Miles Fraser (28 results)

Hardback. Condition: Like New. Growing up in BC during the 1920s, young Fraser Miles never knew anything but poverty. There was no social stigma to being poor - most of his neighbours were not much better off - but in his late teens Miles began to look for a way to finance a career in the growing field of radio electronics. Not long after he was hired as radio operator on the Ruth B, the young man noticed that the alleged fishpacker was packing anything but fish. These were the Prohibition years; there was less money in freezing herring than there was in smuggling liquor to the thirsty multitudes south of the border. Slow Boat on Rum Row begins as a fascinating memoir of Fraser Miles' youth in the fledgling community of Mission on the Fraser River, a rugged milieu where beachcombing and cougar hunting were more important than high school in teaching a boy the hard facts of survival. Miles' account of his years on the rumboats, always one step, ahead of the law, is an exciting story of survival at sea. It is also a valuable addition to an episode of coast history that is little documented. After all, "rum runners, as a group," Miles writes, "made the Sphinx sound like a chatterbox.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light scuffs and minor wear to jacket, few page corners dog eared. Text does appear clean and the binding is solid - overall a nice clean copy.

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

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Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine Plus. First Edition. Former owner return address label on front past down. Documents the men and ships of a little-known period in west coast history. 270 pages ith a few B&W photos and list of Canadian Rum Running Ships 1922-1933.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clean, unmarked text. Paperback with splatter marks on the fore-edge from a coffee spill.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Near Fine. Canadian First. Inscribed by Fraser Miles on the title page: "For__ with best wishes, Fraser Miles;" minor edge wear to boards; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectable condition; dust jacket is protected by a Brodart sleeve. Signed by Author(s). Book. …

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Pages clean, off-white. Wrappers have light shelf wear. Contents: Eastman, Myth and fate in the characters of Women in Love. Miles, Birkin's electro-mystical body of reality: D. H. Lawrence's its use of Kundalini. Barr, Aaron's Rod as D. H. Lawrence's picaresque novel. Mellown, The Captain's Doll: its origins and literary allusions. Wheeler, Intimacy and irony in "The Blind Man." Sklar, The Daughter-in-Law and My Son's My Son. Sullivan, D. H. Lawrence and Poetry: the unpublished manuscripts. Brooks, D. H. Lawrence: a day in the country and a poem in autograph. Fraser, Norman Douglas and D. H. Lawrence: a sideshow in modern memoirs. Laurentiana. Research in progress. 9.0" tall; 127 pages.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First Edition. Fine in stiff paper wrappers. Tight and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 270 pp. Photos. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has light edgewear. Prev owner's name on the ffep. The first hand account of a rum-runner on Canada's West Coast during Prohibition. Includes a list of the rum running ships from 1933 - 1933.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. In 1933, on Canada's west coast, the word `fireboat' was code for liquor smuggler. These 270 pages, which include 8 appendices, tell the story. Read more about : Cape Flattery, bulwarks, MV Ryou II, CG 827, Tri' State, Mission, Robie Reid, Gryme, planed timbers, cave mouth, steamboat wharf, Santa Catalina Island, Santo Tomas, Hot Pants, and Coon Hollow. Text amply assisted by b/w photographs. Cond : Boards are blue with gilt lettering at spine. White end-papers. John Waldin did the cover paintng of three boats. Volume is all SENSES crispy, collectible, and/or giftable ! ! No names nor marks. QUote (p. 67) : " After the long drag back up to the ridge we sat a spell, and Charlie sipped a little rum. I tried it, but preferred thirst. If there had been any water we would likely have ._._._. . " Size: Octavo. B/W Photographs (illustrator). …

