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1929Best.-Nr. 368451929 New-York, 1929. Format 14x21 cm, broche, 330 pages. Ouvrage en langue anglaise. Un pli vertical sur la premiere de couverture. Bon etat.
Best.-Nr. 13839Boy scouts of America 1943 livret guide 17,5*11,5 124 pages
Best.-Nr. 14901Constable, London 1927,IN8 pleine toile sous jacquette renforcee, Hardcover . Over 500 drawings by author, whose life work is the development or revival of Woodcarft, that is outdoor life in its greatest sense, as a school for manhood. He defends Indians and their traditions, as he sees them as a model for outdoor life.
193324 pages. Features: The All-America Prairie Chicken Trials; Considerable dog information; Veterinary Q & A; nice vintage ads, including an illustrated one-page ad for Florida-Collier Coast and Associated Hotels; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 2556323 May 1906. On embossed War Office letterhead. ‘Scouting for Boys’ did not begin its serialized publication until January 1908 but Baden-Powell’s entry in the Oxford DNB states that it was Haldane as Secretary for War who ‘persuaded him that character training should be at the centre of any scheme of boy instruction’ following a ‘major inspection’ of the Boys’ Brigade by him as Vice-President at Glasgow in April 1904. 1p 4to. In fair condition lightly aged with slight creasing and a short closed tear to one edge. Reads: ‘Dictated. / 23rd. May 1906. / Dear General Baden-Powell / Thank you for your letter. I have seen Sir Edwad Ward about your scheme and he is to have a meeting with you. / Believe me / Yours sincerely / cyclostyled signature R. B. Haldane’. At the time of the letter Sir Edward Ward 1853-1928 was Permanent Under-Secretary at the War Office. 23 May 1906. On embossed War Office letterhead. unknown
Best.-Nr. 133069497X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1918Best.-Nr. 12742Toronto: McClelland Goodchild & Stewart. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Navy cloth cover is rubbed at corners and spine caps but clean bright and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has several small tears and chips at extremities and soiled back panel but front panel clean and bright. DJ protected by a brand new clear acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. If pictured shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. . . 1918. McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 24545M. A. Donohue CHICAGO 1914. HBDJ 1914 EARLY Edition GOOD cloth hardback with GOOD- DustJacket in new Brodart. Burgundy & Black decorated cloth HB with top corner edge Stain on front DJ light Fade Wear & tiny Chips Soil Tears Wear Extremities Crease of DJ Fold tiny Chips Holes Top DJ spine & top edge back DJ small chip Yet Titles & Publ basically Intact Interior nice tight light FOX Stains wear 250 pgs ADS end with Boy Scouts in an Airplane. Hard Cover. M. A. Donohue, CHICAGO hardcover
Best.-Nr. 33167Ottawa. The Boy Scout Association The StoresDepartment. 1936. Soft cover. 28cm 48p. heavily illustrated with photographs &drawings order blanks colour illustrated wraps original orderingenvelop laid-in light soiling to covers very good. N12 Includesa two-page illustrated description : "Young Canada on Parade in honourof Lord Baden-Powell's visit to Canada 1935." The catalogue providesdescriptions with photos of uniforms and equipment of cubs boy scoutsrovers sea scouts commissioners and leaders along with badges andinsignia. With an extensive list of Boy Scout literature including the"Gilcraft" series. Ottawa. The Boy Scout Association, The StoresDepartment. 1936 unknown
1938Best.-Nr. 10052gcsNew York: D. Appleton Century Company 1938. Published for The Boy Scouts of America. First Edition. Octavo khaki cloth hardcover xi 248 pp. Very Good with light foxing to cloth. Contents: How to Take a Daniel Boone Hike: Dan Beard; School of the Wild: Lord Robert Baden-Powell; The Ways of Wild Brother: Archibald Rutledge; Some Bugs Snakes and Things: Dan Beard; Paddling Your Own Canoe: Leroy W. Hutchins; When Canoe-Ways Call: Ralph Pierson; Cross-Country Skiing and Ski Jumping: Elon Jessup; Learning to Swim: Sol Metzger; Speeding Up in the Water: Robert J. H. Kiphuth; Ride ‘Em Beach Boy: Charles Baker Jr.; Camp Aquatics: Dr. Edward Ormerod; Backyard Athletics: Mike Sweeney; I Want To Be A Sprinter: C. Ward Crampton M.D.; The Art of Ptiching: Sol Metzger; Straight from the Shoulder: Walter Johnson; Get the Runner: Ralph Henry Barbour; Home Run! Lou Gehrig; Football Fundamentals: Elmer F. Layden; You Can Be Too Game! Frank Graham; Tumbling Your Way to Sports Success: Roy E. Moore; Groove Your Gulf: Gene Sarazen; Our Heritage as Marksmen: Horace Lyte; Nature Photography: Lewis Wayne Walker; Outdoor Sleuthing: Raymond L. Ditmars; Lions I Have Photographed: Martin Johnson; Fire Making and Cooking Tips: Dan Beard; Model Aeroplane Building: F. A. Collins; The World’s Greatest Amateur Race: Edwin T. Hamilton; Figure Skating: Sol Metzger; The Art of Roping: Ed Dodd. D. Appleton Century Company, 1938. Published for The Boy Scouts of America. First Edition. hardcover books
1912This is a very good hardcover copy in the original tan cloth binding with the vignette in black and orange of a boy scout between two fires. Covers clean, spine not sunned or darkened. The endpapers have been professionally replaced and the hinges strengthened. Completely clean inside. Copyright page states 'Published October 1912'. 4 illustrations in black & white by Gordon Grant. 8" high X 5" wide, 313 pages + 6 pages of publishers ads. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
G (no dj, blue pictorial cloth with black lettering on sunned spine, front board with large illustration in black/orange of Girl Guide and Boy Scout sitting in front of camp site,sprinkling of light spots back board, light wear head and tail of spine with one small 1/2" split head of spine, corners rubbed, Sunday School prize inscription front free endpaper, isolated spotting and few grubby marks, light crease two page corners) 12mo 95pp. Colour frontispiece and 8pp b/w illustrations. Camping adventure. Not Guides and Scouts, though both in cover illustration.
