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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Fairfield, Helen.
Patchwork: Over 20 New and Original Projects for You to Make
(Octopus, rpt, 1982).
Hardback. Good+, large format. 80pp. Order No. NSBK-G14297
Keywords: 070641344X, sewing, needlework, patchwork, patchwork quilts, technique
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Hawkins, Angus & Powell, John, eds.
The Journal of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley for 1862-1902:
(CUP for Royal Hist. Soc., 1997).
Camden 5th series, vol 9. Hardback. Very good. xxii + 530pp. Order No. NSBK-A1936
Keywords: 0521623286, John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Coates, Ken, et al.
Eleventh Hour for Europe:
(Spokesman, 1981).
Paperback. Very good. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A11172
Keywords: 0851243096, peace, Europe, European, twentieth century, 20th, nuclear war, nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation treaty, Polaris, disarmament
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Turner, Barry.
Equality for Some: The Story of Girls' Education
(Ward Lock Educational, 1974).
Hardback. Ex library with marks left by usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in faded, slightly soiled dustwrapper. 233pp. Order No. NSBK-C3265
Keywords: 070623426X, girl, girls' education, school, schooling, sexual equality, teaching, hockey, girlhood
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Royal College of Nursing, Molly Case.
Album: It May Be for Sometime, it May be Forever
(RCN, 2017).
Poetry anthology inspired by ten nurses who kept scrapbooks during World War I. Paperback. Very good. 48pp. Order No. NSBK-C15688
Keywords: Molly Case, Royal College of Nursing, World War I, First World War, nursing, medicine, nurses, women and work, history, booklets
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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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Eissler, M.
The Cyanide Process for the Extraction of Gold: And Its Practical Application on the Witwatersrand Gold Fields in South Africa
(Crosby Lockwood, 1895).
Hardback. Edges worn, some splitting internally at spine, front and back, otherwise good. 93 + 48 + 16pp. Order No. NSBK-A12665
Keywords: B0008A692U, cyanide, South Africa, Witwatersrand, gold, alchemical, alchemy, golden, extraction, gold mining
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Cupples, Mrs George.
Hugh Wellwood's Success: or, Where There's a Will There's a Way. A Tale for the Young
(T. Nelson, rpt, 1903).
Hardback. Pages browned and a little shakey at spine but holding. Minor wear to spine and corners, otherwise good in original blue and red boards. 72pp. Order No. NSBK-A15125
Keywords: B000S5DJS2, Mrs George Cupples, fiction, Victorian, Edwardian, women writers
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East, Harry.
Cricket is For Fun: A Second Innings from Yorkshire's Golden Age
(Whitethorn Press, 1981).
Paperback. Very good. 81pp. Order No. NSBK-A14561
Keywords: 0950605581, Yorkshire, history, cricket, cricket captains, playing cricket
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