prue joske (8 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Along the "Gunbarrel Highway" from Perth via Laverton to Alice Springs.Personal journalistic account of overland travel from Perth to Alice Springs. Scattered references to Aborigines throughout.x, 96 p. ; ill., maps ; 22 cm. #080722 Signed by Author. (inscription)Joske, Prue, 1929- | Bus travel -- Australia, Central. | History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous - Autobiographies. | Australia, Central -- Description and travel. | Mparntwe / Alice Springs (South Central NT SF53-14) | Perth (SW WA SH50-14) 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.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to corners and edges. Fading to spine. Interior and binding are still excellent. Isabella Maxwell married Dr John Ferguson in 1839. Ferguson bought shares in the Western Australian Company, and in 1842, they and their children sailed on the Trusty to Western Australia. On arrival at Australind, Isabella was so disappointed with the place that she sat on their cases and cried. This book includes letters written between 1842 and 1910 by Isabella and her family to Scottish relatives. The author annotates and places the letters in their historical context. Published for the Charles and Joy Staples South West Region Publications Fund.

Wraps. 8vo, pp. x, 96, b/w maps, wraps, v.g. Travel through the Australian interior.

xii+252pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Name on ffe. A very good copy. First edition. .

Paper Wraps. 1st edition. 8vo, stiff paper wraps, col illus cover, b&w illus, line drawings, maps, pp. (x) 96. Author's presentation copy. Small crease alongside spine, o/w v.g. 96 A light-hearted account of two women's camping tour into the interior of Australia, along the desert route from Perth via Laverton to Alice Springs. Signed by author.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine condition. Inscribed by the author to Emeritus Professor Reg Appleyard. The Swan River Colony and its Colonial Hospital were founded in 1829. This book traces the hospital's history from the leaky tent that served the first colonial surgeon to the present-day multi-storey hospital.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Perth, Centre for Migration and Development Studies, University of Western Australia, 1995. Quarto, [viii], xvi, 421 pages with 69 illustrations and a map plus a loosely inserted errata slip. Papered boards; spine a little creased (a production flaw); a fine copy with the dustwrapper lightly sunned and creased about the spine. Inscribed ('It's been a long time knowing') and signed by Louise Hoffman on the title page. Signed.