Author: RODERICK L. HAIG-BROWN.
Title: Timber: A Novel of the Pacific Coast Loggers. {Inscribed & Signed by Roderick Haig-Brown & with a Holograph Letter Signed by Haig-Brown Presenting this, His Personal Copy of Timber}.
Description: New York. William Morrow & Company. 1942. First Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). [vi], [1-2], 3-410 pp. including glossary. Inscribed and signed by Roderick Haig-Brown in the year of publication on a tipped-in leaf facing the half-title page presenting Timber to the book editor of the Cincinnati Ohio Times Newspaper, Mona Harrop McElfresh. Blind-stamped on the tipped-in leaf: "Above Tide, / Campbell River, / British Columbia." And tipped-in on the reverse of the front end paper is a lengthy signed holograph letter penned by Haig-Brown, addressed to Mrs. McElfresh, discussing Timber’s narrative and story development, his inspirations plus his descriptions of the book’s protagonists and their characteristics - a rare glimpse indeed; he thanks her for the favorable review. At the end of the letter, Haig-Brown writes that signing Mrs. McElfresh’s copy of Timber would be prohibitively expensive; shipping it to Campbell River and returning the book to her in Ohio, pointing out the high costs of Canadian import duties and sales tax. Generously, Haig-Brown sent her his copy of Timber. In my years of handling Haig-Brown books, this is the first example encountered where R. Haig-Brown modified one of his personal books in such a manner. Haig-Brown wrote Timber based on his personal experiences working in the logging camps of Wood & English Logging Company on the Nimpkish River watershed of northern Vancouver Island as a young man. The book is bound in the publisher’s brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Illustrated end papers. Pictorial dust jacket. The book is fine in a near very good dust jacket with light soiling on the back panel. A unique book. Signed by Author.

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