Just About Nothing

Sheppard, Bert

Published by Self Published, High River, 1977

About this Item

SUBTITLED : ` The Hardest Part about Doing Nothing is Knowing When to Quit '. Learn more about : spiritous liquors, trail rides, Banff, Cochrane, Rigg Cow Camp, Long Coulee Ridge, and Eden Valley Ranch. Pages 76 and 77give a Who's Who List of personnel at the historic Bar U Ranch - it has names like , John Ware, Duckfoot Sue, and Shorty Merino. B/W photographs and b/w drawings by Rich Roenisch and Gale Gallup accompsny the text. If, bronzes by Steve Hoar, foothills landscapes, or the escapades of old time bronc-busters get you going, then you'll enjoy these 201 pages.You' ll smile or snicker as well. Cond : Boards are green with gilt lettering - face and spine. End-papers are white. D.J. is a reproduced painting by Bert Smith (c. 1951) of a packhorse accident on a high trail. D.J. has almost no edge wear, else volume and d.j. are bright, tight, crisp , square and clean. FFEP has a lengthy and artful 1983 prize dedication. Calgary collectible ! ! Quote (p.134) : " However, Bert got a quill to his liking, which we disinfected and inserted into a teat. By this time Spike and emmie, had by a stroke of pure genius, thought of and produced a Coleman lamp pump - and Emmie had brought to the scene of action a formidable selection of tape: medicated, mechanics, and just plain red tape as used by the government for filing away the ._._.-. ." Size: Octavo.

Seller Inventory # 011223

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Just About Nothing
• Publisher: Self Published, High River
• Publication Date: 1977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: B/W Drawings and Photographs
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cowboy and Western