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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Paludi, Michele amd Steuernagel, Gertrude A.
Foundations for a Feminist Restructuring of the Academic Disciplines:
(Harrington Park Press, 1990).
Paperback. Light rubbing to purple card covers, otherwise good+. xix + 276pp. Order No. NSBK-C16044
Keywords: 9780918393647, feminism, feminist, academia, academic
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Lethaby, W. R.
Leadwork: Old and Ornamental and For The Most Part English
(Macmillan, 1893).
Illustrated. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Some ink stains to cloth, top half of spine cover lacking. Spine and edges worn. Internally good and solid. viii + 148pp. Order No. NSBK-A14960
Keywords: B002PEAQY4, lead, leadwork, antiquarian, buildings, decoration, history, architecture, roofs, gutters, fountains, craftsmanship, statues
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Royal Archaeological Institute, .
The Archaeological Journal: Volume XCIV for 1937. Part Two
(Royal Archaeological Institute, 1938).
With pull-out maps etc. Paperback. Covers slightly soiled and somewhat tatty, internally good and firm. 177 to 360pp. Order No. NSBK-A14263
Keywords: B0023BNKX8, Royal Archaeological Institute, The Archaeological Journal, history, archaeology, Winchelsea, St. Alban, Cologne, ancient highways, Dorset, Somerset, ancient ruins, remains
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Honey, W. B.
Victoria and Albert Museum: A Handbook for the Study of Glass Vessels of All Periods and Countries and a Guide to the Museum Collection
(Ministry of Education, 1946).
Hardback. Ex library in library binding, with usual library stamps and markings, edges worn, otherwise good. 169pp. Order No. NSBK-A16036
Keywords: B000S5HB7W, Victoria and Albert Museum, history, glass, antiquarian
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Middlemas, Robert Keith.
The Clydesiders: A Left-Wing Struggle for Parliamentary Power
(Hutchinson, 1965).
Hardback. Ex library with some wear to cloth especially at spine and edges, usual library markings but good and solid. 307pp. Order No. NSBK-A15946
Keywords: B0018TNLE4, Clydeside, ILP, Labour Party, socialism, politics, history, Scotland, Scottish, Glasgow
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Condell, Diana & Liddiard, Jean.
Working for Victory?: Images of Women in the First World War, 1914-1918
(RKP, 1987).
Hardback. Very good in slightly discoloured dustwrapper. xii + 201pp. Order No. NSBK-C7541
Keywords: 9781032284804, First World War, World War I, Great War, women and war, women and work, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history, WW1, WWI, The Great War, Condell, Liddiard, Images, War, images of war, representation, representations, art
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Hawkins, Angus & Powell, John, eds.
The Journal of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley for 1862-1902:
(CUP for Royal Hist. Soc., 1997).
Camden 5th series, vol 9. Hardback. Very good. xxii + 530pp. Order No. NSBK-A1936
Keywords: 0521623286, John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Gohm, D.C.
Maps and Prints for Pleasure and Investment:
(Arco Publishing, 1969).
Colour plates and black and white photographs. Hardback. Very good in edgeworn and torn dustwrapper. 190pp. Order No. NSBK-A13004
Keywords: 0707102618, maps, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, cartography, prints, pictures, images
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Beik, Mildred Allen.
The Miners of Windber: The Struggles of New Immigrants for Unionization
(Pennsylvania University Press, 1996).
Paperback. Near fine. xxx + 447pp. Order No. NSBK-A10290
Keywords: 0271015675, immigrants, immigration, America, American, USA, US, United States, history, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, unions, trade unionism, trade unionists, unionization, unionisation, Pennsylvania, Windber, miners, mining, coal, coalminers, coalmining, Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, New Deal, United Mine Workers, ethnicity, ethnic
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