Gordon Bowes (29 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of two novelets and five short stories. Featured are Retrospect by Ann Miller (novelet), If Angels Fight by Richard Bowes (novelet), Balancing Accounts by James L Cambias (short story), Memoirs of the Witch Queen by Ron Goulart (short story), Petri Parousia by Matthew Hughes (short story), Bread and Circus by Steven Popkes (short story) and Philologos, or A Murder in Bistrita by James D MacDonald (short story). Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of four novelets and seven short stories. Featured are Dragon's Teeth by Alex Irvine (novelet), Hell of a Fix by Matthew Hughes (novelet), Inside Time by Tim Sullivan (novelet), I Needs Must Part, The Policeman Said by Richard Bowes (novelet), Bad Matter by Alexandra Duncan (short story), Farewell Atlantis by Terry Bisson (short story), Illusions of Tranquility by Brendan DuBois (short story), The Blight Family Singers by Kit Reed (short story), The Economy of Vacuum by Sarah Thomas (short story), Iris by Nancy Springer (short story) and The Man Who Did Something About It by Harvey Jacobs (short story). Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of four novelets and three short stories. Featured are The Short Ashy Afterlife of Hiram P Dottle by Paul Di Filippo (novelet), Chichen Itza by Alex Irvine (novelet), The Mask of the Rex by Richard Bowes (novelet), The Essayist in the Wilderness by William Browning Spencer (novelet), Creation by Jeffrey Ford (short story), Our Novel by Don Webb (short story) and Trouble Is by Robert Reed. Slight creasing at bottom of spine. In Near Fine Condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Kindle Edition. Condition: Very Good.

Illustrated paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 160pp.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Clare Bowes (illustrator). 64 pages. Cover worn.When the family has to move into town, spoilt Walter is determined to have hi s own dog; but it is his sister Tania who ends up having the last laugh. Suggest ed level: junior, primary.

Paperback. Condition: Good. clare bowes (illustrator). 64 pages. some slight rubbing to covers -'Tui Turbo' series.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Some Wear. Clare Bowes (illustrator). First Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 557pp., index, biblio., ill., maps (including folding map). Spine lightly faded.

1963 VG/g, DJ rubbed & taped in protective mylar, 81 eye witness accounts of the Peace River Region of British Columbia, 557 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8 vo, 557pp. Green cloth, gilt tile spine only. Light wear to extremes. Interior clean, no names, notes, underlining. Four sections from 1793 to 1962: 1. Fur Traders, 2. Gold Seekers, Missionaries, and Surveyors. 3. Settlers, and 4. Contemporary developments.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Includes 40 pages of illustrations and a bibliography, maps, and an index. Green cloth boars with gilt title to spine. Includes two typed, signed, laid-in letters from the author to Doubleday regarding publishing books. Occasional spots of soiling / smudge marks, but clean and bright overall. A few spots to covers and minor wear to corners and edges of boards. 557 pages. CAN/041520.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Third Printing. Tight clean book in bright green cloth, unmarked but for inscription to front endpaper; in somewhat rumpled dust jacket. Map in rear pocket. ; 557 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Peace River Chronicles: Eighty-One Eye-Witness Accounts from the First Exploration in 1793 of the Peace River Region of British Columbia, Bowes, Gordon E. (Ed.). Prescott Publishing Co., Vancouver, 1974. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 554pp. with illustrations, bibliography, maps including one folding, index. Outer edge soiling and otherwise contents are clean without markings, tears or folds. Dustjacket has edge wear and small chips. In very good condition. The story of British Columbia's Peace River region told in the actual words of those who, down through the decades, played a part in or witnessed its development. In these first-hand accounts, arranged in chronological order, explorers, travellers, and settlers speak for themselves, without editorial footnotes.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Mansfield Center, 2005; reprint of 1910 Blades, East and Blades publication; glossy gray paper covered boards; minimal shelf wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket; interior clean and unmarked; 346 pages.

1st edition. 9" x 6". 557pp + plates + foldg map at rear. Spine faded. Good hardback. No dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated 1974 printing. Hardcover with clean cover, unmarked pages, tight binding. Dust jacket shows moderate wear.

Cloth, Gilt Titles. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Eighty-one eye-witness accounts from the first exploration in 1793 of the Peace River Region of British Columbia including the Finlay and the Parsnip River Basins. 557pp, 40pp of illustrations, bibliography, maps, index. Book is bright, clean and unmarked - excepting a small gift inscription to thr fpde - with sound, tight binding. No wear to green cloth. Heavy book weighing 1.17kg. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. WE use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postage is usually $6.50. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be approx US$15.00 for weights up to 5kg total - boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will be charged if rates indicate. NOW available - new, considerably lower Trans-Canada rates for many markets, and, new, considerably lower rates for Overseas destinations. Association Copy, Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated printing September 1964, very comprehensive history of the Peace River area of British Columbia chapters on Furtraders, Gold Seekers, Travellers, missionaries and surveyors, settlers and development from 1931 to 1962. 81 eye witness accounts, 557 pages including index and bibliography, heavily illustrated with black and white photos. Map included attached to rear board. Book is Fine green cloth with gilt spine titles, never read condition, No previous owner bookplates or marks. Jacket is called Very good but closer to near fine, a couple of tiny chips and one very small tear. Very clean and presentable copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. This book is bound in bright green boards with bright gilt letters on the spine. All clean, bright & unmarked. States: "Third printing May 1974". Map in rear pocket. The dust jacket has very, very light wear on the edges including small closed tears. No chips. The price on the flap is blacked out.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Light general wear with numerous small tears to the edges of the dust jacket. Spotting to the spine. Mylar cover on dust jacket. Color fold out map included. Overall a nice clean copy. 557 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

HC. Condition: good, dj repaired. 557 Eighty-one eye-witness accounts from the first exploration in 1793 of the Peace River Region of British Columbia including the Finlay and the Parsnip River Basins.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. No Jacket. 1952 printing. Green boards with gold lettering on spine. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Secure pages, solid binding. Pages unmarked. Map inside back cover. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. nice copy; larger-format; oblong; memoir of a British soldier who was captured in North Africa and was kept in Italian and German POW camps; signed by Bill Bowes (editor). Signed by Editor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gordon Horner. (illustrator). Privately Printed. Preface signed by Bill Bowes (ex-Yorkshire cricketer and ex-POW). Illustrated throughout by the artist and POW Gordon Horner who was artist working for the Sunday Chronicle amongst other. This was produced recounting his war experiences as a POW in Italy and Germany. Believed he was caught trying to get too close to the enemy. 12 tipped in colour plates and drawings throughout of comrades in the camps with names and details, pale yellow cloth boards, green cloth spine with gilt titles along the side. Some light edge rubbing, dustwrapper chipped at edges near spine and closed split at top front edge near spine, but all complete, also wrapper handled feel on cover. Contents very good. Oblong octavo. (uncommon privately printed WW2 military history and war-time experiences). Signed by Author(s).

Signed by author, small oblong quarto, yellow cloth boards, gilt lettering to green leather spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges & heavier to eps, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (some fading, light bruising to spine extrems, 3cm closed tear to front flap fold, some creasing to upper edges).