Icebound by Roscoe (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Navy blue hardback with silver print on spine. Pages tight and unmarked; a little dirty along page edges. Price and date in pencil on top corner of ffep. 132 pages. DJ not price clipped; in mylar jacket. Some closed tears to DJ; some minor scuffing and dirtiness. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG -. Hardcover in dust jacket with small chips & tears at its edges.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Clean, straight black book has few underlines in first 3 chapters. Gift inscription on back of frontis. is signed by author who signed again adding Petrolio Cal under his name on title page. Unclipped dj w/few chips, rubs to edges is encased in mylar. Inscribed & Signed By Author.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. bottom outside corner of page 85-86 torn away, not affecting text, else very clean, unmarked and tight copy; slightly shelf-rubbed; no dust jacket; 132p.; a story of the Alaskan fishing fleet in the days of sail. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" 7¾" Tall. Signed by Author. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo illus. 1st Ed. -Salmon fishing aboard a mothership off Alaska in 1918; icebound much of the time; oppressive bosses; horrible conditions; fights. A U.S. Grand Jury investigation resulted in changes in working conditions for all future trips. Fiction based on fact; author was on such a ship. [Cat. 52-280 & 64-628.] Fine in VG-F DJ.

Hardcover. First edition. Fine in Very Good Pictorial Dust Jacket with original price ($3.00). The fascinating tale of young man who was shanghaied and taken to the frozen and frigid Arctic aboard the salmon fishing vessel Queen of France. Interesting story in light of the current interest in such television programs as "The Most Dangerous Catch." Illustrated with b/w photographs. Navy blue cloth with silver titling on spine. Dust Jacket is rubbed, with wear at corners and top & tail of spine, light edge wear, 1" closed tear at rear top right. Interior is clean, crisp, tight & bright, unmarked. 132 pp. Approx. 5.75" x 8.75". A very nice copy and an excellent addition to your library. Carefully shipped in secure parcel. Ask all questions; glad to respond.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy (related article taped to end paper) in near fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar). 132 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed by the author on the title page in blue pen as follows: "W. F. Roscoe,/Petrolio,(?) Calif/"; not personalized to anyone. Volume itself has black cloth covers with sharp silver lettering on the spine. 132 pages, 17 chapters, between pages 30 and 31 there are black & white photographs of sailing and fishing vessels of a time long past. There is a touch of wear at the head and tail of the spine and at corners and on some edges. No underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, no owner names, not ex-libris, no remainder marks, no folded or dogeared pages, no foxing, no smudges. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. Dj has tearing and chipping at the top of the spine and along the top of the back cover and at corners. While the dj is not price-clipped someone has put a circular blue piece of paper over the price. You get the picture, the book is really nice, the dj not quite so! Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box! Signed By the Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Full-bound blue cloth, dustjacket in mylar cover, 132pp, SIGNED by author on title page. Slight interior foxing, dustjacket rubbed, light chipping near head of dustjacket spine. Copy has been used but unmarked and tight. -- Story of young man Shanghaied and taken to the icebound Arctic aboard the fishing vessel Queen of France. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: very good. 8vo pp.132. signed by the author on title page. Signed by Author. book.