Buck, Ruth (94 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.

Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardback. Condition: Good/Acceptabe. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Dust Jacket, brown decorative cloth hardback with two gilt figures on front with gilt lettering on bottom corner of front of cover, gilt figure on spine with gilt block and lettering also on spine. Mark on front left hand endpaper where presentation slip has been attached, frontispiece with tissue guard loose, first front pages, including title, contents page and up to page 16, bottom half of pages slightly loose (but attached) webbing exposed between page 96 and 97, and very occasionally on pages throughout the book, some sunning on a few pages, otherwise clean tight copy in good/acceptable condition. Undated but date of 14.1.91 on opposite side of title page, published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co Book#103413.

Reprint, Pictorial cloth binding. Near fine, just eps browned, some inscriptions on prelims and minor wear to cloth.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Softcover. Condition: WIE NEU. 50 g. deutsch 32 pages.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Broschur. Condition: Befriedigend. 32 S. Kanten etwas berieben /// Standort Wimregal . ISS-17383 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 28.

Kartoniert. Condition: Gut. 85 S. Aus der Reihe "Wissenschaft und Zärtlichkeit. Studienreihe. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift, Band 3" Einband und Seiten mit schwachen Knickpuren am unteren Rand. Ansonsten gutes und sauberes Exemplar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. JKS (illustrator). HB 14.1.1891 reprint. First published 1888. Blue cloth boards. Gilt and colour illust + decoration + blue titles on gilt frame front. Ditto spine. 18.6 x 12.5cm. 243 pages + further pages of publisher listings. b/w frontis, b/w illusts. Condition: Gilt on cover illusts rubbed. Rubbed on top and bottom of spine, + spine seam. Wear on cover corners, boards showing slightly. Opening paste down owner name in period ink writing. Opening and closing pages age discolouration. Opening page seam cracked but holding well. End paper seam cracked webbing showing but cover holding firm. The odd grubby mark to some pages. Binding holding. Text clear all readable. Fair condition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Gilt titles and ornate gilt decoration on tan cloth boards. Boards are generally very clean with only some very light marks to front and a little wear to spine head and tail with some slight dulling. Internally the front hinge is cracked, there is light foxing to endpapers and closed edges else clean and unmarked. Overall a Good + copy with gilt to front especially bright. Not dated but this edition is cited by The British Library as 1887. 384 pages. Illustrated with plates and chapter headings and tails. Previously published under the author's maiden name of Ruth Buck it is a moral tale with a christian background. A1B Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 204pp., biblio., appendices, notes, map. Some wear and cover crease.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Canadian Edition. 175pp w bibliography. Illust w historical bw photographs. Tan endpapers. Gift inscription inked on ffep. Tan-weave boards w gold lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Titled DJ shows sunning to spine and top edges, now preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo: 220 x 150mm.

Hardcover/Softcover. AC - 5718 Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar in gutem Zustand. Former library book in good condition. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hard. Condition: Fair. Illustrated with 3 b/w engraved plates. (illustrator). Undated. Presumed first printing. c.1880. Fair. Contemporaneous cloth; slightly worn. One quire (group of leaves) has become detached. 0.

Booklet. Condition: Very Good. A very good staple-bound bookklet. Staining on back cover. Fifth edition.

[0-88977-083-2] 1995, 2nd edition. (Mass market paperback) As new. 130pp. Illus. Originally published 1973.

Gr.-8°, kartoniert. Condition: Gut. 443 Seiten, Illustrationen, 23,5cm, Einband leicht berieben und an vorderer oberer Ecke etwas knickspurig, sonst sauberes Exemplar A9131 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 782.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Signed by Author; DJ has a couple of short tears, spine faded. Extensive gift notation on front free end paper. ; Author inscription on title page, inscribed to the subject of gift inscription. A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 175 pages; The remarkable story of Elizabeth Matheson stands out as a biography of one of Canada's extraordinary women and as a compelling picture of pioneer life on the prairies. One of Canada's first woman doctors, she was a determined, truly remarkable person, whose character and achievements, from her early days in Ontario and India to her death in 1958, are recounted by her daughter, author Ruth Matheson Buck. Here are her struggles as a woman and a mother of nine, her fight against discrimination in the medical profession, her tireless efforts to gain the trust of the Cree Indians at the Onion Lake Mission in Northern Saskatchewan, built up over the years, and her exhausting, life-saving journeys to the bleak outposts of her practice.

Engraved frontispiece, 2 leaves, 121 pp. Cont. blind-stamped cloth with gilt tile on front board (boards partly discoloured, stamp on title verso). Sprache: Englisch.

Decorative Cloth. No Jacket. Presumed First Edition. Binding firm pages white presentation plate torn from fep, . orange cloth has delamination on the bottom front edge. and light handling wear. PP 128, Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Minus. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. The book and jacket are newish with a little bit of text block edge wear/ tiny push to bottom boards but no marks/smudging and appears never to have been read. Top text block slightly dusty with barely beginning of tanning to endpapers. Wrap around dust jacket art of the three Wise Men following the Star of Bethlehem. Jacket has slight tear /crumple at spine ends. All the old Christmas favorites! .price is unclipped. Looks stunning in it's shiny new mylar cover.

Hardcover. Cover is worn blue linen, with a simple border design. Hinges; "I believe in the resurrection of the dead." "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep." ; 3.5" x 6"; 142 + ads pages Very Good- loose, spine rubbed, slightly soiled, end pages torn and missing edges. Previous owner signature on inside front.

1969. (Staplebound) Near fine. pp 81-120. Photographs. Includes Ruth M. Buck (The Journal of Eleanor Shepphird Matheson, 1920. Part II) & Carman Miller (Lord Melgund and the North-West Campaign). (Western Canada).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Xvii, 172 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Fine. Ownership Signature Of Prominent Cardiac Surgeon Richard J. Bing, Listed In The Book As A Member Of The Harvey Society Of New York. Copyriht 2008 Although 2007 Date On Title Page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Second Edition. Octavo, 110 pages, metal spiral-bound photographic boards " This cookbook celebrates "The Negro Welcome' . I can go into any Negro hom at any time and know that I am wanted. . There'll be enough food, because we always cook for the friend who might drop by. . the pot is always waiting, and it is this pot on the stove that gives solu to the Negro Welcome." - p.vii. Illuistrations by Porge Buck. Old recipes are 'starred' throughout this collection.