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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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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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Butler, W. C.
The Modern Practical Confectioner: A Boon to the Trade for the Master, Improver, Apprentice and the Trade Generally
(Abel Heywood/Simpkin Marshall, 1890).
Hardback. Boards worn and stained, internally good. vi + 87pp. Order No. NSBK-A12673
Keywords: B0008AO6AC, cakes, confectionary, foods, eating, bakers, bakery, apprentices, trades, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Harrop, Sylvia.
The Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Crosby: One Hundred Years of Achievement, 1888-1988
(Liverpool UP, 1988).
Hardback. With newspaper article pasted to fly leaf, slight scratching to dustwrapper, otherwise good. 221pp. Order No. NSBK-C12936
Keywords: 0853230560, girls' schools, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Liverpool, Crosby, Merchant Taylors' School, centenary, 100 Years
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Herman, G. Ernest.
Difficult Labour: A Guide to its Management for Students and Practitioners
(Cassell, new and enlarged edition, 1910).
New and Enlarged Edition, With Added Chapters on Retroversion of the Gravid Uterus and Puerperal Eclampsia. With 180 illustrations. Paperback. A rather shakey ex-library copy. Binding loose (needs rebinding), lacks original cover, (has library jacket). A working copy only. 547pp. Order No. NSBK-C13896
Keywords: B00087WBKW, labour, history of childbirth, having a baby, Edwardian, women's history, maternity, motherhood, medical, medicine, labor, uterus, uterine, gynaecology, obstetrics, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Mahony, Pat.
Schools for the Boys: Co-Education Reassessed
(Hutchinson, 1985).
Explorations in Feminism. Paperback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise good condition. 118pp. Order No. NSBK-A15801
Keywords: 0091608414, schools, education, male, boys, childhood, co-education
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Lethaby, W. R.
Leadwork: Old and Ornamental and For The Most Part English
(Macmillan, 1893).
Illustrated. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Some ink stains to cloth, top half of spine cover lacking. Spine and edges worn. Internally good and solid. viii + 148pp. Order No. NSBK-A14960
Keywords: B002PEAQY4, lead, leadwork, antiquarian, buildings, decoration, history, architecture, roofs, gutters, fountains, craftsmanship, statues
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Royal Norwegian Government, Information Office.
Before We Go Back: Norway's Fight Since April, 1940. A Pictorial Record Of Norway's Fight Against Nazism Both Inside And Outside Germany, With A Postscript By Philip Noel-Baker
(HMSO, 1944).
Paperback. Light edge-wear, covers slightly browned, otherwise good. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-H15136
Keywords: B004H3CS2Y, Norway, Norwegian, history, World War II, Second World War, Nazism, Nazi occupation, occupied, occupied territories
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Radford, Matthew.
Matthew Radford: April/May 1993. Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, and The Gallery, Three Zero, New York
(Becker Graphics Inc, 1993).
Co-curators William M. Chambers and Thomas Zollner. Catalogue. Very good+. pp. Order No. NSBK-A11188
Keywords: art, artists, painters, paintings, history, 20th, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States
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White, Andrew.
The Buildings of Georgian Lancaster:
(Centre for North West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster, 2000).
Paperback. New book, fine. 76pp. Order No. NSBK-A5407
Keywords: 186220084X, Georgian, Lancaster, Lancastrian, North-West Centre for Regional Studies, University of Lancaster, art, architecture, Britain, British, history, England, English, Northern, cities, planning, city, urban, towns, public buildings, construction, Centre for North West Regional Studies
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