william coates borrett (44 resultados)

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

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

Condición: New.

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

Condición: 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.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Condición: Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor (in mylar). William Coates Borrett Ilustrador. 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. Hardcover.

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

Condición: 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.

Condición: 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. Condición: 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).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Chambers; Ilustrador. 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. Book.

Condición: New.

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

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Collectible. To view more titles by this author enter the keywords; Borrett or Halifax. The book is in excellent condition with minor wear and prev own name in front fly o/w tight clean and square. The D/J is in good condition with several small tears in a mylar jacket. Signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No DJ tight biding some little rubbing on corners.

Hardcover. Condición: Good Plus. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good Minus. Drawings Ilustrador. First Edition. Orange cloth on boards. DJ chipped all around and missing top 2 inches of spine. Naval library stamps. No writing, and easily readable. A good introduction to Halifax and the harbour. 212 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; Book.

Condición: Condition only fair. Bob Chambers Ilustrador. 212 Pp.Ills throughout by Bob Chambers Signed by author to title page Orange cloth with map endpapers.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 137 Pages Illus, Sign Of Previous Damp Stain Back Cover O/W Sound. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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

Condición: Good. 1948. First Edition. 234 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. First Edition. DJ shows some shelf wear with light chipping top and bottom of spine, 1" X 1" (approx.) section of DJ missing from back of DJ.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pages; "a number of "Tales Told Under the Old Town Clock" have been selected for broadcast, as a weekly radio feature, dealing with a variety of historic days and events in Halifax". These tales of people and places in Halifax and environs have been gathered into a series of books in anticipation of the 200th anniversary of the city in 1949. This is the first of those books.

Cloth in dust jacket. Condición: Very good. 234 Pp. Dust jacket illustration by J.Inglis; endpapers, & ills throughout by Bob Chambers Collection of local history stories by Major Borrett which were originally told over the air on CHNS radio Halifax.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. pp. xii, 212. text illus. maps on endleaves. cloth. dw. (chipped). First Edition. Watters p. 251.

(xvi),233 Pp. B&w. illus. throughout and on endpapers by Bob Chambers. Dust jacket design by J.M. Inglis Collection of local history stories by Major Borrett which were originally told over the air on CHNS radio Halifax. Very good. Author's presentation copy to previous owner on title page Red cloth with dust jacket and illustrated endpapers.

Cloth in dust jacket. 234 Pp. Dust jacket illustration by J.Inglis; endpapers, & ills throughout by Bob Chambers Collection of local history stories by Major Borrett which were originally told over the air on CHNS radio Halifax. Very good. Signed by Author on title page.

Red cloth with dust jacket. Condición: Very good. (xvi),233 Pp. B&w. illus. throughout and on endpapers by Bob Chambers. Dust jacket design by J.M. Inglis Collection of local history stories by Major Borrett which were originally told over the air on CHNS radio Halifax.

Condición: New.