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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Lethaby, W. R.
Leadwork: Old and Ornamental and For The Most Part English
(Macmillan, 1893).
Illustrated. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings. Some ink stains to cloth, top half of spine cover lacking. Spine and edges worn. Internally good and solid. viii + 148pp. Order No. NSBK-A14960
Keywords: B002PEAQY4, lead, leadwork, antiquarian, buildings, decoration, history, architecture, roofs, gutters, fountains, craftsmanship, statues
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Weinberg, Samantha.
A Fish Caught in Time: the Search for the Coelacanth
(Fourth Estate, 1999).
Paperback. Fine. xiii + 239pp. Order No. NSBK-A5560
Keywords: 1857029062, fish, rare fish, fossils, discovery, twentieth century, J.L.B. Smith, fishes, Coelacanth, seas, sea, pisces, underwater
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McGann, Susan; Crowther, Anne and Dougall, Rona.
A History of the Royal College of Nursing 1916-90: A Voice for Nurses
(Manchester University Press, 2009).
Hardback. Very good. x + 358pp. Order No. NSBK-C14628
Keywords: 9780719077951, nursing, nurses, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women's history, hospitals, Royal College of Nursing, managers, NHS, National Health Service, training, unions, unionism, trade unionism, women and work
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Garrett, Richard.
The Search for Prosperity: Emigration from Britain, 1815-1930
(Wayland, 1973).
Illustrated. Hardback. Large, very good in dustwrapper. 127pp. Order No. NSBK-A2850
Keywords: 853403163, emigration, America, USA, Malthus, the colonies, settlers, Australia, coffee table book, emigrants, emigrant, colony, settler, history, British, Britain, English, England
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Moss, Les.
Live and Learn: A Life and Struggle for Progress
(QueenSpark Books, 1979).
Paperback. Good. 137pp. Order No. NSBK-A12911
Keywords: 0904733068, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Les Moss, Queenspark
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Larkin, P. J.
European History for Certificate Classes: 1789 - 1970
(Hulton Educational, rpt, 1982).
Paperback. Some light creasing to covers and wear to edges, light soiling to page edges, otherwise good. 350pp. Order No. NSBK-A14194
Keywords: 0717507483, European history, revision, Europe, Napoleon, revolutions, Russia, Italy, France, Germany
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Stephens, W. B.
Sources for English Social History:
(MUP, 1973).
Paperback. Mottling inside front and back covers otherwise good+. x + 260pp. Order No. NSBK-A11028
Keywords: 0719005051, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, sources, local history
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Eissler, M.
The Cyanide Process for the Extraction of Gold: And Its Practical Application on the Witwatersrand Gold Fields in South Africa
(Crosby Lockwood, 1895).
Hardback. Edges worn, some splitting internally at spine, front and back, otherwise good. 93 + 48 + 16pp. Order No. NSBK-A12665
Keywords: B0008A692U, cyanide, South Africa, Witwatersrand, gold, alchemical, alchemy, golden, extraction, gold mining
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Costello, Neil and Richardson, Michael, eds.
Continuing Education for the Post-Industrial Society:
(The Open University Press, 1982).
Paperback. Very good+. x + 146pp. Order No. NSBK-A11113
Keywords: 0335101860, higher education, education, educational, university, universities, colleges, academia, academe, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, adult education, twentieth century, 20th
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