OUTDOORS RELAXATION--Camping, Fishing, Sports & Sporting
Breck,
E. WAY OF THE WOODS [1910]...FOR SPORTSMEN IN NORTHEASTERN U.S. &
CANADA. ~ 430pp. + index. Photos + b&w illus. ~ Hardcover;
gilt-stamped pictorial cloth; "AMNH Cancelled" (Amer. Museum of Natural
History) rubberstamped on front endpaper; otherwise good. ~ ~ ~ NY:
Putnam, 1910
1910 printing of 1908 first issue. ||| For hunters & fishermen of a
century ago. Recommends clothing, tents, canoes, guns, provisions,
etc.--many items quoting then-current prices.
# 2808-ss ~ ~ ~ $44.50
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Cheley
& Fagans. CAMPER'S GUIDE. ~ 552pp. + index. With b&w drawings.
~ Hardcover; owner label inside front cover. ~ ~ ~ NY: Blue Ribbon, 1939
Reprint of 1933 first issue. ||| True "Roughing it" kind of camping
using only an axe & jacknife to build a shelter; how to read maps
& animal tracks; signaling; cooking; the compass; camping hints; etc.
# 2802-ss ~ ~ ~ $27.50
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Crowell,
Norman. SPORTSMAN'S PRIMER. [1907 First Ed.] ~ 189pp. Cartoon drawings
by W. Morgan. ~ Hardcover; old rubberstamp on front endpaper: "Office
Copy / 1st edition." Then, in pencil: "2000 [printed?], June 21 / 07."
~ ~ ~ NY: Outing Publishing, 1907
Humorous comments & drawings about 1900s-era football, baseball,
duck hunting, automobiling, tennis, horse racing, golf, trap shooting,
etc.
# 1212-ss ~ ~ ~ $55.50
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Ovington, Ray. TACTICS ON TROUT. [First Edn.] ~ 286pp.
+ appendixes. Detailed b&w drawings. ~ Hardcover; upper tip of
front cover bumped; otherwise good. ~ ~ ~ NY: Knopf, 1969
"Thirty-four basic situations...exist on all trout streams...we will
fish them together...under typical weather & water
conditions...with all kinds of flies--streamers, bucktails, wet flies,
nymphs, & dry flies."
# 2806-ss ~ ~ ~ $15.50
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Ritter,
Lawrence & Honig, David. THE IMAGE OF THEIR GREATNESS. ~ 369pp.
index. Over 500 b&w photos of legendary players & games. ~
Hardcover; gilt-stamped spine; condition good. ~ ~ ~ NY: Crown, 1979.
Remember when two dollars bought a bleacher seat to see the game, an
"oh-so-good" hot dog, a box of Crackerjack, & you still had a
little money left?...when players signed autographs--free--if you
asked?...when players worked Winter jobs so their families ate in the
off-season? ||| It's all here from pitcher Chris Mathewson &
catcher Roger Bresnahan (NY Giants World Series 1905) through Joltin'
Joe DiMaggio, "Say Hey" Willie Mays, Satchel "Don't Look Back" Paige,
"Yaz," Mantle & Maris, Reggie, "Leo the Lip" Durocher, "Dem
Brooklyn Bums," Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Stengel,
"Stan the Man," Ty Cobb, Harmon Killibrew, Sandy Koufax, "The
Bambino"--these were among our Boys of Summer.
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Talleur,
Richard. FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT: a Guide for Adult Beginners. ~ 252pp. +
index. With 16 color photos of flies, + b&w photos & drawings.
~ Hardcover; dust jacket has tiny chip at foot of front cover;
otherwise good. ~ ~ ~ NY: Winchester Press, 1974
Everything related to fly-fishing--tackle; flies & fly-tying;
entomology; casting; knot-tying--from beginner fundamentals to
intermediate-level techniques.
# 1077-ss ~ ~ ~ $ 9.50
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Tapply,
H. SPORTSMAN'S NOTEBOOK & TAP'S TIPS. ~ 329pp. + index. Color
drawings. ~ Hardcover; worn dust jacket; gift inscription on front
endpaper. ~ ~ ~ NY: Holt-Rinehart-Winston, 1969
Fourth printing of 1964 first issue. Tapply's most popular articles
& tips, collected from 170 articles in Field & Stream magazine.
