Pinjarra the Building of a Farm School by Fairbridge Ruby (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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].

HARDCOVER. 1937. First edition. A very good copy only marked by foxing on the edges and the occasional spot in the otherwise fine text block. The d/w is good with some repaired edge wear and light tanning of the spine. Now in a protective cover. Scans available if required.

First Edition. 8vo. pp. xv + 239 with photographs. original cloth hardcover in price clipped pictorial dust wrapper. foxing throughout as usual a small stain at the head of the dust wrapper. errata slip else very good. The beginning of the now infamous Farm School Movement in Western Australia . The movement was the brainchild of South African Ruby and John Fairbridge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Complimentary Copy sent in Advance of Publication (states bookplate on half-title page). Also accompanying bookplate reads: "A Merry Christmas and Love from us both. Mrs. Kingsley Fairbridge". Head of half-title page bears previous owner's name: 'George Johnston'. Hardback, with dust wrapper. Brown boards with red lettering on spine. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped and board edges lightly rubbed. Binding is neat and tidy. Page edges are clean, yet uniformly discoloured. Head edge stained red. Tail edge deckled. Some very light discolouration and patches of foxing of pastedowns and free endpaper. This book is in good condition. Dust wrapper has some moderate rubbing and creases at the edges. Thumbing along top and bottom. General discolouration (see images), front and back, moreso at the spine. Some small tears and chips along the edges, yet this dust wrapper is in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound.

The scarce First Edition of the beginings of the now infamous Farm School Movement in Western Australia the brainchild of the South African Kingsley Fairbridge, told by his wife Ruby. 8vo.xv. 239 pps. Introduction by Walter Murdoch. Frontispiece portrait and fifteen illustrations. Inscribed to half title to J.I.Lloyd The gift of Mrs B Elyston-Price Sydney NSW 1941. A worn but clean sound copy in a home made dustwrapper.