American Boys' Handy Book of Camp-Lore & Woodcraft by BEARD, DAN - 1920

France: The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation through Trianon Press, 1959. cardboard slipcase. Trianon Press. folio. cardboard slipcase. variously paginated. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. The Tsisab Ravine in the Brandberg Mountain range of South-West Africa, which is the site of the famous 'White Lady of the Brandberg," is also the site of a great number of painted rock shelters clustered together nearby. This volume is the outcome of the labors of Abbe Breuil and his companions who camped in the Tsisab Ravine in 1947 and again in 1948 in order to study the sites and to take tracings directly from the rock face. The Abbe's color copies are reproduced by the collotype and hand-stencil process in 77 plates, including one double-page, and are documented by 50 photographs reproduced in monochrome collotype, including two double-page photo-montages. It also includes introductory and topographical material, as well as a detailed description of the plates with the collaboration of Mary E. Boyle, Dr.… Read More

London; [1883]: George Routledge and Sons. First Edition. 12mo. no pagination. Charming colored illustrations produced by color printer Edmund Evans who gave English speaking children the benefit of lithographic illustrations. A very nice copy bound in white pictorial gilt paper wraps with very faint finger soiling to covers. An exceptionally nice copy.

Racine, [WI], 1852. Very good, one tear along fold, barely affecting text, occasional soiling, otherwise clean.. 1 sheet. 7.5 x 9.5. inches. Dated and signed August 14th, 1852 by Ellis M. Russell (1807-1866), a recent transplant to Racine Wisconsin from Vermont where he is traveling to settle up his affairs, writes about the coming election and express his confidence in Winfield Scott as the Whig Presidential candidate. "Men west are beginning seriously to feel the effects of this kind of free trade... We want a Tariff that is good for something. We want appropriations for Internal improvements. A.C. & will have it. Scott is the man for us. You know and feel it. He will carry Wisconsin without do[u]bt. Party lines are all being broken. Men will look to their interest anyhow."

London: Andersen Press, 1979. 1st ed. Hardcover. As New. Ross, Tony. 1st ed. Square 16mo, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by Tony Ross. 600 mice in Napoleonic era uniforms vs. cats. signed by both Stone and Ross on the title page. Laid in is a limited edition print of the music and lyrics to an accompanying song, loosely based on the original poem with lyrics by Stone and music by T.W. Southam, this one of the 400 unsigned copies of the 500 total.

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1922. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. Hwenderson, Keith. 2 volumes, small 4to, full black cloth, illustrated in black and white by Keith Henderson. Upwards of 300 illustrations, from tiny vignettes of plant life and idols, to full page illustrations of battles. The authentic costumes are terrific. Hard as it is for us to believe, it looks like all the art is indeed by Henderson. Blind-stamped cover titles and small design, spine titles and another vignette in gilt. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Heavy beveled covers. Endpaper maps different front and rear, repeated in each volume. Fully indexed.

France: The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation through Trianon Press, 1959. cardboard slipcase. Trianon Press. folio. cardboard slipcase. variously paginated. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. The Tsisab Ravine in the Brandberg Mountain range of South-West Africa, which is the site of the famous 'White Lady of the Brandberg," is also the site of a great number of painted rock shelters clustered together nearby. This volume is the outcome of the labors of Abbe Breuil and his companions who camped in the Tsisab Ravine in 1947 and again in 1948 in order to study the sites and to take tracings directly from the rock face. The Abbe's color copies are reproduced by the collotype and hand-stencil process in 77 plates, including one double-page, and are documented by 50 photographs reproduced in monochrome collotype, including two double-page photo-montages. It also includes introductory and topographical material, as well as a detailed description of the plates with the collaboration of Mary E. Boyle, Dr.… Read More

London; [1883]: George Routledge and Sons. First Edition. 12mo. no pagination. Charming colored illustrations produced by color printer Edmund Evans who gave English speaking children the benefit of lithographic illustrations. A very nice copy bound in white pictorial gilt paper wraps with very faint finger soiling to covers. An exceptionally nice copy.

Racine, [WI], 1852. Very good, one tear along fold, barely affecting text, occasional soiling, otherwise clean.. 1 sheet. 7.5 x 9.5. inches. Dated and signed August 14th, 1852 by Ellis M. Russell (1807-1866), a recent transplant to Racine Wisconsin from Vermont where he is traveling to settle up his affairs, writes about the coming election and express his confidence in Winfield Scott as the Whig Presidential candidate. "Men west are beginning seriously to feel the effects of this kind of free trade... We want a Tariff that is good for something. We want appropriations for Internal improvements. A.C. & will have it. Scott is the man for us. You know and feel it. He will carry Wisconsin without do[u]bt. Party lines are all being broken. Men will look to their interest anyhow."

London: Andersen Press, 1979. 1st ed. Hardcover. As New. Ross, Tony. 1st ed. Square 16mo, illustrated boards, illustrated in color throughout by Tony Ross. 600 mice in Napoleonic era uniforms vs. cats. signed by both Stone and Ross on the title page. Laid in is a limited edition print of the music and lyrics to an accompanying song, loosely based on the original poem with lyrics by Stone and music by T.W. Southam, this one of the 400 unsigned copies of the 500 total.

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1922. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. Hwenderson, Keith. 2 volumes, small 4to, full black cloth, illustrated in black and white by Keith Henderson. Upwards of 300 illustrations, from tiny vignettes of plant life and idols, to full page illustrations of battles. The authentic costumes are terrific. Hard as it is for us to believe, it looks like all the art is indeed by Henderson. Blind-stamped cover titles and small design, spine titles and another vignette in gilt. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Heavy beveled covers. Endpaper maps different front and rear, repeated in each volume. Fully indexed.