Nothing by Sheppard Bert (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Smith, Bert (illustrator). First Canadian Edition. 202pp, [6]. Illustrated w historical bw photographs, drawings and colour frontis. Library stamp and adhesive residue on endpapers. Signed by the author of ffep. Library stamp blacked out on text block edges. Green cloth w gilt lettering on cover and spine. Light bumping to head and tail. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ shows faint soiling on white flaps, no edgewear. Front panel same illustration as frontis. DJ preserved in archival cover. Octavo. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Hardback in Very Good condition with Very Good- dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 202 pages. Ink ownership inscription; moderate wear to dust jacket edges; slight stain to book foredge. Inscribed by author on front endpaper. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. B/W Drawings and Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` The Hardest Part about Doing Nothing is Knowing When to Quit '. Learn more about : spiritous liquors, trail rides, Banff, Cochrane, Rigg Cow Camp, Long Coulee Ridge, and Eden Valley Ranch. Pages 76 and 77give a Who's Who List of personnel at the historic Bar U Ranch - it has names like , John Ware, Duckfoot Sue, and Shorty Merino. B/W photographs and b/w drawings by Rich Roenisch and Gale Gallup accompsny the text. If, bronzes by Steve Hoar, foothills landscapes, or the escapades of old time bronc-busters get you going, then you'll enjoy these 201 pages.You' ll smile or snicker as well. Cond : Boards are green with gilt lettering - face and spine. End-papers are white. D.J. is a reproduced painting by Bert Smith (c. 1951) of a packhorse accident on a high trail. D.J. has almost no edge wear, else volume and d.j. are bright, tight, crisp , square and clean. FFEP has a lengthy and artful 1983 prize dedication. Calgary collectible ! ! Quote (p.134) : " However, Bert got a quill to his liking, which we disinfected and inserted into a teat. By this time Spike and emmie, had by a stroke of pure genius, thought of and produced a Coleman lamp pump - and Emmie had brought to the scene of action a formidable selection of tape: medicated, mechanics, and just plain red tape as used by the government for filing away the ._._.-. ." Size: Octavo.

Condition: very good. 1st edition. 202pp. Tall octavo in original green cloth. Spine title in gilt; Illustrated dust jacket in very good condition. Inscribed by author in black marker on front free endpaper. A few small, light spots on front and back endpaper. B/W photographs and line drawings in text with illustrated colour frontis. A tight copy with bright, clean illustrations. Very good to near fine condition. Illustrated autobiography of Spitzee rancher and writer Bert Sheppard. Sheppard managed and eventually became an owning partner in the OH ranch, south of Calgary. Signed by the author. Rare in jacket with signature.