Robert Plowman (30 results)

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Condition: Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed golden yellow wraps. The wraps are darkened & lightly bumped with some very light foxing & soiling. There are a few tiny ink stains to the front wrap. Pages [225]-256. The contents are very good. During World War II, "The Adelphi" was temporarily edited from The Adelphi Centre in Langham, Essex, a center founded in anticipation of the war to support "works of constructive pacifism" and to explore "new forms of social living". It combined a refuge for victims of bombing raids, a community farm and market garden and educational activities directed towards the regeneration of society. The editor, Max Plowman, reports that the centre "is experiencing a great revival.I believe we are on the eve of making the Langham Voluntary Service Scheme a great pioneering example of creative pacifist living."Among the contents of this wartime issue are "A Turn at the Trance", an article on working in a factory by Jack Common; "Religious Objections to Evolution" by Robert Hamilton; "Old Hat--or New?" by Dorothy Plowman; and "Lighten Our Darkness", an article on evil and "Sunday school goodness" by Max Plowman.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Trade paperback. Tight sound copy with average wear overall, but pretty much a tight sound reading copy only due to being an Ex library copy with the usual faults, Ink stamps, spine label, etc. A nice tight sound reading copy only. This book is preliminary inventory Of The Records In The archives of Delaware County 1789-1929. No Signature. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author in black ink on title page in the year of publication: "Yours sincerely, R. Bruce Plowman, 3.4.33". With foreword by Professor Walter Murdoch. Uncommon FIRST EDITION, with 1933 to both title page & copyright page & no later printing dates. Illustrated with 9 b&w plates, including frontispiece, as issued (18 photographs on 9 plates). With 2 maps as front endpapers. Includes 26 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Writer and Presbyterian minister, Robert Bruce Plowman (1886-1966), "was born in Melbourne in 1886. He was educated at the South Melbourne State School until the age of 12 and later at Scotch College. Between 1912 and 1917 he worked as a volunteer for John Flynn of the Australian Inland Mission. He was ordained for the purposes of the Presbyterian Church and licensed to baptise, marry and bury. Plowman worked as itinerant minister in South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory, including Beltana, Birdsville and Oodnadatta. He died in Melbourne in 1966. Plowman was in poor health for much of his life and it was while recovering from illness that he started to write novels based on his experiences in Central Australia. His published works include The Man from Oodnadata (1933), Camel Pads (1933), The Boundary Rider (1935) and Larapinta (1939)." This copy includes a contemporary NEWSPAPER REVIEW of the book laid in (see photos). Printed in Australia. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with black lettering to front board & spine. No dustjacket (all that remains is the inner front flap, which has been pasted to verso of ffep). NOTE: A GOOD COPY ONLY. Handling wear, cocked, former owner's name in black marker to ffep, mild marginal foxing, front hinge split (but holding), otherwise a clean tight solid hardcover copy. Internally VG with all plates clean & complete. xv + 320pp + 26pp ads. Uncommon first edition, scarce signed copy. RARE. SB-38.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorAbout the authABOUT THE AUTHORRobert F Paden (The Plowman) and his wife Bettye have been in missionary service for nearly half a century. First as Short-Term Assistants in Colombia, then in church pla.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnDavid Plowman s previous work Tokens of Panama Fichas de Panama was well received by the numismatic community in Panama, who brought him to Panama for a launching and book signing party. His website www.coins-of-panama.co.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnDavid Plowman s previous work Tokens of Panama Fichas de Panama was well received by the numismatic community in Panama, who brought him to Panama for a launching and book signing party. His website www.coins-of-panama.co.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnDavid Plowman s previous work Tokens of Panama Fichas de Panama was well received by the numismatic community in Panama, who brought him to Panama for a launching and book signing party. His website www.coins-of-panama.co.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnDavid Plowman s previous work Tokens of Panama Fichas de Panama was well received by the numismatic community in Panama, who brought him to Panama for a launching and book signing party. His website www.coins-of-panama.co.…