Published by Sampson Low, Marston and Co., undated, c.1915, New and Cheaper edition,, 1915
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
US$ 21.11
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 8vo, xii,238pp, 61 b/w illustrations, mopderate foxing and browning throughout, internal binding shaken but holding, no inscriptions, pictorial cloth, covers rubbed and soiled, Good / no dustwrapper.
Published by SAMPSON LOW, 1913
Seller: Border Books, Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. J.P. RODNEY (illustrator). PICTORIAL BINDING 2/3 COLOURS AND GOLD TEXT, NEW AND CHEAPER ED, FOXED, TANNED, INSCRIPTION DATED 1913.
Language: English
Published by Sampson Low,Marston & Co Ltd, London, 1921
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 77.41
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. J.P. Rodney (illustrator). This is a Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's limp cloth boards in green with pictorial front cover with a pitched tent.Illustrated with over 60 drawings and with several maps.It's a comprehensive work on the various do's and don'ts whilst camping,chapters on Where to go and hoiw to start,camp routine,where to pitch,the requirements of the tent and cooking equipment.There is one former owner's neat inscription on the front pastedown dated 1921.The outer cloth is a little worn and creased and internally the contents are clean but the binding is weakening at several of the page gatherings.Overall graded 'Good' yet still an elusive title.8vo 158pp Undated But Circa 1920's.
Published by Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, 1911
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 35.18
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Add to basket8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, endpapers and half-title browned, neat contemporary signature on frontispiece recto; original green pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately lettered and blocked in gilt and colours, gilt edges, upper hinge tender (but binding wholly sound), a bright, clean copy. Vividly-written and entertaining account of five boys building a canoe (among other things) with much period practical detail in the manner of a manual. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Published by J.B.Lippincott: Philadelphia nd (c 1911), 1911
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Illustr by J.P. Rodney, 8 x 5, pict cloth, 238 pp, covers a bit worn (esp extremities), hinges loose, inner hinges cracked, pp toned else a decent copy of this scarce British import. A group of boys get together and build things including a canoe and a battery.
Published by J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1910
Seller: Pacific Coast Books, ABAA,ILAB, Gleneden Beach, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. J.P. Rodney (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition, A Record of The Toolhouse Club Together with an Account of The Great Excursion, circa 1910 assumed First Edition, 238 pages with many black and white illustrations. Original U.K. story of boys building a canoe and the efforts by the club. Book is near Fine minus, clean green cloth with bright gilt titles to spine and front board, very pronounced embossed illustrations on front board and spine, illustraion of the canoe under cover on front panel and crossed paddles on sppine, tight and square with sharp points, previous owner gift inscription on front pastedown, a few areas of very light edge wear, text is near Fine, a very solid First Edition and in collectable condition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Published at 6, Wine Office Court. 1875, 1875
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
US$ 132.30
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Add to basketFront., plates & illus. Orig. red-brown cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt; a little dulled & rubbed. Not recorded in BL or on Copac; there is also apparently no record of The Pioneer itself. Includes: A chat about the Lancashire Folk; Essays for workmen; The glory of the man; The modern fair; &c. Reindorp went on to edit 'Hobbies for Boys' and 'Practical Camping for Boys'.