p g downes (22 risultati)

Illustrated wraps. Condizione: New. 8vo, 23cm, xix,[ii],368p., with nearly 100 illustrations and 8 maps, list of illustrations and maps, foreword, introduction, journals for 1936, 1937 & 1938, sequel, sources, colour illustrated stiff wraps, new. |~ Distant Summers (Vol. I.) contains the accounts of P. G. Downes' 1936 and 1937 trips in northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and of his 1938 journey to Great Bear and Great Slave lakes. Downes wrote a classic of northern canoe travel, Sleeping Island, originally published in 1943. This is the first time his remarkably detailed journals have appeared in book format. This is the second title in McGahern Stewart Publishing's series, "Forgotten Northern Classics".

Soft cover. Condizione: New. 8vo. 23cm, xxvii,294p., with frontis & 53 illustrations and 6 maps, colour illustrated stiff wraps, trade paperback, new ISBN: 978 0 9868600 0 3 ~ A New Improved Edition of this Arctic classic, with many new illustrations from the Downes archives, most not previously published. With an Introduction R.H. Cockburn, a sequel, afterword, epilogue, notes. "As a narrative of an arduous canoe trip, Sleeping Island has few equals. Downes was fortunate to have travelled when he did into little known, unmapped country where natives still lived on the land and there remained a tangible aura of wilderness mystery. Nowadays, fifty years on, the book kindles nostalgia. Here are vivid descriptions of trial and error on rivers and lakes, of poling and paddling, of sweat drenched portaging; columns of smoke rise from bush fires on the horizon, across miles of water; deserted trading posts decay along abandoned trade routes; canoeloads of Chipewyans appear suddenly, down from the Barrens; foul weather and windbound camps are followed by days of surpassing beauty; depression and exhilaration, companionship and separation, are tellingly conveyed. It took Downes and his partner twenty two days to canoe from Brochet, at the north end of Reindeer Lake, to their destination, the HBC's Nueltin Lake post on the Windy River, Northwest Territories. Canoemen today, armed with good maps, carrying freeze dried food, skilled in white water techniques, and paddling lighter, nearly indestructible synthetic canoes, have followed Downes's route in less time, but not, one supposes, with anything approximating his sensation of discovery and accomplishment. (From the Introduction by R.H. Cockburn).

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. Annie Downes Catterson (illustratore). Considerable wear to wraps. Considerable edge and corner wear - some fraying. Creases across top corner of front and back wraps and some light creases on back wrap. Scuffing and a few small marks. Sun-fading. (14).

Condizione: Acceptable.

Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. A Solid Book, Some Pencil Notations On Front And Rear Eps. A Reprint Of The Revised Edition 1958. The Rest Of Text Is Clear From Notations Or Marks. Maroon Cloth Covered Boards With Light Blue Titles And Details On Front And Spine. Minor Bumping To Free Corners. I.

Hardcover. 3/4 cloth marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. xii, [1], 14-322 p. Illustrations. "This little work is offered as an introduction to this attractive and useful study. It pretends to no other merit than that of being a correct compilation, generally from Buffon, Bewick or Wilson; though occasionally, it has been indebted to the recent beautiful work of Mr. Audubon"--Introduction. G Front and back cover seperated from spine. Cover has fading and edge wear. Spine has tearing and fading. Bookblock and intertior pages have foxing and age toning. Rear endpages missing. Some interior pages are torn. Several interior pages have wrting from prevous owners.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. * PUBLISHER : HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED * YEAR : UNDATED * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 191 * CONDITION : USED - ACCEPTABLE * OTHER: THE DUSTWRAPPER IS HEAVILY WORN AND RIPPED TO THE EDGES, CORNERS AND SPINE. THE RED CLOTH COVERED BOARDS ARE FADED WITH A RIP TO THE SPINE. THE BINDING IS FIRM. THE PAGES ARE CLEAN HOWEVER TANNED WITH SOME LIGHT EDGE WEAR. THERE IS A PRESENTATION PLATE ATTACHED TO THE FFEP DATED MARCH 1946. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Pictorial boards bear signs of light use. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Binding is tidy and neat. General use and thumbing throughout. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Some foxing also, otherwise this book is in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2002. 434 pages. Cover boards show light rubbing to the edges and some mild scuffing and scratching throughout. Spine is sturdy. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and free of marks.

Condizione: New. In.

First edition USA. Coward-McCann, New York. 1943. Green cloth, brown type to spine and upper board. Map to end-papers. 296 pages. B&w photograph plates. Extremities sl. rubbed; no dust-wrapper.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in red cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine,in the very rare Dust-Jacket that is graded Very Good and has a few small closed tears to the oputer edges of the wrapper.The dust-jacket remain clean and bright and is unfaded.Not Price clipped with 15/- sticker onto the front flap of the wrapper.This copy was clearly given as a token of thanks to many years of service in a school in Lancashire and to the verso of the title page are 14 names of colleagues etc.Illustrated with over 20 wonderful photographs taken by the Author.Story of one man's unchartered adventures into the wilds of the Canadian Far North West,hunting and shooting trips,laying traps and visits amongst friends of eskimos and Indians,finally they arrive at the great lake of the Sleeping Islands.Maps as endpapers.The book has a firm binding with NO hinge weakness.Light spotting age toning to page edges,such a rare book in any form and especially in it's original dust-wrapper,8vo 192pp First Edition [undated circa 1948/40].

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. In.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Simultaneously published in Canada. Green cloth with orange titles to spine and cover. Octavo. 296 pp with 24 pages of black and white photos at rear. One page of early hand drawn sketches of Neuletin Lake. Cartographic endpapers. Top of text block dyed orange. Spine creased with wear to ends. Corners and bottom edges worn. Some staining to covers and spine. Some light stress to bottom of text block. Separating with mesh exposed at page 104 but still attached. Travelogue of a voyage from Winnipeg to Churchill via Reindeer Lake and Nueltin Lake.

Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: no dustjacket. 8vo pp.296. Very light rubbing to extremities. Corners sharp; binding tight. Previous owner's name penned to verso of FFEP. book.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 434 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 446 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.