The Doctor Rode Side-Saddle by Buck, Ruth Matheson - 1974

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. very good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. viii, 175, b/w photographs, ""...is the moving account of a woman whose life was devoted to building up her practice in Northern Saskatchewan, white a mother of nine, who tried to win the trust of the Cree Indians, and fight discrimination in the medical professions. This is a fascinating little-known chapter of Canada's past."",

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771017359 . 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… Read More

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974. Tweedy boards the titles in bright gilding to the spine. There are no marks of any kind.The clean D.J. shows modest sunning to the spine and very light shelf wear. There are two closed tears approx 3/8" at the top front and rear of the spine which are hardly noticeable. A well cared for and little read volume.. First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. As New/Very Good/Pcl. Illus. by Illustrated with B/W Plates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart [0-7710-1735-9] 1974. (Cloth) 175pp. Fine in very good dust jacket. 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..

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart [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).

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1974, hardcover, 175 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed by the Author on the title page, Very Good in Poor dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, gift inscription (non-authorial) to front endpaper, slight spine-end and edge wear. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge chips, short edge tears, color offsetting to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The story of Dr. Elizabeth Matheson, one of Canada's first woman doctors, and her work with the Cree Indians at the Onion Lake Mission in Northern Saskatchewan, as told by her daughter. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Bibliography appended. ISBN 9780771017353