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1868 "The Hunter and Trapper" with Additional Hunting Volumes
Item Details
Title and Author/Editor | In Quest of Gorillas (William K. Gregory, The Hunter and Trapper (Halsey Thrasher, 1937), 1868), Casuals in the Caucasus (Agnes Herbert), Safari: A Saga of the African Blue (Martin Johnson, 1912), 1928), Carl Akeley’s Africa: The Account of the Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (Mary L. Jobe Akeley, 1932), The Year of the Gorilla (George B. Schaller, 1964) |
Genre | Sports, Crafts and Hobbies, Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs |
Illustrator | Various |
Type of Illustration | Various |
Binding | Cloth on board, Buckram |
Dust Jacket | Yes |
Edition Statement | First Edition, Later, Scientific Book Club Edition |
Number of Books | 6 |
Additional Information | The first edition volume The Hunter and Trapper features a gilt decoration and lettering to the front cover and a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Casuals in the Caucasus features silver-toned lettering and mountain range design to the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine, a frontispiece, top text edges in gilt and untrimmed fore and bottom edges. |
Condition
- wear to the covers and dust jackets with fraying, chipping, rubbed edges, bumped corners and soiling; one ex. library edition; stamping to the title page of one volume; writing/stamping to endpapers; foxing; tanning to text edges.Dimensions
8.25" W x 9.5" H x 6.75" D
- measures group.
Item #
ITMG262600