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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Sutherland, Gillian.
Policy-Making in Elementary Education, 1870-1895:
(OUP, 1973).
Hardback. Good+, in slightly torn and faded dustwrapper. x + 391pp. Order No. NSBK-A628
Keywords: 0198218478, Gillian Sutherland, elementary education, schools, Victorian, history, Cross Commission, grants, fees, inspectorate, English, England, British, Britain
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Parker, Rowland.
The Common Stream:
(Collins, 1975).
Hardback. Very good in slightly torn dustwrapper. 283pp. Order No. NSBK-A4551
Keywords: 0002161133, village, farm, farming, farms, agriculture, Foxton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, archaeological, archaeology, history, Britian, British, England, English, rural, country, countryside
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Smith, J. Manton.
Stray Leaves from My Story:
(Passmore & Alabaster, 1903).
Illustrated. Hardback. Pages browned, slight pencil annotation not affecting legibility, spine ends bumped, otherwise good. 200pp. Order No. NSBK-A12292
Keywords: B000IV5OGQ, J. Manton Smith, ragged schooling, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth, 20th, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students
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Thal, Herbert van.
Eliza Lynn Linton: the Girl of the Period
(G.A. & Unwin, 1979).
Hardback. Small mark left by sticky label on front of dustwrapper, otherwise very good. viii + 245pp. Order No. NSBK-C596
Keywords: 0049200577, Eliza Lynn Linton, woman writer, women writers, novel, novelist, Victorian, girlhood, literature, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Marillier, H. C.
The Tapestries at Hampton Court Palace:
(HMSO, revised, 1962).
31 pages of text plus 29 b/w plates. Paperback. Ex library, with usual library stamps and markings, some wear to edges, and creasing to covers. A good working copy. 31pp + 29 b/w platespp. Order No. NSBK-A15810
Keywords: B0000CLJY9, Hampton Court Palace, tapestry, London, history, needlework, royalty, royals
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Goodchild, K, Ikin, P and Leach, J.
Looking Back at Knutsford:
(Willow Publishing, 1984).
Full of black and white photographs. Paperback. A4 size. Covers somewhat worn, internally good. 48pp. Order No. NSBK-H13779
Keywords: 0946361096, Knutsford, Cheshire, rural towns, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, pictures, images, illustrations
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Dex, Shirley & Shaw, Lois B.
British and American Women at Work: Do Equal Opportunities Policies Matter?
(Macmillan, 1986).
Paperback. Ex library, usual library stamps, otherwise good. x + 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C1335
Keywords: 0333402200, women, America, USA, U.S.A., United States, Britain, British, Equal Opportunities, policy, work, discrimination, sex equality, equality, rights, women's rights
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Vincent, Adrian.
Victorian Watercolours: Children
(Bloomsbury Books, 1987).
Hardback. Coffee mark to rear endpaper. Otherwise very good in creased, slightly soiled dustwrapper. 60pp. Order No. NSBK-A9039
Keywords: 1854710214, art, watercolours, watercolor, watercolors, watercolour, paintings, Britain, British, England, English, children, child, youth, childhood, history, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, artists
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Blake, Wendon.
Oil Painting:
(Pitman Publishing, 1979).
With paintings by George Cherepov. The Artist's Painting Library. A Step-by-step Art Instruction Book. Paperback. Some page edges stained with paint, otherwise good+. 80pp. Order No. NSBK-A10631
Keywords: 082303271X, art, paint, paintings, techniques, oil painting, methods, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, history
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