Barker, Nicholas.
Stanley Morison:
(Macmillan, 1972).
Hardback. Boards slightly soiled and worn, otherwise good. 566pp. Order No. NSBK-A12279
Keywords: 9780333131367, Stanley Morison, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, typography, typographical, monotype, Cambridge Univresity Press, The Times, men
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Partington, Jim.
The Two-Up and Two-Downer (With a Taste for Honey): the Crowded Life of a Lancashire Lad
(Fabians Publishers, 1972).
Autobiography. Leftist reminiscences of self-made Lancashire man, born 1908, dedicated to Lord Brockway of ILP. "I attended meetings in Bradford [where] he showed me the Political Path I should follow. Although I have devoted much of my life to the acquisition of material possessions, I have never deviated from his Philosophy". Hardback. Very good in slightly worn and slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A1550
Keywords: B000HBVSLC, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Lancashire, lads, boys, homes, houses, terraces, twentieth century, 20th, Jim Partington, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
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Butler, Josephine E.
Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2002 facsimile reprint of 1910 edition).
A well-presented facsimile of a hitherto scarce title. Paperback. New book, fine. 268pp. Order No. NSBK-C581
Keywords: 0954263219, Josephine E. Butler, education, social history, women, women's history, Victorian, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, equality, gender roles, working women, women workers, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade, prostitution, prostitutes, State Regulation of Vice, Contagious Diseases Act, social purity, Liverpool, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical
Price £20.90.
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Mitchison, Naomi.
All Change Here: Girlhood and Marriage
(Bodley Head, 1975).
The 2nd part of her autobiography. HB. Ex lib, good in sl soiled dw with newspapers pasted in at end. 159pp. Order No. NSBK-C716
Keywords: 0370104854, Naomi Mitchison, girlhood, marriage, autobiography, autobiographical, twentieth century,
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Webb, Beatrice.
Beatrice Webb's Diaries, 1912-1924:
(Longmans, Green and Co, 1952).
Edited by Margaret L. Cole. With an introduction by Lord Beveridge. Hardback. Spine ends bumped, covers slightly worn, otherwise good in chipped, torn and worn dustwrapper. xxvi + 272pp. Order No. NSBK-C11987
Keywords: B0000CI9IH, Beatrice Webb, The Webbs, Sidney Webb, philanthropy, philanthropists, twentieth century, left- wing, socialism, socialists, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender
Price £16.00.
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Watson, Mrs Sydney.
A Village Maiden's Career: Life Story of Mrs Sydney Watson
(S. W. Partridge, second edit. n.d).
Authoress of 'Old Home on the Hill', 'Hubert Grantham's Atonement,' 'Kenneth St Clair,' etc., etc. Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, blue cloth rubbed along edges, gilt titles, pages browned, otherwise a good working copy. 392pp. Order No. NSBK-C7509
Keywords: Mrs Sydney Watson, nineteenth century, 19th, woman writer, women writers, Britain, British, England, English, history, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, life history, life histories, memoirs, novelists, literature, novels, fiction, Wiltshire, religion, religious
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Lovett, Richard.
James Chalmers: His Autobiography and Letters
(The Religious Tract Society, fourth edit., 1903).
With two maps and eight portraits and illustrations. Hardback. Edges slightly worn, corners and spine ends bent, small splash on front board, otherwise good. 511pp. Order No. NSBK-A5754
Keywords: B00087LEZ0, James Chalmers, autobiography, autobiographies, life history, life histories, autobiographical, Richard Lovett, Christian, Christianity, religion, religious, missionary, missionaries, missions, Rarotonga, New Guinea, Hervey Group, Suau, Namau, London Missionary Society, cannibals, canniblism, Motumoto, Dopima, the Fly River, Victorian, nineteenth century
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Cookson, Catherine.
My Land of the North: Memories of a Northern Childhood
(Headline, 1999).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-C10761
Keywords: 0747274444, Catherine Cookson, North-East, women, woman, women writers, women's writing, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, North, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, East Jarrow, Jarrow, South Shields
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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
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Williams, James.
Give me Yesterday:
(Gwas Gomer, 1971).
Hardback. Very good. 154pp. Order No. NSBK-A5737
Keywords: 0850881250, James Williams, Wales, Welsh, history, Britain, British, autobiography, autobiographical, life history, life histories, memoirs, Baptists, Penybryn, twentieth century
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