Barbara Villy Cormack (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 255 Pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 234 Pages, Dust Jacket Edge Chipped O/W Sound.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good to Very Good+. Edrien (dust jacket) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The book, in yellow boards with black lettering to the spine, has a very faint trace of a waterstain to the spine top, bumps to corners, former owner name inside, and is VG+. The jacket is not price-clipped (no price to clip), has that same waterstain to the spine top and adjacent panels, and is VG to VG+.

vg soft cover, corner crease/small split at spine. Limited edition of two hundred & fifty copies, size approx 5x8" with 7 pages, signed With love from Barbara. Illustrated by cover design/JEH MacDonald. Limited. Binding is paper covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Anemone Ruder (illustrator). 1st Edition. 147 Pages Illus, Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 113 pages. Solid with light wear on the covers. The dust jacket has some tears on the edges with some crumpling and creases and otherwise shows light wear. The previous owner's name is on the front free end paper, the rest of the interior is unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stapled. Condition: Very Good-. Edition Not Stated. Light wear to wraps. Gift Inscription.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 147p., orange cloth with black spine titles, a very good copy in very good jacket (b7).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Anemone Ruder (illustrator). 147 pp. Dj rubbed, chips and tears along edges, one long tape-repaired tear to back. Boards have edgewear. Previous owner's name penned to ffep. Interior o/w unmarked and solid. Author was prolific author, Sherwood Park (Edmonton) resident and member of the Order of Canada.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. SUBTITLED : `The Life Story of the Honourable Irene Parlby, LL.D.' Irene Parlby, the subject of this 160 page biography, was born in London in 1868. She represented Lacombe, Alberta in the 1921 election. LEARN more about : U.F.W.A., Lamerton, Joseph T. Shaw, Mutual Telephone Companies, sufferance, debate, kitchen wall, Buffalo Lake District, Manadon, John E. Brownlee, and curl papers. A few b/w photographs add to the text. Cind : Sky blue paper wrapper with black lettering and a drawn likeness of Ms. Parlby on the cover. Tight in binding. Clean and crisp. Light general wear. No names. Collectible copy ! ! QUote (p. 74) : " Then began a tornado of activity that must scarcely ever have been equalled in Canada. At the time the election was called, only twelve U.F.A .provincial constituency associations were organized. By nomination day ._._._. . ".

Paper bound in light blue wrappers, illustrated with black and white photos, Pp160. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. Scarce. 255 grams. Irene Parlby was a politician and an activist and leader in the farm reform movement. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. 160 pp. b/w photos. Wraps have light corner wear, small stain to front. Previous owner's inscription and notes and author's signature title page. Irene Parlby (1868-1965), one of the Famous Five, was MLA and provincial cabinet minister in Alberta's United Farmer government from 1921 to 1935. She was third woman to be elected to the Alberta Legislature.She was active in international affairs, peace conferences, and in advancing the cause of public healthcare in Alberta.She also was dedicated gardener and farmer's wife at Alix, Alberta, on shores of beautiful Parlby Lake. Barbara Villy Cormack was author of many books on Albertans and Alberta history, wife of Canada WWI soldier and officer Eric Cormack, they were parents of a mentally-challenged son. They founded the Winnifred Stewart School for Retarded Children. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Minor shelf wear to blue cloth hardcover. Library labels and stamp on front end papers. Signed by author on front end paper. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. 113 pp.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1955. 255 pp. "To an old Alberta farmhouse comes a succession of occupants whose lives and those of their neighbors, are linked in a deeply moving drama of tragedy and happiness." Signed by author on ffep. Dustjacket has a tear to front on edge and a chip to spine top. Some moisture stain to back flap. Looks good in new mylar cover. Mustard yellow paper on boards binding is in good condition. Text is very nice, clean, and unmarked. No corner folds or tears. Signed by Author. HC and DJ. Good/Fair. 8 x 5 1/2.

1960. (Card covers) As new. 92pp. Illus., ports.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 234 pp. Dj has small chips and tears at edges - now Brodart-protected. Boards have light wear to extremities. Leaves a little yellowed - previous owner's rubber stamp title page. Fictional work on the growth of a small Alberta town and its people from 1906 to 1950. Author was prolific author, Sherwood Park (Edmonton) resident and member of the Order of Canada. Signed by Author(s).

[no date]. (Cloth) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 113pp. Frontispiece, illus.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The book is near fine with very slight edge wear in a near fine dust jacket with very slight edge wear and a tiny closed tear at lower edge on back.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription from author to title page. [N.d., ca. 1966-1968]. Original textured blue card wraps, stapled & glued binding. 160 pp. Rust stains to joints, stains and creasing to covers, sunning to spine. Some pencil underlining to text, rust stains to gutter. Order form inserted. Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 255 pp. Dj has small chips and tears along edges. Boards have light edgewear. Signed "with all best wishes" by author on title page. Interior o/w unmarked and solid.Author was prolific author, Sherwood Park (Edmonton) resident and member of the Order of Canada. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED and inscribed, "to______, with all best wishes" by the author to the title page. Published 1955, presumed first edition. Gently read. Interior is solid and unmarked. Very short tear to the head of the spine. Spine is slightly cocked. Dustjacket is lightly to moderately bumped and chipped to the head and tail of the spine and the flaps, minor shelfwear to show. Front panel illustration is bright and complete. Now protected in archival brodart jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. 8vo pp. 113,Signed and inscribed by the author on FEP. Signed by Author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. chipped DJ text clean. shelf wear, binding tight, S3 5.

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket. 8vo pp.160, signed by the author on title page, previous owners inscription on title page. Signed by Author. book.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp. 8 255. Signed by the author on title page. Signed by Author. book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ex Library. Ex-library book with the ususal stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior clean and neat with no marking of any kind, spine is straight. From reference library, this book is near-perfect excepting the library markings, which include punched-through library insignia on 1st page. #97 of 250 copies, green paper covers, well protected in library covers. 7 page book.

Condition: Very Good. Anemone Ruder (illustrator). 8vo pp. 147.signed by the author on half title page, previous owners name on FEP. Signed by Author. book.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Minus. Ruder, Anemone (illustrator). Signed presentation copy to author Elfrisa Vipont, signed on fep, dust jacket edgeworn, small chip to head of front cover, spine sunned, some wear to corners and spine ends, small chip to head of spine, two small chips to head of rear cover, boards clean and tidy, light spotting to closed edges at head, pp clean and bright, binding sound. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.