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Cushing, P.H.
University Extension in Southport, 1874-1974:
(Liverpool, 1974).
Pamphlet. Good. 12pp. Order No. NSBK-A12294
Keywords: 0950426407, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, university, university extension, Southport, twentieth cnetury, Edwardian, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, pamphlet
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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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Mackail, J.W.
The Life of William Morris:
(Longmans, Green and Co, 1922).
New impression. Two volumes in one. Hardback. Covers and spine heavily soiled, internally good. xi + 380pp. Order No. NSBK-A12044
Keywords: 0405087675, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, William Morris, Arts and Crafts Movement
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Port of Manchester, .
Barton Aqueduct: A Unique Feat of Engineering
(Public Relations Department, Manchester Ship Canal, 1964).
Pamphlet. Front cover clipped, otherwise very good. 11pp. Order No. NSBK-A15953
Keywords: Manchester Ship Canal, canal, canals, history, waterways, industrial history, Barton, Barton Aqueduct, aqueducts, swing aqueducts, stored with pamphlets
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McCarthy, Muriel and Sherwood-Smith, Caroline, eds.
Eve Revived: An Exhibition of Early Printed Books Relating to Women in Marsh's Library
(Archbishop Marsh's Library, Dublin, June 1997).
Paperback. Covers lightly soiled / marked, otherwise good. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-C16031
Keywords: attic, early printed books, Archbishop Marsh's Library, Ireland, Irish, catalogue, catalogues, women, history, literature, women's literature, Dublin
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Orrell, Robert.
Saddle Tramp in the Lake District:
(Granada, rpt, 1982).
Signed by the author. Paperback. Light edge wear and light creasing to spine, otherwise good+. 187pp. Order No. NSBK-A13971
Keywords: 0583135455, Lake District, Lakes, Lakeland, riding horses, ponies, history, Robert Orrell
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O'Neill, William.
The Woman Movement: Feminism in the United States and England
(George Allen and Unwin, 1969).
Paperback. A little discolouration to covers, otherwise good. x + 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C188
Keywords: 9780043960059, Britain, British, England, English, history, America, American, United States, USA, feminism, feminist, women, woman, women's movement women's history
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Wojtczak, Helena.
Mary Raleigh Richardson: The Suffragette Arsonist Who Slashed the Rokeby Venus
(Hastings Press, 2025).
Signed by the author. This first book-length biography of the militant suffragette Mary Raleigh Richardson reveals for the first time her true identity, ancestry, childhood and education, as well as her surprising - and exciting - international travels before she became embroiled in the suffrage struggle. During her time as a militant Mary was arrested nine times. Prepared to die for the cause, she adopted the hunger strike each time she was imprisoned, and was forcibly fed countless times. Her hunger strike medal boasted more bars than that of any other suffragette - something of which she remained proud for the rest of her life. Her most infamous deed was to use a cheap meat cleaver to inflict several gashes into Velasquez's Rokeby Venus, a world-famous and priceless painting. In a lesser-known and yet equally sensational attack she burned down a historic mansion near Hampton Court. During the war she continued to work for the vote, allying herself with both Sylvia Pankhurst's ELFS and the United Suffragists. Having joined the Labour Party she twice stood for Parliament, and in 1933 was briefly a member of Mosley's British Union of Fascists. Finding it did not align with her values she returned to socialism for the rest of her life. In retirement she penned Laugh a Defiance, a memoir of her suffrage days. The work is essential reading for suffrage scholars and those keen to explore the lives of the individual personalities within the militant movement. Paperback. Fine. 320pp. Order No. NSBK-C15912
Keywords: 9781904109600, signed by the author, suffragettes, Votes for Women, biography, biographies, social history, women's history, Mary Raleigh Richardson, hunger strikes, militancy,suffragette, Canada, Canadian politics, arson, militant
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Buxton, St. J. D.
British Red Cross Society: First-Aid Manual. No. 1
(Cassell & Co., 8th edition, rpt, 1939).
Hardback. Original cloth slightly soiled / marked / edge worn, otherwise a good working copy. xx + 340pp. Order No. NSBK-A7274
Keywords: health, science, history, British Red Cross Society, Red Cross, philanthropy, first aid, first-aid, wounds, ambulances, ambulance, illness, sick, dressings, bandages, medicine, medical, injuries, injury, injured, treatment of injuries, history, manuals, Britain, British, England, English
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Murphy, Teresa Anne.
Ten Hours' Labor: Religion, Reform, and Gender in Early New England
(Cornell UP, 1992).
Hardback. Good in dustwrapper. xii + 231pp. Order No. NSBK-C4052
Keywords: 0801426839, gender, religion, religious, reform, United States, America, American, New England, USA, history, work, labor, labour, women, men, workers, employers, mill towns, Boston, Fall River, factories, factory
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