Marguerite E Robinson (10 results)

Condition: Good-. Saskatoon, Sask: Western Producer Books, 1975. 151 pages. This is the story of one young couple; it is also the story of the courage and strength from which life on the prairies has grown. Soft cover has wee bumps to corners, a bit of scuffing to front, a small crease along top back of cover, a couple of spots of stain. Slight spine tilt. Former owner's name inside front cover. Text is unmarked. Mass Market Good-.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. History of this nursing association and of nursing in Sasketchewan to 1967. With illustrations. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Josh and Reba Crofford are the two main characters in this 151 page novel of the Canadian prairies. First appeared in serial form in the Western Producer. READ more about : brandy, Lone Tree, chicken broth, Sam Olson, Big Slough, shivaree, muskrat, threshing crew, nippy air, and wedding gift money. UNillustrated. Cond : White paper wrapper with black lettering and blue graphics. Tight, bright, square and clean. No names, no wear. Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 119) : " Carl was carefully instructed about putting the poisoned grain well inside the gopher holes so that birds and other animals couldn't get it. A long-handled spoon or a flat piece of board served as ._._._. . ". …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Tight, unmarked; quite a few pages have had upper corner turned; price sticker ghost to upper front corner of cover; colour slightly smudged to titles; light creasing to spine; nick to lower back edge of cover; otherwise minimal wear; Josh and Reba Crofford move west to carve a home from the vast Canadian prairies. But like many young homesteaders at the turn of the 20th century, they find the course of their lives determined by the obstacles nature places before them. Their ongoing search for water becomes an obsession, and it is against this struggle that all their hardships are measured. Yet they confront their problems together and share the joy of their successes with the community of which they are a part. This the story of one young couple; it is also the story of teh courage and strength from which life on the prairies has grown.…

1974, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 63pp. 1974. 63p, wraps, illustrations.

1975. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 63pp. 8vo. Card covers, staple bound. B / W maps and ills. Clean, tight and bright throughout.

[NONE] [circa 1958]. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 43 +. 4to. General account of the Regina Natural History Society. Yellow card covers, stapled, with brown binders tape. Title and nature illustrations printed in brown to front cover. Starting at inside front hinge, but remains solid. Signed by author to front cover.…

1967, 1st edition. (Cloth, 8vo) Near fine, no dust jacket. 232pp. N.p., 1967. 232p, illus., ports.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The very scarce first edition of this beautifully illustrated volume of Spanish themed poetry by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington. A charming and very scarce first edition of this work, in which twelve poems from Lady Blessington, all Spanish in theme - with titles including 'The Bull-Fight', 'The Prado', 'The Masquerade' and 'The Siesta' - are accompanied by beautifully engraved plates from 'the finest artists'.Illustrated with twelve steel engraved plates of beautiful Spanish women and girls, with contributions from artists including E. H Corbould, H. Cook, and H. Robinson. Collated, lacking an engraved title page.The Countess of Blessington was well-known as a contributor of drawing-room publications of this sort, frequently ornamented with steel engraved plates. This work is part of a series sharing the 'Gems of Beauty' title, with a number of very scarce volumes published between 1836 and 1840.She was also an acquaintance of Lord Byron in Genoa, and published a book about her conversations with him. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Lacking the front free endpaper and engraved title page. Internally, binding lightly strained. Significant spotting, and instances of foxing, to plate perimeters. Very Good. E. H Corbould, H. Cook, and H. Robinson et al. (illustrator). book.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1960 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 109 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 109.…