Kulish John W (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A modetly restored ex-library copy. No ink stamps anywhere on book (one on the title page has been carefully removed) Pocket and endpaper label carefully removed, leaving glue patterns on front endpapers. Library cover removed from just wrapper, leaving glue and tape marks on inside of both boards. No other labels ore marks of any kind. No embossed stamps or other marks. Binding is sound and there is light shelf and edge wear present most notably at head and foot of spine. Dust Wrapper spine is sunned, page edges are slightly tanning and show a few mottled spots. Protected in an acid free mylar cover. A RARE book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. From harriscenter dot org: "Bobcats Before Breakfast is the firsthand account of a 20th century naturalist, guide, hunter, trapper, and woodsman who spent more than forty years living with and off the land. With grit and zeal, [Kulish] gathered knowledge about how animals live and shared his findings [as a naturalist for] the Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock, NH. Kulish's daily routine was to rise before dawn, get out into the woods, and track, observe, and record his findings on deer, otters, beaver, bobcats — all before breakfast. "I'm still not sure whether I learned to understand people because they are so much like wild animals, or wild animals because they are so much like people," wrote Kulish." THIS book is INSCRIBED by the author "If you are willing to try Bobcats Before Breakfast, I'm game to try Mulberry Trout for lunch, Ogden." THIS book has a small sticker inside the cover stating "Library of OGDEN BIGELOW." THIS book was owned by Ogden Bigelow, Sr. His son, Ogden Bigelow Jr., was born on Sept. 24, 1928 in Montclair, N.J. His mother, the late Elizabeth (Stephens) Bigelow, has archival records of her family at the Wilton Library at Smith College. wiltonbulletin dot com/past_obituaries/article/Ogden-Bigelow-Jr-86-13975624.php Ogden Jr. was survived by his sister, Mrs. Richard Hamilton of Rutland VT. Ann B. Hamilton donated the letters of Elizabeth Stephens to the College Archives in April 1999. The "Elizabeth Stephens Papers" (primarily related to her years spent at Smith College, dating from 1921 to 1926. Types of material include correspondence; class notes; photographs; and academic work.) The majority of this collection is comprised of correspondence. Included are exchanges with Stephens' future husband, Ogden Bigelow and letters from both the Stephens and the Bigelow families pertaining to the wedding." THIS book has a long history with an interesting family! Also included is a clipping from the September 1970 issue of Field and Stream about the books' release. Hard cover edition with dustjacket. 189 pages. Dimensions: 6" by 9". Published by Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA. 1st printing, 1969. B&W illustrations. Page defect(s): Some writing. Dustjacket defect(s): Some scratches. Some tears. 2 Pound Shipping Rate with Multiple Product Orders. (Min Shipping Rate 1 Pound per Order). Order More and SAVE! Genre(s): Hunting / Retrospectives / Biography. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ochre cloth binding with gold colored print on spine. Tan headedge tint. Light green endpapers. Sound and unmarked. 189 pages.Dust jacket has very light wear at tips and spine ends. In mylar and not price-clipped ($5.95).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A rare title, this copy from a private collector is brown cloth over boards, gilt spinal titles and olive endpapers. Clean and tight, showing light shelf wear only. Dust jacket shows rubbing and wear to extremeties but is whole, unclipped and presents only a couple of small closed tears.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 189 pages. "He took his living-- and this learning-- form the wilderness." A Stackpole Easy-Chair Book. dj has small(1" x 1/2" ) piece lacking from bottom at spine. dj now in protector. ; 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 ".

dj. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); brown cloth, stamped in gilt on spine, in rust red pictorial dustwrapper; green endpapers; x, 13-189pp. Dustwrapper sunned, especially along spine; mild rubbing, extremities creased and chipped. Textblock top edge toned; ownership signature on ffep, else text clean and unmarked. Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper. A collection of anecdotes, knowledge, and philosophies from John Kulish, a New Hampshire naturalist, hunter, trapper, and frontiersman, and later an outdoor education instructor at Boston University's Sargent Camp. With special emphasis on respect and conservation, Kulish shares stories and facts of the wilderness and its animal residents, from beavers to bobcats.…