DUCK SHOOTING AND HUNTING SKETCHES
Chicago: W. C. Hazelton, 1915. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good / No jacket as issued. Item #002075
1st edition, 1st printing. A Very Good copy. 8vo., (6), (iii), 142 pp., illustrated with full page color plates, b&w (and monochrome) photographic plates, and frontispiece. Bound in red cloth, with title in gilt on the front board; photograph of ducks over marshland pasted onto the front board. Light soiling to the boards, particularly the joints. Front hinge repaired. Preliminary pages very lightly age-toned. Rear paste down lightly age-toned. Generally clean and bright with the occasional very minor blemish. A Very Good copy of this scarce 1st edition. **** The Author's First Book. Contains 74 short sketches of hunting life, and duck hunting strategies, along the eastern seaboard. Authors include Ernest McGaffey, William C. Hazelton, Ross Kiner, R. P. Holland, J. F. Parks, Herbert K. Job, Edmund W. Weis, George L. Hopper, T. S. Van Dyke, Flossie Ray, Dr. Ferdinand Brown, H. W. Thomas, John L. Matthews, William Bruce Leffingwell, and C. B. Whitford.
Price: $850.00