A Family Travel Scrapbook of Ontario, Canada 1979
Self-Published, 1979. A Fine Hardcover Album. A well-made album showing the natural history and beauty of the regions visited with some historical significance due to the brochures.
Self-Published, 1979. A Fine Hardcover Album. A well-made album showing the natural history and beauty of the regions visited with some historical significance due to the brochures.
Florida. Mounted Photo. The photo is from the Ocklawaha River in the Ocala region of Florida. Very Lightly in pencil is the name Grace Willard 93 High Street [Westerly] RI. The city ends in a 'y' but does not seem to have enough letters.A search finds only Westerly as a......
Washington, D. C. National Geographic Books, 2000. Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Seeing Gardens lets its 150 pictures speak for themselves with a spare text that offers context rather than commentary. The book is at once thoughtful and elegant, and the anecdotes, recollections and aesthetic philosophy amount.....
New York: Viking, 1985. Illustrations by John Lawrence. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. This charming diary will appeal to bird watchers, gardeners, walkers and anyone else who enjoys nature. Lawrence's drawings are exquisite.For a full year, Richard Adams (Watership Down) kept a......
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1907. Second Edition. A Very Good Hardcover. Written for the English angler, Part I describes the trip from England across the Atlantic through New York, Washington, D.C. (including a meeting with President Roosevelt), North Carolina, and arrival in Florida. Part II explains the practices, customs and.....
St. Petersburg: Great Outdoors, 1962. Stapled Wraps. Tips and techniques for all types of fishing. Written specifically for Florida waters.
USA: Human Kinetics, 2003. Soft cover. The Baseball Drill Book features 198 drills proven to improve individual and team performance. Former Fresno State coach Bob Bennett, Ripon College's Gordie Gillespie, Lewis-Clark State's Ed Cheff, Wichita State's Gene Stephenson, and South Carolina's Ray Tanner are among the greats who present their.....
Boston: Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press, [1903]. Illustrations by E. Boyd Smith. Second Edition. c1920. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. "These charming sketches of the desert and semi-desert country comprising the Owens Valley and the approaches to the great sink of Death Valley have become.....
San Francisco: Mah-Jongg Sales Co, 1923. Second Edition; Tenth Printing. A Good Hardcover. History, Rules and Strategy.Mahjong or mah-jongg is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. It is commonly played by four players.....
New York: Harper and Row, 1965. Illustrations by G. Don Ray and Matthew Kalmwnoff. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcovers. Badé was commissioned in 1915 as literary executor of Muir's estate, and he immediately began to collect Muir letters of copies of letters, accumulating nearly two thousand in all. Muir was a prolific letter-writer.According to his daughter, his.....
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1896. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. A classic account of Alpine sport, mostly in the Austrian Alps including chamois-stalking, stag, roebuck, and other big game. "Sport in the Alps is altogether one of the most complete existing accounts of a fascinating subject.....
Old Fort, NC: Wolfhound Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket.
New York: Harcourt, 1974. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Here is a rollicking, anecdotal history of golf's PGA tour from one of golf's best writers.The PGA Tour's beginnings can be traced 1895, when Willie Dunn battled Willie Park, Jr. for an unprecedented $200 purse. By the mid-70s.....
Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1919. Photography by L. F. Deming. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. A handsome illustrated instructional work on golf featuring extensive use of action photography. Mr. Barns was the model for more than 300 photographic illustrations. Remarkably, this was the first book.....
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. The Royal Society and the Royal Geographic Society sponsored this expedition and Hurley was trained in the elements of climbing by the famous explorer Eric Shipton, who made the first reconnaissance visit to K12 in.....
Yellowstone Park Wyo. Saint Paul Minn. Haynes Inc, 1937. Illustrated by Jack Ellis Haynes. First Edition, First Printing. Tan cloth with spine titles and front decoration. An early scientific examination of the geysers at Yellowstone National Park. The author was the park naturalist and used hos geologic experience and the.....
London: Collins, 1947. A Good Hardcover. No. 116 from the Britain in Pictures Series.
Boston Mass. Bigelow & Dowse Co., 1899. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Background Information: The Bigelow & Dowse Co. was originally established in 1839 under the name of Horton & Cords. Numerous changes occurred over the years until in 1894 the business was transferred to a stock company with Samuel Bigelow.....
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001. Pia Tryde: Photography. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Focusing on a St. Louis Cardinals-Chicago Cubs World Series, the book explores the world of baseball through the eyes of Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa. Buzz Bissinger depicts the intensity of La Russa's responsibilities, ranging from.....
Lark Books, 1999. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Background Information: This is a comprehensive manual that covers all the basics: siting; design and positioning of a path; discussions of all manner of materials that can be used; and basic how-to advice for planning, grading, clearing, marking, leveling, digging.....
San Diego, CA: Laurel Glen Publishing, 1999. A New Unused Soft cover. The ultimate guide to trees and shrubs. This comprehensive A-Z listing identifies over 2,000 plants and includes a wealth of information on cultivation in all climate and soil conditions. Also includes a handy reference table and an index.....
New York: The Homestead Press, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket.
Nash Publishing Corporation, 1975. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with a bit of rubbing on the covers. Fully illustrated.