elizabeth backhouse (30 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good.

Softcover (Stiff Card). Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australia; Australian History; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0949206822. ISBN/EAN: 9780949206824. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 20867. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.

Paperback. Elizabeth Backhouse, Fremantle Press. Against Time And Place is a highly imaginative and well-crafted re-creation of a family history which transcends the particular to become a fascinating microcosm of British migration and settlement in Australia. The lives of members of the Booth and Backhouse families unfold against a rich backdrop of places and events, including the coal-mines and tenant farms of Yorkshire; the First World War and the Russian Revolution; the goldrushes, pioneering the wheatbelt and small town life Western Australia; the Great Depression; the second World War and its aftermath. Paperback.

Condizione: Fair. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Black cloth boards with lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to first and last pages textblock. Free endpapers are missing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor splits to spine and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.

xvii+256+[34]pp. 8vo. Original wrappers in illus. dustwrapper. With maps and illus. . Family history and autobiography. First edition.

Paperback. Against Time And Placeis a highly imaginative and well-crafted re-creation of a family history which transcends the particular to become a fascinating microcosm of British migration and settlement in Australia. The lives of members of the Booth and Backhouse families unfold against a rich backdrop of places and events, including the coal-mines and tenant farms of Yorkshire; the First World War and the Russian Revolution; the goldrushes, pioneering the wheatbelt and small town life Western Australia; the Great Depression; the second World War and its aftermath. 1990.  A fine copy.

264pp. 8vo. Original cloth. Inscription on ffe. A very good copy.

284pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly chipped dustwrapper. Inscription on ffe. A very good copy.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. pp.xviii+256. 33 black and white photo illustrations (most portraits). 4 maps. Publisher's review slip tipped onto front end paper. Soft cover in dust jacket. A good clean copy " . a highly imaginative and well-crafted re-creation of a family history . ". Yorkshire to Western Australia (mid nineteenth-century to the present). (Reprint).

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. pp.xviii+256+32 pages of family portraits. 5 maps. 20.5cm. Soft covers in dust jacket. Good copy. (Booth & Backhouse families in UK, Australia, S-W Australia. Family history in novel form).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Light foxing to foredge. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are also very good. Against Time and Place is a highly imaginative and well-crafted recreation of a family history that transcends the particular to become a fascinating microcosm of British migration and settlement in Australia. The lives of members of the Booth and Backhouse families unfold against a rich backdrop of places and events, including the coal mines and tenant farms of Yorkshire, the First World War and the Russian Revolution; the gold rushes, pioneering the Wheatbelt and small-town life of Western Australia; the Great Depression; the Second World War and its aftermath.

hardbound. Condizione: G-VG in poor dustwrapper. West Australian writer Elizabeth Backhouse's first novel, no publishing date (Trove dates it 1942); former owner's name/date (3.11.43) to front endpaper, endpapers and text block tanned, o.w. VG throughout; boards with some wear to head and tail of spine, and some sunning to head of spine; dustwrapper missing lower 3/4 of spine, heavily tape-repaired around edges and spine, held together in acid-free dustwrapper cover. Dustwrapper. 427pp. 8vo. G-VG in poor dustwrapper.

279pp. 8vo. Original cloth in chipped dustwrapper, foxed on lower panel. Name on ffe. A very good copy. Set during WWII.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. VG original tan cloth, in Fair but worn DW, with several tears to edges.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Crime novel set in Western Australia featuring a circus troupe in Carnarvon. A Prentis and Landles mystery. First edition, 1962. The front cover of the dust jacket has been pasted to the front free endpaper. Endpapers slightly marked, small inscription base of front endpaper but text in bright condition.

HARDCOVER. 1946. First edition. A very good copy in green cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Previous owners name to the front pastedown and light age tanning to the edges of the text block. No d/w.

HARDCOVER. C H Pitman, 1946. A near fine copy only marked by light age tanning to the edges and endpapers. The d/w is unclipped and very good with light edge rubbing and tanning/soiling to the panels.

HARDCOVER. C H Pitman, nd (c1945), First edition. A near fine copy only marked by light fly leaf shadowing to the endpapers. The d/w is unclipped and good with some edge wear and short repaired edge tears. Now in a protective cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1962 first edition hardback in very good condition. Quite scarce. A little foxing to edges and inside covers. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The black cloth boards have a green and white 'Boots Book-lovers Library' sticker to lower front centre. Otherwise just light shelf wear. Alas no dust wrapper. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Cloth Boards. 8vo, pp. 427, authors pres copy, missing f.f.e.p., light foxing eps., edges dusty, orig cl bds., marked, spine sunned, small split rear joint, edges rubbed, cnrs bent. Signed by author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. First in this series. Crime novel. Front endpaper removed & tape shadows on endpapers. Inner hinges of dustwrapper flaps very slightly trimmed, a little irregularly & minor tape shadows on these inner edges. Uncommon however.

HARDCOVER. Patersons Press, nd (c1942). First edition. A near fine copy of this authors first book. Only marked by light age tanning to the edges of the text block. The d/w is good with repaired edge wear and tanning to the spine. Now in a protective cover.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 189. Original publisher's black boards lettered silver gilt at spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. A moderately used, near very good copy: slightly cocked, some rubbing, marks and general wear, small date stamp to rear pastedown - otherwise sound with clean text.

HARDCOVER. C H Pitman, 1946. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by very light age tanning to the edges of the text block and light fly leaf shadowing to the endpapers. The d/w is unclipped and good with some repaired edge wear and a small amount of loss from the top of the front panel. Now in a protective cover. A lovely copy with the scarce d/w.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Original publisherÕs black boards lettered green at spine. Boots library label to front cover, otherwise very.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (10/6). Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, numerous marks/old damp staining, large patchy loss, creasing/rubbing to edges, patchy browning (including to spine), numerous tears, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners, odd spots of foxing, creasing/rubbing/marks to front/back inner flaps, patchy browning/odd spots of foxing/marks to reverse (white side), a few scratches/scrapes and is in only fair condition. Boards are very good (having been well protected by the jacket) with a little pushing/bumping to corners, little patchy fading (including to spine), a couple of scratches/scrapes/bumps to front, the odd small mark, odd small bump/rub to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Little spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages bit tanned. A previous owner's bookplate has been roughly removed from the front end-paper (leaving behind residue/scratches/marks). A small sticker has been removed from inside front board (leaving behind residue/marks). Odd small marks/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Odd marks/scratches/date in pen/old letter in pen to front/back end-papers. Occasional marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 188. Original publisherÕs green cloth lettered black at spine. The jacket is in very decent state and could suit a non ex library copy. Ex Library copy with the usual markings, tape marks to cloth, lacks endpapers otherwise very good in very good dust jacket.

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver and lime green back with smoking gun motif. 12mo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 189 pp. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with minor rubbing, not price clipped, 10/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 168 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 168 Language: English.

Leather Bound. Condizione: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 165, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 165 165.