Sissons Jack (3 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Spine is straight, binding is tight, pages are unmarked, some wear.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 190 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Map (illustrator). 2'nd Printing. SUBTITLED ; ` The Memoirs of Jack Sissons '. Sissons had retired from his Peace River Country law practice when he was called North. He was 63 at the time. READ more about : Queen Maud Gulf, Jimmy Taipanik, Patsy Topelika, Cambridge Bay, acquittal, radio operator, jiury, Ottawa, Great Slave Lake, Frobisher Bay, and Banks Island. 190 pages of UNillustrated biography - save for the opening map which shows the distance from Lethbridge to Sachse Harbour, Cond : Paper wrapper is blue with burgundy lettering. Mosaic of 4 b/w photos of Sissons and his environ on cover. Tight in binding. No names nor marks. Covers rubbed. Excellent reading copy ! ! QUote (p. 150) : " His misfortune brought before the courts an issue which had been a grievance for years. From time immemorial the Indians and Eskimos in the north had taken ducks for food. This had been necessary for their survival and the effect on ._._._. . " Size: 8vo.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 190. Illustrated with a section of black & white photography printed on glossy stock, and one map. Bound in grey cloth, spine lettered in silver. Sunning to upper edges and upper and lower spine; mild general wear to covers. In the dust jacket, with black & white photographs on front and rear panels; price of $6.95 intact on front flap. Dust jacket shows rubbed edgesa nd corners; missing a large chunk to upper left rear, general wear. Inscribed by the author on FFEP, with previous owner's gift inscription above: "Greetings / from the author / [signed] Jack Sissons / 'Judge of the Far North' / Edmonton / April 1968 / [signed] Jack." Dust jacket is now housed in a clear, removable archival protector.