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Australian Etiquette 1885: Rules and Usages of the Best Society in the Australasian Colonies
1 CDs | AU0010 | $30.95
Etiquette, one aspect of decorum, is a code that governs the expectations of social behaviour, according to the contemporary conventional norm within a society, social class, or group. In Britain, the word etiquette has its roots in the eighteenth century, becoming a universal force in the (more info...)
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Etiquette in Australia 1902
1 CDs | AU0011 | $7.49
Etiquette is a little-used word in today's society. This word, and all it entails, has been largely lost over time.

Etiquette in Australia, which was produced over 100 years ago, explains the basics of etiquette for introductions, visiting, mourning, engagements, balls and other (more info...)
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Northern Territory: Its History and Great Possibilities
1 CDs | AU3802 | $15.49
This book was written by J. J. Parer in 1922 with the purpose of informing people of the ‘necessity’ of a white development of the North of Australia, and the benefits of supporting a white development or in fact moving to the area.

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Queensland, Australia
1 CDs | AU4022 | $27.95
When Queensland became its own colony in December 1859, John Dunmore Lang (1799-1878), a Scottish Presbyterian minister, was an advocate on the emigration possibilities that it offered, particularly in the cotton-growing and sugar industries.

He not only lectured extensively on this topic, (more info...)
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Aldine History of South Australia 1890
1 CDs | AU5003 | $54.95
Following on from the success of both the Aldine History of Queensland and the Aldine History of New South Wales, South Australia was next for W. Frederic Morrison. Published in 1890 in two volumes which total over 1000 pages, these rare volumes contain a comprehensive and well illustrated record of (more info...)
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Sinn Féin Rebellion Handbook (Irish Times, 1917)
1 CDs | IE0047 | $22.49
The Rebellion Handbook was published by the Irish Times in 1917, and is based on articles carried in the Irish Times in May 1916. The handbook provides a fascinating insight into the Easter rising. It is one of the key sources and contains a wealth of information, including an official list of (more info...)
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Doheny's, The Felon's Track or History of the Attempted Outbreak in Ireland (1843-1848)
1 CDs | IE0048 | $16.95
This edition of the Felon's Track, the most notable achievement by the lawyer, writer and erstwhile Irish revolutionary, Michael Doheny, was published in Dublin in 1916 and includes an account of the abortive rebellion in Ireland in 1848 by another of its participants, Thomas D'Arcy Magee.

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Daniel Owen Madden, The Speeches of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan, 1854
1 CDs | IE0049 | $16.95
Published in Dublin in 1854 by James Duffy, printer and publisher of the works the emanated from the Young Irelanders, this second edition of Daniel Owen Madden's collection of the The Speeches of the Right Honourable Henry Grattan include Grattan's 'letter on the Union' in addition to a useful (more info...)
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Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, Young Ireland, A Fragment of Irish History 1840 - 1845, 1884
1 CDs | IE0050 | $16.95
First published in 1880, this, the 'People's Edition' of Young Ireland: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-1845 was published in Dublin in 1884. Written in Australia by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, A Fragment of Irish History was Duffy's first, and even though he apologised for its length, by far his (more info...)
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John Savage's '98 and '48: The Modern Revolutionary History & Literature of Ireland
1 CDs | IE0051 | $16.95
First published in 1852, this edition of John Savage's '98 and '48: The Modern Revolutionary History & Literature of Ireland was published in New York in 1882 and contains an appendix and index. John Savage dedicated '98 & '48 to his father who he described as a son of a United Irishman of '98 who (more info...)
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Who's Who in New England: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut
0 CDs | US0217-DL | $19.95
This early entry in the Who's Who series contains nearly thirteen thousand sketches for prominent, living residents of the six New England states, each incorporating in brief compass data on occupation, education, family, religious affiliation and professional, cultural and military accomplishments. (more info...)
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Annals Comprising Memoirs, Incidents, and Statistics of Harrisburg (PA) from the Period of its First Settlement
0 CDs | US0230-DL | $14.95
Composed of a series of sketches of events and subjects ranging from a single paragraph to a number of pages this volume presents the history of Harrisburg through the eyes of those who experienced it. Drawing from historical records and accounts of events described by its older citizens, the book (more info...)
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A New Gazetteer or Geographical Dictionary of North America and the West Indies
0 CDs | US0350-DL | $12.95
Gazetteers can be useful tools providing researchers with the location of long extinct places or descriptions of what still extant places were like at an earlier time. They also frequently contain additional items of interest in the hope of enticing purchases. Davenport’s Gazetteer includes lists of (more info...)
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Virginia and Virginians, 2 volumes
0 CDs | US0368-DL | $14.95
This two-volume history focuses on individual Virginians and is replete with sketches of local individuals (see list of localities at the end of this description), detailing not only theirs and their wife’s and children’s places and dates of birth, but often providing information on previous (more info...)
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Ohio State University Bulletin: Alumni and Former Student Register (1878-1912)
0 CDs | US0603-DL | $12.95
The loss of the 1890 census has created a road block in the work of many researchers. City directories are helpful in overcoming this loss. Another, and often overlooked source, is university and college alumni directories.

In November 1912, Ohio University published this third edition of its (more info...)
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