gard robert editor (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: vg. First edition. Oblong quarto. XI, [1], 186, [2]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. Illustrated title-page. Fascinating work bringing together for the first time the work of three well-known regional writers, August Derleth, Jesse Stuart and Robert E. Gard and the wood engravings of Frank Utpatel. Minor rubbing along edges of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket in overall good+, binding and interior in very good condition.

1945. (Cloth) Very good plus. Contains "The Edmonton Overland Route to the Yukon". Vol.1 #1 March 1945.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Low, Collin (cover art) (illustrator). First Edition. This publication "aims to print authentic first hand accounts interpretative of the region and its people; to encourage the collection and preservation of the traditional materials of Alberta; and to help foster a literature indigenous to this part of the Canadian West." - from inside front cover. Contents: The Chinook Yark; Sayings heard in Alberta Ukrainian Homes; Klondikers; A Famous Alberta Yarn - told by Oliver Aldridge, son of Mountaineer Bill Aldridge; Potato Bugs; The Edmonton Overland Route to the Yukon; Duhamel (Battle River Crossing); Ghosts - Gus Erickson of the Westlock district had problems with them; Bob Edward's version of how Medicine Hat got its name; Bob Edwards and I; A Bob Edwards Yarn about the "Eye-Opener" race of 1906; Some Northern Trails; A Famous Alberta Yarn about a Russian settler who made his own harnesses from rawhide; A Fast Runner - fanciful tale of a young Englishman and his sheep roundup; Attention Alberta Writers - information about the Alberta Folklore and Local History Project; Interesting details of "The Outlaw", an Alberta newspaper in 1896. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. The first issue of this wonderful publication.