Who Has Seen the Wind
by Mitchell, W O
W.O. Mitchell, the only Canadian author recognizable by initials alone, was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan in 1914. Educated at the University of Manitoba, he lived most of his life in Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Alberta, where for many years he was the most renowned resident in High River. He and his wife, Merna, subsequently moved to Calgary. During a very varied career Bill Mitchell travelled widely and was everything from a Depression hobo to the fiction editor of Maclean’s. A gifted teacher, he was visiting professor at the University of Windsor for several years, and a creative writing instructor at the Banff Centre for many summers.His best-loved book is Who Has Seen the Wind. Since its publication in 1947 it has sold over half a million copies in Canada alone, and is hailed as the greatest Canadian book on boyhood. The classic edition, illustrated by William Kurelek, became a bestseller in 1991. Complementing that book is his 1981 best-seller How I Spent My Summer Holidays, hailed by some critics as his finest novel, although Since Daisy Creek (1984) and Ladybug, Ladybug…(1988), Roses Are Difficult Here (1990), For Art's Sake (1992) and The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon (1993), illustrated by Wesley W. Bates, were also well-received best-sellers. Besides The Kite (1962) and The Vanishing Point (1973), he was also noted for his two collections of short stories, Jake and the Kid (1962) and According to Jake and the Kid (1989). Based on the legendary CBC radio Series, both classic story collections won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour.His last book, An Evening with W.O. Mitchell, contains his most popular performance pieces, and concludes with “The Poetry of Life”, the lecture that he delivered from a wheelchair to The Writers’ Union Conference in Winnipeg in 1996.A noted performer of his own work, W.O. Mitchell recorded cassette versions of both Who Has Seen the Wind and According to Jake and the Kid, while a selection of pieces from An Evening with W.O. Mitchell, performed by W.O., is also available on cassette.Our novelist and script-writer was also a successful playwright whose five plays are included in the collection entitled Dramatic W.O. Mitchell. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1973, and was an honorary member of the Privy Council. He was the subject of a National Film Board documentary, and in 1994 he was awarded the Writers Guild of Alberta Golden Pen Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 1996 the City of Calgary named its book prize in his honour. He was, in Pierre Berton’s words, “an original.”W.O. Mitchell died in February 1998 at his home in Calgary.Orm Mitchell is a Professor of English at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. Barbara Mitchell taught at Trent for a number of years and is now a freelance writer. They have published articles on Canadian literature, on biography, and on W.O. Mitchell.
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Who Has Seen the Wind
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Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. This is a later printing of the first edition, with short reviews on the back flap of the dust jacket, instead of the author's biography. The interior of the book is clean and tight, with slighly darkened paper and the remains of an erased signature… Read more about this item Item Price
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50th Anniversary edition of the Canadian classic. As new. Signed on a pasted-in 50th anniversary card showing Mitchell as a young man smoking a pipe. Protected in a Brodart cover. A lovely collectible. Item Price
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WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? (Inscribed copy)
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Toronto: MacMillan, 1947. (CAD) !st edition with 1947 to the title page and to the copyright page. Red cloth with gold spine titles, in the first stae dust jacket with the photo of the author to the back panel and the 8 line text below the photo. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: "To Dorothy S---/ Vancouver BC/… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto : Macmillan , 1947 . First Edition . VG/G . 8VO . Author's first book, destined to become a classic. Second state blue binding and second state unclipped jacket. INSCRIBED by author on the FFEP and dated March 27, 1982 below a gift inscription dated 1949. Book is bright and unworn. Unclipped jacket very worn… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1974. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1974 reprint. Signed by the author. . Item Price
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada 1947, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 344pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 1st state red binding. The spine is lightly soiled and there is a previous owner's name and location on the front endpaper. Locale: Prairie Provinces; Saskatchewan--Canada. (Fiction, Canadian, Fiction--Canada). Item Price
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Toronto: Macmillan. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 344 p. 20 cm. Sound and square binding, in red-orange cloth-covered boards. Corners have some wear. Spine ends are faded. Top edge of text block is dusty. Discoloration to the rear endpapers. Previous owner's name and address and pencilled price on front free endpaper. Inside… Read more about this item Item Price
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The large-format illustrated edition (by William Kurelek) of the Canadian classic. Signed by Mitchell in name only on the title page. Book is near fine, dj is very good-plus with some light edge wear and a couple of crinkles on front top. Protected in a Brodart cover. Item Price
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Macmillan Company of Canada, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. About the book: Hardcover. No jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by author on title page. Book is in good to fair condition or fair to good condition - eye of the beholder. Fair bit of wear to boards with damage to top spine and corners.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 50th Anniversary Edition. Blue paper boards. Gold ribbon marker. 342 pp. Light scuffing to rear board. Dust jacket lightly bumped to extremities. Else fine. In 1947, Canadian and American reviewers gave high praise to Who Has Seen the Wind. In his Spring Review, Samuel Marchbanks (Robertson Davies) described it as "the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Macmillan of Canada , 1976 10.25" x 9". 1st ed. thus. 301 pp. 8 colour full-page paintings and 32 b&w sketches by Kurelek. Signed by Mitchell and Kurelek on the title page. Black boards with gold spine lettering. Bright clean copy. DJ has some light shelf wear. This book weighs 1.1 kg, extra postage may be requested. Item Price
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Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1947, First American Edition, Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 300 pages, 5.25" x 7.75", short tear on ffep and half title, otherwise clean and tight. Inscribed and dated by author to Sam Rodden on ffep. Item Price
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Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada 1947, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 344pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 2nd state blue cloth. The spine is slightly faded and worn and the endpapers have shallow tears and old tape stains. "Many interpreters of the Bible believe the wind to be symbolic of Godhood. In this story I have… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto, On: MacMillan of Canada [0-7705-1324-7] 1976. (hardcover) 301+. Near fine, no dust jacket. Illustrations by William Kurelek.. Item Price
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Who Has Seen the Wind
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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart/Tundra Books, 1991. First Printing Thus - Signed. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 10x8x0. Kurelek, William. The Text Has Remarks Or Highlights Inside. The Dust Jacket Is Not Price Clipped. Creased At The Outer Edgeswith Some Small Tears And Is Missing Some Large Fragments. Signed Mitchell And William Kurelek " This Is #13. Mitchell Gift… Read more about this item Item Price
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Who Has Seen the Wind
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Reprint. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's patterned white and blue paper covered boards, black lettering on cover and spine. . Front cover has a blue ink spot, spine and part of front cover are slightly tanned, former owner's name on front endpaper, else unmarked, tight,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Who Has Seen the Wind
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Edinburgh, U.K.: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Kurelek, William. SIGNED BY W.O. MITCHELL on paste-down on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; some light scratches and very light wear to edges of dust jacket; dj is taped to the inside cover; name on ffep; otherwise very minimal wear; The text of this edition, complete and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Who Has Seen the Wind
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Gage Distribution Company, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Who Has Seen the Wind
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Toronto, On: MacMillan of Canada [0-7705-1324-7] 1976. (hardcover) 301+. Very good in good dust jacket. Related ephemera laid in. Some tears on dust cover, else clean. Illustrations by William Kurelek.. Item Price
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Who Has Seen the Wind
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Toronto: A Douglas Gibson Book, 1991. Hardcover. 1991 Edition. [14], 333, [3] pp. Quarto. Pictorial dust-jacket with description of book and author on front and back flaps. Dark teal cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Edges trimmed. Beige endpapers. Half-title included. Signed by W.O. Mitchell in blue ink on plate on title page, otherwise unmarked. B/W and coloured… Read more about this item Item Price
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