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New York: Schocken Books, (1970). Octavo, lavender cloth & brown boards (hardcover), xiii, 273 pp. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. From dust jacket: The authors chose maple sugaring as a way of getting an honest living. Unwilling to sustain loss of personal freedom as wage earners and in flight from the city, they hoped to rediscover in New England the secrets of rural America: “simplicity, adequacy, decency, neighborliness, self-respect, and a never-ending attachment to the marvels of the life of nature and of society that we contact on every side and of which we are integral parts.” The Maple Sugar Book shares with the reader the secret of getting a life as well as a living. The Maple Sugar Book is also the definitive account of the industry that produces maple syrup and sugar from the sap of the rock maple tree. This process was known to the American Indians and taught by them to the early settlers. The history and lore of sugaring, which are all here in abundance, provide human… Read More

New York: Galahad Books, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. Very good hardcover book and dust jacket. Clean yellow boards with crisp black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. All pages and edges are clean, with slight tanning. Illustrations at chapter headings. 273 pages with Index. Dust jacket is quite clean, not price clipped, has a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Instructive book about maple sugaring, a simpler lifestyle and living off the land in New England..

Schocken, 1971. Softcover. Near Fine. 3rd Schocken printing

NY: Schocken Books. VG PB. (1975). 8th ptg. Authors chose maple sugaring as a way of getting an honest living" "simplicity, adequacy, decency, neighborliness..." .

New York: Schocken Books. Very Good. 1975. Paperback. 0805203087 . Book is in excellent condition. Pioneers in the Back-to-the-Land movement. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 273 pages .

NY: SCHOCKEN BOOKS. VG. Hardcover. 1970.

Galahad Books, 1970. Hbk, 273pp, front endpaper neatly excised otherwise appears unused and an excellent clean tight unmarked copy in fine, unclipped and sleeve-protected dj almost as new

Shocken Books. mass market paperback. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 12mo; 273 pages; 8th printing; Good mass market paperback; tanned pages; lgiht stains to cover; tips bumped; slight crease to spine; tanned inside cover; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.

Schocken Books, 1972T. paperback. Good. .