Blue Mountain Lake, New York: The Adirondack Museum / Syracuse University Press, 1993. Revised Edition. Trade Paperback.
An excellent copy.
xi, 177 pp. Includes revisions by Robert L. Lyon and Hallie E. Bond. For years, George Washington Sears, under the penname Nessmuk, contributed a glorious series of pieces on canoeing.....
Chicago: Popular Mechanics Press, 1924. Hard Cover.
Binding a bit shaken, corners a bit rubbed, text clean and unmarked.
152, [1] pp. Black-and-white diagrams and illustrations throughout. A guide to the construction of numerous vehicles and mechanisms, including kites, electric cars, sleds, and canoes.
New York: The Century Co., 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Ink name on half-title page, pages lightly toned.
xii, 357 pp. Charles Edward Russell (1860-1941) grew up on the shores of the Mississippi River during the days of lumber rafting. Best known as a journalist during the muckraking.....
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1900. Dadd, S.T. Third Edition. Hard Cover.
Third edition. Some pages lightly foxed, front hinge weakening.
xvi, 462 pp. Lithographic and photographic frontispiece and plates, engraved illustrations throughout. Includes: Introduction; The Teaching of Swimming; The Art of Swimming; Diving, Plunging, and Floating; Scientific Swimming; Bathing.....
New York: Edward Yeomans Thorp / Halsted Press, 1896. Hard Cover.
LACKS ONE PAGE. Page 205/206 mostly absent (small piece near binding edge remains). Boards soiled, light 1 inch stain to fore edge margin of first two pages, rear free endpaper torn at binding edge and loose, but binding is.....
London: Longmans, Green & Co. / Spottiswoode and Co., 1888. Dadd, Frank. Hard Cover.
Large paper edition, #93 of 250 copies. Rebacked, nicely matching the color of the original spine and corners (the texture is a bit different, but tough to notice without looking closely), original dark green end sheets.....