Chief Scout (31 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. GOOD+ Dust Jacket. First Edition By This Publisher. 183 pages.>>> (weight = 340 grams) "The Chapters are: Pictures in the Fire; This Scotland; The Bonnie Prince; R.L.S. - 1879 and 1909; In the Garden of the Lord; Youth Comes to the Mountain; The Great Trek; Their Finest Hour; I Meet Marshal Suvorof; Edric the Second; Tour du Mont Blanc; A Spoonful of Salt; Canadian Odyssey; and Trembling Water."CONDITION = BOOK = Sticker stain on first page; DUSTJACKET = Sticker residue on front cover; Rubbing & edge wear to covers;1"x 2" piee missin gfrom backcover; Price clipped on lower front flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. PHOTO Cover (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 183 pp. Green boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Chipping on the corners of the dustjacket with some nicks, chips and rubbing around the edges; also, some rubbing on the front panel; price clipped; no interior markings. The Contents are: Pictures in the Fire; This Scotland; The Bonnie Prince; R.L.S. - 1879 and 1909; In the Garden of the Lord; Youth Comes to the Mountain; The Great Trek; Their Finest Hour; I Meet Marshal Suvorof; Edric the Second; Tour du Mont Blanc; A Spoonful of Salt; Canadian Odyssey; and Trembling Water. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edge and corner wear; no interior markings. This issue contains: Pirate's Hoard - Treasure by Sir Malcolm Campbell; Trailing Treasure Trove by Marcus Woodward; The Phantom Battleship by Rupert Chesterton; Boys Who Are Building the Empire by The Chief Scout; He Came Out in Spots; Trusting to Beefy by Reginald G. Thomas; Buried Gold by T. C. Bridges; The Battle with Lions by Commander Attilio Gatti; Beaten Copper Work by Gilcraft; For the House by R. T. George; How to Get Hold of Stamps by F. Hugh Vallancey; and Adventures in the Jungle. Size: 4to. Kenneth Brookes; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edge and corner wear; no interior markings. This issue contains: Not a Trace by Sercombe Griffin; Australian Adventures by The Chief Scout; The Phantom Battleship by Rupert Chesterton; Let's Make a Camp Horn by Gilcraft; Good Times for Wheelers by Ray Dee; The Voice of Turtle Doves by Marcus Woodward; Camping Stunts - removable booklet by D. G. Turner; White Man's Ju-Ju by Christopher Beck; and The Story of the Jungle Brothers. Size: 4to. Kenneth Brookes; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edge and corner wear; no interior markings. Cover painting by Kenneth Brookes. This issue contains: Dick of the Crazy Z by Frank Dudley; Cooking with a Crane; The Phantom Battleship by Rupert Chesterton; Who Was St. George? by The Chief Scout; The Mailsford Bluff by Michael Poole; Get Ready for Whitsun; The Pirates of the South Seas by Christopher Beck; How to Make a Camp Bucket and Basin by Gilcraft; and Let's Think About Camp. Size: 4to. Kenneth Brookes; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edge and corner wear; no interior markings. Cover painting by Kenneth Brookes. This issue contains: The Man Hunt Mystery by D. G. Turner; Good Hiking; The Pearl Pirates by Christopher Beck; New Ideas for Scout Hikes by Claude Fisher; Bitten by a Cobra by Commander Attilio Gatti; What We Can Do; The Phantom Battleship by Rupert Chesterton; Fighting the Dragon by The Chief Scout; Making Fishing Nets by Gilcraft; Last Line of Defence by R. S Lyons; Spring Fashions in Birdland; and Let's Go A-Rambling. Size: 4to. Kenneth Brookes; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edge and corner wear; no interior markings. Cover painting by S. Drigin. This issue contains: Test Pilot by S. T. James; Making Bows and Arrows by Gilcraft; The World's Biggest Thrill Show by J. P. Christie; Songs You Hear At Night by Marcus Woodward; The Chief Visits South London; King of Kaos by Michael Poole; Judging Weight and Numbers by Leonard Spiller; Give the Donkey a Chance by The Chief Scout; The Lost Cricketer by Reginald G. Thomas; That Goat Maud by F. A. Warwick; How to Play Better Cricket by Jack Hobbs; They Built Their Boathouse; and Have You Got a Den for Your Six? Size: 4to. S. Drigin; (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No DJ. 1927 Edition. With previous owner's name and some faint speckling of the binding, otherwise a near fine, unmarked, hardcover copy in red cloth with gold lettering on the cover & spine, no DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No DJ. 1929 Edition. With some faint speckling of the binding, otherwise a near fine, unmarked, hardcover copy in green cloth with gold lettering on the cover & spine, no DJ. This issue is mostly aviation stories.

