NOTES FROM THE CENTURY BEFORE, A JOURNAL FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA by Edward Hoagland - 1969

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1982. Side page edges lightly soiled. This soft cover book has a separate d/j which is edgeworn at the head and heel of spine and has a sticker on the back lower corner. 273 pages.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good/Price Clipped Else Vg. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Random House, 1969. (USA) Stated first edition but there is blind embossed square to the corner of the back cover, and a price of $6.95 to the dust jacket. No markings, Near Fine in unclipped Fair only dust jacket with chips and tears in mylar sleeve. (hardcover, map endpapers, 272pp, no illus. The author speant 3 months wandering around British Columbia on a float palne and touching down on settlements of a single family to villages of several hundred. There, he was intnet on recapturing the feeling of the homestead era and the gold strikes: the fur-trapping, mountain-man, surveyor-explorer period. Altogether he talked with 60 or 70 old-timers--trappers, riverboat men, prospectors. (1.9 JM . 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

North Point Pr. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Softcover. 0865470774 . Tight square unmarked book in printed white card covers; dust spotting to edges and slight tilt to binding; in barely rubbed dust jacket. ; 288 pages .

Random House, 1969. First edition, first printing. Small inked name, else fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar..

Random House, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket has minor edgewear including a small tear upper rear otherwise very good. Very clean.

NY: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 1st printing. Copper-stamped cloth. 272pp. Maps. Endpaper maps. A wonderful book by a consummate journalist about the historically remote and wild northwest region of British Columbia. Acclaimed by folks like Henry Steele Commager, Archibald MacLeish, & George Plimpton. Fine in near fine dj with just a touch of wrinkling upper rear corner.

New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Hoagland, Edward. NOTES FROM THE CENTURY BEFORE. A Journal from British Columbia. New York: Random House Inc, 1968. First Edition. 8vo., 273pp. Black cloth boards with copper-colored stamped illustration & lettering on front, silver lettering on spine, illustrated map endpapers, green stained top-edge. A fine copy in a near fine or better dustwrapper. Neat name on second free endpaper. Hoagland's uncommon first book of nonfiction, subtitled "A Journal from British Columbia. "A personal recollection of the author's travels touching on a variety of themes including natural & cultural history. "Hoagland's love of solitude and silent observation of wildlife rather than social conversation may have resulted from a severe stammer that still persists. This stammer has, according to Hoagland himself, influenced how he writes: 'Words are spoken at considerable cost to me, so a great value is placed on each… Read More

New York: Random House, (1969). First Edition. hardcover. Slight foxing to top bulked edge of text. About Fine in a very lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper. The essayist's first book of nonfiction, well worth reading.

Random House, 1969. First edition. The author's renowned first book of nonfiction. Fine and bright black boards with lovely design. In like price-clipped dustjacket with clean bright text throughout. Canadian North Woods maps to opening and closing flyleaves. New and bright all around, gift quality.

New York: Random House. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket soiled with a few light creases and tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .