RAINCOAST CHRONICLES FIRST FIVE. Collector's Edition- Foreword by Bob Hunter

Unmarked copy-Foreword by Bob Hunter. Fine brown cloth. Illustrated endpapers- Light wear with a few closed tears-" A book that has become a west coast institution - articles, stories, poems, drawings covering every imaginable aspect of northwest history and folklore. The first five issues of Raincoast Chronicles, dating back to 1972. -Winner of the first Eaton's British Columbia Book Award, this is the innovative institution at the heart of BC regional publishing. Northwest history and folklore, unromanticized, in a unique magazine format, blending reminiscences, articles, drawings, photos. .-. Local Histories Bibliography, Fowke & Carpenter 2127 Bibliography of Canadian Folklore. "Chokerknob, Rockcod, Stumpranch, Steampot, Salal Brush, Jap Weed, Gas Drum, Netfloat, Store Boat, Union Boat, Misson Boat, Fishin' Boat. West Coast identity is something like the Sasquatch. No west coaster can tell you just what it's like or even if it truly exists, but they never stop talking about it.".- "The best sourcebook available on Canada's west coast." -Books in Canada "Utterly absorbing. . . until Raincoast Chronicles came along the fabulous west coast rum-runners and ghost logging camps went un recalled save in the dimming memories of old-timers." -Maclean's