Language: English
Published by Vantage Press, New York, 1970
Seller: From Away Books & Antiques, Greenville, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Good copy of the 1970 First Edition. Ex-Library with all markings. Text block is clean and tight and the covers are in good condition except for two tape removal marks on back cover. Location K107.
Language: English
Published by Vantage Press, New York, 1970
Seller: From Away Books & Antiques, Greenville, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Good copy of the 1970 First Edition. Text block is clean and tight and the covers are in good condition except for two pin holes through upper back cover and the last 60 pages. . Dust jacket is fair with wear to extremities and spine. Location W40.
Language: English
Published by Vantage Press, New York, 1970
Seller: From Away Books & Antiques, Greenville, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Very good copy of the 1970 First Edition. Text block is clean and tight and the covers are in very good condition. Dust jacket is good only with wear to extremities and spine. Location W40.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 226 page hardcover in blue cloth. First and only edition in a low print run. An important memoir of the author's time while employed by the Great Northern Paper Company as clerk, paymaster and superintendent of the West branch of the Penobscot drive. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Near fine with light spotting to exterior of text block edge in a very good, unclipped jacket with light edgewear. Ships promptly in a box. We specialize in the Maine woods.
Published by Vantage Press, 1970
Seller: Boards & Wraps, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book jacket has some light stains on back cover. Clean interior. Map of Maine included from previous owner. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 225 pages.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First printing. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Laid in is a Christmas card from the author, with a note asking if the book had been received. 226 pp. Worn at the spine ends and corners. There is a small stain on the bottom edge. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket is stained and edgeworn, with several creased tears and small chips. Scuffed along the folds. Torn partway along the rear joint. The price, $4.50, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First and only edition in a low print run. An important memoir of the author's time while employed by the Great Northern Paper Company as clerk, paymaster and superintendent.Previous owner's inscription on front pastedown.Faint inverted signature of the author on the title page. Fine in a fair jacket with separation of front fore edge and a large chip to spine. Scarce. Signed by Author(s).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 226-page hardcover in blue cloth. First and only edition in a low print run. An important memoir of the author's time while employed by the Great Northern Paper Company as clerk, paymaster and superintendent of the West Branch of the Penobscot drive from the early 1900s until 1956. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. Near fine with a few uncut pages at rear. Smudge to dedication page, light spotting to text block edge. Jacket is very good with light edge wear and not price- clipped. Ships promptly in a box. We specialize in the Maine woods. Signed by Author(s).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Vantage Press, New York, 1970, signed by the author. Not illustrated. 5.5" x 8.25". 225 pp. Blue paper covered boards. This is an interesting book on a lifetime in the lumber industry on the West Branch of the Penobscot in Maine. The author worked his way up from waterboy in a sawmill at the turn of the century, to superintendent of logging and the river log drives, to paymaster for the Great Northern Paper Company and as an independent operator of logging crews, retiring in 1957. No sporting content. Scarce. Very good in very good wrapper.