Gyford, C. Barrington.
The Skipper Ashore: Being Some More Letters from the Skipper of a Tramp Steamer, about his Experiences Ashore in Various Parts of the World. With Photographs Sent by the Writer
(Isaac Pitman, 1938).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, boards worn especially at edges, some soiling to page edges, otherwise a good solid copy. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-A14089
Keywords: B0014IF138, maritime, travel, ships, boats, skippers, history, C. Barrington Gyford, letters, correspondence, Europe, East, Arabia, Middle East, Sudan, steamers, photographs, sea travel, adventure, seas, inter-war, inter war
Price £20.00.
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Suffragette Poster, .
The Cat and Mouse Act: Passed by the Liberal Government
(Portrayer Publishers, 2007).
Reproduction British suffragette poster. "The Liberal Cat. Electors Vote Against Him. Keep the Liberal Out!" Image shows a fierce cat holding a WSPU suffragette in his mouth. Printed on premium paper (300 GSM gloss art). Size of the paper is 450mm x 320mm and image is approx 435mm x 305mm. Poster. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C12966
Keywords: B001F15OMW, suffragettes, suffragette, Cat and Mouse Act, Liberal Government, liberals, liberal, parliament, woman suffrage, women's suffrage, politics, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette imagery, images, posters, poster, WSPU, women's social and political union, campaign, hunger strikes, hunger strike, prints, print, suffragette posters, new design
Price £14.99.
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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
Price £4.00.
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Kennedy, Jill and Varrall, Jane.
Silk Painting: Techniques and Ideas
(B. T. Batsford, 1991).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings, otherwise good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-G14303
Keywords: 071346481X, painting, art, silk, silk painting, painting on silk, technique, how to paint on silk, design
Price £13.50.
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Motz, Marilyn Ferris.
True Sisterhood: Michigan Women and their Kin, 1820-1920
(New York State UP, 1983).
Hardback. Very good. 199pp. Order No. NSBK-C5274
Keywords: 0873957156, Michigan, USA, United States, America, American, women, American women's history, sisterhood, home, family, nineteenth century, Victorian, kin network, Marilyn Ferris Motz, white women, Protestant, twentieth century, Bentley Library, correspondence, letters, diary, diaries, photographs, language, cult of domesticity, women's history, house
Price £6.00.
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Wharncliffe, Lord, James, ed.
The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu:
(Richard Bentley, second edition, revised, 1837).
Volume I only of three. Hardback. Nicely bound in leather - bright and firm. Gilt bands, titles and decoration to spine. Gilt edging, marble-effect page edges. A little scuffing / marking to leather. Else very good. lxiv + 402pp. Order No. NSBK-C16067
Keywords: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Bute, eighteenth century, 18th, history, letters, works, correspondence, literature, women writers, Lord Wharncliffe, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Turkish, inoculation, smallpox, vaccines, vaccine, antiquarian section under W
Price £40.00.
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Haldane, A. R. B.
Three Centuries of Scottish Posts: An Historical Survey to 1836
(Edinburgh UP, 1971).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xiv + 336pp. Order No. NSBK-A5427
Keywords: 0852241488, Scottish, Scots, Scotland, Scotch, history, post, postal service, post office, letters, correspondence, mail, posts, despatches, postmasters, post offices, penny postage, stamps, Haldane
Price £18.00.
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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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Lingard, Horace.
Hints and Ideas of a Practical Man for Unpractical People:
(Horace Lingard, privately printed, no date).
A booklet about plain and high class decorative painting for the home. Booklet. Red covers slightly darkened with a small mark to rear, otherwise good. 16pp. Order No. NSBK-A16032
Keywords: booklets, booklet, decoration, home decorating, painting and decorating, advice, palette, furniture, sign-writing, art, interior design, decor, history
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Cronwright-Schreiner, S. C., ed.
The Letters of Olive Schreiner, 1876 - 1929:
(T. Fisher Unwin, 2nd impression, 1924).
Illustrated. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings. Boards worn with some fraying / loss to cloth at edges, and spine ends - otherwise a good solid working copy. xiii + 410pp. Order No. NSBK-C13859
Keywords: B0017X528E, Olive Schreiner, letters, correspondence, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, South Africa, South African, Havelock Ellis, Boer War, South African War, Emily Hobhouse, Edward Carpenter, Cape Town
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