Lives of the Hunted, Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds & Three Birds... de Seton-Thompson, Ernest, 1860-1946

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, MDCCCCI [1901] 'First Impression October 12 1901' [DeVinne Press]. First Edition. Hard Cover. , and, in Elucidation of the Same, over 200 Drawings. By Ernest Seton-Thompson, Author of Wild Animals I Have Known, Trail of the Sandhill Stag, Biography of a Grizzly, etcetera & Naturalist to the Government of Manitoba. Krag the Kootenay Ram; A Street Troubadour: Being the Adventures of a Cock Sparrow; Johnny Bear; The Mother Teal and the Overland Route; Chink: The Development of a Pup; The Kangaroo Rat; Tito: The Story of the Coyote that Learned How; Why the Chickadee Goes Crazy Once a Year. 'My chief motive, my most earnest underlying wish, has been to stop the extermination of harmless wild animals; not for their sakes, but for ours, firmly believing that each of our native wild creatures is in itself a precious heritage that we have no right to destroy or put beyond the reach of our children.' 361 p., 30 plates; 21 cm.; bound in olive cloth stamped in green, brown & gold; spine a bit faded, inner hinges separated, bookplate, no dj as issued; VG+. 29363 [Fifi]