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Some new, old books. Kephart, Nessmuk, and a fix-it.

C Bryant

C Bryant

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Well I took my copies of Camping and Woodcraft (Kephart) and Woodcraft and Camping (Nessmuk) on my vacation to Northern California recently. About two weeks ago I noticed my copy of Camping and Woodcraft seems to have stayed on vacation.... couldn't find it. So that prompted me to get another copy, and in my search I found a few treasures.

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I decided to look on evilbay, all kinds of cool stuff pops up there now and again. I searched for Kephart's book and found a cool old copy from 1946.

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When I received the book I noticed some of Kephart's other books (listed on the second page) and saw one I never noticed before; Sporting Firearms. I did a google search for it, which eventually lead me to a really cool book store out of Reno, NV. They had a copy and it was published in 1934, I couldn't pass that up.

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While I was on their site I did a search for Nessmuk....lo and behold they had a copy of Woodcraft from 1918! So I snagged that one too.

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Now I'm not a huge reader, but I do have a great admiration and affinity for old books. Especially on a topic I am very interested in.

Lastly, here is a book that I was referred to by our own Stomper (John, JK). It is called Outdoorsman's Fix-It Book by Monte Burch. He did a post on it not that long ago. It was pretty easy to find online and pretty cheap to boot. It is a fantastic book with all kinds of great know how.

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Mr Bryant , I do believe you're in posession of some very fine books there. Camping and Woodcraft I got a long time ago, and have read numerous times. Those other two look fantastic too.
 
wow..:eek: nice scores there Christian....:thumbup: i sent JWilliams an old copy i had of Kepharts book...
 
Be real carefull buying those older books! It can be as addicting as buying knives! :D
 
I have almost all those books on .pdf. I love the ones prior to the copywrite can be found on .pdf with a google search.

TF
 
Great finds! I love looking thru those old books. I'm a math nerd and have several books from the early 1900s, it can be an addicting hobby as well.
 
Great scores on some outdoor classics, C Bryant! I've got both C&W and W&C, but in modern paperback edtions but those old harbacks look sweet.
 
Nice clean-looking copies you've got there CB. Nice find. :thumbup:

Jeff
 
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