Nkwala by Sharp Edith Lambert (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. William Winter (illustrator). 1st Edition. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1958. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and is unmarked but for school district information written on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Fair; light shelfwear to boards; sunfading to spine and top of boards; brown spotting to tops of boards and rear board. No DJ. Yellow cloth boards and spine with red lettering on the spine with Indian figure in red on the front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 125 pp 8vo. Several hundred years ago various tribes of the Salish Indians lived in the region which is now the State of Washington and the Province of British Columbia. One of these tribes was the Spokan, and in this tribe there was the boy Nkwala. He had reached the time in his life when he must attempt to become a man. This is no easy task, even for an Indian boy. He must spend long and, at times, frightening vigils alone away from the tribe -thinking, praying, and performing difficult feats of skill and endurance. His skill and endurance were excellent, but time after time his thoughts and prayers were unanswered. Not until he put his life into extreme danger to save his people did he find what he was asking for. The story of Nkwala is also the story of his tribe, its departure from a drought- stricken land, and its long, searching journey to the north to find abundant water and game. A clean presentable copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Winter, William (illustrator). This is a tight clean copy with some edge wear and a smudge on the top right of the front cover where someone tried to remove a name. 125pp Illustrated by William Winter.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nkwala, Edith Lambert Sharp; Winter, William (Illus.) Published by Little Brown & Co, 1958. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 125pp., illustrated, glossary. Yellow cloth boards with orange illustration to front and orange spine titles. Name and old tape mark to free endpaper and otherwise volume is in fine condition. Jacket has very light wear with residue tape marks from a removed plastic cover on the inside. Edith Lambert Sharp (March 7, 1911 - July 2, 1974) was a Canadian writer and educator recognized for her contributions to children's literature.Her most notable work, the novel Nkwala (1958), earned her the Governor General's Literary Award for Juvenile Fiction, depicting the coming-of-age journey of a young Salish boy seeking a guiding vision amid Indigenous traditions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hard cover with bds and dust jacket completely enclosed in film, Good, spine faded with label, ex-lib so usual markings, price in biro to top of ffep, contents clean and tight, bright b/w illustrations by Winter, pp125 with glossary to rear.

Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Only. William Winter (illustrator). First Edition (stated). The story of a boy from the Spokan tribe of the Salish people, this was author Sharp's first book, meant for young adults. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 125 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: green-yellow, red artwork front, red titles spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems barely worn, blue mark back. DJ: clipped, gold, b/w artwork front, orange/black titles front/spine; substantial edge/shelfwear, w/ chips, lt soil, numerous closed tears, from tiny to large.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp vii, 125. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt at spine. Illustrations. The publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on front endpaper, half-title and front of jacket reading ÔFile.Õ Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket.