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Silton Seasons: From the Diary of a Countryman
by Symons, R. D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385075294
- ISBN 13
- 9780385075299
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Family Bookshelf Edition.. Doubleday, 1975. Family Bookshelf Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Clean brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Frontispiece illustration (drawing by the author). 200 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped, is clean, has a few tiny edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A loving account of the virtues of a life spent close to th soil and a provocative commentary on the "advantages" of modern urban society. After an active life as a cowboy, game warden, and rancher in Canada's vast heartland, Symons retired to the small village of Silton, Saskatchewan, to draw and write about the land he loved..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028969
- Title
- Silton Seasons: From the Diary of a Countryman
- Author
- Symons, R. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Family Bookshelf Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0385075294
- ISBN 13
- 9780385075299
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- COUNTRY LIVING, RURAL LIFE, SASKATCHEWAN CANADA, R. D. SYMONS, MEMOIR, NATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature; Country Living;
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