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Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: King, Major W. Ross. THE SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST IN CANADA, Or Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds and Fish of that Country. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866. 1st edn. Large format. xv + 334pp. 6 fine full-page colour lithographic plates, including frontispiece. Other woodcut illustrations. Original green decorative cloth, gilt. With moosehead on cover. Signed and inscribed by the Author. Near fine. Comments on moose, deer, caribou, ruffled grouse, the Canadian forest, salmon, etc., as encountered by the author in eastern Canada.
Seller: Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, with tipped in errata slip. 6 chromolithographs and numerous text illustrations. xv, [3], 334 pp. Savill and Edwards, Printer, Chandos St. 1 vols. 8vo (26.5 x 18 cm). A detailed and useful guide to Canadian sport. Four of the 12 chapters are devoted to fishing: "The Fisheries of Canada" (concerning salmon rivers, lakes and lesser waters); "The Salmon" (its location, size, etc., includes data on trout and white fish); "The Canadian Shad" (habitat, etc., including other fish); and "The Tom Cod" (annual arrival, etc., including discussion of bass, sturgeon, and others). Rare in this condition. Bruns K-49; Gee p. 61; Lande 1886; Sabin 37857; TPL 6220 Original green cloth with gilt moose on upper cover. Fine. Signed, "J.C. Cutting 1869." 6 chromolithographs and numerous text illustrations. xv, [3], 334 pp. Savill and Edwards, Printer, Chandos St. 1 vols. 8vo (26.5 x 18 cm) First edition, with tipped in errata slip.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.