Mowat farley foreword (13 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Remainder Mark Bottom Edge; else In Very Good+ condition and Very Good+ dustjacket. A deeply reasoned treatise on the place of animate and inanimate being in the cosmos, as well as the story of the founding of a new human habitat in an unspoiled environment of herons, ruffed grouse, lupines, and red squirrels. With it he has written a philosophical manifesto for the new millennium. Harold Horwood was born in Newfoundland in 1923 and died in Nova Scotia in 2006. He lived an extraordinary life as a union organizer, member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly, newspaper editor, co-founder of the Writers' Union of Canada, novelist, poet and nature writer. He published more than twenty books and was a powerful influence on many Canadian writers.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 1st. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, but remainder line to bottom edge of pages, stress creases to edge of back cover, crayon mark to page 206, otherwise Good used copy. Wraps, 207pp, map, illus of fishing vessel. From the cover: In the summer of 1998, onboard a small boat on an immense and unforgiving sea, Michael Dwyer sails, with seven other crewmen, to Labrador on a turbot fishing expedition. Sea of Heartbreak is a personal account of his experience aboard the Styx, a 65-foot steel trawler, as it makes its way to the highly competitive fishing grounds. Along the way, Dwyer is filled with wonder at the beauty and serenity of being at sea. He observes spectacular sunsets, the dazzling northern lights and majestic icebergs in soft hues of green and blue. The only sound to break the silence is the hypnotic, assuring purr of the main engine. As he soon finds out, however, this sense of security and tranquility is fleeting. Not only must the Styx navigate its way through the hazards of "Iceberg Alley," but Dwyer must also fight an inner battle as he constantly witnesses the abhorrent waste in the fishing industry. The nets haul in more "garbage" than turbot, and the collector boat rejects most of the turbot that is caught. (1.33 JM HOZ 401/1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Remainder.…

Trade paperback, illustrations in colour, 294pp includes references & index. As new in wraps. 310 grams.

paperback. Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 245 pages. 23 cm. Pictorial card cover. Revised edition (first published in 1975). An unmarked, tight and bright book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First. Trade paperback with photo covers; A near fine clean sound unmarked copy, slight curling & creasing on bottom corner of front cover and minimal edgewear; 219 pages with appendices; A look at life through the seasons on Nova Scotia's Annapolis Basin from a personal view of the author who has lived there since 1979.…

Soft Cover. Condizione: VG. First Edition Paperback. Small faint stain mark at the top of the fore-edge. Wraps have light edge/rub wear. Actual book for sale pictured. 15 x 22.9 x 1.4cm, wt500g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition / Second Print (number line on copyright page 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2). Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 209pp. Not library copy, no inscriptions, no creasing to spine. (5/5).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. Hard covers, in dust jacket. Clean, tight, and unmarked -- a sound and neat copy. Illustrated. Index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book is bound in bright red boards with a blue spine with bright black letters. There are brown spots on both tips of the spine, and very light wear along the edges. The contents are clean & the binding is tight. The dust jacket is price clipped with wear on the spine tip[s, cover corners & along the edges.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG. First Edition. viii, 228pp. with b/w and colour illustrations, no statement of later print. Compliments label on the front pastedown endpaper, light soil to outer edges and light creasing from page handling. DJ has edge/rub wear, soil/paint mark top left of the front panel, indentation marks and light creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 23.2 x 23.2 x 1.8cm, wt1KG Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Visser, John De (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo (super). Blue cloth, silver lettered spine, 228pp, illustrated with color and B&W photographs throughout, INSCRIBED by author on title-page, a light bruise at spine foot, promotional bookmark laid-in. Fine in Fine, unclipped d/w. John de Visser [Photographs] (illustratore). Inscribed by Author(s). …

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.