The Library of Pioneering and Woodcraft - Vol. I-V [Birchbark Editions, incomplete five volume set]

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1926 Doubleday, Page and Company, Garden City, NY. 1926. Hardcover. Later Printing. Books are tight, square, and unmarked. Book Conditions: Very Good; all have light bumping to head, tail, and tips; all have slight shelfwear to board bottom edges; two books have tiny fabric tears to head and/or tail. DJs: all are Very Good in Birchbark pattern; all have light wear to head, tail, and tips with small missing pieces; all have four corners clipped. Green cloth boards and spines with lightly tarnished gilt lettering on the spines; emblem on the front board corresponds to that book's contents. 2055 pp (Vol1-436pp, Vol2-242pp, Vol3-552pp, Vol4-590pp, Vol5-235pp) 8to. Contents are Vol. I - Rolf in the Woods [Hiking and Canoeing] Vol. II - Wild Animal Ways [Animals and Birds] Vol. III - Two Little Savages [Indiancraft] Vol. IV. - The Book of Woodcraft And Indian Lore [Woodcraft] Vol. V. - Woodland Tales [Earth and Sky]. Thompson was a very early naturist and outdoors enthusiast who started the Woodcraft Indians group to help develop character in youth. He later was a proponent for the Boy Scouts of America. These books stress his desire for youth to be involved in the outdoors and model their lives on some of the characters in his books. A clean very presentable set of books all in Brodart mylar jackets. No international shipping; Priority mailing will require additional postage.