CRUISINGS IN THE CASCADES. A NARRATIVE OF TRAVEL, EXPLORATION, AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY, HUNTING, AND FISHING, WIH SPEIAL CHAPTERS ON HUNTING THE GRIZZLY BEAR, THE BUFFALO, ELK, ANTELOPE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT, AND DEER; ALSO ON TROUTING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; ON A MONTANA ROUND-UP; LIFE AONG THE COWBOYS, ETC.

Shields, G.O. [coquina] [George O., 1846-1925]

Verlag: Rand McNally & Company, Publishers, 1889

Beschreibung

8vo. (22 cm.) [6]7-339p. Plus 12p. ads. Frontispiece black and white drawing of the author and profusely (!!) illustrated with black and white captioned photos and engravings throughout, including many head and tail pieces. Brown cloth blocked in triple blind; with gilt letters on the front cover and the spine; with a vignette in gilt on the front cover of an eight-point stag and a vignette on the spine of a stuffed stag head, a fishing rod and creel, and a long gun. Decorated endpapers. Some wear to extremities with a couple of corners just beginning to fray, top and bottom of spine just barely starting to fray, cloth clean, gilt bright, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, all illustrations in fine condition, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket. Rampaging Herd 2060. The articles on elk, bear, and antelope hunting were first published in Harper's Magazine; those on buffalo hunting and trouting, in the "Outing" magazine. George O. Shields also wrote HUNTING IN THE GREAT WEST. RUSTLING IN THE ROCKIES and THE BATTLE OF THE BIG HOLE. AN AUTHETIC HKISTORY OF GEN. GIBBON'S ENGAGEMENT WITH NEZ PERCE INDIANS, IN THE BIG HOLE VALLEY, MONTANA. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008401

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Titel: CRUISINGS IN THE CASCADES. A NARRATIVE OF ...

Verlag: Rand McNally & Company, Publishers

Erscheinungsdatum: 1889

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition