Joan Craven (40 results)

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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. VG/VG- Book Club Hb 120pp. Corners & ends of spine rubbed; owner name fep. Dj extremities rubbed, lightly chipped, & faded. Several small tears top rear Dj. OK reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Very Good/Very Good Condition. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscription. Second Impression. Nice illustrations by Joan Miller. ; Height: 20 Inches, Length: 20 Inches, Weight: 0.65 Pounds, Width: 20 Inches; 120 pages. Illustrated by Miller, Joan (illustrator).…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book is mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is in generally clean condition, but hase several small to smallish edge tears, spots of rubbing and bumping, and the bottom rear cover has a 1" by 1" patch of paper loss and wrinkling. This is the follow up to I Heard the Owl Call My Name. "Just before then, Margaret and her mother moved to Sacramento, California, where her brother Wilson was living. She had learned about the Native-Americans of the northern British Columbia coast, first from her brother Wilson, who had visited there, and then from reading published accounts of the native culture. The first result of this was a story for the Post called "Indian Outpost." In 1962, Margaret arranged with the Columbia Coast Mission of the Anglican Church to visit Kingcome and other native Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) villages on the B. C. Coast. [4]Out of this experience came her first novel, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, which was published first in Canada in 1967, and then in the U. S. In 1973, where it became a best seller. The same year it was adapted as a television movie for General Electric Theater on CBS." (from Wikipedia). Illustrated by Joan Miller (illustrator).…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Craven, Margaret; illustrated by Joan Miller. Again Calls the Owl. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. Third Impression. Octavo (8.5 × 5.75 in.), green textured boards with black spine lettering, 131 pp., line drawings throughout by Joan Miller. The companion volume to I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Margaret Craven's beloved autobiographical memoir reflects on her early life in the Pacific Northwest, her struggles to become a writer during the Depression, and the inspiration that later led her to the Kwakiutl people of British Columbia. Told with the same grace and quiet dignity that made her fiction a modern classic, this volume evokes her formative years and spiritual outlook in lyrical, simple prose. Condition: Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Jacket bright and clean with mild toning and light rubbing at edges; not price-clipped ($6.95). Boards clean and unfaded; binding tight; text unmarked aside from small personal address label on front pastedown. Interior pages crisp, illustrations sharp. Edition details: Copyright page states 'Third Impression'; printed in the United States. Published simultaneously in Canada by Academic Press Canada Limited. Ex Libris Mrs. Lois S. McNeel. Margaret Craven (1901-1980) was an American novelist and short story writer best known for her debut novel I Heard the Owl Call My Name, a tender portrayal of Indigenous life and spiritual renewal in the Pacific Northwest. After decades of journalism and short fiction, Craven found literary success late in life, and her compassionate voice and keen sense of place have continued to resonate with readers worldwide. Joan Miller (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Fine. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). (Book Club) Sturdy book, green covers, black lettering very fine on spine, 120 pages plus final illustration of mountains, illustrations throughout. DJ heavy paper, cream background with colorful illustration of a snow-capped mountain, an owl and tree branch on front and spine, background in light pink, two photographs of famous author of "I Heard the Own Call My Name" writing about herself and overcoming obstacles to write. DJ has very tiny tear at both top tips. Near Very fine DJ/Very Fine book. Miller, Joan (illustrator).…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Impression. Dust jacket is price clipped. 5.5 X 8" 120 pages. With her characteristic charm and simplicity, Margaret Craven describes how, at the age of sixty-nine, she came to write a first novel that became a modern classic. Filled with touching reminiscences of a wise and courageous woman whose writing reflects the pioneering spirit of her youth, Again Calls the Owl is the inspiring companion volume to one of the country's most well-loved works - I Heard the Owl Call My Name. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage**. Joan Miller (illustrator). …

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Follow-up to the author's inspirational first novel, "I Heard the Owl Call My Name,'' which continues her story about life among the vanishing tribe of Kwakiutl Indians in the Canadian Northwest. 121 pages, with line drawings throughout by Joan Miller. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1980, this hardcover book has light green cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt to spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white, with significant foxing to all outside edges of text block. Modest rubbing to extremities & spine fading. The price-clipped DJ is in VG condition, with an area of rubbing/small holes to inner-lower edge of back cover; else, just a hint of edgewear & fading; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos show the EXACT book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Miller, Joan (illustrator).…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 36 pages. 9.80x6.80x0.40 inches. In Stock.

99 pp.; 27.9 x 21.4 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982. Edited by Antonio Muntadas and Peter D'Agostino. Artists include Sanja Ivekovic, Reese Williams, John Brumfield, Hans Haacke, David Craven, Erika Rothenberg, Kristine Stiles, Les Levine, Dan Graham, Chip Lord, Richard Kriesche, Victor Burgin, General Idea, Robert Morgan, Joan Rabascall, Hal Fischer, Catalina Parra, Jusy Malloy, and Judith Barry. Includes quotations and sources. Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing of cover edge and dusting of covers. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.…