Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making
by Gibson, W. Hamilton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A: Harper & Brothers, 1881. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Green cloth with red stamped decorations and gilt titles. Boards are heavily rubbed and edge worn with scuffing and fraying at extremities. Red decoration has darkened and faded, along with some of the gilt. Previous owner's name and address written in pencil in front and rear end papers. Pages are toned from age with scattered foxing and spotting throughout. Binding is sound. 300 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white by the author. Comprehensive hints on camp shelter, log huts, bark shanties, woodland beds and bedding, boat and canoe building, and valuable suggestions on trappers' food, etc. With extended chapters on the trapper's art, containing all the "tricks" and valuable bait recipes of the profession; Full directions for the use of the steel trap, and for the construction of the traps of all kinds; detailed instructions for the capture of all fur-bearing animals; Valuable recipes for the curing and tanning of fur skins, etc., etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000678
- Title
- Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making
- Author
- Gibson, W. Hamilton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1881
- Size
- 12mo - over 6
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HUNTING TRAPPING TRAP CONSTRUCTION ANIMALS FUR SKINS SKINNING CAMPING OUTDOOR LIFE SPORT SPORTING CAMPSITE VICTORIAN BINDING Sports
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About the Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper
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Portland, Oregon
About Crooked House Books & Paper
Welcome to the Crooked House, a one-of-a-kind bookstore in Portland, Oregon. Specializing in the beautiful and unusual: books by, for and about women, cookery, domestic science, decorative publishers bindings, weird how-to books and ephemera, 1920s-30s women's magazines, Modern Library, and more.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
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- 12mo
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...