Plowman r b (23 risultati)

LACKS FEP, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (tatty); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

xvi+320pp. 8vo. Original boards with some wear. Map endpapers, black and white frontispiece and photographic plates. A very good copy. Fifth edition.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Very Good With A Gift Inscription To The Fep, Spotted Eps And Page Edges , Pp 320 26 Page Publishers Catalogue , Frontis Endpaper Maps , Illustrations.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Third Edition. With b&w frontis and illstns. Tidy, a name in front. Dust jacket is unclipped, several tiny tears and chips, part faded at the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardbound. Condizione: Good. The author tells the story of his epic journey by camel around his parish in Central Australia and into the Northern Territory; endpaper maps, b&w plate illustrations; 1st Edition with date of 1933 to title page and copyright page; includes 26 page A&R catalogue to rear of text; former owner's name to front endpaper, endpapers/prelims/text block foxed, scattered foxing throughout (heavy around plates), o.w. Good; boards rubbed, sunned to spine, edgewear to head and tail of spine, 3cm split to cloth at head of spine. no dustwrapper. 320pp (xiv). 8vo. Good. b&w illustrations (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. Hardback Third edition. Cover slighlty faded at lower edge. Neat gift message on front end paper. Text is clean. Dustwrapper is tattered with tears and small secions missing. Illustrated 246 pages. The story of a padre in Australia travelling through his his vast parish to Alice Springs. Wt 0.5 Kg Good (Poor).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. CURRENTLY WE ONLY SELL TO UK LOCATIONS. PLEASE DO NOT PLACE ORDER IF INTERNATIONAL IF SHIPPING IS REQUIRED. This is an ex-library book so has the usual library markings, labels and stamps inside. Edges of pages slightly discoloured.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Third Edition. 246pp; illustrations, chipped dustwrapper with piece missing from base spine. ; 205 x 130mm.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Angus & Robertson Ltd Sydney 1935 Third Edition VG (blue cloth w title in darker blue on spine and front board, spine mottled, rear board sl shaky, head and foot of spine sl bumped and stained, edges sl foxed, owners name on fep) in VG- DW (rubbed and worn, chipping on head and foot of spine w portions missing esp on foot of spine, few closed tears repaired internally). …

3rd edition chipped dust jacket Nice copy small octavo x + 246pp., b/w plates, maps, Plowman was a Minister of the Presbyterian Church's Australian Inland Mission ministering to the 400 white people who lived between the Flinders Ranges and Tennant Creek. Slight chipping to unclipped dust jacket o/w nice copy in tan cloth boards.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Second edition, 1933, xiv, 320pp 26 pages publisher's ads. Frontis. and 16 B. & W. photographic illustrations, fep maps. Original brown cloth. Inscription in ink on half title. foxing to end papers and page edges. Otherwise a clean tight copy.

(6th ed.) Or.cl. 320pp. b/w ills. Sl. foxing else a Very good copy. Travels from Oodnadatta to Tennant Creek.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very Good ++ with an owners name to fep, PP 320 , 26 page publishers catalogue , frontis endpaper maps , illustrations.

h/c + d/j, 19x1`3cm, 320+26pagesFrontis., b/w illustrations, endpaper maps, owners details in pencil on frontis verso, heavy handed faint imprint on title page, creased rear end paper, some light spotting, light d/j wear, nice copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author in black ink on title page in the year of publication: "Yours sincerely, R. Bruce Plowman, 3.4.33". With foreword by Professor Walter Murdoch. Uncommon FIRST EDITION, with 1933 to both title page & copyright page & no later printing dates. Illustrated with 9 b&w plates, including frontispiece, as issued (18 photographs on 9 plates). With 2 maps as front endpapers. Includes 26 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Writer and Presbyterian minister, Robert Bruce Plowman (1886-1966), "was born in Melbourne in 1886. He was educated at the South Melbourne State School until the age of 12 and later at Scotch College. Between 1912 and 1917 he worked as a volunteer for John Flynn of the Australian Inland Mission. He was ordained for the purposes of the Presbyterian Church and licensed to baptise, marry and bury. Plowman worked as itinerant minister in South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory, including Beltana, Birdsville and Oodnadatta. He died in Melbourne in 1966. Plowman was in poor health for much of his life and it was while recovering from illness that he started to write novels based on his experiences in Central Australia. His published works include The Man from Oodnadata (1933), Camel Pads (1933), The Boundary Rider (1935) and Larapinta (1939)." This copy includes a contemporary NEWSPAPER REVIEW of the book laid in (see photos). Printed in Australia. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with black lettering to front board & spine. No dustjacket (all that remains is the inner front flap, which has been pasted to verso of ffep). NOTE: A GOOD COPY ONLY. Handling wear, cocked, former owner's name in black marker to ffep, mild marginal foxing, front hinge split (but holding), otherwise a clean tight solid hardcover copy. Internally VG with all plates clean & complete. xv + 320pp + 26pp ads. Uncommon first edition, scarce signed copy. RARE. SB-38.…

