Arnold Hoffman Irwin (21 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good (in mylar). Irwin D. Hoffman (illustrator). Reprint. Illustrated end pages! Textblock is immaculately clean and tight. Bumped head and foot of spine, bumped corners. Unclipped dust jacket, several closed edge tears, large chip to head of spine and worn corners, 420p., including glossary and index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Binding sound, text clean, mild shelfwear. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair w/ Protective Cover. Hoffman, Irwin D. (illustrator). DJ has been placed in a protective cover. Signature from previous owner on half title page. Cut on title page. Spine is a bit loose. Pages are yellowing with age. Book and DJ have some edge wear. DJ has a tear about an inch long on the top edge on the back. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Hoffman, Irwin D. (illustrator). Second printing. 2nd printing, very good + hardcover shows rubbing at cover edges, light bumping to top corners and some other minor wear, in very good price-clipped dust jacket that shows toning along spine edge of rear panel, mild rubbing and soil, couple of tiny ink spots at front flaps and edgewear that includes small chips and tears and scotch tape mends at top and bottom edges of jacket reverse. 420 pages with illustrations, index and illustrated endpapers. Solid copy in jacket of this engaging story of mining in the north country.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A selection of one hundred quality etchings and lithographs by the foremost then living American artists, each print on a full quarto page of laid paper with historical description on the back, bound in Optak wire binding so that they can be removed for framing and replaced as desired. Tall 4to, quarter black cloth over green boards with ivory title label, unpaginated but with over 200 pages. A very well preserved copy, clean and unmarked.

Condition: As New. Hoffman, Irwin D (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Condition, Illustrated By Irwin D. Hoffman (illustrator). Blue cloth binding. Illustrated end papers. Top and bottom of spine and corners of binding lightly rubbed and bumped. 420pp. Content clean, bright and sound. Dust Jacket is presnt but is worn, torn and missing parts at top and bottom of spine. This book ma require additional postage. Photos available on request.

Condition: As New. Hoffman, Irwin D (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Illustrations by Irwin D. Hoffman. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Book fine except for slight stain to cloth of front cover, not affecting text block. Dust jacket has minor wear to extremities. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. 420 pages.

Condition: New. Hoffman, Irwin D (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: New. Hoffman, Irwin D (illustrator).

Condition: New. Hoffman, Irwin D (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: New. Hoffman, Irwin D (illustrator).

Condition: good. Irwin D. Hoffman (illustrator). 420, illus., endpaper maps, glossary, index, some wear to board and spine edges, small tears at top edge of spine. The author was an American geologist who prospected for 25 years with his brother Bob. He emphasizes the rise and growth of the Canadian mining industry. His brother Irwin illustrated the book with sketches of mining men.

1958. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 420pp. Illustrated endpapers, illustrations, tables, glossary, index. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn and price-clipped and there is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. "Here is one of the great stories of all America, a saga of the north country where weather, terrain and flies and mosquitoes in incredible abundance conspire to drive out all but a few invaders and to retain for the region pretty much all of its primitive savagery. It is a story which, except for the Yukon, is unknown to residents of the United States, a race of people who firmly believe Canada to contain little but snow and whisky". Illustrations by Irwin D. Hoffman. (Canada, Business, Economics, Gold Mining, Gold Towns, International Affairs, Mining--Canada).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Irwin D. Hoffman, (illustrator). 2'nd Printing. SUBTITLED : ` The Story of Canadain Mining'. Beginning at God's Lake in 1932 with Bob Jowsey, ur at the copper-zinc deposit at Flin Flon - circa 1945, through to Rouyn Township or David Sloan's Pioneer Vein in British Columbia; this is the resource story that lead to the riches of the Canadian nation. Read more about : granodiorite, Golden Manitou, Heva Cadillac, gold-copper, Glory Hole, Golden Sidewalk, Metal Hydrides, East Sullivan, Pickle Crow, and Parke Channing. Irwin Hoffman , brother of the author, has provided charming b/w drawings to accompany the fact and figure-laden text. Cond : Boards are rust coloured with a black spine band. End-papers are (sepia) maps of Ottawa to Aklavik. Dust jacket is brown with white lettering. D.J. illustration is a north woodsman standing beside Post No. 01 of a mining claim block. D.j. is tattered at top and bottom edges. Almost no absent material. colours bright. Volume is lightly shaken but sound. Name of p/o has been neatly removed from the half-title. No marks. No soiling, lightly toned. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 171) : " But in the midst of this crucial work, he was stricken ill and forced into the hospital for a long period. His associate, J. M. `Jack' Cunningham-Dunlop, manager of the Hoyle Mines and graduate of the Haileybury Mining School took over and proved that his training and experience were ._._._. . " Size: Octavo.

Paperback. Condition: New. Hoffman, Irwin D (illustrator).

Hardcover in Dustjacket. Condition: Very Good. Damaged dustjacket. MINING GOLDThe chief actors in the drama of the Canadian ore search and development.Here is one of the great stories of all Canada, a saga of the North country, where weather, terrain, flies and mosquitoes in incredible abundance conspire to drive out all but a few invaders and to retain for the region pretty much all of its primitive savagery.pp. 420 illusts First Edition #160624 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Paperback. Condition: New. Hoffman, Irwin D (illustrator).

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. Hoffman, Irwin D (illustrator). This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Hardback. Condition: New. Hoffman, Irwin D (illustrator). This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.