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THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BOY, OR THE CAMP AT WILLOW CLUMP ISLAND
by BOND, A. RUSSELL
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Edge Wear and Chipping/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Munn and Company, 1906. Vignette front cover remains vivid. Small scratches rear cover. Inscription front free endpaper dated "Xmas 1913". A well-crafted book for biys who like the outdoors. Written as a narrative about a camp at a fictional island. Illustrated throughout with figures and details regarding building camp structures, a manual on camping. Chapters on sails, snow shoes, tent making, preparations for attending camp, surveying, swimming, bridge building, canoes, wigwag signaling, ice boatslog cabis, and much more! 317pp. + adverts. A fine addition to any young outdoorsman's library.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Edge Wear and Chipping/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015358
- Title
- THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BOY, OR THE CAMP AT WILLOW CLUMP ISLAND
- Author
- BOND, A. RUSSELL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Edge Wear and Chipping
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Munn and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Camping, Outdoor Activities, Adventure, Boy Scout
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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