Pictorial Paperback. Condition: Good. An original rare 1942 manual. Has the propeller plane on the front. General wear and a small dark spot on cover near top of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. End page torn out so no date but perhaps 1969, Harvey took up his position in 1965. Moderate wear and aging but text block clear and binding good. WR.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition, First Printing. With a gift inscription on the front flyleaf, otherwise a VG or better, first printing hardcover copy in green cloth binding, in a mylar protected DJ that is chipped and saved by a liberal application of magic tape. brownish spine.…

soft cover. Condition: very good. first edition. In-8° broché, 15 pages - Articles originaux : Towards Manchester - Scouting Today. Half million boy scouts in U. K. - Brownsea 1954. Essex Region visit Site of B.-P.'s famous Camp. - Branch News - The B.-P. Guild. Its relationship to scouting.

Stiff Wrapper. Condition: Good. No.1164 Vol.xxvi.: 40 pages: Illustrated. Minor wear to cover edge and spine. Previous owner's name.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Small 8vo [19cm x 13cm], vi, 192pp, Text Illustrations throughout, Pictorial Endpapers [Map], Green Cloth with black lettering to front & spine, Yellow Dust Jacket with illustration & text in Green. Condition - Internally - (signature to title-page, minor staining to prelims, endpapers some fading & small date stamp to ffep, crease to half-title-page o/w text good, binding tight); Cloth - (minor fading to spine & edges, minor marking to back board); Dust Jacket (worn to edges, some staining/fading, small tears to top & bottom of spine, small piece missing to back cover). In Fair/Good condition consistent with age. …

Hard Cover/No Jacket. Condition: Very Good ++. pp.192 Profusely illustrated by Enos. B. Comstock, Henry Pitz, Dan Beard, A. Conway Peyton, John R. Neill, Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Bert N. Salg, and Francis J. Rigney. clean tight copy slight foxing to text pages gift inscription on frontpiece back inside cover spine 4 1/4" length of spine cracked open but pages intact former store sticker remnants on top on inside back cover red cloth covers with black writing slightly soiled with bumps and tears to corners and top/bottom spine Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near Fine H/b in VG D/j. 1st. True tales of adventure have a fascination all of their own. In this successful book the author has reconstructed stories of Scouts' gallantry & courage.Describing six recent [ to 1965 ] scout expeditions ; drawing extensively on the Logs in which they recorded their adventures. Illustrated 25 b/w photo-plates.176pp. 205x135mm.[ book olive cloth brown titles, creamed pages over time, all else as new, no inscsp ] Dust Jacket price clipped, no loss, top edge-wear colour rub, once white rear light handling soil. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale. …

Octavo, khaki cloth (hardcover), xi, 248 pp. Very Good, with light foxing to cloth. Contents: How to Take a Daniel Boone Hike: Dan Beard; School of the Wild: Lord Robert Baden-Powell; The Ways of Wild Brother: Archibald Rutledge; Some Bugs, Snakes and Things: Dan Beard; Paddling Your Own Canoe: Leroy W. Hutchins; When Canoe-Ways Call: Ralph Pierson; Cross-Country Skiing and Ski Jumping: Elon Jessup; Learning to Swim: Sol Metzger; Speeding Up in the Water: Robert J. H. Kiphuth; Ride 'Em Beach Boy: Charles Baker, Jr.; Camp Aquatics: Dr. Edward Ormerod; Backyard Athletics: Mike Sweeney; I Want To Be A Sprinter: C. Ward Crampton, M.D.; The Art of Ptiching: Sol Metzger; Straight from the Shoulder: Walter Johnson; Get the Runner: Ralph Henry Barbour; Home Run! Lou Gehrig; Football Fundamentals: Elmer F. Layden; You Can Be Too Game! Frank Graham; Tumbling Your Way to Sports Success: Roy E. Moore; Groove Your Gulf: Gene Sarazen; Our Heritage as Marksmen: Horace Lyte; Nature Photography: Lewis Wayne Walker; Outdoor Sleuthing: Raymond L. Ditmars; Lions I Have Photographed: Martin Johnson; Fire Making and Cooking Tips: Dan Beard; Model Aeroplane Building: F. A. Collins; The World's Greatest Amateur Race: Edwin T. Hamilton; Figure Skating: Sol Metzger; The Art of Roping: Ed Dodd. Scouting, Scouts, Arts & Crafts, Camp, Recreation, Juvenile Nonfiction, Teaching, Education. islic. …

