OUTDOOR PASTIMES OF AN AMERICAN HUNTER
by Roosevelt, Theodore
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Longmans, Green & Co, 1905. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 9.1 in. x 6 in., pp. xi, 369. Illustrated with frontis of the author and forty-eight additional photographs. Forest green cloth boards with gilt design of Roosevelt riding a horse to front. Gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities; corners nudged. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown, and signature (dated 1907) to front free endpaper. London bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Chapters include: With the cougar hounds -- A Colorado bear hunt -- Wolf-coursing -- Hunting in the cattle country; the prongbuck -- A shot at a mountain sheep -- The whitetail deer -- The mule-deer or Rocky Mountain blacktail -- The wapiti or round-horned elk -- Wilderness reserves; the Yellowstone Park -- Books on big game -- At home -- In the Louisiana canebrakes -- Small country neighbors.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87637
- Title
- OUTDOOR PASTIMES OF AN AMERICAN HUNTER
- Author
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- big game hunting
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICANA;
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...