Borrett william (85 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Dust Jacket. Third printing. Some staining and wear to the blue covers; cracked binding; ink note inside. One page with scribbles, a couple with stains or creases; overall a reading copy though. No jacket. Author was Station Director, Radio Station CHNS, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children's; Inventory No: 226552.…

Hardcover. Etat : VG / G +. Hardcover in worn, tape-repaired dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Book cover has very slight edge wear. A note written in pen on half title page.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Previous owner's name on second half-title page. Spine is discoloured.

Etat : New.

Paperback or Softback. Etat : New. Tales Retold Under the Old Town Clock. Book.

Hardcover. Extremities slightly worn; faint dampstain at bottom edge of front cover and on fore-edge, not affecting interior; pages slightly toned; gift inscription on preliminary blank; otherwise very good condition (no dust jacket). . 237p. Illus. "A series of broadcast talks designed to make us familiar with our City and Province, and to revive memories of bygone days and events which have made Nova Scotia, Canada's most storied Province.".…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. In blue cloth.

Etat : New.

Hardcover. Etat : GOOD. Etat de la jaquette : GOOD. First edition. Blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, light spotting to boards. Old gift inscription (dated 1945) to first blank page. Dust jacket is quite worn along top edge, with multiple short tears, and several chips, small stain to front panel. New archival mylar dj cover. 23 cm. 196 pages. Halifax local history stories by maritime writer William Borrett, drawn from the legends and records of the old town. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. No dust jacket. Inscription with signature on title page - possible author.

Etat : Good. 1946 Imperial Pub. (Halifax), Canadian 1st edition, Hardcover, Good/NO DJ, book has slight curl, previous owner's inscription on endpaper, no other markings.

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Etat : Good. No DJ. First Printing. Pp: xxiii + 196. Gilt titles: sp. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Blue cloth bds. First printing 1942. Decorative endpapers. Sp. ends curled. A bit of shelfwear to the bds. P/o stamp on 1st free pg. Interior leaves are clean and tight. A collection of tales from radio broadcasts about the history of Nova Scotia, Canada's most storied Province. An old fashioned style folk history of Nova Scotia. Chambers, Bob & Kane, Arthur (illustrateur).…

Cloth. Etat : Good+. Poor (in mylar). First Edition. Illustrated end papers, textblock is clean and tight. Moisture stain on bottom corner of page edges. Character-soiled cloth binding, with associated light moisture discoloration; Bumped spine extremities, and lightly scuffed corners; Unclipped, severely worn dust jacket, held together by mylar sleeve, severed at the edges of spine, large chips to head and foot, chipped corners, soiled spine, several chips and tears both opened and closed to the edges. 234p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Coates Borrett (illustrateur). Hardcover. …

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Second Printing. Internal tape repairs to the chipped dust jacket, pictorials on the jacket panels and spine still very bright. ; Illus. , jacket now in a clear protector; 196 pages.

Etat : Good. 1957. No edition remarks. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to endpapers. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable mottling to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Notable water stain to spine. Book has forward lean.…

Etat : Good. 1944. No Edition Remarks. 237 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Binding remains firm. Pages & illustrations remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Notable tearing to front flap. Loss to jacket's top-edge.…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. (December 1948), Near Fine/Very Good dj, octavo, 234pp., green cloth hardcover, unclipped dj slightly worn around edges but colorful & solid, binding tight, text unmarked, Signed "Wm Coates Borrett" boldly on title page. Signed by Author(s).

2nd. very good bluish binding, darker spine.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Covers are scuffed as are top and bottom of spine. Inscription to previous owner on endpaper.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Spine is slightly cocked and is faded. Some spotting on page edges. Inside is clean. Chambers, Robert (illustrateur).

Etat : New.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Excellent collection of historical Nova Scotian tales, as broadcast by Major Borrett of radio station CHNS, Halifax. Very light toning to stock, but otherwise all in VG internal order. No inscriptions. Blue boards only lightly worn, with dulled gilt tilting to spine. Good d/j, rather creased and worn to edges with some minor loss. Now in removable protective sleeve. 8vo. 222pp.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. (ix) 237 pp. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated endpapers. Light wear on the corners with some wear at the head and foot of the spines; previous owner's name inside; three small ink marks on the contents page; no dustjacket. Illustrated with drawings by Chambers. William Coates Borrett, author, historian and broadcaster, was born in Nova Scotia in 1894. Early in his career he was a pioneer in radio broadcasting, and he established the first commercial radio station in Nova Scotia - CHNS - in 1926. He ran it until 1956 when he became vice-president of the Maritime Broadcasting Company. As an author and historian he was well-known locally for several books based on "Tales Told Under the Town Clock," a series of talks on CHNS Radio, Halifax, in the 1940s and 1950s. This collection of radio broadcast talks contains: East Coast Port 1749 - 1944; Pichon - The Spy; From Immigrant to Governor; The Citadel; The Governor's Problem; Captain Kidd Was Not a Pirate; The Maroons; The Adventures of Captain Stairs; Running the Gauntlet in 1815; First Mayor; The Press Gangs in Halifax; High Stakes in 1863; The Tallahassee; The Narrows Bridge; The Silver Dart; H. M. C. S. Grilse; Moose River; O Canada - We Stand on Guard; Waving the Boys Goodbye; East Bound Convoy; Two Veterans of Sail; Boarders Away; Wings Over Canada; The Enemy at Our Door in 1943; and Halifax Today and Yesterday. Size: 8vo. Chambers; (illustrateur). Book.…

Etat : New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Etat : New. Historic Halifax in Tales Told Under the Old Town Clock. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Dust jacket has some tears, in mylar; Fair condition. A few light spots on cover. Very Good + condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. A Solid Book, With A Gift Paste Down O N The Front Fly Leaf, "From The Key Station Of The Maritimes C H N S , Broadcasting House Halifax N.S. To Mr George Young Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario. The Book Is Otherwise Very Clean. Illustrated B/W Eps. Dark Blue Cloth Covered Boards, Small Scuff On The Spine And The Gilt Has Dulled For The Title, But It Is Still Legible. The Dj Is Complete But Aged, Now In A Protective Brodart Cover, Closed Split On The Front Fold, Small Piece Missing From The Head Of The Spine. And Some Creasing.…