Gibson John Frederic (50 results)

Hardcover. Stated first, g/g, dj rubbed, cover spotted. Novel; 12067.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. Foxing to back of jacket.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 208 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Autobiographical memoirs of "ten years of adventure" of travel, discovery, new places, starting out on an old square rigger. Book.

Paperback. Later Printing. Very Good to Near Fine Condition. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable.

Condition: Near Fine. A near fine paperback. Reprint 1976.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This book attempts to wrestle with the complex relationship between Native North Americans and the migrants that colonized this continent. It is a documentary narrative dialog full of stories that are sometimes sad and other times humorous directly from those in remote BC villages that have lived through them. Interior 220 pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked. Difficult to read his fancy cursive but Title Page is signed . "John Frederic Gibson for Ben Lena with love Nov. 72" DJ intact with two closed tears and a small open tear at top of spine. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" x 1". Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. 1950. First Published. 172 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Tape to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near New. 1st Edition. Chronicle of Indian families the author came to know while working for the Dept. of Social Welfare in northern B.C. 220pp Book is bright and clean. Unmarked except for the author's signature to the title page Tight, binding, black cloth showing no wear. The unclipped dustjacket is bright and clean but show some wear to the extremities of the spine and he top edge. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. NF black hardcover in good DJ with small piece missing at top - see actual image. DJ now in mylar protector. 221 pp. Account of author who worked in isolated areas of British Columbia and his better understanding of the indigenous families. History-British Columbia.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ.

Condition: Good. 1949. First Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good reading copy, pages have tanned, cover has light shelf wear, 4.5 X 7" 221 pages, published 1976. Along the rugged coastline of British Columbia and inland where the valley of the Skeena River stretches through the mountains live the descendants of the great Indian tribes. For many years John Frederic Gibson lived among them. Come into this world which he describes with such understanding and intensity and experience with him the bitter-sweet texture of Indian life. Come into their world and you will not be the same again. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage**.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing. The book is near fine with slight edge wear and a small tape removal mark on front free end paper in a very good+ dust jacket with minor edge wear.

massmarket paperback. Condition: Poor. Poor to Fair condition. Moderate to heavy wear. Binding is starting to come apart, first 24 pages are loose, pages age toned. Pictures available upon request.? dw.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Condition: 'NF' Notes: Novel of the Indians of northern British Columbia.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition.

Condition: Good. 1953. No edition remarks. 287 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Colour and black and white illustration plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pen inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The author served with social services in British Columbia's First Nations communities beginning in 1958. Read more about : Friendly Cove, Kitwancool, Campbell River, San Miguel Islands, Babine Agency, infant mortality, fish bones, storekeeper, and Alert Bay. 221 pages. Gibson speaks about Indians being caught in a transition between traditional values and the dollar economy. A very good read. Cond :Green paper wrapper has 2 totem poles. Light wear. Minimal soiling. VG+ reading copy. Quote (p.: 85) : " The messages come verbally or on small pieces of paper like illicit love letters. I cannot escape the village life, the intrigue and guile and face-saving. I visit one man at night. The house is almost on the lake shore so that the bow of the boat is ._._._. ." Size: 12mo.

Condition: Good. 1953. No Edition Marks. 231 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Volume II. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Condition: Good. 1950. Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some wear and tear to edges but remains good. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. 1947. No Edition Remarks. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters, partially exposing netting; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

massmarket paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition. Minor to Moderate wear. Binding?tight, pages age toned. Pictures available upon request.? dw.

Near fine plus book with lightly bumped fore corners in near fine plus price-clipped dust jacket with slight wear top and bottom of flap folds. Author's chronicle of some of the Indian families he came to know while working in isolated areas of Bri tish Columbia.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good with some bumping to spine ends, prev. owner name on ffep., in jacket with a little edgewear, ( mostly at crown ), and a few short closed tears. No chips. Signed and dated in year of publication on title page. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. 1950. Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some wear and tear to edges but remains good. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 8vo, viii,286pp, pages browning, text clean and sound, signed by the author on endpaper with gift inscription, blue cloth, corners bumped, Good / no dustwrapper.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. First Thus. These 248 pages of fiction are set in British Columbia. Andrew finds Helen living in what seem like very disadvantageous conditions. He intervenes and learns a lesson. Read more about : Kainish Lake, David Coleman, Burns Lake, tail-wind, George Lee, Vert Landing, log booms, clock watchers, and Passionate Quest. UNillustrated. Cond : Paper wrapper is brown with red lettering. Front cover art shows moutains, Helen, and two totem poles. Tight, bright, square and clean. No names nor marks. Small tear in back cover. Almost collectible !! Quote (p. 78) : " Angela smiled. I went out into the light of the morning and the wooden ramp from the dock was wet with dew. A heron stood on the rocks at the edge of the kelp. The water looked like ._._._. ." Size: 12mo.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.