James Ruth Marchant (29 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Child's World: Assessing Children in Need 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. .…

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.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. ix, 133pp, illustrated with b/w drawings, appendix: street and road titles, bibliography, index, end-paper maps. Cloth boards in rubbed, edge-worn dust-jacket with some loss at extremities. The book covers the town, its history and the pioneers. Size: 4to. Stewart Cownie (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Book condition is fine. Soft cover. No dust jacket, published 1992. Book block is clean all sides of the book. Book boards clean and unmarked front and back of the book. Spine intact. Text body is immaculate and clean throughout the book. Over-all an excellent and neat copy of the book. "Heritage of Pines: A History of the Town of Cottesloe" is a 133-page local history book written by Ruth Marchant James and illustrated by Stewart Cownie. Commissioned by the Town of Cottesloe Council and published in 1977, it chronicles the area's European settlement from Willem de Vlamingh's 1697 landing onward.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. A fine copy. Pp. xiv, 133.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Reprint 1977 near fine hardback, top right corner of front free endpaper clipped, in a fair dust wrapper, corners and edges rubbed, small closed tears, covers rubbed, wrinkling of covers. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. 133 pages with index. Appendix of street names. Endpaper Maps. Line Drawings. Bibliography. Stewart Cownie (illustrator).…

Soft. Condition: Very Good Plus. Spine very lightly sunned, author's gift inscrip. to title page Size: 8vo. Cownie, Steward (illustrator).

hardcover. Town of Cottesloe Council, 1978. Reprint. A near fine copy only marked by a gift inscription to the half title page. The d/w is also near fine.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 190 pages. 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. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The publication date given above is an estimate only, there being no date given in the book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Groups, Clubs & Associations; Australia; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0959837728. ISBN/EAN: 9780959837728. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 27813. 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.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 1996 Large Soft Cover near fine book, corners and edges lightly rubbed, light foxing to page edges. Owner's inscription crossed out. 676 pages with index. 6 Appendices. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: front and back showing only light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, minimal wear along edges and at corners, spine showing a couple of light crease-lines but remains intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing more than 1 kg with packaging, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) may be more than what is shown here. Please email me if you would like a quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Established in 1907 as a mission church attached to St Luke's in Mosman Park, St Philip's celebrated its centenary in May 2011. Historian Ruth Marchant James writes this commissioned history.

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

Paperback, 8vo, 189pp. Very good condition. Light wear and creasing. Owner's message penned on title page. Celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Foundation of the Penguin Club of Victoria.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Some sunning to front and back endpage. Dust jacket is quite worn and is now in a protective cover. Interior and binding are still very good.

Wraps. Reprint. Reprint, Royal 8vo., pp. xiv, 133, Index, b/w ills., wraps, very good. History of the district. illustrated by Steward Cownie (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. West Australiana -ix,133p., 28p. of plates : map on endpapers ; 25cm. First Edition.(No dustjacket!) Signed by Author.#0916R/0818/0919/0221/291021/180522/011223/171024/050125/130126 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. SOFTCOVER. Gwen Powers signature with "Best wishes from". No other inscriptions. Light spine crease. Clean & tight. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref sdh037. Untamed by Time. History of The Penguin Club of Australia and Papua New Guinea and Mrs. M. Jean Ellis, founder.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Slight lift to front cover.Inscribed by author.

SOFTCOVER. 1992. Second edition. A fine, unmarked copy.

HARDCOVER. 1978. Reprint. A near fine copy in a very good d/w.&nbsp.

Stiff Board Cover. Condition: As New. First Edition .. No date but suggest 1987. This copy appears unused.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Minor marks on book foredges. Inscribed by author. Fields of Gold traces the history of the Western Australian Dominican Sisters from their arrival at Dunedin, New Zealand, in February 1871 to their journey and settlement in Greenough in June 1899, to their activities at the turn of the 21st Century. Like many, the Dominican Sisters came to Western Australia during the gold rushes of the 1880s and 1890s. By 1899, they had commenced their educational apostolate among the rural and mining towns.…

Wraps. Large 8vo, stiff illus paper wraps, colour frontis, many b&w illus, pp xx, 276. Very good condn.

Oblong super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, yellow & white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxi + 376pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & curling to spine & covers, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine.

SIGNED, oblong super octavo, illus light card covers, gold & white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxi + 376pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to cover edges & spine, light chafing).

Softcover. Stiff card covers. Condition: Near Fine. Â WEST AUSTRALIANA -ÂThe standard history of this premier coastal locale in Perth's Western Suburbs. Spans the history of Cottesloe and adjacent suburbs from the first inhabitants to the 17th and 19th century visits to the Dutch and French explorers and the area's progress up until the commencement of the 21st century. It covers their contribution to trade, commerce, civic affairs and involvement in the foundation of schools, churches, charitable institution, sporting and cultural activities. The development of a popular beachfront in highlighted from the public opening of the Cottesloe pier in 1908, through various eras covering two World Wars. Published to coincide with the Town of Cottesloe's Centenary. vii, 408 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Frontier and pioneer life -- Western Australia -- Cottesloe Cottesloe (W.A.) -- History #0218R/1118/0221/0421/240922/120923/050125/240425/051025/231225 Out of print 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.…

Stiff card covers. Condition: FINE. WEST AUSTRALIANA EducationA social history of childhood in North Cottesloe from the 1930's to 1960's."In 1913 a primary school was established in North Cottesloe, Perth. For a century since the school has provided educational and community services for families who moved there to grow their children by the ocean, beneath the pines. Cottesloe's Child is a social history of childhood in North Cottesloe from the 1930's to 1960's. Stories tell of everyday lives, and times at school during these mid-century decades. Connecting with the current North Cottesloe Primary School community, it also commemorates the school's celebrations in this special centenary year"First Edition.116 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 23 cm. #281224 Growing up beachside Time for the bell Days to remember A bright future.North Cottesloe Primary School - History;Education, Primary - Western Australia - Cottesloe - History;Primary schools - Western Australia - Cottesloe - History;Cottesloe (W.A.) - History; 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.…