Cougar Hunter. A Memoir of Roderick Haig-Brown (Signed)
by Purdy, Al (Haig-Brown, Roderick)
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- as new
- ISBN 10
- 0969646208
- ISBN 13
- 9780969646204
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver, B.C.: Phoenix Press, 1992. Hardcover. as new. 1st edition limited and signed. 72[1]pp. + 3 leavespp. Octavo in original green cloth and printed paper labels with illustrations from photos and tipped in hand-coloured plate on title page (initialed by artist Jim Rimmer who also designed the type). Copy #98 of 200 (see note below) bound in cloth after 15 copies in quarter-bound leather. Signed by the author and book designer Alex Widen. as new Cave E6. Due to a dispute between the parties approximately half of the projected 215 copies were reportedly destroyed. 1992
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- Aquila Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101787
- Title
- Cougar Hunter. A Memoir of Roderick Haig-Brown (Signed)
- Author
- Purdy, Al (Haig-Brown, Roderick)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New as new
- Quantity Available
- 3
- ISBN 10
- 0969646208
- ISBN 13
- 9780969646204
- Publisher
- Phoenix Press
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Haig-Brown, Roderick|Memoir
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- Hunting And Fishing;
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- New
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- Cloth
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