Seton-Karr, H.W.. Bear Hunting in the White Mountains of Alaska and British Columbia Revisited. Chapman and Hall, London, 1891.

Price: US$98.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Ex-library with markings and a number on spine. Original 1891 printing. Pages firm and clean with some aging. Ships in 24 hours.

Seller: Monkeyflower Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.

Seton-Karr, H. W.. Bear-Hunting in the White Mountains or Alaska and British Columbia Revisited; With Illustrations Direct from the Author's Sketches, and Map by Permission of the Royal Geographic Society. London Chapman and Hall 1891, 1891.

Price: US$261.79 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st Edition. vii,156pp,[1 notes]pp. Small octavo in original pictorial green cloth; spine title in gilt. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard; illustrations in text. Folding map at rear. A tight copy; boards bright and clean. very good Lowther 948. Seton-Karr records his adventures hunting bears in British Columbia and Alaska in a series of letters, with drawings from his own collection.

Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada

Seton-Karr, H. W.. Bear-Hunting in the White Mountains or Alaska and British Columbia Revisited; With Illustrations Direct from the Author's Sketches, and Map by Permission of the Royal Geographical Society. London Chapman and Hall 1891, 1891.

Price: US$261.79 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st Edition. [vii]156pp. Octavo. Original red illustrated cloth; spine title in gilt. Spine slightly darkened; small chip to foot, crown similar. Edges uncut at upper and fore. Textblock shows minor dust soiling to upper. Engraved frontis with original tissue guard, illustrations in text. Several small fox marks to guard. Foldout map at rear. A tight copy; pages flexible and easily turned. very good Lowther 948. Seton-Karr records his adventures hunting bears in British Columbia and Alaska in a series of letters, with drawings from his own collection. The author later died in Canada's worst maritime disaster; the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence River in 1914. Scare in un-opened copy.

Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada

Seton-Karr, H. W.. Bear-Hunting in the White Mountains or Alaska and British Columbia Revisited With ALS from the author. Chapman and Hall, London, 1891.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: Interesting copy of this hunting narrative from the English explorer and archaeologist, Heywood Walter Seton-Karr, with an autograph letter signed to his cousin attached to the ffep. The 17-line letter is in regards to a pamphlet sent to the author, which Seton-Karr found quite interesting, and briefly discusses a few names mentioned in the publication. There are also a couple short newspaper articles about Seton-Karr attached to the front endpapers. The work itself is wonderfully illustrated throughout with both plates and chapter illustrations depicting the author's travels and hunting and fishing adventures in Alaska and Canada. Phillips pg 340, Heller 353 (plain cloth issue). 12mo, [v], vi, [3], 156, [1]pp., illustrations, folding map at rear. Green cloth boards gilt stamped on spine. Very good with some light rubbing to edges and corners and dulling to spine

Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.

Seton-Karr, H.W.. Bear Hunting in the White Mountains of Alaska and British Columbia Revisited. Chapman and Hall, London, 1891.

Price: US$360.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 156p. Original green cloth, illustrated with original folding map. Map has a "4" tear at one of its folds. Bookplate of Walther Rutherford Peterson who was not only a former Governor of New Jersey but a noted collector of books on hunting and angling. This book not only deals with bear hunting in Alaska but also describes the everyday life in Alaska and how Klinkets and others used their pack dogs and the powerful Native American superstition about brown bears. The author also talks about hunting other animals including Bighorn sheep in Canada.

Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.