Theodore Roosevelt’s western hunting narratives fill a volume of P. F. Collier’s collected edition of his writings. The Williamsburg Art of Cookery set out recipes for the accomplish’d gentlewoman in 1939. Alfred Cooper Shelton photographed Maine’s working coast for a 1942 first edition, and William Cranch’s 1852 reports record early Washington’s civil and criminal cases. George E. Nunn’s study asks what Columbus believed about the world, with large folding maps, and in 1974 National Lampoon sent up a 1964 high school yearbook.
A volume of P. F. Collier’s collected edition of his writings.
Helen Bullock’s cookbook, in its 1939 second edition.
Alfred Cooper Shelton’s 1942 first edition, introduced by Robert P. Tristram Coffin.
William Cranch’s reports, in two 1852 volumes.
George E. Nunn’s study, with large folding maps.
National Lampoon’s 1974 send-up.
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