Harry Marriott (31 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Harry Marriott was a cowboy-rancher from 1912, when he arrived at the Gang Ranch after a 100-mile journey by freight wagon, through to the 1950s. He adhered to a homespun philosophy of perseverance, a code that helped him overcome adversities of all kinds, from devastating summer droughts to numbing -60F spells in winter. In colourful, down-home style, he describes founding his O K Ranch, shares stories about cattle drives and roundups (the last of which involved 1,000 head and took place when he was approaching age 70), recalls social gatherings at the Howling Dog Hall, and pays homage to the rangeland people--cowboys, First Nations, homesteaders, dudes and fellow ranchers, all of whom he described as a good class of folk who would always feed you and make you welcome when you came riding by.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Harry Marriott was a cowboy-rancher from 1912, when he arrived at the Gang Ranch after a 100-mile journey by freight wagon, through to the 1950s. He adhered to a homespun philosophy of perseverance, a code that helped him overcome adversities of all kinds, from devastating summer droughts to numbing -60F spells in winter. In colourful, down-home style, he describes founding his O K Ranch, shares stories about cattle drives and roundups (the last of which involved 1,000 head and took place when he was approaching age 70), recalls social gatherings at the Howling Dog Hall, and pays homage to the rangeland people--cowboys, First Nations, homesteaders, dudes and fellow ranchers, all of whom he described as a good class of folk who would always feed you and make you welcome when you came riding by.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Harry Marriott was a cowboy-rancher from 1912, when he arrived at the Gang Ranch after a 100-mile journey by freight wagon, through to the 1950s. He adhered to a homespun philosophy of perseverance, a code that helped him overcome adversities of all kinds, from devastating summer droughts to numbing -60F spells in winter. In colourful, down-home style, he describes founding his O K Ranch, shares stories about cattle drives and roundups (the last of which involved 1,000 head and took place when he was approaching age 70), recalls social gatherings at the Howling Dog Hall, and pays homage to the rangeland people--cowboys, First Nations, homesteaders, dudes and fellow ranchers, all of whom he described as a good class of folk who would always feed you and make you welcome when you came riding by.…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages, frontispiece, illustrations (some colour), plan; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Old price mark/inside front cover. Age toning. *** St. David's Cathedral, in the town of St. David's, Pembrokeshire, is the seat for the Archbishop of Wales. The building is a Romanesque and Gothic edifice, with some 19th-century renovations. Good photos of the nave, vaulting system, sculpture and decoration. Size: 8vo. Guidebook.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near New. 1st Edition. Life of a Cowboy-Rancher in British Columbia's South Cariboo region. 1st ed., wrappers, 8vo, 192pp, illustrated. Tiny black mark to the fore-edge, otherwise bright and fresh- 'as new'. Weight, 266g. Postage within North America from $6.00 to $8.50, depending on location. Peter Ewart (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Near New. 1st Edition. Life of a Cowboy-Rancher in British Columbia's South Cariboo region. 1st ed., wrappers, 8vo, 192pp, illustrated. Tiny black mark to the fore-edge, otherwise bright and fresh- 'as new'. Weight, 266g. Postage within North America from $6.00 to $8.50, depending on location. Peter Ewart (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Life of a Cowboy-Rancher in British Columbia's South Cariboo region. d., wrappers, 8vo, 192pp, illustrated. Later Printing. Tiny black mark to the fore-edge, otherwise bright and fresh- 'near new'. Weight, 266g. Postage within North America from $6.00 to $8.50, depending on location. Peter Ewart (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed., 207 pp., endpaper maps, chapter illus., index, dj, nice. Too late for Herd.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Pitkin 'Pride of Britain' books and colour souvenirs. Physical description; 24 pages. Subjects; St. Davids Cathedral. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Near Fine. U.S.A.: Heritage House Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition . Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A tight and unmarked copy. Life of a cowboy-rancher in British Columbia's South Cariboo region. Illustrated with drawings and one map. '[The author] was a cowboy-rancher from the stagecoach days to the jet plane era, beginning in 1912 when he arrived at the Gang Ranch after a 100-mile journey by freight wagon. . . . He warmly remembers the social gatherings at the Howling Dog Hall and the rangeland people - cowboys, First Nations neighbor's, homesteaders, dudes, and fellow ranchers.' etc. 192 pp.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Pitkin 'Pride of Britain' books and colour souvenirs. Physical description; 24 pages. Subjects; St. Davids Cathedral. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. Gray dust jacket with sepia author's name and horse and rider illustration and teal coloured title lettering, has some minor edge rubbing, a small crinkle to top front corner. Looks good in plastic protective cover. Bumps to corners of yellow paper on boards binding. Endpapers are maps of Cariboo Country. Gift inscription on page adjacent to title page to a Scottish Auntie from the "Canadians".…

