Published by Highway Book Shop, Cobalt Ontario Canada, 1977
ISBN 10: 0889541280 ISBN 13: 9780889541283
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 242 pages. novel about life and hard times in Elliot Lake. dj has small nicks and tears (now in mylar protector). ; 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 ".
Published by Highway Book Shop, Cobalt, ON, 1977
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Blue textured paper boards. 242 pp. Chafing to extremities, soiling to turn-ins. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, some damp staining to spine and covers, short tears to upper corners.
Published by Highway Book Shop, Cobalt, 1977
ISBN 10: 0889541280 ISBN 13: 9780889541283
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Bouchard (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` The Story of Elliot Lake '. 242 pages of Canadian historical fiction - examining a chapter in mining history. Read about Prime Minister Diefenbaker, C.B.C., and government contracting for uranium supply. The story centers around Roy and Jan Dobrian. Setting is Ontario in the Fifties. A kind of mixture of family life and employment issues with sex and geology. The underlying mining and geological picture is pleasingly accurate. UNillustrated. Cond : Boards are glossy blue with silver gilt lettering. End-papers are blue. D.J. is white, lettering is red - spine lettering is sun faded. D.J. illustration is of a miner and his headlamp. Joan has signed and dedicated the book on front end-paper - which has a folded corner. Volume tight, bright and clean - w/o marks or tears. D.J. has minor wedge wear including two tears. None-the-less collectible Canadiana. Quote (p. 55) : " ._._. eons ago, one billion years back. It began when the swirling rivers of the Huronian age carried mineral-laden sediments to the irregular shores and beaches created during the previous ._._._. ." Size: Octavo. Signed by Author(s).