Published by NC Press, Toronto, 1988
ISBN 10: 1550210076 ISBN 13: 9781550210071
Seller: Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Len Gibbs. (illustrator). 104 pp + (8 pp), oblong (8 11/16" H x 10 5/8" D). Colour reproductions, b&w drawings. "From farms and ranches, coastlines and islands, in some thirty stories and vignettes by some of North America's best loved writers and the exquisite art of Len Gibbs, here are timeless portraits which evoke not just rural living, but the universal condition. Meet a diverse and changing mix of people whose lives have been shaped by harsh realities and share with them the pain and sunshine, and truth and laughter. Here prose and paintings have been interwoven to create a loving tribute to those who have chosen to live on the land." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, very small bump tot top corner of boards, small piece of rear pastedown in missing at top corner. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, minor edge wear, light rubbing, old tape on top/bottom inside edges.