Armitage Doreen Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** An ex-Library copy with usual library markings. No dust jacket, blue hard cover is worn at corners and soiled, reading slant, otherwise pages are clean and well bound. Signed on title page. 6.5 X 9.5" 240 pages. From Horseshoe Bay to Whistler and the islands and communities of Howe Sound, Around the Sound traces the area's rich and exciting history. Told in the voices of the people who call the area home, this book offers fascinating reading for locals, visitors and BC history lovers. Illustrated by black/white vintage photographs. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A very nice copy in dust jacket without flaw. Signed on title page. 6.5 X 9.5" 240 pages. From Horseshoe Bay to Whistler and the islands and communities of Howe Sound, Around the Sound traces the area's rich and exciting history. Told in the voices of the people who call the area home, this book offers fascinating reading for locals, visitors and BC history lovers. Illustrated by black/white vintage photographs. **Bundle Up * Save On Postage**. Black & White Vintage Photographs (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. **Bundle Up * Save On Postage** 8.75 X 11.25" 182 pages (2003). Weight 1 Kg. A beautiful hard cover copy in dust jacket, without flaw. Signed and dated (November2003) by Doreen Armitage title page. Life on the West Coast without tugboats is hard to imagine - and many a mariner in trouble can thank the stalwart tugs for life itself. From the Wheelhouse captures the ins and outs of working in this underappreciated but essential industry: relentless tides, wild weather, breakaway barges, the boredom, the practical jokes, the joy of a successful rescue and the agony of a failed attempt. Author and historian Doreen Armitage interviewed 17 old -time tugboat captains, engineers and deckhands to assemble this intimate and often hair-raising account of life aboard BC tugs. Generously illustrated with archival photos and images from personal collections. *Signed by Author*.…