Search Results: Adirondacks from Lux Libri

Two (2) bills from Denker & Sons of New York City for purchases in 1945 by Edelberg's Furs of Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks. Edelberg's bought 10 raccoon coats for a total of $1,610. Approx. 6 x 8.5 inches each. VG, as shown.

York, England: Terpsichore Press, (2021.) Signed 1st edition. Poems inspired by the Adirondack Mountains. 8vo hardcover in dust jacket. 54 pp. Near Fine. An uncommon book published to benefit the small public library in Keene Valley, NY, in the High Peaks region. The author is a professor in Scotland who has been visiting the Adirondacks since the 1970s.

Elizabethtown, NY: Adirondack History Center Museum, 2009. VG+ exhibition catalog. Signed and inscribed by the artist with his monogram initials. 18 pp., color and b&w illustrated. Edward "Ted" Cornell (b. 1944) lives and works at the Art Farm / Crooked Brook Studio in Essex County in the Adirondacks. His varied work ranges from traditional landscapes to monumental sculpture created from found rural objects. He was an early associate of Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival and directed its first Pulitzer Prize winner, the 1969 play No Place to Be Somebody.

Ray Brook, NY: Saranac Lake Golf Club. 1966 program of a dinner honoring golf pro Hike Tyrell on his 40th anniversary at the club. The event also marked the dedication of a new clubhouse. [12] pp., b&w photos, ads, laid-in list of contributors. Text includes a brief history of Tyrell's time at the club, where he set the course record in 1941 with a 64. Staple-bound paper wraps. VG.

Charleston, SC: Create Space, (2016.) Edition not stated. Signed by the author. A well-researched history of running the whitewater of the remote Hudson Gorge in the Adirondacks of NY state. Includes material on early explorers, adventurers, log drivers, and the evolution to whitewater rafting as a recreational sport. Trade paperback, 9 x 6 inches. 350 pp., b&w photos and maps. Extensive footnotes and bibliography. Near Fine. Clean and unmarked, as shown.

[Essex, NY]: Essex Editions, (2017.) 1st edition. Signed by the author in black marker. A guide to the diverse wildlife of the hills and waterways that link Lake Champlain with the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks. Illustrated by drawings, photos, and a double-page map. Like new with only slight edge wear. (Adirondack Park – Essex County – Ecology and Conservation.)