THE BRIDLE PATH : Doris Her Life and Letters. (Signed Copy)
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THE BRIDLE PATH : Doris Her Life and Letters. (Signed Copy) (1991)
EN HC US SI FEISBN: 9780646056388 bzw. 0646056387, in Englisch, Joyce Downing, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, signiert, Erstausgabe, mit Einband.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Diversity Books, IOBA [1382696], Korumburra, Australia.
(vi) + 185pp., green, half-tone plate endpapers. Several colour plates, plus numerous b/white, candidly-illustrated, half-tone plates and a few facsimiles. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title on spine. Green faux-leather boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Edition limited to 150 copies: this copy hand-signed and numbered '67', by Joyce Downing, on the colophon. Art-illustrated (lino print on rice paper, Trish Walsh), loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn and abraded, clear tape on verso folds. Constructed from 'letters home', with connecting narrative by her younger sister/editor Joyce, this is the story of Doris Downing, a missionary teacher, who gave so much of her life to the people of Papua New Guinea . . . born in Victoria in 1900, she died in 1976. Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Mitchell River, Sunshine-Melbourne, Egualua-Greetings, Clouds of War, Post-War Reconstruction, Papua New Guinea Revisited, Doris's Death, In Loving Memory, Index. Book weight approx. 720g.
(vi) + 185pp., green, half-tone plate endpapers. Several colour plates, plus numerous b/white, candidly-illustrated, half-tone plates and a few facsimiles. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title on spine. Green faux-leather boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Edition limited to 150 copies: this copy hand-signed and numbered '67', by Joyce Downing, on the colophon. Art-illustrated (lino print on rice paper, Trish Walsh), loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn and abraded, clear tape on verso folds. Constructed from 'letters home', with connecting narrative by her younger sister/editor Joyce, this is the story of Doris Downing, a missionary teacher, who gave so much of her life to the people of Papua New Guinea . . . born in Victoria in 1900, she died in 1976. Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Mitchell River, Sunshine-Melbourne, Egualua-Greetings, Clouds of War, Post-War Reconstruction, Papua New Guinea Revisited, Doris's Death, In Loving Memory, Index. Book weight approx. 720g.
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THE BRIDLE PATH : Doris Her Life and Letters. (Signed Copy) (1991)
EN HC US SIISBN: 9780646056388 bzw. 0646056387, in Englisch, Joyce Downing, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, signiert, mit Einband.
Lieferung aus: Australien, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Diversity Books.
Maryborough, Victoria, Australia: Joyce Downing, 1991. (vi) + 185pp., green, half-tone plate endpapers. Several colour plates, plus numerous b/white, candidly-illustrated, half-tone plates and a few facsimiles. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title on spine. Green faux-leather boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Edition limited to 150 copies: this copy hand-signed and numbered '67', by Joyce Downing, on the colophon. Art-illustrated (lino print on rice paper, Trish Walsh), loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn and abraded, clear tape on verso folds. Constructed from 'letters home', with connecting narrative by her younger sister/editor Joyce, this is the story of Doris Downing, a missionary teacher, who gave so much of her life to the people of Papua New Guinea . . . born in Victoria in 1900, she died in 1976. Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Mitchell River, Sunshine-Melbourne, Egualua-Greetings, Clouds of War, Post-War Reconstruction, Papua New Guinea Revisited, Doris's Death, In Loving Memory, Index. Book weight approx. 720g. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Diversity Books.
Maryborough, Victoria, Australia: Joyce Downing, 1991. (vi) + 185pp., green, half-tone plate endpapers. Several colour plates, plus numerous b/white, candidly-illustrated, half-tone plates and a few facsimiles. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title on spine. Green faux-leather boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Edition limited to 150 copies: this copy hand-signed and numbered '67', by Joyce Downing, on the colophon. Art-illustrated (lino print on rice paper, Trish Walsh), loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn and abraded, clear tape on verso folds. Constructed from 'letters home', with connecting narrative by her younger sister/editor Joyce, this is the story of Doris Downing, a missionary teacher, who gave so much of her life to the people of Papua New Guinea . . . born in Victoria in 1900, she died in 1976. Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Mitchell River, Sunshine-Melbourne, Egualua-Greetings, Clouds of War, Post-War Reconstruction, Papua New Guinea Revisited, Doris's Death, In Loving Memory, Index. Book weight approx. 720g. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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The Bridle Path : Doris her life and letters. (1991)
EN SIISBN: 9780646056388 bzw. 0646056387, in Englisch, Editor, signiert.
Lieferung aus: Australien, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Astrolabe Booksellers.
Maryborough (Vic): Editor. 1991. #32 of 150 copies, signed by the editor. 186pp, illustrated. Cloth with dustwrapper (extremities a little rubbed, now in protective sleeve). Very good. ISBN 0646056387 ***A teacher who worked in Anglican missions to Carpentaria (1924-25) and Papua New Guinea (1929-42 & 1944-46). .
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Astrolabe Booksellers.
Maryborough (Vic): Editor. 1991. #32 of 150 copies, signed by the editor. 186pp, illustrated. Cloth with dustwrapper (extremities a little rubbed, now in protective sleeve). Very good. ISBN 0646056387 ***A teacher who worked in Anglican missions to Carpentaria (1924-25) and Papua New Guinea (1929-42 & 1944-46). .
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