Service, Robert W [William]

Ballads Of A Cheechako

T Fisher Unwin, Adelphi Terrace, 1919, 13th impression. Cloth, VG. 140pp, spine sunned, a solid reading copy. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ The second volume of poetry by the Canadian poet Robert William Service [ 1874 - 1958 ]. Service had moved to Dawson City in the Yukon where he listened to the tales of Gold Rush vererans, tales which fomed the basis of these poems.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 50448

Keywords: poetry

SERVICE, ROBERT W.

Ballads of a Cheechako

T. Fisher Unwin, 1915. 5th. Hardback. Red covers, gilt lettering. Gilt faded on spine. Covers slightly worn. Gift dedication on front endpaper. Good.

The Childrens BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 81696

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry

SERVICE, ROBERT W.

Ballads of a Cheechako.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. 1st British edition. Collection of verse, inspired by tales of the Klondike Gold Rush, by the British/Canadian writer Robert W. Service, following his previous book "Songs of a Soughdough". Pp.140/4(publisher's catalogue, front free endpaper absent. occasional light spotting. Dark crimson cloth, gilt title to front and spine, sunning to spine and front edge next to spine. Good.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 48416

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Robert Service Ballads Cheechako Verse Poetry Yukon Gold Rush Canadian 49850 Poetry

SERVICE, ROBERT W.

Ballads of a Bohemian

Toronto, Barse & Hopkins. 1921, 1st edition. (hardcover) Good, no dust jacket. 220pp. 12mo. Lacking scare dust jacket. Bound in red cloth, black lettering to spine and cover. Some notable wear to the foot of the spine, minor rubbing to covers. Split at both the front and rear gutters, not yet detached. Internally, clean without marking.

Spafford BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 117457

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Literature-Canadian, Canadian Literature, Literature

SERVICE, Robert W

Ballads of a Cheechako

Toronto, Ryerson Press, 1948. Used - Good. New edition. VG hardback in God dust jacket. page fore0edge foxed; text clean; binding tight. Dust jacket worn at edges, with browned spine. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_61218_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS284256I

SERVICE, ROBERT W.

Ballads of a Cheechako

Toronto, William Briggs. 1912. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book, 132pp, hardback, short closed tear to bottom edge of one leaf, gilt title of front board, blue cloth ggilt. Very Good.

Salsus BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 023100

Keywords: poetry

SERVICE, Robert W.

Ballads of Cheechako

New York, Barse & Co, 1909. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green ribbed cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 137pp. Frontispiece. Near fine/good. Lower third of front jacket panel and spine missing. A tight and superb early (not first) printing of Service's second book. Jacket has large paper loss, yet is mostly present and even attractive. Uncommon. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 38497

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Poetry

Robert W. Service

Ballads of a Cheechako

Toronto: ON, Canada, Ryerson Press, 1962. Reprint of 1909. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good +++++ jacket 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. pp.137. Poems by the author. slightly bumped corners small tears, creasing top top edges of d/j. Fine/Very Good.

Judith Patton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 005320

Keywords: POETRY CANADA

Robert W. Service

Ballads of a Cheechako

Toronto, William Briggs, 1909. First. Hardcover. pp.137 clean tight copy front and back inside spine gutters cracked but all pages still attached. tanning to text pages, blue ribbed cloth covers with gold gilt title and to spine, fraying to top/bottom spines and to corners with bumping to top/bottom spines, corners and shelfwear to board edges, some soiling to covers Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Very Good.

Judith Patton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 022746

Catalogue: CANADA, POETRY

Robert W Service

Ballads of a Cheechako

The Ryerson Press, 1942. Hardcover. pp.137 clean tight copy with tanning to text pages top edges boards dented and creases (remnants of water to corners) faint water mark, crimping to top/bottom spines, rubbing to board extremites - GOOD READING COPY ONLY Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Poor.

Judith Patton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 024570

Catalogue: POETRY

SERVICE, ROBERT W

BALLADS OF A CHEECHAKO.

New York, Barse & Hopkins, 1909. 1st edition. Green cloth, 19cmx13cm, Good copy. Lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and upper cover. Contents: 1). To the man of the high north. 2). Men of the high north. 3). The ballad of the northern lights. 4). The ballad of the black fox skin. 5). The ballad of pious Pete. 6). The ballad of the blasphemous Bill. 7). The ballad of the one-eyed Mike. 8) The ballad of the brand. 9). The ballad of the hard-luck Henry. 10). The man from Eldorado. 11). My friends. 12). The prospector. 13). The black sheep. 14). The telegraph operator. 15). The wood-cutter. 16). The song of the mouth-organ. 17). The trail of ninety-eight. 18). The balad of the gum-boot Ben. 19). Clancy of the mounted police. 20). Lost. 21). L'envoy. With a publisher-folder. 137 pag.

Festina Lente italiAntiquariaatProfessional seller

Book number: 020217

Catalogue: Algemeen - General

Keywords: yukon songs frozen

Service, Robert W. (1874-1958)

Ballads of a Bohemian

Toronto & New York, Barse & Hopkins (George J. McLeod), 1921. Hardcover. pp. 249. 24mo. measuring 5.57" x 4". Lovely textured maroon cloth over boards, gilt rules, lettering, and ornaments to the spine and front board. Neat period ink inscriptions to the the ffep else, remarkably well-preserved with no detectable flaws to the extremities. Text-block remains bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. A lovely miniature presenation of Services' poetry. Near fine. .

Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 2749

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: canadian poetry; prose poetry; literature; english literarture

SERVICE, ROBERT W.

Ballads of a Cheechako

Toronto, William Briggs. 1913. (Cloth, 8vo) Very good, no dust jacket. 146pp. Green pinstriped cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front. Fore-edge uncut. Photograph of author to cover. Frontispiece, illus. With printed quotes on vellum. Sadly the text block has been broken in two places and the illustration has come away, at page 108 and 142.

Spafford BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 113507

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Literature-Canadian, Canadian Poetry, Gold Rush, Literature - Canadian, Yukon

SERVICE, ROBERT W.

Ballads of a Cheechako

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company. 1944. (hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 137p. 12mo. Blue cloth boards, lettering in dark blue to spine and top board. Small stain at foot of spine, quite faint. Previous owner's name stamp to ffep. Else clean.

Spafford BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 119738

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Canadian Literature, Canadian Poetry, Gold Rush, Literature - Canadian, Yukon

SERVICE, Robert W.

Ballads of Cheechako

Toronto, William Briggs, 1909. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green ribbed cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial front board plate. xi, 146pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece (with captioned tissue guard), 9 full-page captioned tissue guarded illustrations. Very good. Faint edgewear; small 1909 gift inscription on front flyleaf and inked ownership last name on inner flyleaf. A tight and attractive second printing of Service's second book -- with the extra blank flyleaf and the ten photographic illustrations that make this printing more intrinsically interesting than the true first. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 39960

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Poetry