Helen vellacott (55 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprint. Very sl rub to spine ends, large inscr tohalf-title page, very small dark dot stain to bottom edge of upper bd and same place on dw, dw has also sl fade to spine and margins, mild crease to rear cover, and a sprinkling of faint spots mainly to rear cover. An English Girl's Reminiscences: 'Below Stairs' in Colonial Australia. ; 260x180mm; 139 pages.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Hardcover in good condition. A few marks on dust jacket. Hardcover spine ends and leading corners are worn. One or two minor marks on page block. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM. Used.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Currey O'Neil hardcover in very good clean condition, has a small amout of wear to top of dust jacket. Shipped next working day from the U/K.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. 128 pages. Illustrated. Previous owner's gift inscription. Small tears 4 spots on front of dust jacket turn over.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Reprint. 145 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. The Story Of An English Girl In Service At Government House, Australia. …

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprint. 145 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The Story Of An English Girl In Service At Government House, Australia.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 128 pages. Illustrated. Lightly foxed inside dust jacket. Plastic wrapper.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Reprint. 145 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The Story Of An English Girl In Service At Government House, Australia.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 2nd Edition. Book condition is very good. Hard Cover. Dust jacket is good, with repair to back top in two places are tear and repaired with acid free stickey tape. Book boards has minor marks. Text body clean. These reminiscences of an English girl ' in service ' present a remarkably lively portrait of Australia in the 'eighties and nineties ' The story is delightfully , an evocation of little-documented side of life in nineteenth century Australia. Brisbane during the Jubilee, Sydney Centennial celebrations, and Melbourne Exhibition provide the back ground to the colourful, continous whirl of dinners, balls and garden parties of colonial society. Juxaposed with the social roundabout are the lives and loves of the ordinary people who were ' a free and easy lot ' , and homely to '. An adventure spirit and insatiable curiosity leads Anges from one great house to another. Governors and grooms, ladies and laundry-maids all are described with enchanting directness and compelling humour. Great care has been taken to illustrate . Ange's story with authentic photographs depicting the people and places mentioned in her narrative. Captivating in its freshness, delightful story is faithfully recorded with sparkling spontaneity.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprint. 145 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exceptions are a few light age markings on the inside page and some light shelf wear. The Story Of An English Girl In Service At Government House, Australia.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. vii+128 pages. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. xv+263 pages. Illustrated. Minor shelf wear to bottom of spine. Top of dust jacket turn in slightly rubbed.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit worn and marked. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has a small closed tear to top of front flap fold. protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 263 pages.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Thus. Cloth, 145pp, ills. Gift inscription else v. nice copy Size: Small 4to.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. New Edition. 145pp., Decorated dustjacket with inset full colour illustration to front panel of jacket- light fading to spine of jacket- covered in removable protective clear plastic, olive papered boards with gilt text to spine, pictorial illust. endpapers, b/w illust. frontis., foreword by Helen, col. & b/w plts. & illust. & text, ack. The research of Helen Vellacott to authenticate these reminiscences makes fascinating reading and is a story in itself. Her foreword describes the painstaking detective work in which she engaged in order to track down the name of the author and to establish the veracity of the latter's narrative on colonial life. Size: Large Octavo. Book. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 128 pages. Illustrated.

hardcover. 2019. First published 1932.'Reminiscences of an English girl 'in service' present a remarkably lively portrait of Australia in the 'eighties and 'nineties' (From cover sleeve)  Reprint. A very good copy in a very good d/w.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Reprint. 145pp, ills. Sl sunned cover else fine. Size: Small 4to.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Reprint. Colour and B&W illustrations throughout. 26 x 18.5 cm. 145 pp.

146pp. 4to. Original boards in dustwrapper. With colour plates in addition to many b/w illustrations. A very good copy. First edition.

Cloth. With Jacket. Facsimile. Very Good, in a like jacket . PP 128, index, illustrations Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Imperial Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

First Edition Thus. Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hard Cover. Condición: F-. F-. First Edition. F-/F-. 8vo. original charcoal boards gilt (inscrip. to FFE) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed); pp. xvi, 264 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover first thus 1986. This book is in near fine condition - slight wear to bottom edge. The dust jacket is protected by covering and in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine in Archival Sleeve. First Printing of this Edition, 128 pages. Small mark on blank endpaper, otherwise spotless inside and out. Dust jacket as new.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very good condition. Some edgewear. Dust jacket has creasing to top edge and a small tear at the spine top. Excellent interior. Some fading to back cover. An adventurous spirit and insatiable curiosity, Agnes, a girl "in service", is employed in one great house after another. Governors, ladies, grooms, laundry maids are all described with directness and humour.…