Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat
by [HUNTING]. WHITNEY, Caspar, George Bird Grinnell, and Owen Wister
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1904.. First edition. 8vo. 27 b/w illustrations and gravures. Index. Full gilt stamped contemporary dark green morocco by Stikeman, t.e.g., others uncut, the spine with gilt stamped horse head, fish and sporting dog devices (minor rubbing), else fine. Heraldic bookplate of M.C.D. Borden on the front pastedown (minor rubbing), else fine. 284 pages. Includes 3 chapters on hunting methods, provisions and equipment. Number 20 of 100 copies on large paper. The American Sportsman Library. Printed by the Norwood Press, Norwood, Massachusetts. The list of illustrations lists a frontispiece titled "The Beginning of the Slaughter" which is not present in this copy. Chapter I "The Musk-Ox" by Caspar Whitney. Chapter 2 "The Bison" by George Bird Grinnell. Chapter 3 "The Mountain sheep: His Ways" by Owen Wister. Chapter 4 "The White Goat and His Ways" by Owen Wister.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.
Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306802
- Title
- Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat
- Author
- [HUNTING]. WHITNEY, Caspar, George Bird Grinnell, and Owen Wister
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, The Macmillan Company, 1904.
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About the Seller
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- First Edition
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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