CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1898. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. 441 p. THE AMERICAN BOYS HANDY BOOK-WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT BY D.C. BEARD NEW EDITION COPYRIGHT 1898. PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS. ON COPYRIGHT PAGE; 1882-1890...THIS COPY IS DATED 1898...HARDCOVER CONDITION FAIR/GOOD. SOME WEAR ON COVER. FIRST TO BLANK PAGES LOOSE IN BOOK...441 PAGES. CONTENTS; SPRING--KITE TIME, WAR KITES, NOVEL MODES OF FISHING, HOME MADE FISHING TACKLE, HOW TO REAR BIRDS, HOW TO REAR WILD BIRDS, HOME-MADE HUNTING APPARATUS ETC., HOW TO MAKE BLOW GUNS & ELDER GUNS ETC....AUTUMN...TRAPS & TRAPPING, DOGS, PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY FOR BOYS, EVERY BOY A DECORATIVE ARTIST, . WINTER SNOWBALL WARFARE, NOW HOUSES AND SATUARY, SLEDS & CHAIR SLEIGHS & SNOW SHOES, ...-HOW TO MAKE THE TOM THUMB ICE BOAT AND LARGER CRAFT, THE WINGED SKATES AND HOW TO MAKE THE WINGS, WINTER FISHING-SPEARING & SNARING-FISHERMANS MOVABLE SHANTIES ETC., IN DOOR AMUSEMENTS, THE BOYS OWN PHUNNYGRAPH, HOW TO MAKE PUPPETS AND A PUPPET SHOW, PUSS IN BOOTS DRAMATIZED AND ADAPTED FOR A PUPPET SHOW, HOW TO MAKE A MAGIC LANTERN; A KALIEDOSCOPE-FORTUNE TELLERS BOX ETC., HOW TO MAKE THE DANCING FAIRIES THE BATHER AND THE ORATOR, . HOW TO MAKE VARIOUS AND DIVERS WHIRLIGIGS, . THE UNIVERSE IN A CARD BOX, LIFE INSTILLED INTO PAPER PUPPETS AND MATCHES MADE OF HUMAN FINGERS, HOME MADE MASQUERADE AND THEATRICAL COSTUMES...----ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE 4 SEASONS...SPRING KITES, FISHING, SUMMER. HOME MADE BOATS, SOAP BUBBLES, PAPER FIREWORKS, HOME-MADE HUNTING APPARATUS...AUTUMN; DECOYS, TAXIDERMY; UNCLE ENOS BANJO, WINTER; SNOW SHOES...A GREAT VINTAGE BOOK; FOR YOUNG AND OLD

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Bookseller: Red Rover Do Over (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: Alibris.0028655
Title: the american boys handy book
Author: D.C. BEARD
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Good. No dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Date Published: 1898

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