The Library of Pioneering and Woodcraft - Vol. I-V [Birchbark Editions, incomplete five volume set]
by Ernest Thompson Seton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016053
- Title
- The Library of Pioneering and Woodcraft - Vol. I-V [Birchbark Editions, incomplete five volume set]
- Author
- Ernest Thompson Seton
- Illustrator
- Ernest Thompson Seton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Frank Seton, outdoor activities, Boy Scouts of America, Scouting, nature, self-sufficiency, woodsmen skills, hunting, tracking, Indian Skills, canoing, water skills, woodsmen skills, outdoors,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adolescent/Childrens Books; Americana;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
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- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.