Book Bench, Signed (4 results)

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on title page.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. Signed & Inscribed To A Judge New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - Justices Of The Peace, Constables, And Game Wardens From The Late 19Th Century Are Brought To Vivid Life Interacting With A Variety Of Accused Citizens. Rare Views Of Human Lives In Turmoil Are Revealed In Several Hundred Trials Conducted In 1890S Muskoka By Magistrate James Boyer Of Bracebridge. The Charges And Evidence Show How Raw Life Really Was In Canada'S Frontier Towns, With Cases Ranging From Nostalgic And Humorous To Pitiable And Deeply Disturbing. While Dispensing Speedy Justice, Boyer, Who Was Also Town Clerk And Editor Of The Northern Advocate, The First Newspaper In Ontario'S Northern Districts, Kept A Careful Record In His Handwritten "Bench Book" Of All These Cases. That Bench Book, Recently Found By His Great-Grandson, Lawyer J. Patrick Boyer, Provides The Raw Material For Raw Life. This First-Time Publication Of The These Cases Demonstrates How, In Canadian Society, Some Things Haven'T Changed Much Over The Years - From Early Road Rage To The Plight Of Abused Women, From Environmental Contamination To Punitive Treatment Of The Poor. Signed by Author(s).

Soft Cover. Condition: BOOK NEW. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Scarce, author signed copy. NOT an ex-library copy or a remainder. A sequel to The Cheerleader. GIFT GIVING CONDITION. Signed by Author.

Condition: Fine! One of 302 signed by both Bicknell and Pyle (the cancel plate is not signed). Etched by William H. W. Bicknell. Each 10 1/2 x 18 inches. Pyle was commissioned by the Bibliophile Society to create 4 images for a book by Thomas Frognall Dibden titled "Bibliomania or Book Madness.". Due to the success of the drawings in this edition, Bicknell was hired to create 5 engravings. This etching was one of five drawn by Pyle and issued as a "Portfolio of Etchings", by W.H.W. Bicknell. Etched by William H. W. Bicknell. Each 10 1/2 x 18 inches One of 302 signed by both Bicknell and Pyle (the cancel plate is not signed).