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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Colmer, John.
E. M. Forster: The Personal Voice
(RKP, 1975).
Paperback. Very good+. xii + 243pp. Order No. NSBK-A13820
Keywords: 0710094965, E. M. Forster, novels, literature, literary, novelists, fiction, writers, writing, authors, literary criticism, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Galbraith, John Kenneth.
The World Economy Since the Wars: A Personal View
(Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994).
Paperback. Light staining to lower corner of pages. xiii + 273pp. Order No. NSBK-A9801
Keywords: 1856194159, John Kenneth Galbraith, Galbraith, economy, economics, wars, world, twentieth century, 20th, history
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Wilson, Neil.
Great Sea Disasters:
(Parragon, 1998).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-A11654
Keywords: sea, ocean, maritime, history, seas
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HMSO, .
Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations: and the Outbreak of Hostilities Between Great Britain and Germany on September 3, 1939
(HMSO, 1939).
Miscelleanous No.9 (1939). Paperback. Covers tatty and worn, internally good. xxviii + 195pp. Order No. NSBK-A11258
Keywords: B000HBZTLC, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, German-Polish, Germany, Poland, Europe, European
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Stocqueler, J. H.
A Personal History of The Horse-Guards From 1750 to 1872:
(Hurst and Blackett, 1873).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Heavy dark staining to red cloth, edges worn, spine cover split. Internally good and solid. x + 292pp. Order No. NSBK-A15148
Keywords: B002NISKJU, horse-guards, army, cavalry, history, military, Duke of York, war, nineteenth century, eighteenth century
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Billiere, General Sir Peter de la.
Storm Command: A Personal Account of the Gulf War
(Harper Collins, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 348pp. Order No. NSBK-A13960
Keywords: 0002551381, Storm Command, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, wars, Gulf War, General Sir Peter de la Billiere
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Lynd, Alice and Staughton.
Rank and File: Personal Histories by Working Class Organizers
(Unitarian Universalist Ass/Beacon, 1974).
Paperback. Covers worn and pages browned, otherwise good. 296pp. Order No. NSBK-A12707
Keywords: 0691028257, working class, working-class, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, unions, trade unions, trade unionism, trade unionists, collective action
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Rogers, Pat, ed.
Daniel Defoe: A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain
(Webb and Bower, abridged version, 1989).
Abridged, illustrated. Hardback. Light soiling to dustwrapper, otherwise very good. 240pp. Order No. NSBK-Z14701
Keywords: 0863502903, Daniel Defoe, tour, eighteenth century
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Martin, Christopher, ed.
The Great Christian Centuries to Come: Essays in Honour of A. M. Ramsey
(Mowbray's, 1974).
Hardback. A good+ copy in a torn dustwrapper. 198pp. Order No. NSBK-A10217
Keywords: 026466051X, religion, faith, Christians, Christianity, religious, faith, belief, Archbishop, Vatican
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