Great Camps of the Adirondacks by Harvey H. Kaiser - 2003-07-03

David R. Godine, Publisher, 2003-07-01. hardcover. Used: Good.

David R. Godine, Publisher, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 8x1x11. A short tear and some edgewear to dustjacket. Harvey Kaiser traces the history of the Adirondacks from their first sighting by a European in 1535, through the eras of trapping, iron mining, and lumbering, to the development of railroad and steamboat lines that led to the influx of tourists and the building of the 'Great Camps.' The sixty years from 1870 to 1930 were the heyday of these camps, the Gilded Age of the Adirondacks, and Kaiser give a fascinating account both of the personalities who engineered and financed these fabulous structures and of the buildings themselves...More than forty years after the Depression put an end to this princely life-style, the camps themselves are threatened by the forces of politics and nature. In Great Camps of the Adirondacks, Harvey Kaiser make a strong case for preservation: the obliteration of these remarkable structures would be an irreparable loss not only to our… Read More

David R. Godine, Publisher, 2003-07-01. hardcover. Used:Good.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Reprint (1999). VERY GOOD/GOOD. Head and heel of spine, corners of boards, and lower edges of boards bumped; bottom edge shelfwear, several page corners bumped and creased. Jacket faded at spine, worn, bumped at edges and fodls, with several chips and short tears at edges, sticker on back. 240 pp., color and b/w illus. Size: 4to

Boston: David R. Godine, 1996. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Quarto, green and brown cloth boards in dust jacket, jacket is in very good condition with one corner clipped and light rubbing, book is in very good + with light overall wear, 240pp.

Boston: David R. Godine. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1996. Later prt.. hardcover. 4to, 240 pp. .

New Hampshire: David R. Godine Publisher Inc., 1982. vi-xv, 240pp; illustrated; glossy pictorial d/j, minimal edgewear.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

David R. Godine, Publisher, 2003-07-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!