Published by Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 081662996X ISBN 13: 9780816629961
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1958
ISBN 10: 0394433580 ISBN 13: 9780394433585
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.08.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Chipping to spine ends of jacket. Long tear with tape repair.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958
Seller: Emily's Books, Brainerd, MN, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. The covers and spine have light to moderate wear. There is very light soiling to the page edges and the pages are clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1986
Seller: Weathered Stone Books, Skreen, SLIGO, Ireland
Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/w. JAQUES, FRANCIS LEE (illustrator). x + 243pp; Size: 12mo. Book.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1975 Edition. Book has only extremely light wear with all pages clean and a solid square binding. Dust jacket has only light wear with a new clear dust jacket cover added. Later printing.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Francis Lee Jaques (illustrator). 1958, 243pp, illus., top corners lightly bumped, light shelfwear to cover, slight soiling to dj, heavier to dj spine, slight edgewear to dj, contents clean.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958
Seller: Grandma Gerene's Bookshop, Mt. Vernon, WA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Francis Lee Jaques (illustrator). Stated First Edition. "This book has prose that is close to poetry. The discerning eye of the naturalist is in every page. The color, breath, and sounds of the North Country are here is vivid form. Sigurd Olson is our modern Muir and Thoreau. He writes with depth and with feeling. This book of quiet adventure is hard to put down." --Justice William O. Douglas. It contains 243 pages followed by a paragraph about the author on the last page. There are delightful b/w illustrations throughout the book. The condition is near fine. The book is free of marks, tears and folds but has a faded blue gilding on the tops of pages. The bright green cloth cover is beautiful with gold lettering and a silver deer on front. The spine is stamped in gold and silver which is very bright. The corners are sharp and the binding is tight. The paper DJ is tan and brown with Justice Douglas's quote on front. It has two words lightly written in pencil and a very small tear on front.
Published by Alfred Knopf, 1969
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jaques, Francis Lee (illustrator). 5th Pb. Larger, sturdy book, quality blue-green cloth with bright silver illustration of doe, very bright gilt lettering and design like grass at top front for title, bright gilt and silver lettering and tree on spine, 242 pages with some illustrations. DJ heavy paper yellow background with purple illustration of trees along beack on front and spine, a purple-tinted photo of Olson near stones at top back. DJ has microtear at top front and spine top edge, light wear to bottom front tip, tiny tear and microtear at top back edge. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Pub., New York
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958
Seller: Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Francis Lee Jaques (illustrator). 1st Edition. x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. A nearly fine copy; the small book plate of a previous owner the only flaw. Signed by Olson on the front free end paper. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Francis Lee Jaques (illustrator). First edition. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Bright green cloth over boards stamped in gilt and silver, with light wear to the extremities. In the illustrated price-clipped dust jacket, with darkening to the spine, and several closed and open tears to the edges. The most prominent tear is closed, measuring 2 1/2" deep. With 28 black-and-white drawings by Francis Lee Jaques. A first edition of the author's second book. "The book has prose that is close to poetry. The discerning eye of the naturalist is in every page. The color, breath, and sounds of the North Country are here in vivid form. Sigurd Olson is our modern Muir and Thoreau. He writes with depth and with feeling. This book of quiet adventure is hard to put down." - Justice William O. Douglas.
Published by Knopf, 1958
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+ in Good dust jacket. First edition. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. 244pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Minnesota Statehood Centennial Edition., signed by the author.Published on the occasion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Minnesota's admission to the Union. Blank sticker on the front paste-down, looks like it's covering up a previous owner's name. Jacket is fairly chipped and worn. One corner bumped.
Published by Knopf, New York, 1958
Seller: Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MN, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minnesota Statehood. 22 cm. [244] pages. The raised seal and signature of a previous owner on the front free end paper; signed by Olson. The book is nearly perfect, the dust jacket a bit toned along the spine and with some minor wear and a couple of small chips. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. x, 243pp. Illustrated with 28 detailed drawings by Francis Lee Jaques. Green cloth stamped in silver and gold. A superior copy, very fine with pictorial dust jacket. The author's second book. The natural history and beauty of the Quetico-Superior country of Minnesota. Within each chapter the author describes the sights, sounds, and memories tied in with his "Listening Point," the rocky point on the northern Minnesota lake on which Olson built his cabin. Book.
Hard Cover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Francis Lee Jaques (illustrator). Many people have a special place where they go to experience nature. Perhaps it is a cabin, or a campsite, or a favorite hiking trail. For Sigurd Olson it was a bare glaciated spit of rock in the magnificent Quetico-Superior country of northern Minnesota. He called it his Listening Point, and it is at the center of his book of the same name.
Published by A. A. Knopf, New York, 1958
Seller: Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1 vol. (X-242 p.) : illus. ; 22 cm. A signed, wonderful copy of Olson's second book. The spine of the dust jacket slightly darkened; otherwise the booik and the dj in perfect condition. Centennial edition.
Published by Knopf, NY, 1958
ISBN 10: 0394433580 ISBN 13: 9780394433585
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First edition. Eleventh printing, 1977. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Dear George Hanson, Now that you have a Listening Point of your own, I know your understanding of mine will be far deeper than with most others. Warmest regards, Sigurd F Olson." An inscription of uncommon warmth and extent. George Hanson was a college librarian and book collector in Chicago, with a special passion for Iceland, and a copy of his obituary is laid in. Illustrated by Frances Lee Jacques. From the jacket: "Listening Point tells of what I have seen and heard on a bare glaciated spit of rock in the Quetico-Superior country. . . . [It] is dedicated to rekindling that flame by capturing this almost forgotten sense of wonder, and learning from rocks and trees and all the life that surrounds them truths that can encompass all." Brown cloth with gold stamping. Near fine with light bumping to upper corners. In near fine jacket with some toning to spine and pre-emptive, subtle tape reinforcement to spine ends (there are no tears) .