Nancy buttfield (5 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: both front and back glossy picture-boards are undamaged with minimal wear along the edges and corners, spine is intact with only slight bumping at ends, book is slightly rolled. Binding: firm throughout, both hinges strong. Pages & Markings: unstained, first chapter has some faint pencil underlinings otherwise clean throughout, author's signature on title page. No dust jacket as issued. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardback. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. Signed by the author. Small neat sticker of Australian flag to top of title page - been on every copy we have seen. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 264 pages. Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE was an Australian Senator and the first woman to serve in the Australian Parliament as a representative of the state of South Australia. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Pictorial Card Cover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Centrepiece: B&W photographs. 18 x 11 cm. 280 pp. Scarce.

Soft Cover. Etat : VG. First Edition. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (rubbed & creased, slightly marked, hinges neatly tape strengthened); pp. [viii], 280, with illustrations. A very good copy.

Etat : Very Good. Adelaide, Blodwen Thomas, [circa early 1950s]. A vintage gelatin silver print (130 × 96 mm). trifling chip to one corner; two minute abrasions (over the pupils); in excellent condition. In addition to her (contemporary) ink signature on the print, Buttfield has inscribed and signed the verso at a later date in ballpoint pen ('7 | Nancy Buttfield | Daughter of E.W.H.'). Nancy Buttfield (1912-2005) served as senator for South Australia for over sixteen years between 1955 and 1974 (with one hiatus), representing the Liberal Party. She was the daughter of Sir Edward Wheewall Holden (co-founder of General Motors-Holden's Ltd.) and was herself made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1972. The photographer was Adelaide portraitist Blodwen Thomas; her ink stamp on the verso states this is a proof print. Signed.…