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THE TRAIL OF THE SANDHILL STAG and 60 Drawings.
by Seton-Thompson, Ernest (1860-1946), Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in original light olive green pebbled cloth binding, with a small decoration of a stag, borders and titles in gilt on
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1899.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in original light olive green pebbled cloth binding, with a small decoration of a stag, borders and titles in gilt on a green panel. Top edge gilt. Bookplate, some rubbing to the lettering and sides of the spine, corners slightly bumped.. First printing - (stated "First Impression. October 12,1899"). An early book by this writer who was one of America's most famous naturalists as well as being influential in the Boy Scout movement. A story of tracking and hunting the great stag, although at the end Yan is not able to kill such a beautiful creature. Illustrated with a colored frontispiece and seven other full-page illustrations, with small decorations or drawings on almost every page. It notes that "the designs for title-page, cover, and general make-up, and also literary revision, were done by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson." 93 pp. (stated "First Impression. October 12,1899").
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88515
- Title
- THE TRAIL OF THE SANDHILL STAG and 60 Drawings.
- Author
- Seton-Thompson, Ernest (1860-1946), Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in original light olive green pebbled cloth binding, with a small decoration of a stag, borders and titles in gilt on
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1899.
- Keywords
- hunting,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature and the Environment;
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Pebbled
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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