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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Owens, W. R., ed.
Seventeenth-Century England: A Changing Culture. Volume 2: Modern Studies
(Ward Lock Educational/Open University, 1980).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise good+. iv + 337pp. Order No. NSBK-A11337
Keywords: 0706240898, seventeenth century, 17th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, civil war, history of science, Royal Society
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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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Thomas, Dylan.
Under Milk Wood: a Play for Voices
(Dent, Everyman's Library, rpt, 1984).
Paperback. Spine sunned, otherwise very good. xiv + 82pp. Order No. NSBK-A7670
Keywords: 0460110063, Dylan Thomas, Wales, Welsh, writers, writing, literature, plays, play, Under Milk Wood, Everyman Library
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Glyn, Andrew and Miliband, David, eds.
Paying For Inequality: The Economic Cost of Social Injustice
(IPPR/Rivers Oram Press, 1994).
Paperback. Very good. xiii +248pp. Order No. NSBK-A15502
Keywords: 185489059X, economics, economic, inequality, poverty, poor, Labour, politics, Britain, British, history, twentieth century
Price £11.50.
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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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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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Liddle, Roger.
The New Case for Europe: The Crisis in British Pro-Europeanism - and How to Overcome it
(Fabian Society, 2005).
Fabian Ideas 615. Paperback. Very good. vi + 81pp. Order No. NSBK-A11179
Keywords: 0716306158, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Europe, European, twentieth century, 20th
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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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Waldfogel, Jane.
Women Working for Less: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Family Gap
(STICERD, 1993).
A discussion paper. Paperback. Biro annotation on front cover, otherwise very good. 61pp. Order No. NSBK-C10415
Keywords: B000HBZR3C, women, women's work, women and work, gender, family, families, economy, economics, wages, pay, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history
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