Luxton Norman (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Near fine.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition.

hardcover. Condition: very good-. 159 pages; 6 1/8 x 9 1/8" "Being the journal of Norman Kenny Luxton, Mate of the Tilikum, May 20, 1901, Suva, Fiji, and edited by Eleanor Georgina Luxton with a foreword by George F. G. Stanley." Inked out sticker on spine Library stamping and the usual markings on a few pages; a couple of upper page corners are dog-eared; barcode sticker on rear pastedown; pocket glued to last page.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. First Edition. In 1901, Norman Luxton - a young man from the Canadian prairies - met a European sea captain, John Claus Voss, in a Vancouver tavern. Over a bottle, they challenged each other to circumnavigate the globe by canoe. In May, the pair set out from Victoria, B.C., in the Tilikum - a 38-foot-long Salish dugout canoe fitted with sails. Voss's account, the Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss, became a maritime classic. Written years later, Tilikum : Luxton's Pacific Crossing is Luxton's account of the voyage. In elegant, descriptive prose, Luxton takes issue with Voss's account and provides a vivid portrait of the Pacific and her peoples at the dawn of the twentieth century. In this new edition, readers will also find a foreword and epilogue by Harvey Locke, a trustee of the Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation. Black & White Photos (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 166 pp, b/w photos. Wraps lightly rubbed. Inscription black felt to half-title page - o/w unmarked.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) scruffy jacket; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condition: very good condition. photo's (illustrator).

Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. 159 pages including black and white photographic plates. An excellent copy of this journal. Norman Luxton made history crossing the Pacific in the Indian dugout canoe Tilikum, went on to found the Banff newspaper, Crag and Canyon, and devoted the rest of his life to developing Banff as a mountain playground and to assisting the Indians. Contents very clean and square. Brown boards show light wear. Dust jacket has half-inch tear to top edge of front panel and very light edge wear.…