# 2807-ss ~ ~ ~ $18.50
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Van
Dyke, Rev. Henry. FISHERMAN'S LUCK & SOME OTHER UNCERTAIN THINGS. ~
239pp. With 12 b&w photos. ~ Hardcover; top edges gilt; spine gilt
weak; otherwise good. ~ ~ ~ NY: Scribner, 1900
Fifth printing of a favorite by Rev. Van Dyke--devoted fisherman,
renowned author, Presbyterian clergyman, U.S. Minister to Netherlands
1913-16, & Princeton Univ. Prof from 1899-on. ||| "[His] outdoor
essays are in the tradition of Thoreau, Burroughs, & Muir"--DAB.
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GARDENS & GARDENING--Bonsai ::: Dahlias / Roses / Wildflowers ::: Hardy Garden
Albertson,
Alice O. NANTUCKET WILD FLOWERS. ~ 425pp. + index. With 75 full-pg.
b&w line drawings; 8 drawings have printed color added to flower
petals. ~ Hardcover; spine ends lightly worn; 8pp. with small dog-ear
at upper corner; top edges gilt (dull); otherwise good. ~ ~ ~ NY:
Putnam, 1921
Albertson was curator of Maria Mitchell Association which honored
Mitchell (1818-89), America's first woman professional astronomer
(awarded gold medal by King of Denmark for discovering a new comet.
Mitchell was Fellow of AAAS, & Astronomy Prof at newly-founded
Vassar College. ||| Now, the Association conducts research &
eduction programs in the Nantucket house where Maria Mitchell was born.
||| This work located at Library of Congress, & Harvard Univ.
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Chidamian, Claude. BONSAI
MINIATURE TREES--Selection, Culture, Care. ~ 94pp. + index. With photos
+ b&w drawings. ~ Hardcover; name on front endpaper; otherwise
good. ~ ~ ~ NY: Van Nostrand, 1955
Grower for past 20 years discusses suitable plants, containers, soil,
pruning & shaping, maintenance, etc. "The value of bonsai cannot be
measured in dollars...but in the enduring beauty & interest they
bring the grower."
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Ely,
Helena Rutherfurd. A WOMAN'S HARDY GARDEN. ~ 209pp. + index + 3pp.
publisher ads. Frontispiece + 48 full-pg. b&w photos. ~ Hardcover;
top edges gilt; others untrimmed; spine age-soiled & with eroded
spine lettering; otherwise condition good. ~ ~ ~ NY: Macmillan, 1903
American gardening classic, reprinted within 2 & 6 months after
first issue (latest re-issue was 1990). ||| Soil preparation; laying
out garden & borders around a house; how to plant a small plot;
seed-bed; annuals; perennials; roses; lilies; Spring-flowering bulbs;
best ways for watering; lawns; etc.
# 2981-ss ~ ~ ~ $37.50
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Holmes,
E. ROSE GARDEN PRIMER. ~ 205pp. + index. With b&w photos. ~
Hardcover; spine ends lightly worn; cover tips repaired; otherwise
good. ~ ~ ~ NY: De la Mare, 1930
Origins; History; Classification; varieties; planting; propagation; pruning; insects; etc.
# 2762-ss ~ ~ ~ $14.50
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Curdy,
R. BOOK OF GARDEN FLOWERS. ~ 295pp. + index. With 24pp. illus. in color
+ 16pp. in b&w. ~ Hardcover; color label on cover; gilt stamping is
dull; otherwise good. ~ ~ ~ NY: Doubleday, 1932
Common & Latin names; appearance; classified by seasons; starting times; sizes at maturity; etc.
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McFarland,
J.H.; ed. AMERICAN ROSE ANNUAL...1928 Yearbook of Rose Progress. [First
Edn.] ~ 246pp. + index + 16pp. of rose-related ads. Fold-out
frontispiece in color + 13 full-pg. b&w photos. ~ Hardcover; spine
faded with worn ends; some plate margins lightly spotted, not affecting
printed images; otherwise good. ~ ~ ~ Harrisburg: American Rose
Society, 1928
Successful methods of 21
rose growers in upper-Midwest Blizzard Country (Idaho to Illinois,
Montana to Michigan, Alberta to Ontario. ||| WITH: Jensen, J. "SIFTINGS, Major Portion of THE CLEARING, & COLLECTED WRITINGS." ~ Hardcover; condition good. ~ ~ ~ Chicago: Seymour, 1956. ||| Reprint
of Danish-born landscape architect's 1939 & 1949 works, with added
thoughts. He earned Chicago's esteem for his series of small
neighborhood parks, later followed by his development of Illinois State
Parks.
