Barker Capt F C (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Green decorated cloth, spine & front panel; 12mo; 230pp; illustrated with frontispiece portrait plus 15 full-page titled b/w photo plates; stated: author's edition. "This is a biography of guide Barker and is the story of his experiences in the Maine woods, with the story of Camp Bemis in the Rangeley Lakes region, which he operated." (Bruns B-49). This copy in VG condition with light cover wear, more so to the spine; internally bright & clean. Phillips p.33; Sheets p.28; Thompson 311.1.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Green decorated cloth, spine & front panel; 12mo; 230pp; illustrated with frontispiece portrait plus 15 full-page titled b/w photo plates; light green pictorial dust jacket, matching cover art work. Stated "author's edition. "This is a biography of guide Barker and is the story of his experiences in the Maine woods, with the story of Camp Bemis in the Rangeley Lakes region, which he operated." (Bruns B-49). This copy in VG+ condition in the uncommon dust jacket with light edge wear and occasional small chipping. A nice find. Phillips p.33; Sheets p.28; Thompson 311.1.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth with gilt spine titles plus border and cover decorations in red; 12mo; 238 +6pp ads; illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of authors, title page vignette plus 2 other full-page engravings. A non-fictional account taken from journals the two trappers kept during their winter in the northwest corner of Maine. In the authors' words, the book "will give an account of the scheme which worked to the preservation of the fish and game north of the Rangeley Lakes; also how we roughed it in order to learn from the mighty forest." This copy is in VG+ condition with slight rubbing to spine ends, bright gilt titles & cover decoration, internally clean with plates clear & bright. Bearing a period presentation to noted book collector Cortland F. Bishop from Arthur H. Curtis on the front free endpaper. A very nice copy of an uncommon Maine woods book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards may have fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Signature on front endpaper; interior pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 230 page hardcover book in decorated green cloth with a green dust jacket with the same men around a sporting camp illustration as on the book cover. First edition, second printing. The life and times of Captain Fred Barker and his life in the Rangeley, Maine area. 15 black and white photo plates. Logging, river driving, guiding, Camp Bemis and the Birches and more and some lumbermen's songs (lyrics only). An as new copy. Flawless, without owner's marks. Dust jacket has a closed half inch tear to top of front cover and one faint, small water spot on spine, else near fine.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Paying the Price - How Nature in Canada's far north has extracted a toll on trappers - with photos; Behind the Himalayas - Part I - Photo-illustrated account of exploration of the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Rubber-Smugglers of Malaya - An amusing story; The Outlaw Elephant - Rogue elephant "George" ravaged the Travancore district of India from 1920 to 1925, killing many and doing immense damage - article with photos; My Desert Dash to Damascus - A decidedly exciting journey across the Syrian Desert amidst hostile devil worshippers and Bedouin - with interesting photos; "Blue-Water Andy" - Did he spot the wreck of an ancient Spanish treasure-galleon on some nameless island? ; Across Africa With a Camera - M.A. Wetherell's photo-illustrated account of his trans-African journey; The Disappearing Lion - An amusing tale from Australia; The Kahuna's Power - A strange little story of native "magic" in Hawaii; A Pearler in the Philippines - F.D. Burdett describes his exciting experiences on pearling trips among the Philippine Islands; The Haunted Camp - The disappearance of a white man in Africa, and the startling events that followed; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part IV - Jack McLaren spent eight years on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula. 84 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Tresilian, S.; Abbey, S.; Peddie, Tom; Inns, Kenneth; Wigfull; Faulks, Jack M.; De Walton, John (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 238-page first edition hardcover in green cloth with cover illustration of a buck with gilt title on spine. Frontis illustration of the authors with scattered illustrations throughout. 6 pages of illustrated ads for other D. Lothrop books at rear. An important chronicle of the authors' time in northwestern Maine woods in the winter of 1876-1877. The authors were both sporting camp owners on Western Maine lakes and respected woodsmen and businessmen. Danforth was the subject of Chasing Danforth: A Wilderness Calling by Robert Cook. Barker wrote the storied Lake and Forest as I Have Known Them. Rubbing to covers, heavier rubbing to top and bottom of spine. Endpapers mottled. Text block tight and without owner's names. No jacket, probably as issued. Ships insured, in a box.…