How to Build an Indian Canoe Tapa dura - 1977

David McKay, 1977. 90pp. Brown hardback, DJ VG with light rubbing along edges, musty odor, index, b&w photos and illustrations, How to build Indian canoes, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York, NY: D. McKay, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Edge and corner wear to the dj with a small piece missing from the top of the front; price-clipped; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Brown boards with black lettering on the spine. 90 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those made of birch bark, were among the most highly developed of manually propelled primitive watercraft. Their superior qualities are indicated by the white man's unqualified adoption of the craft. The great skill exhibited in their design and construction shows that a long period of development mush have taken place before they became known to the white man. This book is a reminder of the… Leer más

McKay Company, Incorporated, David. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

McKay Company, Incorporated, David. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

D. McKay, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0.6000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.2000 in. First edition with full number line. Brown cloth boards show slight wear, head and tail of spine bumped and two small nicks to back cover, endpapers toned with faint adhesive shadows; dust jacket creased near extremities, now in protective mylar cover. Overall, a very nice copy.

D. McKay, 1977. hardcover. Good/Good. the original dust jacket is included; an ex-Library book in good condition, has usual stamps and stickers on the inside and outside of the book;

New York, NY, USA: David McKay Company, Inc., 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 90pp w index. Illustrated w instructional drawings, bw photos and prints. Library stamp and adhesive residue on endpapers. Brown boards w fine black lettering on spine. Light shelf wear. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ shows light wear and lib cat label on spine. DJ preserved in new BroDart cover. Adapted by George S. Fichter from The Bark Canoes and Skin of North America by Edwin Tappan Adney (1868-1950) Part instructional manual, part anthropological history of North American watercraft prior to the coming of Europeans, this book tells how the various types of canoes were built by Indians of different tribes inhabiting the North Country

New York: David McKay Co, 1977. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 90pp. Lightly edgeworn, else very good in publisher's dust jacket that is lightly edgeworn and soiled.

David McKay, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First printing, very good + hardcover shows a light bit of shelf wear, bookseller sticker at bottom of front pastedown, mild bit of foxing and soil at endpapers and some other light trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows noticeable foxing and tape mend at spine head of jacket reverse, along with edgewear that includes some short closed tears. 90 pages with black & white photos and illustrations and index. Still a solid copy of this instructional on constructing Indian canoes.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc. [0-679-20352-4] 1977. (hardcover) 90pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Clipped jacket shows moderate wear at top and lower edges. Brown buckram overboards, black title to spine; front top corner lightly bumped. There is a stamp to the front free endpaper; else is clean and bright, with black and white drawings and photographs. Describes various types of canoes built by Indigenous people of the Eastern Maritimes region, Central Canada, Northwestern Canada, as well as canoes of the fur trade, with the fundamentals of construction, materials and tools used..