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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Fimo, .
Fimo: Brilliantly Coloured Material for Creative Modelling
(Eberhard Faber, 1982).
Full of brightly coloured illustrations of Fimo models. Booklet. Good. 36pp. Order No. NSBK-G12238
Keywords: Fimo, Eberhard Faber, clay, models, modelling, art, crafts, modelling material, twentieth century, 20th, booklet
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Flint, William Russell.
Models of Propriety: Occasional Caprices for the Edification of Ladies and the Delight of Gentlemen. With Illustrations
(Michael Joseph, 2nd impression, 1951).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings and stickers, otherwise good in soiled, edge-torn dustwrapper. 75pp. Order No. NSBK-A15077
Keywords: B001SE3OFK, models, women, history, illustrations, artist models, William Russell Flint
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Helm, Sarah.
If This Is A Woman: Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women
(Little Brown, 2015).
Hardback. Minor sun-tanning to base of pages, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. xviii + 748pp. Order No. NSBK-C15689
Keywords: 9780349120034, Nazi Germany, concentration camps, women, Ravensbruck
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Morley, Louise and Walsh, Val, eds.
Feminist Academics: Creative Agents for Change
(Taylor and Francis, 1995).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. vi + 203pp. Order No. NSBK-C9106
Keywords: 0748402993, women, woman, female, academe, academia, universities, higher education, university, degrees, graduates, academy, teachers, gender, feminists, feminism
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Minett, E. P. and Severn, A. G. M.
Practical Tropical Sanitation: A Pocket Book for Sanitary Inspectors in the Tropics
(Balliere, Tindall and Cox, 1927).
Hardback. Boards slightly soiled, otherwise good. 180pp. Order No. NSBK-A13464
Keywords: sanitary inspectors, sanitation, public health, water, tropics, sewage, refuse disposal, rubbish, abbatoirs, food, markets
Price £32.00.
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Elston, Frank.
Organized Games: For the School, The Hall, or the Playground
(E.J. Arnold, ?).
Hardback. Wax mark and soiling to boards, internally good. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A12303
Keywords: B0008BXJX6, leisure, entertainment, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, wheelbarrows, steeplechase, leap frpg, teams, jumping, children, kids
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Reproduction Suffragette Badge, .
Modern Replica Suffragette Badge / Brooch - Clarion Angel: Votes for Women
(Portrayer Publishers, 2014).
High-quality, attractive reproduction suffragette badge / brooch displaying a WSPU insignia - the Clarion 'Angel' with trumpet. Manufactured by Portrayer Publishers. Circular badge: 2.5cm in diameter. Attractive plated, gold-coloured metal with firm safety-pin fitment at the rear for affixing to clothes. Badge displays the classic suffragette colours: purple, white and green. Brand new in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15413
Keywords: clarion angel, Christmas gifts, jewellery, jewelry, woman suffrage, button badge, the pin backs, the pinback, suffragette era, suffragettes, suffragist activity, women, women's history, woman, social history, Britain, British history, England, English history, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, badges, suffragette jewellery, suffragette jewelry, brooch, brooches, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera, pins
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Kapo, Vito, et al.
Problems of the Struggle for the Complete Emancipation of Women:
(Gamma, rpt, 1978).
A selection of essays. Paperback. Paper covers faded, otherwise good. 282pp. Order No. NSBK-C3676
Keywords: B0032QBUMG, Albanian, women, Tirana, emancipation, politics, freedom, feminism, women's rights, Albania, Albanian women, women's history
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Herman, G. Ernest.
Difficult Labour: A Guide to its Management for Students and Practitioners
(Cassell, new and enlarged edition, 1910).
New and Enlarged Edition, With Added Chapters on Retroversion of the Gravid Uterus and Puerperal Eclampsia. With 180 illustrations. Paperback. A rather shakey ex-library copy. Binding loose (needs rebinding), lacks original cover, (has library jacket). A working copy only. 547pp. Order No. NSBK-C13896
Keywords: B00087WBKW, labour, history of childbirth, having a baby, Edwardian, women's history, maternity, motherhood, medical, medicine, labor, uterus, uterine, gynaecology, obstetrics, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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