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Cache Lake Country
by Rowlands, John J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton, 1947. Book. Illus. by Henry B. Kane, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: W. W. Norton, 1947. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Good. Henry B. Kane, Illustrator. Stated First Edition in original dust jacket. Green cloth boards with small gold illustration (canoe carry) on cover, bright gold lettering and small deer illustration on spine. No fraying or wear. One small faint ink spot near top edge of front cover (size of a pea). Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Map illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with wonderful drawings by Henry B. Kane. 272 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), has chipping at top edge of rear panel extending to top spine edge (varies from 1/16" to 1" in depth) - 3/4" chip at lower left corner of front panel, several closed edge tears, slight browning. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A vivid and faithful chronicle of life in the great North Woods of Canada and a storehouse of valuable information on woodcraft and nature. "As honest as a pine tree and as refreshing as spring water, Cache Lake Country holds the secrets of how to live well in the woods.".
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
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024916
- Title
- Cache Lake Country
- Author
- Rowlands, John J
- Illustrator
- Henry B. Kane, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- NATURE, NORTH WOODS, CACHE LAKE, JOHN J. ROWLANDS, FIRST EDITION, ADVENTURE, WOODCRAFT, CAMPING, CANADA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; Nature;
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- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
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