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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Jones, Huw.
Population Geography:
(Paul Chapman, 2nd edition, 1990).
Paperback. Very good. vii + 321pp. Order No. NSBK-J13884
Keywords: 1853960713, population, demography, geography, fertility, migration, text books
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Yonge, Charlotte.
The Prince and the Page: A Story of the Last Crusade
(Macmillan and Co, 1908).
Hardback. Red boards slightly soiled; corners worn and spine faded; slightly splitting internally at spine, otherwise good. x + 259pp. Order No. NSBK-C6066
Keywords: B000HC4R5K, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Charlotte M. Yonge, writing for children, children's books, child, women writers, women's history, Victorian, Edwardian, prince, page, literature, literary, story, stories, novels, novelists, fiction, crusade
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Bawden, Nina.
In My Own Time: Almost an Autobiography
(Virago, 1994).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 175pp. Order No. NSBK-H13767
Keywords: 1853818712, Nina Bawden, women writers, women's writing, woman writer, females, feminine, writers, authors, authoresses, literature, fiction, , children's books,
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Melmoth, Jenny, ed.
Dear, Dear Mary: Letters from Amber
(Alfresco Books, 2005).
Illustrated by Jo Berriman. Paperback. Fine. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A14038
Keywords: 1873727216, Jo Berriman, Jenny Melmoth, Alfresco Books, cats, cat lovers, books for cat lovers, letters, pets, Britain, British, England, English, United Kingdom, UK
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Dodge, Mary Mapes.
Hans Brinker: or, the Silver Skates
(Children's Press, new impression, 1976).
Hardback. A little rubbing to edges and corners, otherwise very good with pictorial front cover depicting skaters. 124pp. Order No. NSBK-A14168
Keywords: children's books, Hans Brinker, Silver Skates, Dutch, Holland, children's stories, childhood, Netherlands
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Coronation Street, Derek Meakin.
The Coronation Street Wedding Souvenir: Elsie Tanner and Sergeant Steve Tanner
(TV Times, 1967).
TV Times Special. 4to. Pictorial Cover. Magazine format. Folded at centre, all edges tatty, internally good. 31pp. Order No. NSBK-Z15450
Keywords: ITV, Coronation Street, souvenirs, 1960s, sixties, television, Elsie Tanner, stored with Darling books
Price £13.00.
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Welle-Strand, Erling.
Motoring in Norway: the Motorist's Ideal Holiday Guide
(Norway Travel Association, 1967).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. 127pp. Order No. NSBK-A14130
Keywords: B0006C73TI, Norway, cars, car, motors, motoring, Norwegian, history, 1960s, sixties, travel, roads, travel guides, advice
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Lyster, Robert A.
A First Course in Hygiene:
(University Tutorial Press, rpt, 1946).
Hardback. Blue cloth darkened and marked in places, corners worn, otherwise good. viii + 376pp. Order No. NSBK-A6371
Keywords: health, hygiene, social welfare, social hygiene, history, Britain, British, England, English, twentieth century, Robert A. Lyster, body, ventilation, text books, foods, digestion, cooking, nervous system, dwellings, housing, heating, water supply, diseases, infection, houses, diets
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Sabuda, Robert and Reinhart, Matthew.
Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Mega-Beasts Pop-Up
(Walker Books, 2007).
An amazing pop-up book about the amazing mega-beasts that preceded us on planet earth. Hardback. Light soiling to page edges, back lower corner slightly bumped, otherwise very good condition, all parts working and intact. pp. Order No. NSBK-A16021
Keywords: 9781406305913, B00RWM4YKG, stored with antiquarian, dinosaurs, pop-up books, prehistoric, children's books,mega-beasts, childhood, Encyclopedia Prehistorica, Ice Age, mammoths, dinosaur, mammals, animals
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