FIELD SPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES and BRITISH PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA New Edition (VOL. II ONLY)

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, vi, (7)-383 pgs, engraving plates and page decorations. Decorative, pebbled green cloth with gilt design on front cover and gilt gilt titled, decorative spine. Stated New Edition. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Minor rubbing to edges and corners, light rubbing. Interior pages are age-toned, rear hinge cracked but still holding, else clean and tight. Previous owner's bookplate and inked signature of another former owner. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The author, Henry William Herbert, wrote under the pen name Frank Forester. He was a British-born American novelist, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. He was well known for his works on sport and this title is a classic example. This is Vol. II only of his major work. This volume covers the big game of the Rocky Mountains and the west of North America. PROVENANCE: Contemporary inked signature of former owner, Henry Estabrook; bookplate of former owner, Raymond L. Riling (noted writer and seller of books on guns and sporting. N° de ref. del artículo 0223023

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