Griffiths Bus (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Griffiths, Bus (illustrator). 1st Edition. Illustrated by Bus Griffiths. Very little wear on cover, pages clean and crisp. A delightful book with charming illustrations about a young boy who loves to push knobs and buttons.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A unique combination of poetry and illustration dealing with the logging world on the west coast of british columbia. Book shows some fading and small amount of wear from aging and use. Interior is clean.

Trade Paperback Original. Condition: Fine. Bus Griffiths (cover illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. Collected Wood Poems - 1964-1998. Dynamic cover illustration in colour by Bus Griffiths. 156 pages including a glossary of logging terms.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Griffiths, Bus ( Back Cover ) (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for only the slightest traces of use. An apparently unread copy, with no spine crease.

paperback. Condition: New. 2nd Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Griffiths, Bus ( Cover Painting ) (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. Fine copy, inscribed by Swanson on the title page. Foreward by Howard White. 4 volumes in one. Inscribed by Author(s).

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Fine. Griffiths, Bus (illustrator). First Edition. Very fine -- illus. wraps.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Bus Griffiths (illustrator). 1st Thus. Light edge wear, a little corner curl, bottom back fore corner creased, previous owner's name inside of front cover and back cover. ; A bright solid, book, foreword by author Jack Hodgins. ; Trade PB; Graphic Art; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 120 pages; ''Now You're Logging is the story of Al and Red, who go to work in a small West Coast logging show during the dirty thirties. As they learn their trades, the reader is treated to an amazingly detailed view of the camp's varied operationsfalling and bucking timber by hand, topping and rigging of spar trees, moving steam donkeys and making up log booms, plus all the colourful characters, camaraderie, romance and life-threatening exploits of a BC adventure story.'' This is a graphic novel.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Griffiths, Bus (illustrator). First Trade Paper Edition. 119 pages. "The story of Al Richards and Red Harris, who go to work in a small west coast truck-logging show during the dirty thirties. The reader is treated to an amazingly explicit and detailed view of the camp's varied operations." - from back cover. Presented in comic book style. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this popular title.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. In publisher's illustrated wraps. Very good with some edgewear, small tears and discoloring along the spine. Top edge of the text block shows some soiling. Ownership name on the front free endpaper 4to. 71pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket has small nicks around edges and at corners with a three centimetre tear on back: tape reinforcing on inside of dust jacket top and tail and at folds.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. slight crease to front cover, signed by Trower.a very nice classic set of poems and illustrations from the BC bush. Rare, unique, authentic and quintessential British Columbia. Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Griffiths, Bus (illustrator). First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Peter Trower upon half-title page. "This is a rare book resulting from a collaboration between two rare men: one old logger is a self-taught (and excellent) poet and another old logger who is a self-taught (and excellent) illustrator. These poems were forged in the coast country where mountains meet the sea and men die daily in their struggle with trees." - Patrick Lane. 71 pages. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent signed copy. Note: isbn number on copyright page, 0920080200, appears to be incorrect.; Illustrations; 4to; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 119 pages. "Once in a while a book is published about the Pacific Northwest's past that is so remarkable for its insights and honest portrayal of events that it deserves special attention. This book by Bus Griffiths (an author whose own life story is no less fascinating than the subject of which he writes), is such a book. A picture story, a historical fiction in comic book form recalling life in the B.C. woods as it happened a generation ago. Probing deeper, the reader soon realizes he/she is seeing a fully comprehensive account of day-to-day logging operations as would have occured in hundreds of camps located along the coast of British Columbia . Logging has had a sociology of its own and for the careful reader it is fairly revealed in this book." - Daniel T. Gallacher, Curator of Modern History, Provincial Museum of British Columbia. "A captivating story of adventure and love, an intensely detailed history of the old-time woods and a tour-de-force of cartooning art all at one stroke." - from dust jacket. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket which has been touched up with black marker and is now preserved in mylar. A sound copy. (ISBN stated in this book is 0920080405 which appears to be shared with a different title.); Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY CANADA GENERAL Logging British Columbia Pacific Northwest Bus Griffiths historical fiction comic book form life in the B.C. woods logging Operation camps coast British Columbia.

Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair.

Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.