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Softcover. Zustand: FINE. AUSTRALIAN FLORA Biography West Australiana -In December 1836, Georgiana Molloy received an unexpected letter from a stranger in London. Captain James Mangles asked her to collect specimens and seeds of the native plants of Taalinup, where she was living with her family, on Wadandi Pibelmen country. During the last six years of her life, they exchanged letters and she sent him three exquisite collections from Taalinup and Undalup (Augusta and Busselton). They were the highest quality specimens British botanists had ever received from Western Australia. She was self-taught but her dried wildflower specimens are still studied in world herbariums. She died in 1843 aged thirty-seven, having received no payment or formal recognition for her scientific achievements.'A Lady's Pen' provides the first complete, unedited transcription of the long extracts Mangles kept from her letters. Today, they're the only significant, first-hand source of information about her botanical work. Chapters on the writing, the collecting and the research help to peel back the historical filters that today's readers encounter, and an account of Mangles' own intriguing life chimes to the voice that's been missing from their long-distance conversation. But the plants of WA's southwest are the main characters here. Their incredible journeys across oceans and through time are supplemented by the first comprehensive list of the species Georgiana Molloy collected.First Edition. Signed by Author (inscription) 252 pages, xxxii plates : colour illustrations ; 23 cm. #070626  Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN FLORA WEST AUSTRALIANA BIOGRAPHY -This meticulously researched biography tells the extraordinary story of Georgiana Molloy, one of Australia's first internationally successful female botanists.In 1829, estranged from her family and living in an isolated Scottish village, Georgiana Kennedy made a sudden decision to marry Captain John Molloy of the Rifle Brigade, a handsome hero with a mysterious past.They emigrated immediately to the remote southwest of Western Australia with the first small group of European settlers, and experienced great hardship in the fledgling colonies of Augusta and Busselton. In times of personal tragedy and privation, botany was Georgiana Molloy's salvation.She was self-taught and became the first internationally successful female botanist in WA. Her collections of the indigenous flora of the southwest include type specimens, archived today in the world's leading herbaria.From the refined beauty of 19th century England and Scotland, to the dramatic landscape of the West Australian coast, Georgiana Molloy: The Mind That Shines gives new insight into the life of this pioneering botanist. Following a swift marriage, Georgiana and Captain John Molloy, a handsome hero with a mysterious past, emigrated to Australia among the first group of European settlers to the remote southwest. Here, despite personal tragedy, Georgiana's passion for flora was ignited. Entirely self-taught, she gathered specimens of indigenous flora from Augusta and Busselton that are now held in some of the world's leading herbarium collections.Using Georgiana's own writings and notes, accompanied by full-colour pictures of some of the stunning plants mentioned throughout, Bernice Barry reveals a resilient, independent woman of strong values, whose appreciation and wonder of the landscape around her became her salvation, and her legacy.Georgiana Molloy arrived in Perth in 1830 as one of the first European settlers and experienced extreme hardship in the fledgling colonies of Augusta and Busselton. When personal tragedy struck, botany was her salvation. Using many new sources, this minutely researched book fills in the gaps in previous publications and reveals for the first time the thrilling history of her husbandâs early military career in the Napoleonic wars. Through new information about Georgianaâs childhood and dramatic life she is revealed as a woman shaped by her 19th century world but with views and values that were far ahead of her time. The authorâs personal insights into her ten years of research into Georgiana Molloyâs life are threaded through the historical narrative, revealing a quest that anyone interested in genealogy will respond to: the excitement of discovering our origins and the significance of those revelations on our lives. 336 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour), facsimiles (some colour), genealogical tables ; 24 cm#090322/190722/151123/290824/300826/231026Molloy, Georgiana, 1805-1843. | Women pioneers -- Western Australia -- Biography. | Women botanists -- Western Australia -- Biography. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Australia -- Biography. | Australian Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

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stiff wraps. 1st Edition. 1st ed., octavo, pp. (x) 373, colour plates and b&w illustrations, maps, original stiff illustrated wraps.Near fine condition. Biography of Georgiana Molloy (1805-1843), one of the first European settlers arriving in the new Swan River Colony, Western Australia, in 1829. She was the first successful botanist in the Colony. Georgiana Molloy's collections of indigenous flora of the southwest, including type specimens, are archived in the world?s leading herbaria. Molloy, Georgiana (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 88 pages. Features: Many color-photo fashion ads in this issue; Cover photo of John Eagle and Family of Cabin Creek Valley, West Virginia - this miner has been jobless for 15 months; If Sixteen Countries Had the (Nuclear) Bomb; Feature article on the depressed mining town of Cabin Creek, West Virginia - article with seven sombre photos scenes including what financially challenged Americans did in the days before food stamps and EBT cards; Labor Lawyer Arthur J. Goldberg becomes Labor Secretary - article with photos, including a shot of Goldberg with JFK; A Review of Freud's Psychoanalysis 50 Years After it was introduced to the US - article with photo of Freud in his Vienna consulting room; Three Ways to Keep the Air Safe - an expert offers his program for helping to avoid accidents on our crowded airlanes; The Censor as Movie Director - Geoffrey Shurlock is in charge of Hollywood's code of self-censorship; Attractive full-page color-photo ad for Sue Brett fashions for women; Nice full-page colour photo ad for Bemberg /Betty Hartford features attractive model in front of news stand which displays an assortment of contemporary fashion magazines; Gorgeous one-page color-photo ad for Bobbie Brooks fashion for women features attractive model in drawstring cotton knit sheath; Making the Greenwich Village Scene - seven great photos with captions and bried write-up; Beautiful one-page color-photo ad for Dan River features two gorgeous models in dresses in Brussels; Hot Stove Skippers - two winter nautical photos at Hulse's Boatyard in Amityville, LI; Full-page color photo ad for Dacron features model in purple pattern dress; The Ghoul with the Green Face - Today's smart fashion models look spooky, but will they ever be voted the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi; Nice one-page ad for Lester Lanin and his records; Open Doors for Young Prisoners - Forestry work camps for youths in New York state; Color-photo centerfold ad sponsored by the French government Tourist Office features four timbered Norman inns; One-page color ad for Birds Eye fish products; Nice color full-page ad for Medaglia D'Oro Espresso Coffee; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Cunard Line; Predicting the World's End is a Rite That Goes Back almost to its Beginnings; Have Parents a Right to Know? - Can they inspect school records of their children?; Bedroom fashions - in photos and words; The Case of Linda Brown - the girl who made history at age 9 looks back on the trying days of "Brown vs. the Board of Education" - article with photo; Cioppino recipe; Bridal fashion photos. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Paper generally yellowed and tender. A worthy reference copy. Manning, Jack; Derujinsky Gleb (illustrator).…