246 pp, maps, b&w photographic plates, gift inscription on front end-paper, else fine copy in like d/j. . Third edition - first published 1933.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Hardcover. 26 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1933. Second Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have mild soiling. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Edges of pages are significantly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 21100162.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Sydney, Angus and Robertson Limited, 1935 (first edition). Octavo, x, 278 pages plus 9 pages of plates (from photographs) and front endpaper maps. Red cloth; lightly bumped and a little rubbed and marked; early ink ownership inscription to the recto of the frontispiece; some slight tanning and other minor signs of age and handling internally; a very good copy. The final volume in R.B. Plowman's fine 'Inland trilogy'. He was an Australian Inland Mission missionary in the region from Hawker to Birdsville; when the events recorded here took place, 'Motor cars, aeroplanes, and wireless sets had not made their appearance in Central Australia' (from the Author's Note).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Sydney, Angus & Robertson Limited, November 1933 (second edition)/ October 1933. Octavo, x, 298 pages plus 9 pages of plates and 2 maps on the front endpaper. Cloth a little marked and slightly bumped at the extremities, with the cloth on the front top corner a little bubbled and creased; spine slightly canted; a very good copy. The adventures of a padre in Central Australia.…

Hardback. R. B. Plowman, Angus & Robertson Limited. Edition: Second EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket. Now protected by mylar sleeve. Foxing on top of block - does not extend internally. Pages clean and bright.Step into the rugged landscapes of Central Australia in this classic 1933 account by R. B. Plowman. As the "Man from Oodnadatta," Plowman chronicles his extraordinary experiences traveling through the vast, unforgiving interior of the continent. This narrative provides an intimate look at the life of a boundary rider and padre, relying on camel teams to navigate the shimmering heat and endless horizons of the Australian outback. Plowman's writing is both a historical document and a spirited adventure, offering a firsthand perspective on the resilience required to survive and thrive in the heart of Australia. This second edition remains a vital piece of biography and travel literature for anyone captivated by the spirit of exploration. Hardback.…

8vo. viii, [2], 297, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates, maps on endpapers. Gray publisher's cloth, lettered & decorated in blue (minor shelfwear, light foxing to upper fore-edges of textblock), w/ d.j. cover art of Plowman on camel back (minor chipping head of spine, edgewear), still VG/VG copy, w/ former ownership markings on ffep. Second edition of this fascinating travelogue through the Oodnadatta country, filled with delightful cameos, amusing anecdotes, and character sketches of the country and its inhabitants. Scarce in original dustjacket.…

Sydney 1957. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. x 246pp. With frontisp. and 10 full-page plates.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.78. Publisher's plain card wraps with integral dust-jacket with printed price of one shilling net to upper. Signed by the editor and contributor Gertrude Ford to the half title. Annotation to title page and to some poem titles. Dust-jacket a little worn to spine with some loss at the ends and the titles mostly faded, some marking and toning. Near fine. A scarce collection of patriotic verse, later expanded and republished in 1917, only eight copies listed as held by British institutions and not traced by Reilly. Contains Poems by Binyon and Plowman amongst others. Catherine W. Reilly: English Poetry of the First World War 63 p.20. Signed by Author.…