Philpott Gordon (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 144 pp. Trade papeback format. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the hinges and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by June Foote, black and white photographs, and a map. This collection contains: Gunfight at Sulphur Creek by Cam Cameron; The Last Days of Orloff King by Orloff King; A Troubled Mercy Flight by Harry Gordon-Cooper; Yukon Yarns by Tom Tracy, George Bacon and Tom Meekins; Firth River Gold Rush by Harry Gordon-Cooper with an epilogue by Lon Philpott; Witch Country Tales by Happy Norman; Yukon Epics by Ira Van Bibber; and Heading for the Nahanni by Fred Guder; followed by an index. Size: 8vo. June Foote; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First printing stated, illustrated, 174 pgs., bound in red cloth, clean and bright. Wrapped in dust jacket. Some small spot staining on spine jacket, some top edge wear and missing a 2" in length by 1/2" in depth piece along right top edge of jacket, some back jacket staining otherwise a good copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 144 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by June Foote, black and white photographs, and a map. This story collection contains: Gunfight at Sulphur Creek by Cam Cameron; The Last Days of Orloff King by Orloff King; A Troubled Mercy Flight by Harry Gordon-Cooper; Yukon Yarns by Tom Tracy, George Bacon and Tom Meekins; Firth River Gold Rush by Harry Gordon-Cooper with an epilogue by Lon Philpott; Witch Country Tales by Happy Norman; Yukon Epics by Ira Van Bibber; and Heading for the Nahanni by Fred Guder. Size: 8vo. June Foote; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing stated. 8vo in red cloth, titles in gilt. Very Good or better in like dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Daring Venture: The Life Story Of William H. Danforth. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition. 174 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front pastedown. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Daring Venture: The Life Story Of William H. Danforth. Book.

Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 175pp. Illustrations. Fine/very good. Slightest of jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and handsome, of this biography of the Ralston Purina founder and St. Louis luminary.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 50 pages. Features: Silent Cities - Photo-illustrated article on Canadian military cemeteries abroad; Our Air Heroes - excerpt from play "Target for Peace" which was broadcast on the CBC; Photo of the 48th Highlanders of Canada pipe band playing in Italy; Top Priority on Homes for Heroes is Legion Demand; How the Town of Renfrew Solved its Housing Problem - article with photo; Education for Citizenship - Lieut. - Col. the Hon. Wilfred Bovey flays those who would throw away Canadian democracy for the way of the Russians; Photo and brief write-up of 93-year-old Sgt. Daniel Byrd Hoskins Power of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of Boston, who explains the secret to his long life; Canada's Veterans in the U.S.A.; The Second V.C. of the R.C.A.F. - The Late Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski; Photo of Bailey Bridge inventor Sir Donald Bailey in Ottawa; Update Colonel Percy J. Philpott, Adviser to the Deputy Minister concerning Veterans of both wars; Review of book "Detour" which describes the life of Prisoners-of-war in Germany; Article on Legion Policies and Activities; Monthly notes on the great humanitarian work of the Dominion Service Bureau of the Canadian Legion; The World in Review - Part 12 - September 11 to October 10, 1946; The Small Holdings Plan; Photo of Victoria Legion's undefeated lacrosse team; Photo of the Jewish legionaires' basketball team of the Fredric Kisch Branch in Montreal; The Canadian Army at War - The Canadians in Britain, 1939-1944, 3rd part; Nice one-page cartoon-illustrated ad for Dawes Black Horse Brewery features hunter being chased by bear; Nostalgic colour ad inside back cover for Blue Top Brewing of Kitchener, Ontario features illustration and floor-plan diagram of an economical home. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Front cover partially faded with mild undulations. Contents moderately toned with age. A sound vintage copy. Tingley; Callan, Les; Coughlin, Bing; Flessel, Creig (illustrator).…

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: 202 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: 202.…