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TouchWood Editions, 2004. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Institute of Applied Arts, Edmonton, c.1958, 2nd.prtg., 8vo., cloth, 227pp., foxed eps, G in chipped & worn dj $

Canada: Brindle & Glass Publishing, 2004 Owner's name on inside, otherwise unmarked

Institute of Applied Art, 1957. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Edmonton: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd., 1957. Burgundy boards have rubbed edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Edmonton, Alberta: Institute Of Applied Art, 1957. 3rd printing. Hardcover. Used: Good. Cloth, 227p, worn DJ, else g-vg.

Calgary: Brindle & Glass, 2004. Later edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +/First. 210 pages; trade paperback; VG+. Annotated by James Martin, introduction by Will Ferguson. This is the third edition of Grant MacEwan's biography of colourful an irreverent Calgary newspaperman Bob Edwards, who "skewered corrupt politicians, deflated the pretentions of socialites, created merry havoc with invented news stories, and chronicled . . . his descent into the maelstrom of alcoholism." First published in 1957, Institute of Applied Art, second edition 1974, Western Producer Prairie Books, this new 2004 edition is handsomely produced.

The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd., Edmonton, 1971 reprint of a 1957 publication, Near Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 227 pages, ownership notation on title page, otherwise clean and tight. Robert Chambers "Bob" Edwards (1860
– 1922) was a Canadian newsman, humorist, editorialist and provincial politician. He is best known as the writer and publisher of the early 1900s weekly newspaper, the Calgary Eye Opener.

Edmonton: The Institute of Applied Art, 1958. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. Maroon cloth with black lettering. Condition is VERY GOOD ; mild edge wear, covers have some very faint water marking, spotting. Binding tight and text clean with gift message on title pg and ffep lightly toned. DJ is VERY GOOD ; no price to clip, edges worn and chipped, very small open tears at spine head and tail, overall sunned and toned. Bio. Stax.

The institute of Applied Art, Ltd. , 1967. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Fourth printing, 1967. Publication of 227 pages. Externally there are signs of previous ownership. The jacket and the boards are shelf rubbed, edge worn, marks, chipped and scuffed in places. On the edge of the dust cover there is a piece of the corner torn off. The first page has a crease on the bottom of the corner, of the page. There is a pen mark on one page. Underneath the boards remain in good condition. But it still presents handsomely in cellophane. There is slight tanning on the block the book. The binding is excellent. The pages are bright and attractive, and the text remains clear. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: The Institute Of Applied Art Ltd, 1967. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. With Wear To Dust Jacket Including A Small Rip To Front Of Dj. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos.~ Vintage 1967 There Has Since Been No Book That Has Brought To Life Early Calgary The Way That Eye Opener Bob Does. Perhaps More Importantly, It's Perhaps The Closest We'll Ever Get To Robert Chambers Edwards--"Eye Opener Bob" --The Irrepressible Editor Of Calgary's Most Singular Newspaper, And The City's Most Singular Denizen. Bob Edwards Was A True Canadian Original, The Prototypical Hard-Drinking, Pull-No-Punches Editor Of The Calgary Eye Opener--At The Time The Largest Paper Between Vancouver And Toronto, With A Circulation Of Over 30,000 Copies. A Paper With The Power To Elect Or Dethrone Governments, To Bring The Mighty Cpr To Reform Its Ways, And To Skewer The Pretensions Of Society Like Few Before Or… Read More

Edmonton, Alberta: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd.. Very Good. 1958. Hardcover. B002LK2J8I . Red cloth covered boards with black titles to the cover and spine. In very good condition, tightly bound, an unmarked text. Part of the previous owner's name written on the front free end paper above an illustrtation of Bob Edwards. Spine and corner bumping with edgewear, small circular mark to the front cover. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 227 pages .

Edmonton: Brindle & Glass Pub Ltd, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. 210, b/w photographs and sketch illustrations

Saskatoon: Western Producer Books, 1967. Fourth. Hardcover. Very Good/Torn and Worn. 8vo. pp. 207

Edmonton, AB, Canada: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd., 1957. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 227pp. frontis port. Maroon cloth black lettering to cover and spine. Light shelf wear, bumping to top corners. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean showing edgewear, tear to head and soiling commensurate w age and handling. Laminate film previously applied to preserve DJ. Octavo.

Edmonton: The Institute of Applied Art, 1967. Fourth. Hardcover. Very Good/Worn and Chipped. 8vo. Signed by Author. pp. 227, an Alberta classic, signed and dedicated by the author on the title page.

Saskatoon: Western Producer Book Service 1974, 6th ptg. (Cloth) 207pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Port., decorated endpapers..

Edmonton: Institute of Applied Art 1971. (Cloth) 227pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Port. "...Bob Edwards exerted a public influence which probably surpassed that of any Western editorial or Political figure of his time.". His "Calgary Eye Opener" was a legend in its own time..

Edmonton, Canada: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd., 1962. 227 pp. White endpapers, with previous owner's name on ffep blacked out. Yellow cloth. Corners bumped. Illustrated DJ. Small chips, light wear along the edges. VG/VG-.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd., 1957. 227pp [some chipping to dj - in protective sleeve]. Signed by Author. First Printing stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Illus. by Frontispiece portrait. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.