paperback. Condition: Good. 400 thousand; 33rd printing.revised ed. GOOD CONDITION QUITE CLEAN, SOLD COPY.ORIGINAL COVER PR ICE 50c.Cover shows some old age paint flecking from original colored ink. "MY SCOUT HISTORY" front page is NEATLY completed by "GILBERT LeROY SHEFFIELD.TROOP 89, OAKLAND,CA. (became LIFE SCOUT Patrol Leader in 1945). OW book is quite presentable. ; Back cover shows smiling scout ridinga UNITED STATES RUBBER COPANY red bicycle , yellow background.; 680pg pages; Memorable Cover art shows Cub scout, Tan Scout & WHITE SUITED Navy scout.on walking march. , Original pr ice"50C" stated "First Edition" of this REVISED HANDBOOK FOR BOYS.has XVI pages preface before page 1 with Boy Scout Badges, Flag Code & Mount RUSHMORE address photo. Back cover art is for U. S BIKE TIRES.Scout on red bike. Scout's name & scout history (owner's) page I (front of book) "Jim Lorensen Troup 5 Corning, Calif". .FRONT OF BOOK TEXT HAS SEVERAL PAGES WITH GLOSSY COLOR BADGES, INSIGNIA ETC. .Page 561 states full 33 printings of the HANDBOOK. Illustrated by Norman Rockwell Cover Art (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, illustrated, faded, gray cloth boards. Dust spotting on covers. No jacket.

Condition: Sehr gut. 15.5 cm x 20 cm. 151 pages. Hardcover [publisher's original cream cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Board corners bumped. Foxing to interior, but otherwise bright and clean. Binding is strong and firm and square. Includes, for example, the following: A Land for Animal-Lovers / Wolf-Children and a Baboon Boy / Locusts / Buffalo Hunting / Bouncing Birds / White Man's Magic/ Charged by a Rhino / Elephant Yarns / Making Men in Kenya etc. Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, (1857 1941), was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Boy Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. Baden-Powell authored the first editions of the seminal work Scouting for Boys, which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement. Educated at Charterhouse in Surrey, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, Baden-Powell successfully defended the town in the Siege of Mafeking. For this he was a national hero. (Wikipedia).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Scouting Round the World by The Chief Scout Lord Baden-Powell. Illustrated by the author. Publisher: Herbert Jenkins, 1935, First Edition, first printing. VERY SCARCE. Hardback with jacket. Green cloth boards are stained and wrinkled but internally the book is in very good order for its age. Tanning and light foxing. No inscriptions, binding firm. The jacket is badly stained with red to front cover, is chipped rubbed, and marked with small loss to spine. 192 pages, illustrated.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in red boards with black lettering to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 192pp. Colour frontispiece. Red stained top page edges. Not library copy, ink inscription to ffep, wear to dustjacket edges, missing small section to rear edge. (14/7).…

Paperback. Condition: Good condition. First Edition (Proof Copy). New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1927. Good condition. 4.5" wide by 7" tall. Top 2 inches of one page torn away. Corner bump. A few pages with a small brown spot (in the margin only -- text is not affected). Small chip to paper covering at top of the spine. Bound in plain brown wraps (not printed, not pictorial). There is an ink stamp on the front cover that reads: "Proof Copy, Complimentary" (signed below: RE Mowan). "Limited Edition" is so stated on the copyright page. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and photographs. Bibliography. Index. From the Introductory Letter by James E. West: "This limited edition is being published in order that those in whose hands this volume is placed may give us the benefit of their constructive criticism and submit additional material which might be included in later and more complete editions." [Note: We have seen a listing for the "Limited Edition" of this title, described as being bound in "pictorial wraps."] This "Proof Copy" in plain brown paper wraps appears to be a preliminary copy of that already limited edition. Boy Scouts collectible. Very Scarce thus. First Edition (Proof Copy). Softcover. Good condition. Illus. by Stewart, Alexander . 320pp. Stewart, Alexander (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1st Edition, 1924, VG+/VG-, Interior nice tight clean light Wear, FOX, Illustrated Pale Blue & Brown DJ with brown lettering Light Scuff Rub, Wear Tiny chips Extremities, Pulbishers Small red decorated Cloth Gold Gilt, 87 pgs, Small 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Cover. First Edition. Beige Hardcover, some wear to cover, 1939 first edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. vi, 192pp; b/w illust by the author, original green cloth a little soiled, corners bumped, spine faded and soiled, endpaper maps, prize plate to half title pg, light foxing to edges, internally very good.; 190 x 125mm.