Backhouse Elizabeth (36 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Against Time and Place This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

Softcover (Stiff Card). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australia; Australian History; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0949206822. ISBN/EAN: 9780949206824. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 20867. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.…

Paperback. Elizabeth Backhouse, Fremantle Press. Against Time And Place is a highly imaginative and well-crafted re-creation of a family history which transcends the particular to become a fascinating microcosm of British migration and settlement in Australia. The lives of members of the Booth and Backhouse families unfold against a rich backdrop of places and events, including the coal-mines and tenant farms of Yorkshire; the First World War and the Russian Revolution; the goldrushes, pioneering the wheatbelt and small town life Western Australia; the Great Depression; the second World War and its aftermath. Paperback.…

xvii+256+[34]pp. 8vo. Original wrappers in illus. dustwrapper. With maps and illus. . Family history and autobiography. First edition.

Condition: Fair. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Black cloth boards with lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to first and last pages textblock. Free endpapers are missing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor splits to spine and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. pp.xviii+256. 33 black and white photo illustrations (most portraits). 4 maps. Publisher's review slip tipped onto front end paper. Soft cover in dust jacket. A good clean copy " . a highly imaginative and well-crafted re-creation of a family history . ". Yorkshire to Western Australia (mid nineteenth-century to the present). (Reprint).…

Paperback. Against Time And Placeis a highly imaginative and well-crafted re-creation of a family history which transcends the particular to become a fascinating microcosm of British migration and settlement in Australia. The lives of members of the Booth and Backhouse families unfold against a rich backdrop of places and events, including the coal-mines and tenant farms of Yorkshire; the First World War and the Russian Revolution; the goldrushes, pioneering the wheatbelt and small town life Western Australia; the Great Depression; the second World War and its aftermath. 1990.  A fine copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. pp.xviii+256+32 pages of family portraits. 5 maps. 20.5cm. Soft covers in dust jacket. Good copy. (Booth & Backhouse families in UK, Australia, S-W Australia. Family history in novel form).

264pp. 8vo. Original cloth. Inscription on ffe. A very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

284pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly chipped dustwrapper. Inscription on ffe. A very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Light foxing to foredge. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are also very good. Against Time and Place is a highly imaginative and well-crafted recreation of a family history that transcends the particular to become a fascinating microcosm of British migration and settlement in Australia. The lives of members of the Booth and Backhouse families unfold against a rich backdrop of places and events, including the coal mines and tenant farms of Yorkshire, the First World War and the Russian Revolution; the gold rushes, pioneering the Wheatbelt and small-town life of Western Australia; the Great Depression; the Second World War and its aftermath.…

279pp. 8vo. Original cloth in chipped dustwrapper, foxed on lower panel. Name on ffe. A very good copy. Set during WWII.

hardbound. Condition: G-VG in poor dustwrapper. West Australian writer Elizabeth Backhouse's first novel, no publishing date (Trove dates it 1942); former owner's name/date (3.11.43) to front endpaper, endpapers and text block tanned, o.w. VG throughout; boards with some wear to head and tail of spine, and some sunning to head of spine; dustwrapper missing lower 3/4 of spine, heavily tape-repaired around edges and spine, held together in acid-free dustwrapper cover. Dustwrapper. 427pp. 8vo. G-VG in poor dustwrapper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. VG original tan cloth, in Fair but worn DW, with several tears to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Crime novel set in Western Australia featuring a circus troupe in Carnarvon. A Prentis and Landles mystery. First edition, 1962. The front cover of the dust jacket has been pasted to the front free endpaper. Endpapers slightly marked, small inscription base of front endpaper but text in bright condition.…

HARDCOVER. C. H. Pitman, 1946. First edition. A very good copy in rubbed and stained green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine.

HARDCOVER. 1946. First edition. A very good copy in green cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Previous owners details to the front endpapers and age tanning to the edges of the text block. No d/w.

HARDCOVER. C H Pitman, 1946. A near fine copy only marked by light age tanning to the edges and endpapers. The d/w is unclipped and very good with light edge rubbing and tanning/soiling to the panels.

HARDCOVER. C H Pitman, nd (c1945), First edition. A near fine copy only marked by light fly leaf shadowing to the endpapers. The d/w is unclipped and good with some edge wear and short repaired edge tears. Now in a protective cover.

Cloth Boards. 8vo, pp. 427, authors pres copy, missing f.f.e.p., light foxing eps., edges dusty, orig cl bds., marked, spine sunned, small split rear joint, edges rubbed, cnrs bent. Signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1962 first edition hardback in very good condition. Quite scarce. A little foxing to edges and inside covers. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The black cloth boards have a green and white 'Boots Book-lovers Library' sticker to lower front centre. Otherwise just light shelf wear. Alas no dust wrapper. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First in this series. Crime novel. Front endpaper removed & tape shadows on endpapers. Inner hinges of dustwrapper flaps very slightly trimmed, a little irregularly & minor tape shadows on these inner edges. Uncommon however.

HARDCOVER. Patersons Press, nd (c1942). First edition. A near fine copy of this authors first book. Only marked by light age tanning to the edges of the text block. The d/w is good with repaired edge wear and tanning to the spine. Now in a protective cover.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 189. Original publisher's black boards lettered silver gilt at spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. A moderately used, near very good copy: slightly cocked, some rubbing, marks and general wear, small date stamp to rear pastedown - otherwise sound with clean text.…

HARDCOVER. C H Pitman, 1946. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by very light age tanning to the edges of the text block and light fly leaf shadowing to the endpapers. The d/w is unclipped and good with some repaired edge wear and a small amount of loss from the top of the front panel. Now in a protective cover. A lovely copy with the scarce d/w.…

284pp. 8vo. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Original cloth in defective dustwrapper. Inscription and heavy inked name on ffe. A very good copy. First edition. Scarce and complex fantasy for, presumably, a juvenile readership.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 192. Original publisherÕs black boards lettered green at spine. Boots library label to front cover, otherwise very.