Stan Fraser (9 results)

Condition: New. In.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Colour and B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Hunting the Stone of Heaven '. Leaming , a member of the GSC is thought to be Canada's premier authority on the geology of jade. LEARN more about : Institute of Earth's Crust, Angara River, Mark Sekerin, Mugford Chert, nephrite celt, Tunuyak, Sagan-cir, Okak Islands, Helena Ridge, Yalakom, and Nooksack River. 191 pages - INDEX at back - covering several parts of the globe. A few b/w maps give locales. Secrtion of colour photographs at center. Some of carved specimens. B/W photods throughout. Cond : paper wrapper is white to light green to grey. Green lettering . Colour cover photo is of Stan (??) in glaciated mountain terrain - perhaps British Columbia. Volume is tight, bright, square, and clean. No names nor marks. Fore corners slightly soft. Almost giftable ! ! Quote (p. 65) : " The Tlingit regarded jade (which they called tsu, meaning green) with respect. It is worth considering that some nephrite may have been derived from the Kobuk River in northwest Alaska. Research suggests a possible source in Tlingit territory, near the head of ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.

Condition: Good. 2005. First Edition. 285 pages. Signed by the author. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographs throughout with colour photographs to rear of book. Flat signed by author to first page. Binding remains firm. Pages and photographs have light foxing throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to spine. Stickers to both covers.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed 1st edition,2005, P/B.285pp Lots photos and illustrations. "Best Wishes to my old friend Percy. from Stan Fraser".

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 160 pages. Features: Altruism and artistic apprehension in the ancient world - Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus; Earth Awareness - the integration of ecological, aesthetic, and ethical consciousness; The mother lode of culture - ethics and aesthetics; 'Tat Tvam Asi' - a feedback model of goodness and beauty; On aesthetic value and the ethical; art and ethics; Reflections on ethics and art; Heroic altruism; Orpheus on 66th street - the muses and the markets; For a dialogue on the future of abstract art; The mind's momentum is toward abstraction; Altruism and egoism - the garden and the citadel; Marxism, architectural aesthetics, and practical ethics; Re/design; book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Lambert, Harold M.; Parkhouse, Stan; Jousset, Albert; Eldridge, Harold (illustrator). First Edition. 52 pages. Features: We're fumbling victory - Allied bickereing and indecision is wrecking Europe and sewing the seeds of another world conflict; Tell Them the Truth - a very philosophical and interesting piece by G. Brock Chisholm, M.D.; Romance in the Dark; Disease Killer from the Soil - Dr. Selman A. Waksman and streptomycin; CCF Show Window - after 18 months of socialist government, Saskatchewan is a small-scale display of what the CCF Party would like to do with the rest of Canada - article with photo of Saskatchewan's CCF Cabinet at work; Fish 'n' Ships (fiction); Prodigy at Sixty - author Tom Costain - article with photo; House that Sun Built - article (with photos) on passive solar construction; They Make Money - The Canadian Mint - article with photos; Keep 'Em Happy (fiction); fantastic full-page colour ad for White trucks shows a highway full of their products; 3/4 centerfold ad for Firestone Champion tires; Nice Carling's beer ad inside back cover shows winter horse-logging scene; Coke ad on back cover shows friends at a soda fountain; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Moisture staining to top edge of most pages. A worthy vintage copy.