Vintage Canoe building manual 1935 FA

JaneyP · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

The Book of Canoeing ,How to Buy,or Make Your Canoe and Where to Take
it. by Alec R Ellis 1st 1935 ,Spine faded ,otherwise VGC.198 pages plus
fold outs.
Just the most comprehensive old canoeing book , How to make a kayak,the
Faltboot ,Canoe camping,Fold outs of the canoeable waters of
Britain,Fold out plan for building kayak etc. Brilliant book on the
world of 1930s canoeing.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320028329229&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

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peter · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

JaneyP wrote:
> The Book of Canoeing ,How to Buy,or Make Your Canoe and Where to Take
> it. by Alec R Ellis 1st 1935 ,Spine faded ,otherwise VGC.198 pages plus
> fold outs.
> Just the most comprehensive old canoeing book , How to make a kayak,the
> Faltboot ,Canoe camping,Fold outs of the canoeable waters of
> Britain,Fold out plan for building kayak etc. Brilliant book on the
> world of 1930s canoeing.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320028329229&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

Well I suppose you could buy it from this spamming twat for 20 quid
plus, or you could look on abebooks where there are copies starting at
3 quid...
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&an=ellis&y=9&tn=book+of+canoeing&x=40&sortby=3

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