Author Name
Bishop, Marjorie de Freyne
Title ONE MAN IN HIS TIME : Edward Bishop Master Builder 1844-1902 (Signed Copy)
Binding Hardcover
Book Condition Good
Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Publisher Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia The Craftsman Press 1979
ISBN Number
0909108129 / 9780909108120
Inscription Signed by Author
Seller ID 012978
xi, + 98pp., floor plan layout front endpaper. Sepia halftone plate illustrations throughout, including subject-portrait frontispiece. Book clean and square. Illustrated boards covered with permanent clear adhesive film, which is partly soiled, including overlap on pastedowns. Signed by author on limitation page (500 copies printed, of which 45 were numbered and signed - this copy is signed only). The story of Melbourne, Victoria colonial master builder Edward Bishop (1844-1902), written by his eldest grand-daughter Marjorie de Freyne Bishop (1904-1989). The author lived all of her life in the suburbs her grandfather helped shape - Box Hill, Blackburn, Mont Albert, Canterbury, and Hawthorn . . . Contents include: Prelims., Preface, Acks., 8 chapters, Appendices, Notes. Book weight approx. 235g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
Biography, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Builders, Building and Construction, Colonial Victoria, Bishop, Edward, 1844-1902, Bishop, Marjorie De Freyne, 1904-1980, Signed Books
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