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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; ix, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ISBN 9780060119041, 0060119047 OCLC 5605032 ; LCCN 79002622 ; LC QK98.5.A1 H57 1980 Dewey 581.632 ; SIGNED presentation by author on the half-title ; grass green and brown cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; front and back endpapers excised ; justjacket soiled and chipped ; First published in 1980, Gather Ye Wild Things is not a field guide in the strictest sense but rather a meditation on some of the most common and useful plants in North America. The volume's fifty-two brief essays- each focusing on a particular species or subject during a season in which it is likely to come to the would-be gatherer's attention- touch on culinary, medicinal, and cosmetic uses for wildlings. ; Fifty-two brief essays, one for each week of the year, describe the numerous edible or otherwise useful things that are easily found outdoors - greens, roots, herbs, and wild nuts and berries ; Susan Tyler Hitchcock is a book editor for the National Geographic Society and the author of Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk and Frankenstein: A Cultural History. Coy Barefoot teaches history at the University of Virginia in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies ; first appeared serially in The Albemarle Monthly ; FAIR/FAIR. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Volume IV, Number 1, 1992, 109 pages. Research Articles included in this issue are: Fact And Fancy: A Critical Reassessment Of The Origins, Development And Purpose Of The Experimental Revolvers Produced By The Winchester Repeating Arms Company during The 1870s by Herbert G. Houze; and, Small Arms Steel Cartridge Cases by Arne Sandberg. Fine condition with only light use.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Volume V, 1995, 214 pages. Articles include: A GUN IN HER HANDS: WOMEN IN FIREARMS ADVERTISING, 1900-1920 by Maureen Christensen; JOHN A. GOUGH (MASTER FIREARMS ENGRAVER): A NEW PERSPECTIVE by Herbert G. Houze; A SURVEY OF THE WINCHESTER MODEL 1894 RECORDS SN 1-353,999; THE USE OF THE PERCUSSION SHOTGUN IN TEXAS PRIOR TO AND DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 by Howard Michael Madaus; and, FINDING GUIDE: MS 63 compiled by Simeon Stoddard. A Fine copy with only light use.…