Best.-Nr. 68179871-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
2003Best.-Nr. Q-1571781366Council Oak Books 2003-12-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Council Oak Books paperback
1995Best.-Nr. Q-0933031971Council Oak Books 1995-10-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Council Oak Books paperback
Best.-Nr. 0847863018.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1967Best.-Nr. 72449The Cub Scout Handbook reprint 1968 and second edition 1972 both have 72 pages and colourful illustrations; Venture Series 1: Programme Planning for Executive Committees presumed first edition 1968 and second edition 1972 103 and 96 pages; The Scout Badge and Scout Standard revised edition 1968 80 pages; The Chief Scout's Award Book first edition 1967 96 pages; The Advanced Scout Standard first edition 1967 and revised edition 1968 both 88 pages; The Scout Leader's Guide from A -Z hardback fourth edition 1968 Published by The Scout Association and C. Arthur Pearson Ltd hardcover
1978VG hbk in glazed pictorial boards. Front endpaper clipped. 21431. eng
192632 pages. Features: The Loneliest Man in New York - an intimate study of Frank A. Munsey by one of his former newspaper executives; Through the colored glasses of Freudism the doctor looks at Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady - and decides that Freud should be repudiated; Building Good Roads by Gasoline - income from tolls, gas tax and licenses pays for U.S. roads; America's Scattered Children - the American flag flies in Alaska and more than halfway across the Pacific on thousands of islands; 'Bad English' is a Heritage from Olden Times - much of the grammar now classed as incorrect has come down to us by word of mouth from the time of Chaucer and before; Henry Ford's Page - understanding how the public mind moves from interest to disinterest; Editorials - the defeat of Mrs. Ferguson in Texas was actually a repudiation of her husband, Jim Ferguson, corn is a huge commodity, taxes hurt the British whisky-making industry; Voyage of the Victoria - The Passage of the Strait (part 9); The Women of Mexico Awake - they claim freedom which their American sisters enjoy; Pity the Poor Baseball Scout! - he deals in human ivory; Phoning in the Woods - photo-illustrated article on phone lines serving fire-fighting Forest Rangers in Montana; Chats with Office Callers - New Yorker article explains how for three times in a row the writer attended church, only to witness the uplifting of those of another religion; Rare Americana in a Unique Setting - the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Some Vanished Towns of Kansas - cities that died before they had lived/State Capital which could not be found; Interesting tree photos inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 0548514410.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 75-7962Manchester NH Woodstock Vermont: Swift Water Girl Scout Council Inc. Lilliputter Press 1962. 64mo. 5 x 3.5 cm Stapled Wrap ca. 18 pp. Very Good with Transparent Packet.Text in English French German and Japanese Manchester, NH, Woodstock Vermont: Swift Water Girl Scout Council, Inc., Lilliputter Press, 1962 unknown
1913Best.-Nr. 000893New York: The New York Book Company 1913. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Hardcover 5 X 7.5 in yellow boards with near fine full front cover paste-on of DJ illustration and black titles on spine in good condition edge worn DJ protected by new clear book jacket cover in fair condition 2nd of 8 listings in Hickory Ridge series on front DJ flap book ad for "The Boy Globe Trotters" by Elbert Fisher on rear on DJ insect damage to outer rim of spine not effecting inner hinges 1/2 chip to upper edge of DJ in rear close to spine no markings The New York Book Company hardcover
194132 pages. Features: Photos of Churchill inspecting American mechanized squadron of the home guard; One page illustration of Lord Baden-Powell who passed away January 8th; Two pages of illustrations of badges and devices of various squadrons; Two-page illustration of America's colossal sea power; Five photos of the Blackburn 'Botha', our new general reconaissance plane; The War with Nazi Germany - article discusses the victories in North Africa; Two pages of photos relating to the fall of the Italian 'Bastion' of Bardia on January 5; Five photos of Free French forces battling at Bardia; Six photos of the trail of Italian flight from Bardia; Two-page illustration of the Bangalore Torpedo in use - it was successfully used against the barbed wire defenses of Bardia; Photo of General Smuts inspecting his South African Army in Kenya; Five photos of scenes of Greek successes; Before and after photos of Wren glories after fire attack on London; Photos of the personalities of the week include Joan Hearn-Avis, Captain H.J. Horsey, James Joyce (who died on Jan. 13th), Sir Lohn Lavery, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Alan Cunningham, Frank Bridge, Sir Henry Steele, Edward Colin Ryder Richardson, Ubaldo Soddu, William D. Leahy, and Sir Frank Spencer Spriggs; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
19108vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of red ribbed cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, decorative endpapers, a near fine copy. With fine engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down. First and sole appearance in EL. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. EL 428; Seymour 4.0.
Best.-Nr. 0843733853New. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
