buck ruth matheson (6 résultats)

Etat : Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Good+. First Edition. Signed by Author; DJ has a couple of short tears, spine faded. Extensive gift notation on front free end paper. ; Author inscription on title page, inscribed to the subject of gift inscription. A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 175 pages; The remarkable story of Elizabeth Matheson stands out as a biography of one of Canada's extraordinary women and as a compelling picture of pioneer life on the prairies. One of Canada's first woman doctors, she was a determined, truly remarkable person, whose character and achievements, from her early days in Ontario and India to her death in 1958, are recounted by her daughter, author Ruth Matheson Buck. Here are her struggles as a woman and a mother of nine, her fight against discrimination in the medical profession, her tireless efforts to gain the trust of the Cree Indians at the Onion Lake Mission in Northern Saskatchewan, built up over the years, and her exhausting, life-saving journeys to the bleak outposts of her practice.

1969. (Staplebound) Near fine. pp 81-120. Photographs. Includes Ruth M. Buck (The Journal of Eleanor Shepphird Matheson, 1920. Part II) & Carman Miller (Lord Melgund and the North-West Campaign). (Western Canada).

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : VG. B/W Photographs (illustrateur). First Edition. Elizabeth Scott was born on a farm near Campbellford in 1866, at the age of 23 she volunteered for missionary work in India having originally trained as a teacher in Winnipeg. She married John Matheson in 1890 and later took her medical training in Toronto. This is her BIOGRAPHY of 171 pages + 3 page bibliography at the back. B/W family photos scattered throughout text. Cond: Tan coloured boards with gold lettering - spine only. D.J. is cream coloured with a purple decorative band. Author's photo on back flap and doctor's photo on back of jacket. Boards and contents are CLEAN, tight and bright w/ no flaws. D.J. is sun faded - esp. at spine. D.J. not price-clipped. No names, marks, soiling, creases, nor folds. Blind stamp of previous owner on half-title. Quote (p. 59) : " She was a lovely baby, and her fairness enchanted the Inbdian women, who came daily to see her. One of them brought Elizabeth a moss-bag that she had made, of black velveteen, skilfully beaded , and embroidered with bright colours. It found immediate use, though ._._._. . (Book announcement clipping included as BONUS) Size: 8vo.

[0-7710-1735-9] 1974. (Cloth) Fine in very good dust jacket. 175pp. 8vo. Beige boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Sunning to spine, front and rear. Very slight, neat and close tear at head of front.

[0-7710-1735-9] 1974, 1st printing. (Hardcover) Fine in very good plus dust jacket. 175pp. Signed with inscription by the author. Photographs, bibliography. There are tapestains on the endpapers. The dust jacket has very minor edgewear and is lightly faded on the spine. Also included is a photograph of the author at a book signing mounted on a card with a signed presentation inscription. Biography of Elizabeth Scott Matheson. Locale: ; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Western Canada, Doctors--Saskatchewan, Women Doctors--Saskatchewan).