Symes, Ruth A.
It Runs in the Family:
(The History Press, 2013).
In the quest to uncover our family history, we turn to written records, the family album and even heirlooms. However, they can often be difficult to interpret and sometimes pose more questions than they answer: Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Why did great-grandfather wear a beard while his sons were clean-shaven? Why is my great-grandmother holding flowers in this photograph? Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography, art and fashion, and using examples from the lowly as well as the famous, Ruth Symes explores many aspects of ordinary life in the past - from the state of the nation's teeth, to the legal and economic connotations of wearing a wedding ring and even the business of keeping a dog. This fascinating volume aims to help family historians get to know their elusive ancestors by deciphering the wealth of personal and historical clues contained in photographs, documents and artefacts. Paperback. New book, fine. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-D15428
Keywords: 9780752497020, family history, family, families, Ruth Symes, genealogy, geneaolgical, social history, evidence, sources, research, women, old photographs, photography
Price £13.99.
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Lister, Eric & Williams, Sheldon.
Twentieth Century British Naive and Primitive Artists:
(Astragal Books, 1977).
Hardback. Ex library, lacks fly leaf with usual markings left by library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in faded dustwrapper. 193pp. Order No. NSBK-A6829
Keywords: 0851390838, twentieth century, British, Britain, England, English, naive, primitive, art, naive artists, history, paintings, naive school of art, primitive school of art
Price £11.00.
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Wohlcke, Anne.
The 'Perpetual Fair': Gender, Disorder and Urban Amusement in Eighteenth-century London
(MUP, 2014).
Gender in History Series. Hardback. Very good+. x + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C15578
Keywords: 9780719090912, entertainment, urban, amusement, gender, morality, immorality, history, leisure, London, fairs, eighteenth century, 18th, Empire, imperialism
Price £30.00.
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Lemmen, Hans Van.
Victorian Tiles:
(Shire Publications Ltd, rpt., 1986).
In booklet form. Paperback. Good. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-A6018
Keywords: 0852635486, Victorian, tiles, tiling, art, artists, buildings, architecture, urban, decorative, decoration, history, Britain, British, England, English, nineteenth century, interior design, designs, cities, city, towns, booklet
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Crosby, Alan G.
A Society with No Equal: The Chetham Society, 1843-1993
(Chetham Society, 1993).
Hardback. Very good. ix + 86pp. Order No. NSBK-A13577
Keywords: 1859360017, Chetham Society, Manchester, society, societies, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £14.00.
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Boyd, David.
Elites and Their Education:
(NFER Publishing, 1973).
Minor marginal annotation. Paperback. Paper covers a little darkened, front cover creased, otherwise good. 159pp. Order No. NSBK-A15987
Keywords: 9780856330254, elites, professionals, history, class, education, David Boyd, research, elite mobility
Price £24.99.
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Jones, Kathleen.
The Making of Social Policy in Britain, 1830-1990:
(The Athlone Press, 2nd edit.,1996).
Paperback. Very good+. xii + 274pp. Order No. NSBK-C12434
Keywords: 0485121042, Kathleen Jones, social policy, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th
Price £5.00.
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Honour, Hugh.
Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers:
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings, small sellotape marks to cloth, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. 320pp. Order No. NSBK-A7579
Keywords: 0297178202, art, artists, cabinets, cabinet makers, crafts, craftsmen, design, furniture, designers, history, furniture makers
Price £15.90.
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Brewster, Margaret Maria.
Work, or Plenty to Do and How to Do It:
(T. Constable, 1953).
Paperback. Blue boards with bold lettering and illustration, soiled and worn, otherwise good. 117pp. Order No. NSBK-A13011
Keywords: 1428637338, twentieth century, work, labour, labor, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £8.00.
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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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