# 2944-ss ~ ~ ~ Together two books, $33.50
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Taylor,
Norman. COLOR IN THE GARDEN / FRAGRANCE IN THE GARDEN. [2
First-Edns.-in-one.] ~ 110 & 103pp. + index. ~ Hardcover; spine
ends lightly worn; owner label on front endpaper; otherwise good. ~ ~ ~
NY: Van Nostrand, 1953
Taylor (1883-1967) Plant
Curator at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, also wrote standard works about
gardens & plants. ||| "Color in the Garden" outlines plans for
color borders where white, pink, yellow, blue, red lavender flowers are
dominant. ||| "Fragrance..." arranges odors of shrubs, trees, vines,
perennials, etc.; also, how to make perfume from flowers; making
potpourri & sachet.
# 2771-ss ~ ~ ~ $20.50
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"MIND-FARE"--Anglo-Saxon / Old English Philology ::: The British Mandate in Iraq
Bright,
James W.; ed. GOSPEL OF SAINT LUKE IN ANGLO-SAXON...From Manuscripts.
[First Edn.] ~ 158pp. + 10pp. book ads. ~ Hardcover; blue cloth;
gilt-stamped spine; several folds unopened; untrimmed; otherwise
condition quite good. ~ ~ ~ Oxford: Clarendon, 1893
Includes Notes, & Glossary.
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Sievers,
Eduard (Albert S. Cook, trans.) AN OLD ENGLISH GRAMMAR. ~ 249pp. +
various language indexes + 8pp. book ads. ~ Hardcover; spine ends worn;
cover tips bumped; ink name on front endpaper; pp. lightly age-toned;
otherwise good. ~ ~ ~ Boston: Ginn, 1893
Second edn. of 1885 first issue. ||| WITH: Gordon, R. ANGLO-SAXON
POETRY SELECTED & TRANSLATED... ~ 367pp. ~ Hardcover; Hamilton
College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/ label; spine
ends lightly worn; otherwise good. ~ ~ ~ London: Dent / Everyman's,
1930 ||| Beowulf; Finnesburh; Waldhere; Widsith; Deor; The Wanderer;
The Seafarer; Wife's Lament; Husband's Message; Wulf & Eadwacer;
The Ruin; Charms; Genesis; Exodus; Daniel; Christ & Satan; Juliana;
Fates of the Apostles; Andras; Elene; Dream of the Rood; Physiologus;
Guthlac; Doomsday; etc.
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Longrigg,
Stephen Hemsley. IRAQ, 1900 to 1950: a Political, Social, &
Economic History. ~ 398pp. + appendixes + indexes. Foldout map of Iraq
inside rear cover. "Issued under auspices of Royal Institute of
International Affairs." ~ Hardcover; Hamilton College bookplate; no
card pocket or spine marks/labels; cover tips lightly worn; otherwise,
condition rather good. ~ ~ ~ London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1953
Middle East historian British
Brigadier Longrigg (1893-1979) was Iraq Government Administrator during
the 1917 British Occupation, & 1920-32 Mandate. ||| He details the
history of "Iraq" (former Turkish provinces of Basra, Baghdad, &
Mosul) from 1900 to early 1950s. His matter-of-fact account thoroughly
covers the eventually independent nation...its people...foreign-owned
banks & foreign-owned oil companies...anti-West agitation...tribal
& political leaders...& hostility to Israel. ||| Could
Longrigg's first-hand record of Iraq's sects, rivalries, & internal
workings been invaluable in saving Iraq from the blundering &
incompetence that brought today's anarchy & chaos...or is it a
reaffirmation of Hegel's observation that governments & peoples
have never learned anything from history? ||| Located at Univ. of
Chicago, Harvard, & Library of Congress.
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