Search Results: Recreation, Sports and Hobbies from Resource Books, LLC

Brooklin, Maine, U.S.A.: Wooden Boat Pub, 1995. First edition [1995]. Softcover in near fine condition with minimal edge rubbing, firm binding, very clean pages with no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Berwyn, PA: Hurst Communications, 2004. First edition, stated first printing, 2004, signed by the author on the title page. Story of a legendary endurance race, with comments by those who were there. Includes both color and black and white photos taken by the author. Gray cloth, oblong format, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is also very good with some modest shelf rubbing, no chips or tears.. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 4to.

Boston: The Boston Herald and The Boston Traveler, 1957. First edition [1957]. Very well-kept copy of this comprehensive guide to salt and fresh-water boating facilities in New England. Includes a folding map in black, white and blue in a pocket inside the rear cover. Printed card covers with plastic comb binding, 110 pages plus advertisement. Some minimal edgewear to the covers, internally fine with no names or other markings. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Milwaukee: The Delta Manufacturing Company , 1940. Undated, circa 1940. From the publisher's series of shopwork publications, showing a wide variety of wooden table designs, including nested, circular, coffee and end tables, drop-leaf, swing-top and folding dinette set. Brown illustrated softcover, thirty-nine pages. The book is in very good condition with minimal edgewear, rear cover three quarters detached but present, clean contents free from any markings. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 1991. Fourth edition, 1991. Softcover, 211 pages plus blank pages of notes and publisher ad. Very good condition, firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Woodstock, Vermont, U.S.A.: Backcountry Guides, 2002. Fifth edition [2002] of this guide to hiking in Connecticut, illustrated with photographs and maps. Softcover, 234 pages. Light cover wear, mainly a little unnevenness of the lamination, spine uncreased, binding sound, pages clean and free from names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1952. Well-kept first edition [1952] of this collection of imaginative ideas for instructing and entertaining elementary age students. Chartreuse cloth with red metallic and black spine lettering, illustrated title spread, 320 pages with extensive index, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with minimal edgewear, including foxed top edge, half inch square foxed area right of center at top quarter of front cover, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Camden, SC: The Premier Press, 1986. Number 314 of a limited edition of 3000 copies. Rich light brown leather printed in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston: The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1965. First edition, 1965. Includes the three folding maps in pockets inside the covers. Silver cloth printed in black, about 6 inches tall, 475 pages including index. Fair to good condition with some cover wear, good hinges, sound text block, some waviness to the top inch of pages throughout (likely a quick dip in water, no discoloration), minor corner wear to a few pages, page clean, name and address on front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1979. 1979 reprint. Bibliotheca Himalayica series. Illustrated with black and white plates, folding map. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, decorative endpapers, with dustjacket. Very good condition with good hinges, sound text block, minor spot and surface chip to upper edge of front pastedown endpaper, clean pages, gift notation on front free endpaper, decorative name stamp on title page, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and in very good condition with some light shelf soil, no chips or tears.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1955. First edition, 1955. Illustrated with black and white plates. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, illustrated dustjacket. The book has edgewear with additional rubbing to spine ends and uneven spine fading, good hinges, sound text block, light foxing to endpapers, gift notation on front free endpaper, decorative name stamp on half-title, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has some edge rubbing and other wear, very little paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1885. First edition, 1885. Blue cloth printed in gilt and blue, frontis engraving and an additional plate by Edward Whymper, another by Percy Macquoid. Fair to good condition with considerable edgewear and chipping to spine ends, hinges internally cracked but secure, text block sound but not tight (no loosened pages), short closed tear along inner margin of one page, pages clean with a decorative name stamp on the title page, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2005. First edition, first printing. Review copy, with publisher's transmittal information laid in loosely at the front (not marked or stamped). Looks and feels new and unread, no names or other markings, dustjacket in mylar protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cassell and Company, 1902. First edition, 1902. Illustrated with black and white plates from photographs plus a double page map. Maroon cloth printed in gilt, 252 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers rubbed, most heavily at the extremities, ex-library with remains of spine label, pocket, stamps, etc. on endpapers, additional stamp on title page with later decorative name stamp also on title page, hinges internally light cracked and secure, sound text block, pages clean. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Delhi, India: Indus Publishing Company, 2000. First edition, 2000. Illustrated in color, from photographs. Black cloth with dustjacket. The book has modest edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with a decorative name stamp on the title page, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is also very good with no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1926. First edition, 1926, with a long inscription to Mr. & Mrs. George Edward Kent on the dedication, signed by the author and dated Christmas 1926. Illustrated with photographs and small drawings illustrative of equipment and technique. Blue cloth printed in gilt, 419 pages, no dustjacket. Some modest rubbing to corners and spnie ends, good hinges, sound text block, slightly age-toned but clean pages, no other names or markings.. Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. First edition, 1904. Worn, with 10 of the 32 black and white plates missing. Green pictorial cloth printed in gilt, black, blue, purple and white, black and white frontis plate, additional black and white illustrations, 333 pages. covers worn and rubbed, fraying to corners and spine ends, hinges internally lightly cracked but secure, text block sound, pages age-toned with intermittent foxing (age speckling), decorative name stamp on half-title, no other markings. Missing plates are those opposite pages: 51, 152, 182, 247, 259, 269, 272, 298, 312, 317.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1930. Undated, ca. 1930. Adventure tales of mainly salt water fishing, illustrated with black and white plates. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in black, 319 pages, no dustjacket. Covers rubbed at the edges with some spotting to the front cover, good hinges, sound text block, outer edges of text block foxed, pages lightly age-toned and foxed but otherwise clean, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hastings House, 1959. First edition. Lightly worn copy in unevenly faded dustjacket. Highly informative book on bullfighting, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and diagrams. Greenish yellow cloth, 256 pages, illustrated dustjacket. Light edgewear and some spotting to the upper edges of the covers, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has considerable edge rubbing and numerous tiny chips, some edge creases, background of spine sunbleached to light pink but with black lettering unfaded.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Camden, SC: Briar Patch Press, 1988. Number 105 of a limited deluxe edition of 500 copies, part ot The African Collection of high quality reprints of classic African hunting books. Rich green leather printed in gilt, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark, linen cloth covered slipcase. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings, slipcase in fine condition.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.