Product Description
Comprehensive, richly illustrated outdoor manual produced in collaboration with L.
L.
Bean staff, covering practical field knowledge across camping, clothing systems, navigation, canoeing, tools, and wilderness safety.
The work reflects Bean's long-standing ethos of field-tested equipment and practical instruction, blending technical guidance with traditional woodcraft.
Illustrated throughout by J.
Nicoletti, with additional period imagery including early Bean catalog reproductions (notably the 1922 Maine Hunting Shoe and apparel spreads), making this both a functional guide and a visual document of American outdoor culture.
Book: Very Good - clean interior, tight binding, light toning to pages, no writing or marks observed.
Minor edge wear to boards.
Dust Jacket: Very Good - present but some visable wear; edge chipping and creasing, small tears, visible wear at corners and spine ends; some discoloration and rubbing.
Jacket remains intact.
Not price-clipped.
Stated 'First Edition' on copyright page with full number line absent but consistent with Random House first printing conventions of the period.
Copyright 1981 by William Rivière and L.
L.
Bean, Inc.
; printed in the United States.
ISBN matches first issue.
No book club indicators.
Bill Rivière (1916-2005) was an American outdoorsman, writer, and longtime columnist for the Boston Globe, known for his expertise in canoeing, camping, and wilderness travel.
Closely associated with L.
L.
Bean, he contributed significantly to the company's educational and product-testing traditions, helping translate practical field experience into accessible guidance for generations of outdoor enthusiasts.
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