Condition: New. U.S.A.: Harbour, 1992. 1st Edition . New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Growing up in BC during the 1920s, young Fraser Miles never knew anything but poverty. There was no social stigma to being poor - most of his neighbor's were not much better off - but in his late teens Miles began to look for a way to finance a career in the growing field of radio electronics.Not long after he was hired as radio operator on the Ruth B, the young man noticed that the alleged fishpacker was packing anything but fish. These were the Prohibition years; there was less money in freezing herring than there was in smuggling liquor to the thirsty multitudes south of the border.Slow Boat on Rum Row begins as a fascinating memoir of Fraser Miles' youth in the fledgling community of Mission on the Fraser River, a rugged milieu where beachcombing and cougar hunting were more important than high school in teaching a boy the hard facts of survival.Miles' account of his years on the rumboats, always one step, ahead of the law, is an exciting story of survival at sea. It is also a valuable addition to an episode of coast history that is little documented. After all, "rum runners, as a group," Miles writes, "made the Sphinx sound like a chatterbox. 270 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 270pp. B/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (10/7).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 270 pages. "Documents the men and the ships of a little-known period in west coast history. Pays funny and fascinating tribute to the unsung heroes of an inglorious history." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket in Archival-quality Brodart cover. Beautiful copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY CANADA GENERAL Slow Boat on Rum Row Smuggling Pacific Coast History Prohibition United States Alcohol Smugglers Biography Mission. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Six volumes from the Saint Giles Library series. Reissues. Uniformly bound in grey cloth-covered boards with gilt motif on front panel, gilt lettering and decorations on spine. 12mo. Boards gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. A little darkening to text block edges. No. 7 has a stain over spine base. Previous owner's named inked on front free endpapers (two names in No. 25); a little light spotting on endpapers else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Fiction, Novels, Literary Criticism, Series Books, Saint Giles Library.…

Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: new.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. This book aims to understand Zambia's renowned Copperbelt region within a broad historical context and revive the tradition of scholarship that places Zambian experiences within a global perspective. Editor(s): Fraser, Alastair; Larmer, Miles. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 298 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454. . 2011. Hardback. . . . .…

200 Seiten Guter Zustand mit lediglich leichten Gebrauchsspuren. L23-3 ISBN 9781550170696 Wichtiger Hinweis: Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung zur Zeit KEIN Versand in EU-Länder. Due to EPR, there is currently no delivery to EU-countries. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650 23,5*16,5 cm. OPappband, OSchu. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 298 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. This book aims to understand Zambia's renowned Copperbelt region within a broad historical context and revive the tradition of scholarship that places Zambian experiences within a global perspective. Editor(s): Fraser, Alastair; Larmer, Miles. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 298 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454. . 2011. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 12 issues (February 1966-February 1967, lacking April 1966). Hugh Kenner listed as a contributing editor. A particularly productive and interesting period for the magazine. Features poems by (among many others): Feb 1966 (107.5): John Ashbery, Robert Creeley (nine poems) Mar 1966 (107.6): Kenneth Burke, Kenneth Irby, Mary Ellen Solt (visual poetry) May 1966 (108.2): Padraic Colum, Donald Justice (w/ Hayden Carruth on W.H. Auden & Gilbert Sorrentino on Jack Spicer) Jun 1966 (108.3): Denise Levertov, Ronald Johnson, Charles Olson (from Maximus), Joanne Kyger Jul 1966 (108.4): Galway Kinnell, Wendell Berry, Carl Rakosi, Jean Valentine, Theodore Enslin Aug 1966 (108.5): Josephine Miles, Kathleen Fraser Sep 1966 (108.6): Louis Zukofsky (A-15), W.S. Graham, Robert Bly, Aram Saroyan Oct 1966 (109.1): David Antin, Creeley on 3 works by Olson Nov 1966 (109.2): Thom Gunn, Clayton Eshleman, Austin Clarke (w/ Thomas Clark on Basil Bunting & Enslin on Charles Tomlinson) Dec 1966 (109.3): Gary Snyder, Paul Blackburn, David Ignatow, Kenneth Rexroth Jan 1967 (109.4): Merwin (w/ Eleanor Ross Taylor on Sylvia Plath & Carruth on Adrienne Rich) Feb 1967 (109.5): Creeley (7 poems), Jim Harrison, Gerard Malanga Issues in consistently very good condition, free of marks excepting February 1967 with year and signature on ffep. Some minor shelfwear and occassional light staining to rear wrappers of some issues. Some toning to spines. Internal contents bright and crisp, bindings all firm.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Gebunden. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. ALASTAIR FRASER is the Philomathia Fellow and College Lecturer in Politics at Cambridge University, UK. MILES LARMER is Lecturer in International History at the University of Sheffield, UK.This book paints a viv.…

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 322.