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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Booth, Charles, ed.
Life and Labour of the People of London:
(Macmillan, 1892).
Volume III (3, Three): Blocks of Buildings, Schools and Immigration. Original edition. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps and markings, gilt lettering to spine, good+ condition, firm. 306pp. Order No. NSBK-A16073
Keywords: London, streets, Charles Booth, Charles Booth's London, metropolitan, social history, poverty, poor, class, population, demography, demographic, occupations, working classes, working class, working-class, neighbourhood, Britain, British, England, English, Booths, Booth, social investigations, surveys, urban history, labor, labour, life and labour, towns, town, city, cities, urbanisation, classification, statistical, statistics, school boards, education, housing, neighbours, inhabitants, respectability, blocks, London, antiquarian, buildings, schools, immigration, schooling, Victorian, nineteenth century
Price £42.00.
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Rodaway, Angela.
A London Childhood:
(Virago, rpt with new intro,1985).
Paperback. With a newspaper review pasted to inner cover, otherwise very good. xvii + 158pp. Order No. NSBK-C15903
Keywords: 9780860686408, autobiographies, autobiography, women, social history, London, working class, classes, stored near piano
Price £8.99.
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Gilbey, Walter.
Ponies Past and Present:
(Vinton, 1900).
Illustrated. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers. Gilt-decorated cloth marked and darkened, especially at edges. Some wear to corners, otherwise good. 112pp. Order No. NSBK-A14325
Keywords: B001FS65N2, horses, pony, ponies, equestrian, pictures, illustrations, photographs, breeding, history, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £20.00.
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Edwardian Suffragette Postcard, Suffragettes Original.
What! You Think a Man Could Do it as Well?:
(Woman Suffrage Series, unposted).
Bespectacled child reads the Daily Mail. Rear is blank (card has neither been written on nor posted). Postcard. Some wear at edges & corners, rear a little browned with age and slightly marked. Otherwise good+. pp. Order No. NSBK-C3711
Keywords: Edwardian, suffragettes, suffragette postcards, England, Britain, Votes for Women, suffrage, English, British, history, women, enfranchisement, franchise, women's movement, politics
Price £48.00.
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Robson, William A.
The Government and Misgovernment of London:
(George Allen and Unwin, 2nd edition,1948).
A little splitting internally at spine. Hardback. Ex library with library stamps and cancellation marks, edges worn, cloth faded espec at spine. Otherwise a good working copy. 518pp. Order No. NSBK-A15878
Keywords: B0007J0752, London, England, Britain, government, history, public services, stored in hall
Price £18.00.
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Bowman, Hank Wieand.
Antique Guns:
(Arco Publishing, 1955).
Edited by Lucian Cary. Hardback. Green cloth soiled and worn, especially at edges. Minor ex-library markings, otherwise good. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A15030
Keywords: B001DBMQZ2, guns, antique guns, rifles, revolvers, history of shooting
Price £10.00.
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Davies, Emily.
The Higher Education of Women:
(Portrayer, 2002 facsimile reprint of 1866 edition).
A nicely-presented, good-value facsimile of this crucial text. Paperback. New book, fine. 191pp. Order No. NSBK-C6300
Keywords: 0954263294, Sarah Emily Davies, Emily Davies, education, social history, women's history, higher education, further education, adult education, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, facsimiles, Girton, Girton College, Cambridge, Oxbridge, undergraduates, careers, girls, woman suffrage, suffrage, suffragettes, Hitchin, Hitchin College, John Stuart Mill, women's careers, Higher Education of Women, female, woman, learning, pedagogy, teaching, teachers, teacher, universities, university education, educationalists, educationalist, pioneers, pioneer, rights for women, women's movement, women's rights, emancipation of women, professional women, training, enfranchisement, Victorian, nineteenth century, new title
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Angell, Norman.
The Policy Behind Armaments:
(National Peace Council, 1911).
National Peace Council, Economic Series, No 1. Paperback. Some rusting to staples, otherwise very good. 8pp. Order No. NSBK-A13965
Keywords: B001E4X1M0, armaments, arms, defence policy, before the First World War, peace, pacifism, social history, Norman Angell, peace movement
Price £7.00.
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Bliss, Trudy.
Thomas Carlyle: Letters to his Wife
(Victor Gollancz, 1953).
Hardback. Some marking to red cloth, page ends foxed, otherwise good in soiled/chipped dustwrapper. 414pp. Order No. NSBK-A8639
Keywords: B000WSMV52, Jane Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, Victorian, literature, literary, letters, epistles, epistolary, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, 19th, Jane Welsh Carlyle
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