GALFORD, ELLEN

The Essential Guide to Genealogy : The Professional Way to Unlock Your Ancestral History

London, Marshall Editions Ltd. 2001. (ISBN: 1840283939) Hard Cover, 10.25 x 7.75 inches. Book and jacket in virtually mint condition. 192pp. As New/As New.

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Book number: 010939

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Family History, Genealogy, Ancestors 1840283939

GARDINER, C. H.

Your Village and Mine

London, Faber and Faber. 1944, First Edition. Hard Cover, 7.75 x 5 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with sunned spine and nicks and chips to edges. 198pp. A fascinating study of the English village and rural life in 1944 and over the previous century. Very Good/Good (+).

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Book number: 011431

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Rural Life, Social History

GAY, PETER

Schnitzler's Century : The Making of Middle Class Culture 1815-1914

London, Allen Lane. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0713994487) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and smal bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to edges. 334pp. The author's asserts that it was the sexually emboldened Viennese playwright Arthurs Schnitzler 1862-1931), the most influential writer of his time, who defined the mores of the 19th century. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 027994

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, Austrian 0713994487

GILL, ANTON

Empire's Children: Trace Your Family History Across the World

London, HarperPress. 2007, First Edition. (ISBN: 0007247141) Hard Cover, 10 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edges. 282pp. An account of the rise and fall of the British Empire and the East India Company and exemplifying this global reach by tracing the ancestry of six celebrities. Includes Diana Rig, Jenny Eclair, David Steel, Chris Bisson, Adrian Lester and Shobna Gulati. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 023865

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Channel 4 Series, Family History 0007247141

GILLIAM, HAROLD

The Face of San Francisco

New York, Doubleday & Co Inc. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 10.5 x 7.25 inches. Ill.: Phil Palmer (photographs). Small inscription inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. 256pp. A wealth of excellent period photographs from over fifty years ago of life in San Francisco with the emphasis on people and where and how they lived. Very Good (+)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012615

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Usa, America, California, History Non-Uk Country Studies Phil Palmer (Photographs)

GRAY, JAMES S.

Victorian and Edwardian Sussex from Old Photographs

London, B T Batsford Ltd. 1982. (ISBN: 0713401311) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 126pp. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010064

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Local History, Sussex 0713401311

LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S HISTORY GROUP

A Different World : Memories of Liverpool in the 1930s and 1940s

Liverpool, The Bluecoat Press. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 1872568998) Soft Cover, 10.25 x 8.25 inches. Book in virtually mint condition. 128pp. This study from the women of the Liverpool Women's History Group gives us a fascinating insight into their lives in the 1930s and 1940s. For most the 1930s was a time of extreme poverty, when women were virtually shackled to the home by the drudgery involved in bringing up large families without any modern appliances. The 1940s were characterised by the anxiety of war and separation, rationing and make-do and mend. As New.

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Book number: 007009

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, Women, Lancashire, Liverpool, Mersey 1872568998

HALEY, ALLAN

Alphabet : The History, Evolution and Design of the Letters We Use Today

London, Thames & Hudson. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0500278350) Soft Cover, 9 x 9 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Very tiny crease to upper corner of front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. A lively and informative overview of the history and graphic evolution of the Roman alphabet - very well illustrated. Near Fine.

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Book number: 027242

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Calligraphy, Language, History, Words, Letters Language 0500278350

HALL, DAVID

Working Lives : The Forgotten Voices of Britain's Post-War Working Class

London, Bantam Press. 2012, First Edition. (ISBN: 0593065328) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to lower rear edge. 391pp. This detailed study of Britain from around the early 1950s, its smoke-blackened factories, towering slag heaps and fiery furnaces draws on hundreds of hours of first-hand interviews from workers whose stories might not otherwise have been told. Illustrated. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 028004

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, Britain, 20th Century Employment / Work 0593065328

HALSTEAD, WINSTON (EDITOR)

The Yorkshire Ridings : Magazine Vol 4 No 7 : October 1967

Driffield, Yorkshire, The Monthly County Magazine. 1967. Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Very faint creasing near spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp. Histories, tales and features about the Ridings of Yorkshire. Very Good.

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Book number: 006590

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Stories, Lifeboats, Antiques, Racing, Keighley, Withernsea

HALSTEAD, WINSTON (EDITOR)

The Yorkshire Ridings : Magazine Vol 5 No 2 : February 1968

Driffield, Yorkshire, The Monthly County Magazine. 1968. Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Very faint creasing near spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 44pp. Histories, tales and features about the Ridings of Yorkshire. Very Good.

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Book number: 006591

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Stories, Moles, Antiques, Racing, Penistone, Arndale

CHRISTINE HAMILTON

Bumper Book of British Battle Axes (Signed By Author)

London, Robson Books Ltd. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 1861051514) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Signed to 'Tom (now Lord Pendry) with lots of love Christine..' No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with slight marking to upper rear edge and very slight creasing to edges. 216pp. Christine Hamilton's accounts of strong women from history and current times. Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 021344

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Women, Social History, Gender Studies 1861051514

HARDYMENT, CHRISTINA

Home Comfort : A History of Domestic Arrangements in Association with the National Trust.

London, Viking. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0670823651) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.5 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright clean boards, tiny mark to rear cover near spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 230pp. The subject of this book is best described as domestic archaeology, a quest for establishing exactly how our ancestors kept themslves clean, warm and well-fed. This the author did by visiting over a hundred National Trust properties which she examined in great detail. Illustrated in black & white. The emphasis is on text and fact rather than pictures. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 002584

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: House, Home, Household, Domestic Archaeology, National Trust, History, Mrs Beeton 0670823651

HAYES, CLIFF

Greetings from the North Wales Coast

Bury, Lancs, Printwise Publications. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 1872226442) Paperback, 7.75 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers, none to spine. A clean tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. 95pp. Picture postcards and text covering some local history of Rhyl, Prestatyn, Conway, Bangor, Bala, Llangollen, Colwyn Bay, Mold, Holywell and Denbigh. Very Good.

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Book number: 002105

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Local History, Britain, Wales, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Conway, Bangor, Bala, Llangollen, Colwyn Bay, Mold, Holywell, Denbigh 1872226442

HENDERSON, M. A.

Sowers of the Word: A 95 Year History of the Gideon's International 1899-1994

Nashville, Tennessee, The Gideons International. 1995, First Edition. Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very clear gilt lettering to front and spine and no bumping to corners. 480pp. The Gideon International was founded by three men in 1899 in Wisconsin. This account tells the story of the beginning and of the next 95 year history of the organisation. Scarce in the UK. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 024181

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Religion, Christianity Religion / Spirituality / Occult