Gulick, Bill:Steamboats on Northwest Rivers
- signiertes Exemplar 2015, ISBN: 9780870044380
Taschenbuch, Erstausgabe
London Beeton 1863, 1863. Paperback. Fair. 1st edition Poor no front cover & top 2" spine missing. Contents VG. Captain Wraxall "Up in the Alps 10 chapters, London Beeton 1863, 1863, 2,… Mehr…
London Beeton 1863, 1863. Paperback. Fair. 1st edition Poor no front cover & top 2" spine missing. Contents VG. Captain Wraxall "Up in the Alps 10 chapters, London Beeton 1863, 1863, 2, UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but a tiny red,ink felt pen dot to top,right-hand corner of ffe,and no clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial wrap- around artwork by Michael Foreman illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright,clean and clear; contents bright,tight,clean and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's original clean, unblemished,red cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with clean pale blue endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB +dw/dj,1st edn,6-128pp [paginated] +colour vignette illustrated half-title page,colour illustrated double-page title page,contents list/table,21 stories,22 full-colour,full-page illustrations,profuse other part-page and story head+tail piece,colour illustrations throughout the text and the book. If you've never seen a dancing horse or a juggling dog,or you don't know how the badger got his stripes,or what happened to the last dodo,you have come to the right place.Among these fantastic stories you will also learn about a princess who built herself a flying boat and sailed it to the moon (making her father very cross); a king who ate forget-me-nuts to blot out unpleasant thoughts; an ogre who was so slow that it took him three days just to get up and have breakfast,though he was quicker when it came to his favourite stew of human heads and gentlemen's socks. Terry Jones tells 21 fantastic stories of mischief and magic,dragons and dinosaurs,monsters and mermaids,cruelty and courage.There are strange stories, thrilling stories,funny stories and even some quite silly stories,like the one about the cat with two tails (one of which shone in the dark,which mice thought very unfair),or the one about a boy called Ben who goes to sea in a Ship of Fools with a captain who tries to steer with his feet and a crew so daft that they eat the lifeboat. Yes,one or two of them are Very Silly Indeed.At the end of the book we meet some old friends,because Nicobobinus and Rosie return here in an adventure involving the Doge of Venice,a fish and the Doge's daughter - a girl who has never had any fun.But her troubles are over because,as anyone knows who has read the earlier adventures of Nicobobinus or Erik the Viking,a Terry Jones story is always fun.Each of these incredible tales is superbly illustrated with Michael Foreman's rich and imaginative watercolours,which create wonderful worlds where anything could happen,and generally does. Michael Foreman,born Pakefield,Suffolk,1938.Studied at Lowestoft School of Art and at the Royal College of Art.Lecturer at St Martin's School of Art (1963-65),the London College of Printing (1967-8),the Royal College of Art (1968-70) and the Central School of Arts and Crafts (1972).Art Director of Playboy magazine, Chicago (1965) and the King Magazine,London (1966).Painter, etcher,illustrator and writer of children's books.His illustrative work is distinctive: he often works in colour or halftone,creating luminous effects with veils of thinly diluted pigment over delicate pencil outlines; in his etched illustrations,he uses soft ground techniques to achieve subtle tonal graduations.His imagery,ostensibly decorative,humorous or with a sometimes child-like appearance, often has menacing or bizarre overtones. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances, dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.PAVILION BOOKS LTD.,1992., 5, USA.: McCall Corporation, 1949. BLUE BOOK - January 1949 MAGAZINE Vol. 88, No. 3 COMPLETE BOOK-LENGTH NOVEL - (1) "An Heiress Runs Away" by William Brandon (A determined reporter follows the little lady's trail across country in a scissor-grinder's van.) NOVELETTE - (1) "The Devil in Lucinda Jones" by Kenneth Perkins (She could name the cards unseen. Now they call it extra-sensory perception; but in old-time California they thought it was witchcraft.);TEN SHORT STORIES - (1) "High Djinnks" by Kenneth Cassens (The author of 'Bull Dance' brings an Arabian Nights' tale up to date.); (2)"The Mocking of King Harald" by DeWitt Newbury (A great adventure of a Dane in Medieval Iceland.); (3) "McQuillan at the Bastille" by Frank Leon Smith (The Widow Crotty buys a condemned jail for her junkyard.); (4)"Voice of the Wilderness" by Anthony Fon Eisen (A moving story of wild life, by the author of 'The Cross and the Crescent.); (5)"Foot-and-a-Half Returns" by Capt. Havelock-Bailie (The Judge receive candid advice from a very underworld character.); (6)"The Seven Table of Justice" by Walter C. Brown (A modern Chinese detective solves a murder mystery in typical fashion.); (7)"You're Never Too Old" by Pete Pedersen (A colorful story of the racetrack.); (8)"Benevenutl and the Angel" by Wilbur S. Peacock (An artist goldsmith proves himself also an artist in steel and roguery.); (9)"A Glutton for Punishment" by Albert S. Wilson (They blamed the pilot for the crash until a new factor appeared.); (10)"A Killer-Type Boy" by Joel Reeve (Because an opponent had died, this pugilist had a difficult career.);STORIES OF FACT AND EXPERIENCE - (1)"We Tried to Stop a War" by Lt. Col. Frederick G. White as told to Lt. Col. Bryce Denno (The story of an American peace mission on the firing lines in China.); (2)"Big-Gun Fleet" by Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf as told to Hawthorne Daniel (A four-star admiral who commanded the fire-support battleships for many Pacific landings, and who won the Battle of Surigao Strait, tells his own story.) (3) "Lords of the Lakes and Forests - III" by Robert Pinkerton (About Lord Selkirk's Red River colony and the merger of the North-West Company with the Hudson's Bay Company.) >>> Beautiful painted Cover art by Benton Clark = Part of the "These United States" series of covers, this issue features; State of WYOMING - A Man's-Size Company (Colter's Hell - John Colter & Jim Bridger Gold Prospector's) = Wraparound Painted cover; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Benton Clark - Wraparound Painted Cover. Oversized "Bedsheet" PULP Mag., McCall Corporation, 1949, 3, Caxton Press, 2004-03-01. Paperback. Like New. 6x0x9. Signed by Author. New. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Brand New, covers lightly scuffed from shelf wear. Support Independent Pacific Northwest Booksellers! Signed "Best Regards, Bill Gulick" on the title page Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 268 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. For 100 years, before the dams were built on the Columbia-Snake river system, steamboats carried cargo and people to the farthest reaches of the rivers. Where water flowed, sturdy steamboats and bold captains went-with no navigational aids needed. William Polk Gray piloted steamboats on wilderness rivers from southwestern Idaho to northern Alaska. Gray was one of fifty or so captains who became as famous as sports stars are today. Their names and feats were known to travelers and river dwellers, just as the distinctive tone of each boat's whistle was recognized by hero-worshipping boys who dreamed of growing up to be river captains. Bill Gulick, dean of Northwest history writers, tells the story of this colorful period in the region's history. Bill Gulick is considered to be the dean of Northwest history writers. During a career spanning more than half a century, Bill has written more than 30 books, 5 movie scripts, and more than 200 articles and stories for newspapers, magazines, and television. A long-time Washington state resident, Gulick has won numerous regional and national awards. He was one of the founders of the Western Writers of America., Caxton Press, 2004-03-01, 5<
