Roads by Cross Austin (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 2nd printing; 301 pages. Moderate soiling and wear to the cloth; pages toned; a good sound binding. Inscribed and signed by the author inside. Canada. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Countries & Travel; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 167495.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Front endpaper missing, binding slightly cocked, light overall browning and wear to binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dj In Plastic, Edgewear/Shelfwear/Soiling, Looks Nice In Plastic. Book Has Sl. Edgewear/Shelfwear, Hinges Cracked. Inscribed On Ffep "To Madame L. Vernon Johnson Who With Her Husband Were Delightful Companions On The . Catalina. Kind Regards From A F Cross January 27, 1937". 301 Pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Condition: Very Good (Book condition). Dust Jacket Condition: Good + (Jacket Condition). Inscribed and signed by author. Very Good in dusty DJ.[Our rating system: 1.Fine; 2. Near fine; 3. Very good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Book.

Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Condition: Very Good (Book condition). Dust Jacket Condition: Good + (Jacket Condition). Inscribed and signed by author. Very Good in dusty DJ.[Our rating system: 1.Fine; 2. Near fine; 3. Very good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First. 301pp., library stamp inside front ("Property of Bagot and Blythfield Library Board") but no other library flaws; signed presumably by author (stylized A.F.C) Jun 21, 1937. "'Cross Roads' is an important contribution to the literature of travel. Not only does it represent a first effort by a young man to develop a literary treatment of geography much more attractive than orthodox, but conveys in a subtle manner to the reader a sense of being with the writer at the place described. As a popular contribution to knowledge of Canada by Canadians it has a place of real merit. Chas. A. Dunning." Contains Gadding around Montreal -- The Trans-Canada Limited -- West to East -- Toronto the Not So Good -- Off to Alaska -- America's Attic -- Sleigh Through Glengarry -- Saint John, 15 Years Later -- Montreal to Mexico -- The Rio Grande Frontier -- Motor to Mount Washington -- California Via Vancouver -- Happy in San Francisco -- Malibu and the Fringe of Los Angeles -- Los Angeles, Meaning Angels! -- Arizona Desert -- The Grand Canyon of the Colorado -- Spanish Mission to Chinese Theatre -- Rose Bowl Game -- California, Here I Go -- Through Ontario by Nose. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. DJ shows slight wear. Signed, Inscribed by Author. Wrapped in mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 301 pages. Inscription on ffep and signed by author, dated August 20, 1936. 301 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in beige cloth with paste-on label with titles on front and spine. Yellow/orange DJ in very good condition. Worn around the edges with chips and tears. VG/VG. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 301 pages. Signed and inscribed by author to Canadian Federal Cabinet Minister Hon. Ian MacKenzie upon front free endpaper. "The salty record of sundry wanderings in North America". - from dust jacket. Book well preserved, particularly the very clean beige cloth-covered boards and labels pasted to backstrip and front board. Contents clean and unmarked with minor yellowing due to age. Dust jacket heavily worn but now protected in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Signed by Author(s).