Wilberforce Octavia (11 results)

Hardback. 1989. First edition. A very good copy only marked by a previous owners mark on the front free endpaper and age tanning of the pages. The d/w is unclipped and also very good.

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Condition: Near Fine. London 1989 first edition. Cassel. Hardcover octavo. Near Fine, slight toning of text.no owner marks. in Fine dj, price unclipped. Review copy. 196p. Photo illus. Inspiring story of what a determined person can accomplish. ISBN 0-304-32230-x.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1928 first ernest been editionon faded green cloth.

Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 244 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is red with paper title label. Boards in red cloth with pastedown title label on front panel; wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Text block has bookplate on front flyleaf, cracked front hinge. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and text illustrations (drawings). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1402882. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK IN JACKET 1989. Neat inscription on the front end paper. TANNED PAGES. Clean & tight. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref H26. Octavia Wilberforce: Pioneer Woman Doctor: The Autobiography of a Pioneer Woman Doctor. Edited by Patricia Jalland. ISBN: 030432230X.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lois Lenski (illustrator). 1st Edition. William Morrow & Company, New York. 1928. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light suntanning to spine; light wear to head, tail, and tips; light dustsoiling to textblock top. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with paste-on title label on spine; paste-on title and illustration on the front board. Clean internals. Internal hinges are sound and not split. 244 pp 8vo. This is a book that makes learning to cook as adventuresome as a hunt for pirate gold. Prudence and Peter are twins who aspire to culinary fame but just can't get it right in spite of Mrs. Barber, the best cook in the world, reigns in the Ewing kitchen. But somehow they overcome their obstacles and put on a first-class dinner at a critical time. Recipes and information is given but the contagious enthusiasm for the art of fine cooking is the heart of the book. A clean very presentable copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Lois Lenski (illustrator). A very good plus red picture cover hardcover. Titles paste-down on cover and spine. Ex school library. Tape residue at spine bottom. Copyright 1928.

[0-304-32230-X] 1989, 1st printing. (Hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 196pp. Photographs, notes, index. A previous owner's inscription and book stamp on the front free endpaper, and a publicity information form has been taped to the rear free endpaper. "Octavia Wilberforce (1888-1963) was one of the second generation of pioneer women doctors who, in the years after the First World War, had to battle against fierce social opposition in order to practise in Britain". Biography of Octavia Wilberforce. Time Period Between the Wars. Edited by Pat Jalland. Locale: Britain. (Medicine, Autobiography, Doctors, Medicine, Women Doctors).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 208 pp. Green cloth in dust wrapper. Dw slightly edgeworn but now protected in a clear plastic sleeve. Boards marked. Appendix with recipes. Uncommon in jacket. VG/VG 8vo.

First edition, 8vo, 208 pp. Cloth, d.w., some very minor marks and bumping. A cheerful children's story weaving in many simple recipes. An American actress, Robins became famous for her portrayal of Hedda Gabler as well as other Ibsen roles in London.