women and work, women's work, Second World War, wars, World War 2, Two, II, Australasian, oral, history, twentieth, century, 20th, females, WAAF
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Thwaite, Ann.
Emily Tennyson: The Poet's Wife
(Faber & Faber, 1996).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. xix + 716pp. Order No. NSBK-C2502
Keywords: 0571165540, Emily Tennyson, Tennyson, poet, poetry, poem, women's history, Victorian, nineteenth cnetury, poets, British, Britain, England, English
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Hyde, H. Montgomery.
A Victorian Historian: Private Letters Of W.E.H. Lecky, 1859 - 1878
(Home and Van Thal, 1947).
Hardback. Some soiling to red binding, otherwise good. 90pp. Order No. NSBK-A14878
Keywords: B000H3S1RO, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, letters, W. E. H. Lecky, historians
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Homans, Hilary, ed.
The Sexual Politics of Reproduction:
(Gower, 1985).
Paperback. Spine faded, newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise good. viii + 198pp. Order No. NSBK-C11810
Keywords: 0566050544, sexual, reproduction, contraception, birth control, having children, women's health, pregnancy, sociology, motherhood, men, fatherhood, abortion
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Pugh, Martin.
State and Society: British Political and Social History, 1870-1992
(Edward Arnold, 1994).
Paperback. Minor pencil annotation. With newspaper cuttings pasted to front endpapers, otherwise very good. viii + 352pp. Order No. NSBK-A8680
Keywords: 9780340507100, Britain, British, England, English, history, state, industrial decline, social conditions, social welfare, 19th century, nineteenth century, Victorian, twentieth century, 20th century, society, politics, political
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Greenwood, Frank.
Manchester: Drawings and Etchings from the Collection in the Manchester Central Library
(Manchester Cultural Committee, 1972).
With a Memoir by Sidney Horrocks. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise very good+. pp. Order No. NSBK-A11124
Keywords: 0901315176, Manchester, drawings, etchings, pictures, images, illustrations, cities, city, urban, North-West, North West, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Frank Greenwood, Sidney Horrocks, Frank Lovel Trafford Hamer Greenwood, etchers, sketchers art, artists
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Evans, George Ewart.
Spoken History:
(Faber & Faber, 1987).
Hardback. Good in slightly soiled, slightly yellowed dustwrapper. xv + 255pp. Order No. NSBK-A9538
Keywords: 0571149820, spoken history, oral history, George Ewart Evans, Britain, British, England, English, Ireland, Wales, methods, methodology
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