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Published by First United Church, Vancouver BC, 1932
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. (CAD) Edition Not Stated INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, to the endpaper, owner's name to rear endpaper, spotting and soiling to the covers, some wear to foot of spine, Good (-) only used copy. Tan wrappers with flaps, 112pp. B&W photos. This book, written by Rev. Roddan of the First United Church was written in the Depression. The book looks at the destitute, especially the Hobo and the Bum and tries to understand how they became destitute. Uncommon. (1.1 Jm LVR 204/b1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Inscribed By Author.
Published by First United Church, Vancouver, B.C., 1931
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 65 pages. Includes fourteen black and white photos. Undated. Circa 1931. Author was Reverend of First United Church in Vancouver, B.C., "The Church with the Open Door" which "Ministers to 27 different nationalities, irrespective of race, color, class, or creed". - from title page. ". A story of human interest dealing with flesh and blood, telling you in a simple and direct manner something of the struggle for an existence on the part of thousands of homeless men in this great Canada of ours." - from page 9. Contents include topics such as: The Slave Market; The Tramp; The Juvenile Hobo; Why Men Fail; The Hobo and the Climate; Enforced Idleness; The Hobo and Alcohol; The Sex Life of the Hobo; How the Hobo Travels; Insanity; The Hobo and the Communist; and many more. Above-average external wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Short piece of grey tape atop spine. A worthy vintage copy which takes readers deep inside the lives of Canada's multitude of impoverished men during the Great Depression.
Published by Self-Published, Vancouver, B.C., 1932
Book First Edition Signed
Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 111 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Attractively signed and inscribed by author upon first blank leaf as follows "From - The Church of the Open Door, Vancouver, BC Yours Sincerely, Andrew Roddan." No other markings. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this evocative and sobering look back to the soup lines of the 1930s, and the men who stood in them. Signed by Author(s).