Editore: Subway Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Prima edizione
Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" One of 950 copies printed in a trade edition. 8vo. - over 7 3/4 in. - 9 3/4 in. 93pp., illustrated with b/w reproductions. A clean, tight copy in Very Good condition with a stain on front cover from sticker; slight wear to the spine.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto, 1997
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: Gene W. Baade, Books on the West, Renton, WA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: As New. First Edition. 1st printing. Pictorial wraps. Trade edition of 950 copies. 93pp. Illus. ". a legendary figure in the antiquarian book world . a Canadian whose first shop, in the mid 1920s, was a mecca for Toronto collectors and writers." Fine, like new.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto, 1997
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
Prima edizione
Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good+. First Edition. 93 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). One of the trade edition of 950 copies. B&w illustrations. "A Canadian whose first shop, in the mid-1920s, was a mecca for Toronto collectors and writers, Sowers later settled in Southern California. There he dealt rarities to the emerging carriage trade and subsequently worked at the famous Huntington Library. Later still, he was a conspicuous book-and print-dealer at a succession of locations in San Francisco, where he also patronized and promoted the fine-press movement. Sowers, who died in 1970, spent his last years gathering books in Britain and Europe for resale through catalogues from his remote fruit farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains. His catalogues (he issued seventy-nine in all) were notable for more than the often extraordinary books they described so knowledgeably, from modern first editions (in the first years of his career) to titles in early medicine and the history of science (areas which Sowers helped to make fashionable). His catalogues were themselves collected for the grumpy erudition of their introductory essays, pieces which grew more curmudgeonly as Sowers aged. In a trade that reveres both learning and eccentricity, Roy Vernon Sowers was held in special regard." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto, 1997
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Softcover. Clean, tight, and unmarked. A sound and handsome copy, very nearly as new.
Da: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
MASON, Roger Burford. ROY VERNON SOWERS: A Life in Rare Books. Toronto: Subway Books, 1997. 8vo., wrappers. Near fine.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto, 1997
Da: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Collectible-Very Good. 93 pages, one of 950 copies, trade edition, illustrations, pictorial wrapper, 8.5 x 5.5". Nice copy. Chapters on his life in Canada, Southern California, San Francisco, Los Gatos, and as The Curmudgeon.
Editore: Subway Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: Book Emporium 57, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 93 pp, Cover is textured cream colour with photo and black lettering on front and spine - very minor wear at edges (see photos provided). No notations, underlining or highlighting. Prompt shipping which includes tracking.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
Prima edizione
[0-9681660-4-0] 1997, 1st printing, trade edition. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 93pp. 8vo. Printed grey card wraps. Bright and clean. Printed on Zephyr Antique Laid and bound at the Porcupine's Quill.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto, 1997
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, Canada
Prima edizione
Thin Trade Paperback Original. Condizione: Near Fine Plus. First Edition, First Printing. Faint stains to rear cover. One of the trade edition, 950 copies printed. 93 pages.
Editore: Subway, Toronto, 1997
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. Fine trade paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Paper copy as issued; 93 pages; Description: 93 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Limited edition (1/950) . Subjects: Sowers, Roy Vernon, (1897-) . Antiquarian booksellers--United States--Biography. Art dealers - Private presses--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History--20th century 1 Kg.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto, 1997
Da: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
stiff paper wrappers. Sowers, Roy Vernon (illustratore). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 93+(1) pages. First edition. Covers lightly soiled and spotted. Else a near fine copy. Printed in an edition limited to 950 copies. Mason was a legendary figure in the antiquarian book world, whose first shop, in the 1920's, was a mecca for Toronto collectors and writers. Originally from Canada he then settled in Southern California where he worked at the famous Huntington Library. He spent years gathering books in Britain and Europe for resale through catalogues from his remote fruit farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where he kept his precious inventory in an adobe structure to keep it safe from fire. He issued seventy-five catalogues, which were notable for more than the often extraordinary books they described, from first editions, early medicine and the history of science. Illustrated. Includes a selected bibliography.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1997
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: By The Lake Books, Burlington, ON, Canada
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Book in excellent condition.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto, 1977
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Prima edizione
Original Wraps. Condizione: Very Fine. First Edition. Very fine -- photographic wraps. One of 950 copies of the trade edition (quality paperback); there was also a specially bound, signed limited (50 c.) edition.
Editore: Subway, Toronto, 1997
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlanda
Prima edizione
First Edition. Fine trade paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Paper copy as issued; 93 pages; Description: 93 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Limited edition (1/950) . Subjects: Sowers, Roy Vernon, (1897-) . Antiquarian booksellers--United States--Biography. Art dealers - Private presses--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History--20th century 1 Kg.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto, 1997
ISBN 10: 0968166040 ISBN 13: 9780968166048
Da: Emile Kerssemakers ILAB, Heerlen, Paesi Bassi
1997, 93pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition.
Editore: Subway Books, Toronto, 1997
Da: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black lettered spine, light colored cloth in matching cloth slipcase. Book and slipcase in fine condition. Limited edition. Bound at The Porcupine's Quill. Limited to 50 copies, specially bound with slipcase, signed and numbered by the author. This is copy 23/50.