Camping and Camp Outfits, A Manual of Instruction for Young and Old Sportsmen
by Shields, G.O
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally, 1890. Hardcover. Good. 169 pp + a lengthy and interesting advertising section (approximately 32 pages). Bound in original brick red cloth with gilt lettering and hunting/fishing insignia and image of a teepee on front board. Boards edgeworn and scuffed, small area of dampstain visible on rear endpapers, abrasion to front free endpaper where a label was removed. Binding sound, text clean. Shields (1846-1925) wrote extensively on sporting topics under the pen-name Coquina before establishing Recreation: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies in 1894. Between 1897 and 1902, he was head of the Campfire Club of America. In this book, he offers practical information on a range of outdoorsy topics, including clothing and personal equipment, bedding and sleeping bags, tents, guns and rifles, fishing tackles, selecting horses and tack, selecting a good guide, food for camping, choosing a campsite, making a campfire, and what to do if you get lost. At the end are three chapters contributed by other authors: Camp Hygiene, Medicine, and Surgery by Dr. Charles Gilbert Davis; Camp Cookery by Col. J. Fry Lawrence; and How to Load a Pack-Horse by Frank F. Frisbee. Among the items advertised at the end: a folding canvas boat, camp bed, fishing tackle, guns, portable houses, outdoor clothing, maps, books, and railroad travel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21416
- Title
- Camping and Camp Outfits, A Manual of Instruction for Young and Old Sportsmen
- Author
- Shields, G.O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rand McNally
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and New York
- Date Published
- 1890
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Walkabout Books
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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