Rowntree, B. Seebohm, ed.
Betting and Gambling: a National Evil
(Macmillan, 2nd edition, sixpenny edition, 1906).
Paperback. Wear to spine.Foxing to covers & front cover partly detached. A couple of internal pgs slightly torn, (not affecting text's legibility), otherwise a good working copy. 132pp. Order No. NSBK-A13344
Keywords: B000OIIMHG, gambling, betting, bets, Rowntree, Rowntrees, B. Seebohm Rowntree, history, hobbies, leisure, Edwardian, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women gamblers, male gamblers, sport, sports, York, stock exchange, crime, gamblers, citizenship, street betting, ethics, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £25.00.
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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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Goldberg, P.J.P., Ed.
Women in Medieval English Society:
(Sutton, 1997).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xvii + 229pp. Order No. NSBK-C6511
Keywords: 0750916400, women, medieval, history, England, English, Britain, British, gender, marriage, family, Middle Ages, Peter Biller, P.J.P. Goldberg
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Harris, C.C.
The Family and Industrial Society:
(George Allen and Unwin, 2nd impress., 1984).
Studies in Sociology:13. Paperback. Spine creased, some ink annotation not affecting legibility, otherwise good. xi + 260pp. Order No. NSBK-A9401
Keywords: 004301156X, family, families, industrial, industry, sociology, kinship, child, children, household, statistics, marriage, Britain, British, England, English, history, population, demography
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Hughes, G. Bernard.
Horse Brasses: and Other Small Items for the Collector
(Country Life, 1956).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, otherwise good in rather torn, soiled, chipped dustwrapper. 104pp. Order No. NSBK-A15065
Keywords: B0000CJI1W, horses, horse, brasses, brass, history, horse brasses, equine, equestrian, collecting horse brasses, snuff-boxes
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Rowbotham, Judith.
Good Girls Make Good Wives: Guidance for Girls in Victorian Fiction
(Blackwell, 1989).
Paperback. Some sunfading to covers, otherwise good+. viii + 301pp. Order No. NSBK-C4162
Keywords: 0631163964, wives, wife, girls, education, fiction, literature, Judith Rowbotham, Victorian, nineteenth century, childhood, middle class, middle classes, reading habits, domesticity, private sphere, separate spheres, femininity, feminine, novels, L.T. Meade, history, social control, Charlotte Mary Yonge, women
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Robinson, Jane.
Parrot Pie for Breakfast: An Anthology of Women Pioneers
(OUP, 1999).
Paperback. New book, fine. xiv + 177pp. Order No. NSBK-C2624
Keywords: 0192880209, women travellers, pioneers, emigration, emigrant, imperialism, empire, women writers, history, travel
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Orman, Richard A Van.
A Room for the Night: Hotels of the Old West
(Bonanza Books, 1967).
Hardback. Good in worn dustwrapper. xiii + 162pp. Order No. NSBK-A12716
Keywords: 025317600X, West, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, hotels, hospitality, catering, history, mining, miners, food, Cow Towns, towns, shacks, palaces, Western hotels, cowboys
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Green, Joyce M. Conyngham.
Period Costumes and Settings for the Small Stage:
(George G. Harrap, 1936).
With illustrations by the author. Hardback. Spine ends and corners rubbed, otherwise good. 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A6141
Keywords: B000865L1O, period costumes, fashion, stage, theatre, acting, actors, twentieth century, scenery, settings, theatres, clothes, clothing, costume
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Ranyard, Ellen, L.N.R.
The Missing Link: or, Bible-Women in the Homes of the London Poor
(Robert Carter, US edition, 1879).
Hardback. A little splitting internally at spine. Light soiling / marking / splashing to red cloth, otherwise a good, solid copy. vi + 302pp. Order No. NSBK-C16069
Keywords: antiquarian, housing, Ellen Ranyard, dwellings, philanthropy, the poor, poverty, Victorian, England, town planning, urban history, Britain, England, British, English, history, nineteenth century, period sources, contemporary comment, district visiting, volunteer visitors, charity, charities, bible women, religion, religious, Christianity
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