Barbara Holliday (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Black stiff paper covers with slight edge wear, all else clean and bright, ; 0.41 x 8.4 x 5.9 Inches; 184 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Janet Wilson (illustrator). First Edition. Laminated pictorial boards, just a hint of edge rubbing in like DJ. Now protected in a mylar jacket. X-library, with internal and external marks.; Color Illustrations; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 28 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. [4] pp., bw ill., brown stapled wraps, oblong 8vo. : Bumped fore-edge corners, no ownership markings. : Well packaged, ships with tracking.

Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Otto Christensen came to Alberta in the early 1900s as an indentured farm worker from Denmark with a dream of becoming a successful farmer and rancher in Alberta. His son, Oliver grew up on his father's farm during the Dirty Thirties, soon realised his dream of becoming a cowboy. This is a memoir that paints a portrait of a dying way of life. Inscribed & dedicated - but not signed - on the title page, probably by the author. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postage is usually $6.50 - $9.00. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$16.00 for weights up to 5kg total - boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate. NOW available - new, considerably lower Trans-Canada rates for many major markets, and, new, considerably lower rates for Overseas destinations. Size: Oblong Quarto. Book.

First Edition. First edition. Oblong softcover. 4 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 19 through October 18, 1981. Essay by Holliday T. Day. Includes 5 black and white illustrations. A very good copy in stapled wrappers and from the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library with their small stamp to the front cover but otherwise free of marks.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. This is a digest size magazine. Spine tips are lightly worn. Cover corners are bumped. 1/2 inch tear at bottom edge of front cover. Front cover photograph by Dean Russell. Articles about Napa Valley and Niantic River.

Condition: Fine.

Stapled Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; some light wear to inside corners; minimal general wear; A history in photographs selected from the Motherwell Collection, Parks Canada, of Motherwell Homestead National Historic Park.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Oliver Christensen's Story '. Otto Christensen (a serious keeper of jounals) left Denmark in 1907. He first emigrated to Minnesota eventually landing a farm of his own near Standard Alberta. - about 35 miles east of Calgary. Otto is the second son of Otto and Marie. Otto became a cowboy at the Bar U Ranch (Pekosko Creek) in 1945. LEARN more about the CPR Land Office, Jim Elder, Robsart Saskatchewan, Alberta Pacific grain elevator, J.P. Hansen's store, South Valley School, Gleichen, Blackfoot Municipality, St. Regis Hotel, Bar U Ranch, folkehojskole,and Marius Jensen. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue and orange with brown lettering. Front cover illustration is two-part - the center part being four mounted Bar U riders.Volume is tight, bright, square and clean - ALL aspects. Collectible. Giftable ! ! Quote (p. 43) : " Instead, Dad suggested that Thompson get his two bundle racks of straw and make windrows around the area where the grasshoppers were hatching, then when the wind was right, set fire to the straw. Thompson was concerned about losing the wheat in that area, but Dad assured him that if he didn't sacrifiice some of his wheat, he'd lose the entire crop to hoppers. Mr.Thompson got busy ._._._. ." Size: 12mo.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 6.75" x 9.75". Two generation of Danish Canadians on the prairies from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. The son became a rider on the Bar U Ranch. Illustrated with b&w photos. Signed by Oliver Christensen on the title page. Covers have some light shelf wear, otherwise a bright clean copy.