Just About Nothing

Published by Self Published, High River, 1977

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Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books

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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.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Just About Nothing
Author
Sheppard, Bert
Publisher
Self Published, High River
Publication year
1977
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Very Good +
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
B/W Drawings and Photographs
Edition
First Edition.
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Cowboy and Western

Wagon Tongue Books

Linden, AB, Canada

2-star seller

AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999

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I am a small home-based business so I may be difficult to reach by phone. I'm in the Mountain time zone. I've been passionate about books for approximately 30 years. Thank you for thinking Wagon Tongue.

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western canadiana, ephemera & rarities, horse and horse-related, cowboy stuff, indians and North American first peoples, things that catch my eye - including (non)books, mere bagatelles

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