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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Carlton, Grace.
Spade-Work: the Story of Thomas Greenwood
(Hutchinson & Co, 1949).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Very good in soiled, edge-worn, chipped dustwrapper. 176pp. Order No. NSBK-A14437
Keywords: B0000CHBRK, public libraries, library, Thomas Greenwood, Library Movement, librarians, history, books, biography, biographies, free libraries, Library Association, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, nineteenth century
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Kelly's Directories Ltd, .
Kelly's Directory of Cumberland: With Coloured Map
(Kelly's Directories Ltd, 1910).
Hardback. Original red cloth faded with some rubbing to edges. Small tear to coloured map, otherwise a very good copy. xvi + 437pp. Order No. NSBK-A10981
Keywords: B000HC1M94, Kelly's Directory, Kelly's Directories, Cumberland, Cumbrian, Cumbria, Lakes, Lake District, reference books, North, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, local history, Carlisle, trades, residents, Penrith, Edwardian, geneaology, family tree, family trees, antiquarian
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Burke, Peter.
Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe:
(Scolar Press, revised rpt, 1994).
Paperback. Soiling to page edges, otherwise good. xxvii + 377pp. Order No. NSBK-B4326
Keywords: 1859281028, early modern, Europe, history, popular culture, popular beliefs, broadsides, chap-books, social history, society, carnivals, Peter Burke, mentalities, rituals, social behaviour, rites, cultural
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Taylor, Jane and Ann.
Little Ann and Other Poems: Illustrated by Kate Greenaway
(Frederick Warne, 1917).
With beautiful Greenaway illustrations. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps & markings. Cover boards browned with some staining and soiling, corners worn, but internally good. Boards are original, illustrated ones. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-K14291
Keywords: B000UYPTGQ, children's books, education, childhood, history, Kate Greenaway's illustrations, Kate Greenaway, child, villages, Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor
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Peyton, K. M.
Prove Yourself a Hero:
(Puffin Plus, reissue, 1982).
Paperback. Owner bookplate. Light discolouration to covers, otherwise very good. 173pp. Order No. NSBK-K14339
Keywords: 0140312978, K. M. Peyton's books, children's books, stories, childhood, novels
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Welle-Strand, Erling.
Motoring in Norway: the Motorist's Ideal Holiday Guide
(Norway Travel Association, 1967).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. 127pp. Order No. NSBK-A14130
Keywords: B0006C73TI, Norway, cars, car, motors, motoring, Norwegian, history, 1960s, sixties, travel, roads, travel guides, advice
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Hayle, Felicity.
Our Brother Nick and the Tolling Bell:
(Sampson Low, 1958).
With black and white etchings. Original dustwrapper present though it's slightly soiled, faded at spine and a little torn / worn at edges. Hardback. Ex library with markings left by usual library stamps & stickers. Creasing to front board, edges browned & some splitting internally at spine. A good working copy. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A13982
Keywords: B0000CK65M, children's books, child, children, Felicity Hayle, Our Brother Nick books, fiction, post-war
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Campbell, Rod.
Henry's Ball:
(Campbell Books, 1994).
Hardback. Good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A14254
Keywords: 185292196X, children's books, dogs, dog, Henry
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Yonge, Charlotte.
The Prince and the Page: A Story of the Last Crusade
(Macmillan and Co, 1908).
Hardback. Red boards slightly soiled; corners worn and spine faded; slightly splitting internally at spine, otherwise good. x + 259pp. Order No. NSBK-C6066
Keywords: B000HC4R5K, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Charlotte M. Yonge, writing for children, children's books, child, women writers, women's history, Victorian, Edwardian, prince, page, literature, literary, story, stories, novels, novelists, fiction, crusade
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