Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (edition ), 1988
ISBN 10: 0140112316 ISBN 13: 9780140112313
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0140112316 ISBN 13: 9780140112313
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Margaret Preston on Australian women artists; Miles Franklin on suffragist, Rose Scott; Eleanor Dark on Caroline Chisholm; Kylie Tennant on the future.In 1938 women looked to the past for women who had made a mark on Australian history, and they looked to the future. In 1988 we were reassessing the past once again. Kylie Tennant was the youngest contributor to this volume at that time; just before her death in 1988 she reflected on the intervening fifty years. Like mirrors reflecting mirrors, this book shows the precarious position on the intervening fifty years. A collection of essays by writers such as Miles Franklin, Marjorie Barnard, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore and Kylie Tennant. Their topics include: suffragist Rose Scott; social reformer Caroline Chisholm; business woman Mary Reiby; and early Australian women artists and writers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Condition: New. 1988. paperback. . . . . .
Condition: New. 1988. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Language: English
Published by Jarrolds Publishers, London, UK, 1943
Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition. Includes 15*b/w photographs. 192pp. No date, believed 1943. Green cloth boards. Rubbing to edges of boards and joints. Cut/fray to head of lower joint. Split to hinge between free endpaper and frontis. leaving the upper board with some freedom. Name to free endpaper.
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Paperback. [Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.Author: UnknownFormat: Paperback Number of Pages: 166Reminding us that Australia is indebted not just to 'pioneers and their wives' but to 'pioneering women'. With contributions from Mary Gilmore, Dymphna Cusack, Dorothea MacKellar and others, this anthology includes: Margaret Preston on Australian women artists; Miles Franklin on suffragist Rose Scott; Eleanor Dark on Caroline Chisholm; Kylie Tennant on the future. . Like mirrors reflecting mirrors this book shows the precarious position of women in a country's history. Paperback.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Condition: Fine.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Condition: As New.
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books., Victoria Australia., 1988
Seller: Peter Moore Bookseller, (Est. 1970. PBFA, BCSA), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. pp.xii+166+ads. 20cm. Felt Pen Highlighting (c.1 page). Publisher's Review slip loosely inserted. Soft covers. A good clean copy ISBN. 0-14-011231-6. Australian women authors of the 1980s writing about those of earlier times, e.g. Dymphna Cusack writes about Mary Reibey and her times. Felt Pen Highlighting.
Published by The Women's Executive Committee and Advisory Council of Australia, 1938
Seller: The Little Shop of Books, Cootamundra, NSW, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Contributions by Mary Gilmore M.B. Eldershaw Dora Wilcox Dymphna Cusack Dorothea Mackeller Eleanor Dark Helen Simpson Miles Franklin Olive Hopegood Winifred Birkett Margaret Preston Kathleen Monypenny and Kylie Tennant. Small 3cm tear to base of spine.
Language: English
Published by Phoenix House (in Association with Georgian House, Melbourne), London, 1948
Seller: Marion Pitman Books, Reading, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First UK Edition. Brown cloth, bit worn, spine darkened and leaning, front hinge weak, two leaves creased. Novel set in Australia of 24th century, much of it comprising an historical novel about "old" Australia from 1924-1946. It was censored for political reasons at the time, the censors demanding that 400 lines be cut,; it was not published in its entirety until 1983, by Virago Press.
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0140112316 ISBN 13: 9780140112313
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Margaret Preston on Australian women artists; Miles Franklin on suffragist, Rose Scott; Eleanor Dark on Caroline Chisholm; Kylie Tennant on the future.In 1938 women looked to the past for women who had made a mark on Australian history, and they looked to the future. In 1988 we were reassessing the past once again. Kylie Tennant was the youngest contributor to this volume at that time; just before her death in 1988 she reflected on the intervening fifty years. Like mirrors reflecting mirrors, this book shows the precarious position on the intervening fifty years. A collection of essays by writers such as Miles Franklin, Marjorie Barnard, Dymphna Cusack, Mary Gilmore and Kylie Tennant. Their topics include: suffragist Rose Scott; social reformer Caroline Chisholm; business woman Mary Reiby; and early Australian women artists and writers. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Sydney, New South Wales, Arthur McQuitty 1938., 1938
First Edition
138pp. Large 8vo. Original wrappers. Illustrated in b/w throughout, a very good copy. First edition. Pieces by Mary Gilmore, Miles Franklin, Margaret Preston. and many other notable women writers.
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: New. New Book, Direct from Publisher.
Published by The Women's Executive Committee. First Australian edition, Sydney, 1938
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Mary Reibey by Dymohna Cusack, Caroline Chisholm by Eleanor Dark, Rose Scott - some Aspects of Her Personality and Work by Miles Franklin, Pioneer Women Artists by Margaret Preston, eight other pieces, poems by Mary Gilmore and Dorothea Mackellar; 'A Memorial to the Pioneer Women of Australia 1788-1938' Plain wrappers, stapled. Very good in dustwrapper. book.
Published by The Women's Executive Committee and Advisory Council of Australia, 1938
Seller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited, Gilmilnscroft, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. pp138, ( grey spine) Published to celebrate Australia's 150th anniversary. The text supported by some illustrations. A very good copy in card covers in good wrapper. Some foxing to the front endpaper and some light foxing to the fore-edges and rear endpaper. The wrapper is not price-clipped. The wrapper somewhat soiled with chipping to the head and tail of the spine.
Published by Women's Executive Committee and Advisory Council, Australia, Sydney, 1938
Seller: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, United Kingdom
First Edition
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Add to basketSoft Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 138 pages. Soft Cover. Photo illustrations. A tribute from "the women of today" to the women of yesterday. Published for the Women's Executive Committee and Advisory Council of Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations, 1938.
Published by PLC Croydon 1948, 1948
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback in decorated cloth Very nice copy large octavo 62pp., b/w plates, No 365 of 1,000 copies. Neat ownership signature o/w an exceptionally nice copy for its age.
Published by Women's Executive Committee Sydney 1938, 1938
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition stiff wrappers Nice copy large octavo 138pp., b/w plates, Ownership signature o/w nice copy.
Published by The Womens Executive Committee and Advisory Council of Australia 150th Anniversary Celebrations 1938, 1938
Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
Condition: Poor. Signed by Dymphna Cusack on page 37. Small 4to. limp boards in wraps. 138pp. + b/w plates. good, wrapper chipped, light foxing. Contributions by Mary Gilmore, M.B. Eldershaw, Dora Wilcox, Dymphna Cusack, Dorothea Mackeller, Eleanor Dark, Helen Simpson, Miles Franklin, Olive Hopegood, Winifred Birkett, Margaret Preston, Kathleen Monypenny and Kylie Tennant.