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THE BOYS' LIFE BOOK OF OUTER SPACE STORIES.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Random House, (1964). Hardcover - Collects 10 stories, all originally published in Boys' Life Magazine, by Ray Bradbury, A.M. Lightner, Gene L. Henderson, Don Wilcox, William F. Hallstead III, Edward W. Wood, James V. Hinrichs, Richard Harper, William W. Greer. The Bradbury story is "The Man." The fifth in a series of books on different topics. 182 pp plus a list of 7 titles in this series.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards.
Book ID: 87685More details Price: $16.50 -
A MEMOIR OF MY DAYS IN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 85516More details Price: $40.00 -
BOY SCOUTS ON OLD SUPERIOR or The Tale of the Pictured Rocks. Boy Scouts Series #12.
Edition: Later printing.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue, (c 1913). Hardcover - A rather hard to find title in this series. Ralphson was one of the first scout masters in the rather short-lived American Boy Scouts (not to be confused with the Boy Scouts of America) founded by Randolph Hearst and differing from the BSA in its emphasis on preparing the young boys for military service. Remington Arms even created an official American Boy Scouts rifle. A very cheaply produced book, with the wrong author's name on the spine covering. 162 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only (severe toning to the pages - some pages pulled, but not completed detached, so a rather fragile copy, previous owner's name and soiling to the back cover) .
Book ID: 80105More details Price: $12.50 -
AFLOAT ON THE FLOOD: The Campfire and Trail Series #8.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: M.A. Donohue & Company, (c 1915) dj. Hardcover - Plain frontispiece. 186 pp plus 6 pp ads. Dust jacket depicts a group of Boy Scouts on a camping trip with their leader and a Native American guide.
Condition: Good condition in teal boards in a fair dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, gift inscription dated Christmas 1927, dust jacket with some overall edgewear and a few small chips.)
Book ID: 78910More details Price: $25.00 -
DON STRONG OF THE WOLF PATROL.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1916). Hardcover - Includes a foreword dated July 31, 1913 by Chief Boy Scout Executive James E. West. Illustrated by Norman P. Rockwell with a glossy frontispiece and three internal plates. 299 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads. Orange and cream illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Very good in brown cloth with orange lettering on the spine (previous owner's name on front pastedown, some wear to the ends of the spine)
Book ID: 77775More details Price: $21.50 -
THE RUNAWAY BALLOON or The Besieged Scouts. #6 in the Boy Scout Series.
Edition: Early printing.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (c 1913). Hardcover - Sixth book in this ten book series, set during the early years of the Great War. From publisher's ad: "The Boy Scout Series and Nature Adventure embraces a variety of interesting and instructive stories of the kind that are so much sought after and so eagerly devoured by the youth of this country. Every live, red-blooded boy and girl in the land will want to read each book in this series. They are endorsed by Scout Masters, Educators and Trainers of the youth, and are written along the lines that inculcate and exemplify the ideals and principals of the universally accredited." Frontispiece. 147 pp plus 1 p publisher's ad.
Condition: Good only in illustrated light blue covers - severe toning to pages, some wear to covers.
Book ID: 76265More details Price: $13.50 -
SCOUTING THE BALKANS IN A MOTOR BOAT or, An Escape From the Dardanelles, #3 in the Boy Scout Series.
Edition: Early printing.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (c 1913). Hardcover - Third book in this ten book series, set during the early years of the Great War. From publisher's ad: "The Boy Scout Series and Nature Adventure embraces a variety of interesting and instructive stories of the kind that are so much sought after and so eagerly devoured by the youth of this country. Every live, red-blooded boy and girl in the land will want to read each book in this series. They are endorsed by Scout Masters, Educators and Trainers of the youth, and are written along the lines that inculcate and exemplify the ideals and principals of the universally accredited." Ad for Mead Bicycles in front, 258 pp.
Condition: Good only in illustrated light brown covers - severe toning to pages, corners bumped and other wear to covers, gift inscription dated Christmas 1920.
Book ID: 76066More details Price: $14.50 -
PEE-WEE HARRIS ON THE TRAIL, #2.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1922) dj. Hardcover - The 2nd book in this very popular series featuring a Boy Scout troop in the town of Bridgeboro, New Jersey.Illustrated by H. S. Barbour with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted glossy plates. Lists to #10 in the ads at the rear of the book and on the rear dust jacket flap. 211 pp plus 6 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in gold boards with red lettering on front cover, black on spine (spine slant) in a rather poor dust jacket, missing about half the spine, other wear.
Book ID: 67319More details Price: $15.00 -
ROY BLAKELEY'S ROUNDABOUT HIKE, #14 in series.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Hardcover first edition - The 14th book in this popular series featuring a Boy Scout troop in the town of Bridgeboro, New Jersey and "published with the approval of the Boy Scouts of America." Illustrated by H. S. Barbour with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted glossy plates. Lists to #12 in the ads at the rear of the book. 237 pp plus 6 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good condition in red boards with olive green and black lettering (previous owner's name)
Book ID: 67297More details Price: $20.00 -
BOY SCOUTS IN THE CANAL ZONE OR THE PLOT AGAINST UNCLE SAM. Boy Scouts Series #2.
Edition: Later printing.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue, (c 1911). Hardcover - Glossy frontispiece. Lists to #15 in this series at back of book. Ralphson was one of the first scout masters in the rather short-lived American Boy Scouts (not to be confused with the Boy Scouts of America) founded by Randolph Hearst and differing from the BSA in its emphasis on preparing the young boys for military service. Remington Arms even created an official American Boy Scouts rifle. 255 pp. plus 3 pp advertisements. Orange and white illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Good only in mustard-colored illustrated boards (both hinges cracked, cover bright and attractive.)
Book ID: 48184More details Price: $12.50 -
B P RANCH IN INDIAN LAND.
Edition: First or early edition.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1936.). Hardcover - Boy Scout adventure story set in New Mexico. 240 pp plus 2 pp excerpts from two other Reilly & Lee's boys' books.
Condition: Good overall in red cloth with black lettering (prev owner's name, usual severe toning to paper.)
Book ID: 41064More details Price: $12.50 -
MIGHTY TIMBER.
Edition: First printing.
San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Co., (1961.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Autobiography of an early 20th century medical doctor, born in Ohio, and who, after serving overseas during World War I, went to medical school and practiced medicine both in Columbus, Ohio and then in Modesto, California. He was also very active in the community - especially with the Boy Scouts. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper "To some very wonderful people, wholesome and patient and thoughtful" (not personalized.) Fronstispiece. 327 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a good dustjacket (some chipping and edgewear to the dj.)
Book ID: 36958More details Price: $20.00
