Search Results: Outdoors from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

St. John's, Newfoundland: Breakwater, 1989 Book. Illus. by The Author. Near Fine. Soft cover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original illustrated cover trade paperback. A collection of what the author deems his best pieces written during five years in the 70's, "not so much to keep the wolf from the door as to keep my mind off global catastrophe." - Introduction. Signed by the author. 208 pp..

Hantsport, N.S.: Lancelot Press, 1984 Book. Illus. by Line Drawings. Good Plus. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spine-soiled softcover. Clean inside. Previous owner's name. Artist unnamed. 95 pp..

N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original brown cloth on boards. Faint stamp, Murchie Beer, on first free endpaper. Tips on all phases of camping and riding. 236 pp..

Toronto: The Bryant Press, Limited, 1914 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green cloth on boards. Gold titles. Covers grubby, interior clean. Hinges cracked. Forestry work in the Trent Watershed and B.C., Bore-hole records and capping of gas wells, Migratory birds, Fur farming, Karakul sheep, Toronto Housing Company, Laws for sanitary plumbing, Infant mortality, Leasing oyster beds, Forest reserve in Lake of the Woods, Wheat shipments, First aid, and many other topics. 287 pp..

N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1929 Book. Illus. by Photos. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red cloth lettered in yellow on boards. An authentic tale of deep-sea fishing from a 3-masted schooner from Nova Scotia, as told by a California boy. Many photos of big fish, including the author's 77 pound world record Rock Bass. Starting at Panama, they sail to the Cocos, Galapagos, Perlas Islands, and up the Pacific coast of Mexico to Los Angeles. Pranks, fights, and fishing entertainingly described. You'll think you are there ! In this, his first book, the author is appropriately grateful for his good fortune - missing school to go fishing ! 268 pp..

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1893 Book. Illus. by Hyde. Good Plus. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original pictorial tan cloth lettered and decorated in black on boards. Lake and Forest Series. Author was known as an author and publisher of several books on northern Maine. "A story founded on fact." - title page. Hinges cracked. Map of the Richardson Lakes after p. 122 is nearly separated by a gutter tear (not repaired). No writing except previous owner's name. Nine South-End boys from 15 to 18 are planning a two-months' trip. Their first goal is to purchase some rowboats and begin practice in handling them. The last page, 364, promises a second volume of this series, entitled "A Trip to Parmachenee." Catalog of Elijah Kellogg's Books..

Fredericton, N.B.: New Ireland Press, 1994 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gift note the only mark in the book. The Miramichi attracts them all - Harvey Kirck and Ted Williams, among others. 134 pp..

London: The Boy Scouts Association, 1960 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Pictorial DJ of heavy stock. John Thurman was Camp Chief of the Boy Scouts Association. 76 pp. Lectures to Boy Scouts on the place of religion in the movement. Foreword to Guiders recommends the book to Girl Guides as well..

Fredericton, NB: Canadian Forestry Association of New Brunswick Inc., 1987 Book. Illus. by Colour and B & W Photos. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. First Edition. 7 1/2 x 10 Oblong. Original peach large format softcover with navy lettering and colour photo of a tree on the cover. Spine edge of front cover sunned. Minor edgewear. Each page has a photo of an important tree in New Brunswick, as nominated by civilians, with a detailed description and map of where it is found. One wonders how many of these trees remain today. Scarce. .

London: Hodder and Stoughton Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue blindstamped cloth on boards. Hodder and Stoughton's People's Library. Nostalgic ruminations on the joys of walking in the English countryside, with frequent comments on animals and birds to be seen there. Brief Christmas, 1928, inscription. Some gutter strains, but no separations. 190 pp..

Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Company, 1956 Book. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. Very Good. Original Cloth. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original brown cloth decorated in white on boards. Pictured-Key Nature Series. North American mosses and liverworts, with suggestions and aids for their study. 226 pp. with index and comprehensive list of families of mosses..

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd. Book. Illus. by W.H.C. Groome. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light green cloth on boards, showing swastikas on spine and front. All four colour plates present. The grammar is in two distinct forms. When addressing the reader, the author adopts a stilted authoritarian tone. However, when one of the three main characters, Old Jake, lets loose about something it is pure backwoods dialect, especially when he describes coming into contact with a ba'r, which he eventually stabbed to death while seated on its back ! This book contains much nature lore about a number of animals of the Athabasca. First free endpaper removed. No writing. 320 pp..

Lake Oswego, OR: Great Outdoors Book Exchange, 1992 Book. Illus. by Ralph L. Boyer. Very Good Minus. Full Leather. Signed by Alec Jackson. Reprint #147 of 149 Copies. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original (reprint) in blue leather on boards. Scratches on front cover, and spots on both front and back covers. Just as Jack Russell's name is widely-known as a salmon fisherman, so is Alec Jackson's reputation as a hook and lure designer fair game for campfire conversation everywhere. Limited Reprint Edition, #147 of 149 copies. Designed by Wm. S. Hotine. 204 pp..

Hammonds Plains, N.S.: Friends of Keji Coop. Assoc., 2007 Book. Illus. by Colour Photos. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8 1/2 x 8 1/2. Original photo cover trade paperback. Over 65 colour photos of Kejimkujik National Park in SW Nova Scotia. Signed by the author. Some photos jump out at you, while others pull you in. Text in English and French. 96 pp. ISBN 978-0-9782741-0-8 and 9 780978 274108..

London: John Lehmann, 1948 Book. Illus. by Colour Frontispiece from H. Alken. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth on boards. First published in 1832, a "half-true, half-fictitious story." We are not told which is which, but anyone who is nuts on horses, riding, hunting, drinking and/or gambling won't care. Previous owner's name. 384 pp..

Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers and Distributors, 1983 Book. Illus. by Line Drawings By the Author.. Very Good. Hardcover. Fifth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photo cover on boards. This appears to be a good, all-around guide to camping, hiking, and trapping in the great outdoors. Lots of illustrations by the author help to make things clear. 239 pp. with index..

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Responsive Environments Corp., 1966 Book. Illus. by Hans Erni. Very Good. Hardcover. New (Revised) Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original pictorial cloth on boards. Library Edition, Lamplight Publishing on spine. Minor hand soil. No names, marks or damage. A wonderful, big book full of colourful illustrations and descriptive text. 359 pp. with index. Please inquire for postage before ordering..

Camden East, Ontario: Camden House, 1990 Book. Illus. by Michael and Patricia Fogden. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original black cloth on boards. Not just a photo essay, but a collection of colour photos from the Amazon cleverly nicknamed and fully described in text. 156 pp..

Fredericton, N.B.: Self-published, 1990 Book. Illus. by B/W Photos, Drawings and Maps. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. First Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 Inches. Light blue trade paperback with photo of a river on the cover and black lettering. Some rubbed spots on cover. Creases in cover at spine. Longtime guide and outfitter shares 40 years of his memories of many streams in New Brunswick, as well as hunting deer, moose, and bear. List of guides registered in 1903. .

Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing , Limited, 1997 Book. Illus. by B & W Photos and Map. Good Plus. Soft cover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photo cover paperback with red, white and gold lettering. Cover has several creases. Last fifteen pages and back cover have top corner bent. Includes the original journal of Campbell Hardy's birchbark canoe trip as well as Captain Dashwood's interior forest expeditions, and much more. .