Peach Jack (28 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Red covers and spine. Pages are clean and tight. There is a remainder marked, letter S, on the bottom and top pages' edges. Peach, Denise (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Very light wear of wrappers. Illustrated (illustrator). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 173 pages. B/W and colour photos throughout. Cover is bright and clean, very minimal wear. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy.

Cloth. Condition: As New , in Shrink Wrap. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. A lavishly illustrated history of Calgary and the efforts of its chamber of commerce from 1891 to 1991.NO FLAWS, NEW BOOK IN UNOPENED SHRINK WRAP. GIFT QUALITY.

Condition: Good. Illustrated (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Duplicated rather than printed. Bound with plastic slide. A4, 140 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. vi, 185pp. Historical bw photos, facsimiles. Photo illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Square octavo: 205 x 205mm. 1st printing w errant ISBN to wrapper, correct ISBN to publication page. Calgary historian Jack Peach, (1919-1993) offers in this book a personal collection of personal memories of the city. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Short tears and wear on jacket edge. Sunning on jacket spine.: 173 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine Wraps/paperback. Only minor, if not trivial signs of age/wear/previous use, primarily to fore-edge corners, the top edge of two leaves and rubbing/shelf-wear to covers.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 178 pp, b/w photos. Wraps have light sunning and edgewear. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and uncreased. Illustrated (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very light crease across upper back corner cover; otherwise very minimal shelfwear; "A collection of Jack Peach's popular columns that appeared in The Calgary Herald between 1980 and 1992. These historic narratives tell of the people, places, and events of note since Calgary grew from a tiny cluster of tents and log cabins to become one of Canada's most dynamic cities.". Illustrated (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Many of these stories in this 180 (approx.) page collection were first heard by Calgarians on the CBC radio show - The Eye Opener. READ more about a Bluebird bike with wooden wheels. Also Teddy Britton, mudguards, waterworks, Percheron horses, Bowness Park, John Hextall, corner cupboard, taxi driver, and Quarry Hill. Willis Magee provides b/w (sepia) to accompany. Cond: Cream coloured wrapper with reddy-orange lettering. Tall, narrow 8vo format. Cover graphic has Peach himself - younger version - sitting in a spoon. Clean and bright and tight. Soft fore corners fly away a bit. No names, minimal wear. Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 42) : " The Flexible Flyer and I had two adventures, one on each downhill run. One winter's day I hurtled down the quarry hill, flat on my tummy on the sleigh and it sort of got ._._._. . ". B/W Drawings (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 2nd edition. A little wear, spine faded, very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 173 pp, b/w and colour photos. Wraps rubbed, light yellowing and edgewear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Jack Peach was a Calgary radio broadcaster for many years. (This is vol. #3 in his Peach series. The paper is peach coloured and the pages are 7" tall by 4" wide. ) Read more about : Drumheller road, two flat tires, April Fool's Day, Eighth Avenue, gelding, Primez Creek, Packard, Premier Way, and Western Canada High. The drawings (think : humour) for this 97 page collection are by Willis Magee.- a Calgary artist. Peach has signed front cover verso. Cond : Cover art has a loaded parfait glass. Tight in binding. Clean. No names nor marks. Minimal wear. Excellent reading copy ! QUote (p. 67) : " In those days home movie making was almost unheard of. But in the classified section of the Calgary Herald I spotted an ad declaring that a Pathex movie camera and projector were for sale at a very reasonable price. I fancied myself to be ._._._. . Size: 8vo. B/W Drawings (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Covers show wear and scuffing. All pages intact, binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

1986, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 130pp, [map]. 8vo, oblong. B&W photos. A Collection of Columns by Jack Peach recalling the people, events and places which Characterized Calgary's first half century. The columns first appeared in the Calgary Herald, beginning in 1980. The actual publication date appears at the end of each column.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No major issues just general wear - Internally Good. Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, binding tight - A Good personal copy. ** 454g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Page 08, of the introduction to this 131 page volume of memories , reminds us that the author was also a broadcaster on stations such as CFCN, CJCJ, and CFAC. LEARN more about : Nurse Marion Elizabeth Moodie, Editor Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, Winton car, and Hubalta. Also : 1902 flood, MacDougall Block, W.H. Cushing, and Belt Line. Lots of b/w archive photographs. These stories originally appeared in the Calgary Herald. Author has signed ffep with a short (1986) dedication. Cond : White paper wrapper with black titling. Cover image shows a family gathered around a radio. Volume in all SENSES - bright and square and clean. Collectible !! QUote (p. 33) : ' Sleigh rides for the Sunday School class from the Ruttle Stables at 17th Avenue and 4th Street West, across the Elbow River to a bonfire with hot cocoa and a singsong beneath ._._._. . ". B/W Photographs (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). …