Cloth. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Life of a cowboy-rancher in British Columbia's South Cariboo region. 207pp, illustrated chapter headings, endpaper map. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Sound binding, no wear to the boards. The unclipped dustjacket is also bright and clean with a sun-darkened spine and two very short top-edge tears - .5cm & 1cm[closed]. Very attractive copy. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. [Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada is now approx US$15.00- up to 5kg total weight, boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate].…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. PUBLISHER: GRAY'S PUBLISHING Ltd * YEAR: 1966 * ISBN/SBN: N/A * No OF PAGES: 207 * CONDITION: USED - GOOD * OTHER: DUSTWRAPPER RUBBED AND WORN TO THE EDGES AND CORNERS, SLIGHTLY DISCOLOURED TO THE SPINE, THE SPINE IS A LITTLE COCKED BUT THE BINDING'S STILL GOOD. pAGES APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE, OTHERWISE A VERY CLEAN EXAMPLE OF THIS HARD TO FIND EDITION.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. First Thus. Yep ! - this here tale of 192 pages has a cowhorse called Smokey and a cowhand named Slim, Slim Barrow that is ! Nye on purfect I'd say . B./W drawings by Sonia Cornwall. A western biography covering the cattle days in British Columbia from 1912 to 1952. LEARN more about the Canoe Creek Ranch, Andy Stobie, Mac Haynes, 20 Mile House, Grandad Bishop, Miles Clinke, Douglas Lake Cattle Company, Klemtu Passage, Grace Price, Grasshopper, and Crazy Johnny. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with black and red lettering. Back cover has a colour photo of the OK Ranch and the front cover has a Peter Ewart painting of the Fraser River as it cuts throught the Gang Ranch. Spine fine, corners and edges sharp. Colours bright, binding tight. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. EXCELLENT reading copy ! ! Quote (p. 61) : " ._._. in early May. I made the annual round of the eighteen miles of fence around Crow's Bar and looked after the cattle in the usual range riding, and more and more I was getting kind of riled up by the news our boys in France having a hell of a time to hold their own against ._._. ." Size: 8vo. B/W Drawings (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 533 - 620 pp. General wear. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. As well as the great articles, the list of which follows, there are also some fairly interesting advertisements, along with a few that have been tipped-in: Swan Fountain Pens; Vim - The Universal Cleanser and Polisher; along with the regular ads: Vaseline; one for books, including Jack London's The Daughter of the Snows; Bird's Custard Powder; Owbridge's Lung Tonis; and many more. This issue contains: The King of the Humbugs - concluding portion of a hitherto unpublished poem by Lord Byron; The Results of Stanley's Work - Henry Morton Stanley and Dr Livingstone by Sir Harry Johnston, illustrated with uncredited etchings; Hurricane Island - Chapters 16 through 18 by H. B. Marriott Watson, illustrated by Arthur I. Wilde; The Burgundian Monuments at Dijon by Sophia Beale, illustrated with photographs by Neurdein; Little Brown Bird, a poem Margaret S. Clark; Reason and Rationalism from the Side of Religion by Canon H. Hensley Henson; The Heretic by Norman Maclean, illustrated by A. S. Boyd; The Romance of Music: The Trumpet by J. F. Rowbotham, illustrated with photographs; Pamela's Choice - Chapters 15 through 16 by E. Margaret Weston, illustrated by Frances Ewan; The Heart of Princess Sugarplum by Mary Farrah, illustrated with uncredited line drawings; The Battle of Poitiers by S. Baring-Gould, illustrated with photographs; and The Writings of Matthew Arnold, illustrated with a photo-portrait of Arnold. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 206 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Rear upper front corner is bumped. Previous owner's name and address on the front free endpaper. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket spine is discoloured. The top edge has some wear and rippling. A history of the southern Cariboo region of British Columbia, from stagecoach days to the time of publication, as told by a local "cowboy" resident. Map illustrated endpapers.…

Soft Cover. Curl/creasing at corners, light tanning to paper, light creasing from page handling and light soil to outer edges. Wraps have edge/rub wear, creasing, a small tear to the rear panel and light soiling/staining. Actual book for sale pictured. 10.8 x 17.8 x 1.2cm, wt200g Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 207 pages of ranching in British Columbia. Learn more about : Stranger Wycott, Gang Ranch heifers, Crow's Bart, and Dog Creek. Cond : Paper wrapper has a drawing of a lone mounted cowboy. Light soiling. Toned pages. Reading copy only. Quote (p. 109) : " The spring and summer of 1933 rolled along, and there was little or no change in the depression picture in regard to the cattlemen and the rest of the ._._._. ." Size: 12mo. B/W Drawings (illustrator).…

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Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjakcet. 8vo pp. 192, sketch illustrations, ep maps, ".fills the pages with cowboys, Indians, remittance men, sodbusters, settlers and dudes, in the everlasting struggle of the country man with his environment". book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 207 pp. The author's account of the B.C. region. Yellow boards with green design on front board, Xmas sticker and previous owner's name on ffep. DJ has some nicks and tears, amateur tape repair to rear panel.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.