Partington, Jim.
The Two-Up and Two-Downer (With a Taste for Honey): the Crowded Life of a Lancashire Lad
(Fabians Publishers, 1972).
Autobiography. Leftist reminiscences of self-made Lancashire man, born 1908, dedicated to Lord Brockway of ILP. "I attended meetings in Bradford [where] he showed me the Political Path I should follow. Although I have devoted much of my life to the acquisition of material possessions, I have never deviated from his Philosophy". Hardback. Very good in slightly worn and slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A1550
Keywords: B000HBVSLC, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Lancashire, lads, boys, homes, houses, terraces, twentieth century, 20th, Jim Partington, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
Price £6.00.
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Percival, Walter.
Mountain Memories:
(Jacey, 1962).
Paperback. Covers soiled, some wear to edges, otherwise good. 119pp. Order No. NSBK-A7553
Keywords: B0000CLHDV, mountains, mountaineers, mountaineering, climbing, Zermatt, Mont Blanc, Europe, European, Walter Percival, autobiographical, climbers, travel, travellers, travelers, Britain, British, England, English, history, Combin, Plateau du Couloir, Alps, France, French, climbers
Price £12.00.
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Butler, Lord.
The Art of the Possible: The Memoirs of Lord Butler
(Hamish Hamilton, 1971).
Hardback. Good in chipped dustwrapper. x + 274pp. Order No. NSBK-A9373
Keywords: 0241020077, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, life histories, politics, political, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, politicians, Lord Butler, memoirs, Suez, Conservatives, Tories, Tory Party
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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
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Scott, Philippa.
Lucky Me:
(Kenilworth Press, 1990).
Illustrated by more than 90 photographs. The book is an evocation of the early life of Philippa Scott (nee Talbot-Ponsonby's) - her childhood in South Africa, school, climbing holidays, her time in the Land Army in World War II and a spell in Yugoslavia during the Cold War. She married Peter Scott in Reykjavik in 1951. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C5734
Keywords: 1872082114, Lucky Me, Philippa Scott, Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby, Land Army, Peter Scott, South Africa, World War Two, wars, Second World War, World War II, Britain, British, history, england, English, autobiography, autobiographical, memoirs, memoir, autobiographies, life history, life histories, women writers, Severn Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Thjorsaver Expedition, Reykjavik
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Morley, Ken.
Knowledge is Power: My Life on Coronation Street
(Blake Publishing, 1995).
With Charles Yates. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good+ in dustwrapper. 252pp. Order No. NSBK-A10326
Keywords: 1857821521, Coronation Street, Ken Morley, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, self history, self histories, lives, life history, life histories, TV, television, actors, acting, Coronation Street, Granada, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Salisbury, Harrison E.
Disturber of the Peace: Memoirs of a Foreign Correspondent
(Unwin, 1989).
Hardback. Light soiling to page edges, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. xii + 424pp. Order No. NSBK-A9274
Keywords: 0044403895, reports, reporting, foreign correspondent, journalism, journalists, media, Britain, British, England, English, history, twentieth century, 20th, Harrison, E. Salisbury, autobiographies, auobiography, autobiographical, life, lives, foreign correspondents
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