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket. First Edition. 130 pp. Light edgewear. Photos. Appears unread. Signed by the author. Inscribed and dated by author. A collection of columns by Peach, drawn from the Calgary Herald looking at the events and places of Calgary's first 50 years. ; Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xxx, 458 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. ; LCCn 2004054193 ; ISBN 9781400064137, 1400064139 ; OCLC 56413352 ; black cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Author's note -- Map : Construction of the Burma-Thailand Railway -- The "Fepow" prayer -- Introduction -- Part one. Surrender -- Interlude : "We feel let down rather" -- Changi -- Interlude : Christmas in captivity -- The railway of death -- Interlude : A walk along the River Kwai -- The real story of the bridge on the River Kwai -- Interlude : Boon Pong -- "Speedo" -- Interlude : Smokey Joe's -- Sonkurai : Valley of the Shadow of Death -- Interlude : Ave Maria -- The railway opens -- Part two. Survival -- Cooks Food -- Religion -- Jungle medicine -- Smoking Gone with the Wind -- King Rat -- Letters -- Entertainment -- Sports -- Ingenuity -- The "canaries" -- Officers and gentlemen -- Part three. The hellships -- Interlude : A happy ending -- Japan -- Interlude : The "Jap-happy" -- Haruku -- Interlude : A conjuring trick -- Sandakan -- Interlude : Mozart -- Changi 1944-45 -- Interlude : "Don't let this thing drag on much longer" -- Freedom -- Interlude : Bushido -- Home at last -- Epilogue : The last post -- Postscript : What became of them? ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 130 pp, b/w photos. Lightly creased corners, a little sticker discolouration to front. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and uncreased.

Condition: Very good. No Dustjacket. 4to Oblong pp.186. book.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good+. 130 p. 21 x 25 cm. oblong Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor rub wear. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A collection of columns from the Calgary Herald written by Jack Peach, and which recall people, places, and people from the first half of the twentieth century.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm ; ISBN 9780960893010, 0960893016 OCLC 12763897 LCCN 85071412 LC QC373.K3 B35 1985 Dewey 688.72 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Once upon a scope -- New Images Emerge -- Related Facets and Inner Reflections -- Shops and Galleries Featuring Kaleidoscopes -- Brewster Patents and Excerpts from Bush Patents ; Kaleidoscope makers profiled: Doug Johnson, Carolyn Bennett, Peach Reynolds, Craig Musser, Bill O'Connor, Susan Stover, Peg Comeau, Dennis Comeau, Janice Chesnick, Sheryl Koch, Irene Ecuyer, Bill Ecuyer, Carrie Souza, Kirk Webber, Carmen Colley, Stephen Colley, Tom proctor, Corki Weeks, Dee Potter, Sue Ross, Erik Van Cort, Kate Van Cort, John Culver, Tina Stasi, Jeff Stasi, Charles Karadimos, Annie greenberg, Craig Huber, David Kalish, Marilyn Endress, Joe Kerby, Tim grannis, Jack Lazarowski, Ken Kosage, Cheryl Kosage, robert Moorehead, Stella Moorehead, Lesley Wadsworth, Willie Stevenson, Alice Stevenson, Dominique Stora, Gary Newlin, Howard Roe, Alfred Brickel, Marshall Yeager, Walter Reike, Kenneth Kaufman, Irene Holler, Ray Howlett, Robert Stephen, Mary Golden, Brian Tompkins, Mary Ann Saber, Helmut Coral, and Charlene Coral ; business card of La Belle Epoque, The Perfume of New Orleans, The Jackson Brewery, Babs Ryan and Joy Gowland stapled to inside front cover ; several plates of full-colored photographs of various and unique kaleidoscopes ; rare details on several glass arrtists around the country ; G. Book.…

Condition: Very Good. no dustjacket. 4to Oblong pp. 131.signed and inscribed by author on FEP. Signed by Author. book.

Condition: very good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.135. book.