fairbridge ruby (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. although not signed by the author, this book is signed and warmly inscribed by Helen Fairbridge. Helen was the sister of Kingsley. there are no other inscriptions and the binding is excellent. the jacket is poor. it is torn and a little marked and there is a chip out of the bottom of the spine. now in cellophane. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Hardcover in Dustjacket. 189 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. #1220 (Very Good + in jacket with edgewear, gift inscription.) 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.

Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. First edition, original cloth boards, b&w frontis portrait plate, b&w plates,endpaper maps, pp xv, 239. Ex-library with usual markings and an institutional library plate rear board; slightly shaken, some foxing, small light stain upper front board. Uncommon. Describes the establishment and development of Fairbridge Farm School, near Pinjarra in the south-west. The school was begun by Kingsley Fairbridge and his wife Ruby Fairbridge and opened in 1912. From 1913 to 1982 it was home to a total of 3,580 children who came to Fairbridge under various child migration schemes [some of whom were falsely told they were orphans].