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Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
by Rowlands, John J. Illustrated By Henry B. Kane
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Co, Inc, 1947. First edition of this nature diary of sorts, documenting the author's experiences in the Canadian woods month by month from January to December. Also a primer in woodcraft, discussing the tools and skills needed for outdoor life year-round. Externally fair, internally good to very good. Illustrated in black and white. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, map endpapers, 272 pages, no dustjacket. Covers rubbed at the edges with light fraying to the corners and spine ends, spine lettering rubbed completely away with gilt insignia on front cover chipped, faint beverage "ring" on front cover, good hinges, firm text block, name on front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
A record of life in the great North Woods, which provides nature lovers with an abundance of information on woodcraft and the outdoors.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028503
- Title
- Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
- Author
- Rowlands, John J. Illustrated By Henry B. Kane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- NATURE WRITING DIARY WOODCRAFT MONTHLY OBSERVATIONS ILLUSTRATED CANADA CANADIAN OUTDOOR TOOLS SKILLS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature;
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Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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