Poorhouse to Paradise, The Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town
by Ford, Lyall
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0646332546
- ISBN 13
- 9780646332543
- Seller
-
Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Freshwater, Queensland : Taipan Press, 2001. First edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Quarto. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Some very faint foxing on inside covers, text is free of foxing All edges neat and clean Card cover corners are slightly bumped This is the story of Lyall Ford's grandfather Charles Edward Ford who left England in 1887 at 21 years of age hoping to find a better life than may have been his lot had he remained in England. The book presents an evocative history of the town of Walkerton, the Ford family, and their wider connections with the Pioneer Valley District in the era before "radio, television, movies and computers". B & W photos and illustrations
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56151
- Title
- Poorhouse to Paradise, The Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town
- Author
- Ford, Lyall
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0646332546
- ISBN 13
- 9780646332543
- Publisher
- Taipan Press
- Place of Publication
- Freshwater, Queensland
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 218
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Australian History - North Queensland North Queensland, Mackay, Pioneer Valley
- X weight
- 500.000 kg
Terms of Sale
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Biblio member since 2020
Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Books sourced from all over the world adorn our shelves. We carry a general range of books, some 18,000, including fiction and non-fiction in all genres. We stock collectibles, rare and antiquarian and many out-of-print books. Lonely Planet described Spencer & Murphy Booksellers as "the best bookshop in the North" and we are known as a treasure trove of books and often as Aladdin's Cave of Books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Handling and Storing Books
Take care of your old books — vintage, antiquarian, and fine — with these tips from a professional bookseller
Collecting Children’s Literature
Children’s books are among some of the most popular themes to build a book collection on. Learn a bit more in our Brief History of Children’s Literature.
