Burnett, John, ed.
Destiny Obscure: Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family from the 1820s to the 1920s
(Allen Lane, 1982).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, minor marginal pencil annotation, otherwise good+ in browned, slightly edge-worn dustwrapper. 345pp. Order No. NSBK-A7533
Keywords: 9780713912142, autobiography, childhood, education, Victorian, social history, England, Britain, autobiographies, 19th century, nineteenth century, children, family, families, schooling, working class, working classes, working-class, literature, John Burnett
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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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Ward, W. R.
The Early Correspondence of Jabez Bunting, 1820-1829:
(Royal Historical Society, 1972).
Camden Fourth Series, Vol II. Hardback. Covers soiled, otherwise good. 240pp. Order No. NSBK-A12021
Keywords: 0901050091, Jabez Bunting, Wesleyan, Methodism, Methodists, nonconformity, nonconformists, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, letters, epistles, epistolary, Jabez Bunting, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
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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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Melmoth, Jenny.
A Cat in My Lap:
(Alfresco Books, first paperback version, 2004).
Illustrated by Jo Berriman. Paperback. Fine. 172pp. Order No. NSBK-C8373
Keywords: 1873727194, Alfresco Books, Jenny Melmoth, poets, poems, poetry, prose, cat, cats, feline, autobiography, autobiographies, women, women poets, women writers, kittens, Jo Berriman, pets, pet, pet owners, cat owners
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Smith, Anne.
Women Remember: an Oral History
(Routledge, 1989).
Hardback. With newspaper cuttings pasted to endpapers, otherwise very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C4236
Keywords: 0415033306, women, oral history, history, memories, autobiography, autobiographies, memories, memory, life history, life histories, Britain, British, England, English, family, interview, interviews, twentieth century
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Hall, Edith.
Canary Girls and Stockpots:
(WEA, 1977).
Paperback. Covers rubbed / worn, signed by the author. Good+ condition. 55pp. Order No. NSBK-C2796
Keywords: 9780950556307, autobiography, oral history, London, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Sadat, Jehan.
A Woman of Egypt:
(Simon Schuster, 1987).
Hardback. Very good in creased dustwrapper. 478pp. Order No. NSBK-C5430
Keywords: 0671540713, Anwar Sadat, Jehan Sadat, Cairo, Egypt, autobiography, autobiographies, life history, life histories, memoirs, woman writer, women writers, marriage, politics, Gamal Abdel Nasser, President Sadat, feminists, feminism, women's history, Muslim, Islam, Israel, Victory Day
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Constantine, Stephen, ed.
Dominions Diary: The Letters of E. J. Harding, 1913-1916
(Ryburn Publishing, 1992).
Hardback. A slight waviness across tops of pages (the effects of minor damp), otherwise very good. 336pp. Order No. NSBK-A7418
Keywords: 1853310182, E. J. Harding, letters, correspondence, diaries, twentieth century, travel, the British Empire, Imperialism, 20th, Australia, New Zealand, South African, New Foundland, Canada, Canadian, autobiography, autobiographical, life history, life histories, colonies, colonialism, colony
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Burnett, John, ed.
Useful Toil: Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s
(Allen Lane, rpt, 1976).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in slightly soiled and browned dustwrapper. 364pp. Order No. NSBK-A2267
Keywords: 0713906820, working class, autobiography, Britain, British, England, English, history, working classes, autobiographies, men, women, women's, labour, labor, labouring classes, laboring classes, domestic servants, housemaids, domestic service, skilled workers, labour aristocracy, John Burnett
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