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.
Published by Greystone / Douglas & mcIntyre, Vancouver, 1997
ISBN 10: 1550544616 ISBN 13: 9781550544619
Seller: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, Canada
Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Plus. Len Gibbs (illustrator). First Thus. Dust jacket has a bit of adhesive remnants at bottom of spine panel. A memoir of life on a prairie farm during the 1920s and 1930s. 160 pages plus 10 full page colour illustrations by Gibbs.
Published by Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, 1997
ISBN 10: 1550544616 ISBN 13: 9781550544619
Seller: Homeward Bound Books, Campbellcroft, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Len Gibbs (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 160 p. 16 x 20 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Minor wear. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a fade strip on the back panel the spine appears lightly faded. Shows a little light soil to the rear panel. The story of the author's boyhood growing up in Saskatchewan during the Depression. This illustrated edition includes colour realist artwork by Len Gibbs.
Published by Greystone Books, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1997
ISBN 10: 1550544616 ISBN 13: 9781550544619
Seller: Werdz Quality Used Books, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Gibbs, Len (illustrator). Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; "This classic memoir of growing up in Saskatchewan during the bleak years of the Depression has sold over 50,000 copies. In this new, illustrated edition, the fine realist paintings of painter Len Gibbs accompany Collins' humorous and poignant portrait of his boyhood.".
Published by Greystone Books, Vancouver
ISBN 10: 1550544616 ISBN 13: 9781550544619
Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
[1-55054-461-6] 1997, Illustrated edition. (Oblong 8vo hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 159pp. Color frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations. Illustrations by Len Gibbs. Locale: Prairie Provinces; Saskatchewan; Western Canada. (Western Canada, Childhood).