Pecher kamil (6 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair-good. 185 pages includes bibliography. By Kayak to adventure and Discovery. This book has some wear. crease to bottom corner that extends to first few pages of text , scuffing along edges, a crease to back bottom corner as well as a small crease to that corner. Gift inscription to former owner on front endpaper. Text is nice, clean, unmarked.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good ++. First Thus. SUBTITLED : ` By Kayak to Adventure and Discovery '. The author undertook a kayak trip alone from Waterhen Lake, Saskatchewan to Pine River Settlement, to Stanley Mission to Cumberland House, Manitoba. The year was 1974 (?), though he doesn't say. He had studied the stories of the old fur-trade voyageurs from his native Czechoslovakia. The journey was plagued by moose, treacherous waters, rainstorms and MOSTLY loneliness and uncertainty. There was a major interruption, but you'll READ about that. LEARN more about : midges, moose, skiffs, Beauval, Lac Ile-a-la-Crosse, Amisko-sipiy, kickers, Drum Rapids, Knee Rapids, Crooked Rapids, the Dipper, Belanger, Frog Portage, and Gib McEachern. 185 pages with a section of b/w photos at center and a 3 page BIBLIO at back. Cond : Paper wrapper is black with white lettering. Author's photo on back, wrap-around colour photo of a northern river on front. Some corners sli. soft. rubbed or creased. Edges fine. SPINE fine, binding tight, colours bright. No marks, tears nor stains. EXCELLENT reading copy. Almost giftable . Quote (p. 46) : " The river swirled and tugged on shredded branches. Then I was sudenly among the high sweepers, sucked towards the rapids. It was impossible to return against the current, so I desparately tried to land. The kayak rose and fell in the murderous waves, and I beat with the wild paddle thrusts of a man fighting ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Photographs (illustratore).…

1978. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 185pp. Illus., map. Light wear. A 600 mile solo journey by kayak along the fur-trade rivers of northern Saskatchewan.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Light scuffing and the occasional crease to the wraps. Light shelf-wear to edges. Corners are bumped. Small chips around the edges of back cover. Creasing along the spine and its edges. Binding is solid. Interior is all bright and clean.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. No Edition Stated. A story of a 600 mile solo kayak trip along the rivers of northern Saskatchewan. 178 pp. plus: Epilogue, Bibliography. Covers are surface worn, book is tight and square. Dedication copy. " To my canoeing friend, Ian with regards Kamil Pecher Brockville, Jan10/79" [ Kamil Pecher died on April 14th, 1979. in different script but same ink.] Digital images on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 122544. Signed by Author(s).…