Beard d c daniel carter (3 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1901
- Hardcover
Anbieter: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, USADogStar Books
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. New edition; early printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 441 pages; 1901 Charles Scribner's Sons. Stout hardcover bound in publisher's pictorial olive-green cloth stamped in red, darker green, and gilt to the upper board and spine. Binding remains sound though the text block is shaken, with several signatures sta…rting. Endpages with archival mending to partial splits in the hinges. Contemporary pencil ownership inscription to the front flyleaf records purchase at Chicago's Newberry Hotel on April 13, 1903, as an Easter present. Damp staining extends through approximately the first 60 pages, with accompanying rippling affecting roughly the first 100 pages. Light shelf wear to the extremities. Profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of wood-engraved text figures, diagrams, and instructional drawings. A wide-ranging manual of practical projects and outdoor pursuits including kites, boats, traps, camping, fishing, woodworking, electrical experiments, taxidermy, photography, athletics, and dozens of other turn-of-the-century recreations. Good only. . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel, Hamburg, DeutschlandAntiquariat Reinhold Pabel
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In den WarenkorbNew York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. XIV, 295 S. Mit zahlr. Abb. im Text u. auf Taf. (19,5 x 14,5 cm). Illustr. OLn. mit goldgeprägtem RTitel. Fair weather ideas (Tree-top club-houses; how to capture and trap small live animals; the back-yard zoo; a back-yard fish-pond; pigeon and bantam coops; how to make a back-yard aviary…; etc., etc.) / Rainy weather ideas (A home-made circus; good games with toothpicks and matches; fun with scissors and pasteboard and paper; how to prepare and give a boys' chalk talk; etc., etc.). - Mit Register. - Daniel Carter ("Uncle Dan") Beard (1850-1941), amerikanischer Illustrator, Autor, Sozialreformer, gründete 1905 die Vereinigung "Sons of Daniel Boone", die später mit den "Boy Scouts of America (BSA) vereinigt wurde. - Einband leicht berieben u. bestoßen; sonst gutes Exemplar.
Verlag: Scribner's, 1900
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Mythos Center Books, Frontenac, MN, USAMythos Center Books
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. Scribner's, 1900. Matching volumes in light green cloth, with forest green illustrated boards and spines, with red and gilt lettering. Jack of All Trades, is a first edition; the Outdoor Handy book is a new edition. Both are in good+ condition with square tight text block, inscription on second endpaper…, no other former owner marks. Light wear to heads and heels, light soil and evenly darkened spine. Both volumes are indexed. A handsome set. Daniel Carter Beard, a founder of the Boy Scouts of America, authored numerous influential outdoor activity books for boys in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His iconic works, such as The American Boy's Handy Book (1882) and Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties, focused on building self-sufficiency through camping, scouting, woodcraft, and DIY projects. (AZ) Priced as a set.
