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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Hillocks, Rev J. L.
Life and Struggles:
(John S. Marr, no date).
Edited by Rev. Geo. Gilfillan. Hardback. Lacks fly leaf and title page, red boards darkened, board edges and corners worn, otherwise good. xii + 184pp. Order No. NSBK-A5917
Keywords: B00086WSME, Dundee, Edinburgh, Scotland, Scottish, social history, religion, religious, biographies, biography, education, schools, life struggles, autobiography, autobiographies, Rev. J.L. Hillocks, Scots, Britain, British, Victorian, nineteenth century, philanthropy, philanthropists, self-education, self-help, work ethic, self-taught, self-made man, antiquarian
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Cole, G.D.H.
The Life of William Cobbett:
(Home and Van Thal, 1947).
Hardback. Spine ends bumped, otherwise good in torn, worn dustwrapper. xii + 455pp. Order No. NSBK-A10331
Keywords: William Cobbett, biography, biographies, life history, life histories, lives, writers, eighteenth century, nineteenth century, history
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McDougall, Linda.
Cherie: The Perfect Life of Mrs Blair
(Politico's, 2001).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. xii + 223pp. Order No. NSBK-C11225
Keywords: 1902301870, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, women's work, women and work, politics, political, politicians, government, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history
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Westall, Oliver, ed.
Innovation and Labour During British Industrialisation: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Harry Dutton, 1947-1984
(Huntington Publishers, 1985).
Hardback. Covers rubbed, otherwise good+. 92pp. Order No. NSBK-A11979
Keywords: 0906389097, Harry Dutton, Industrial Revolution, industrial, industrialisation, industrialization, nineteenth century, eighteenth century, industry, work, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, twentieth century, 20th, patents, food riots
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Dunn, Henry Treffry.
Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his Circle: Cheyne Walk Life
(Elkin Mathews, 1904).
Edited and Annotated by Gale Pedrick. Illustrated. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, red library binding darkened, with a little wear to edges, otherwise a good copy. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-A14280
Keywords: B000Z6EQTK, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Cheyne Walk Life, literature, literary, history, mesmerism, poetry, poets, 19th century, nineteenth century, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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Dale, A.W.W.
The Life of R.W. Dale of Birmingham:
(Hodder & Stoughton, rpt., 1902).
With portrait. Hardback. Spine ends frayed, red boards a little darkened/marked, otherwise good. x + 771pp. Order No. NSBK-A1779
Keywords: B0006DFVM8, biography, biographies, biographical, fathers, sons, nineteenth century, 19th, lives, life histories, life history, Birmingham, Midlands, R. W. Dale, theology, theologian, religion, religious, nonconformity, non-conformity, nonconformists, education, Australia, schools, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, Robert Dale
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Vining, Elizabeth Gray.
Flora MacDonald: Her Life in the Highlands and in America
(Geoffrey Bles, 1967).
Hardback. Very good. xv + 173pp. Order No. NSBK-C13834
Keywords: 0713801840, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Flora Macdonald, SCotswomen, Scotswoman, Scotch, Scots, Scotland, The Highlands, Bonnie Prince Charlie, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history
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Allen, Rick.
The Moving Pageant: Literary Sourcebook on London Street Life, 1700 - 1914
(Routledge, 1998).
Hardback. Very good. xiv + 249pp. Order No. NSBK-A13392
Keywords: 0415153077, London, 19th century, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, street life, streets, urban, 18th century, eighteenth century, poverty, novels, literature, literary, history, street-ballads, metropolis, Rick Allen
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Muggeridge, Kitty and Adam, Ruth.
Beatrice Webb: A Life, 1858-1943
(Academy Chicago, rpt, 1983).
Paperback. Marginal ink notation (very marginal), otherwise good. 271 + vipp. Order No. NSBK-C5304
Keywords: 0897330889, Beatrice Webb, Webb, Webbs, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, women's history, Fabian society, left, Sudney Webb, London School of Economics, The New Statesman, social reform, Modern Welfare State, journals, diary, diaries, socialists, socialism, Stalin, Russia, women's movement, feminism, feminist, Herbert Spencer, Balfour, Haldane, G. B. Shaw
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