BIG GAME HUNTING NORTH AMERICAN BOONE & CROCKETT LEATHER CHOATE SCHOOL 1ST 1939

Description: FINE LEATHER BOUND - FIRST EDITIONNORTH AMERICAN BIG GAMEA Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. Compiled by the committee of records of North American Big Game. Published with the cooperation of the National Collection of Heads and Horns of the New York Zoological Society and American Museum of Natural HistoryEly, Alfred, H.E. Anthony, and R.R.M. Carpenter Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1939. First Edition, first printing. Scribner’s Seal and letter A on copyright page. Fine leather binding, bound in blue morocco with hand tooled gilt decoration to front boards and spine, five raised spine bands, front board has seal of Chaote School, some rubbing wear to gilting of seal, with latin phrase  “ SIGILUM SCHOLAE CHOATIENSIS IN NOVA ANG MDCCCXCVI”.  Extremely rare custom bound presentation copy from the school has inscription to front flyleaf “For Excellence/ In Junior Athletics/ 1949”. Choate school bookplate with previous owner’s signature to front pastedown endpaper. Gilt topedege, wonderful marbled endpapers. Clean unmarked text has some faint staining under the inscription on the front flyeaf and very slight discoloration to map of North America on page 372, and a dampstain on the fore & bottom edge (see photos). Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine. 8vo. xxii, (2), 533 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, line drawings, maps. Record book for the largest species of various North American big game animals. Contributors to the text include John C. Phillips, Henry Shoemaker, Grancel Fitz, James L. Clark, Jack O'Connor, Carl Rungius, Belmore Brown, and Kermit Roosevelt, among others. Loc: E4

Price: 437.5 USD

Location: Tonawanda, New York

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Author: ALFRED ELY, H.E. Anthony, R.R.M. Carpenter

Book Title: NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME

Language: English

Topic: Hunting, Nature, BIG GAME, NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons

Genre: Animals & Pets, Antiquarian & Collectible, Environment, Nature & Earth, Geography, Historical, History, Leisure, Hobbies & Lifestyle, Sports, HUNTING

Book Series: NONE

Publication Year: 1939

Original Language: English

Features: Illustrated, Leather Bound

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Type: Hardcover

Edition: First Edition

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Signed: No

Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults

Vintage: Yes

Ex Libris: No

Inscribed: No

Personalized: No

Personalize: No

Signed By: N/A

Era: 1930s

Number of Pages: 533