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The Way of the Woods: A Manual for Sportsmen in Northeastern United States and Canada
by Breck, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, two pages with ink stains.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York
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About This Item
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, two pages with ink stains.. 1912. First US Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Handsome green illustrated cloth. xvii, 436 pages + 4 pages publisher ads. Black and white photos and illustrations, index. A lovely first printing copy of this sportsman's classic with information on outing preparations, women in the woods, cookery and provisions, canoes, fishing, woodcraft, firearms, moose hunting, caribou hunting, trapping, and photography. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49718
- Title
- The Way of the Woods: A Manual for Sportsmen in Northeastern United States and Canada
- Author
- Breck, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, two pages with ink stains.
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition; Fourth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- OUTDOORS, Sporting Books, Woodcraft, CAMPING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
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About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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