Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover.
Publisher's cloth with mounted photographic illustration to upper cover, gilt. 8vo; 8.25 by 5.5 inches; xv, 330, [6] pp.; tissue-guarded frontispiece and illustrations from 147 original photographs, publisher's advertisements. First Edition, First Printing.
Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Extremities just touched, booksellers’ ticket to front free endpaper, else about fine.
Very Good / No Jacket. Item #011855
The author writes about numerous hunting trips in the wilderness, in the regions about the author's home and other places.
The chapter titles indicate the subjects: Cruising and hunting in Southeastern Alaska, Observations on Kodiak Island, hunting big game on the Kenai Peninsula, A trip to Newfoundland, Hunting with a ferret, a night hunt, in the springtime, and a plea for protection of the wilderness.
REF: Wickersham, 4238; Arctic Bibliography 17605
Price: $95.00