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THOREAU, Henry D. JOHNSON, Clifton (ed.) HAMMELL, Will Canoeing in the Wilderness. 1st US no dj
Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York, 1916,
THOREAU, Henry D. Canoeing in the Wilderness. Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated by Will Hammell. Boston.N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, (April) 1916. First Printing. Pp (8),[vii]-x,[1]-191,(1),(4,ads),frontis + 7 chromolithographs. 8vo, green cloth, black lettering to front board and spine, dark green and white illustration of three men in a canoe and an island to front board. "The record of the journey is the latter half of his The Maine Woods, which is perhaps the finest idyl of the forest ever written." - from the Introduction by Clifton Johnson. Cassell 1912. Not listed in the Borst bibliography. "This predates even MacGregor's trips in Europe, and is one ofthe earliest recreational canoe trips written about." - Cassell. Some mino r wear to spine ends and corners, some foxing to fore-edges and plates, else a very good copy of a scarce title. 150.00
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JOHNSON, Will. Tales from My Grandmother's Pipe - Saban Lore. Second revised edition.
Saba, 1983,
JOHNSON, Will. Tales from My Grandmother's Pipe Saban Lore. Second revised edition. Saba : Published by the author, 1983. Pp [1]-96. Illustrated. 8vo, blue and grey card covers. The story of the island of Saba in the Netherlands Antilles and its connections to the sea. Contents : Saba of Old : A short history of Saba History through indoctrination Notes from the past Sabans and the sea Our heritage Tidbits of island life As the ship puts out to sea. Tales of Land and Sea : Tales of Indians Of ships and m en Big Jim Coming of age on Saba. Appendix : some data. 1. Our captains. 2. Ships formerly belonging to Sabans. 3. Population in 1699. 4. Population statistics. Very good. 10.00
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