The Wilderness Of the North Pacific Coast Islands

1912 Sheldon Wilderness of North Pacific Canada Bear HUNTING Alaska Illustrated Charles Sheldon's 'The Wilderness of the North Pacific Coast Islands' is an impressive, and important early 20th-century account of the geography and natural history of Western Canada and Alaska. This book is the first and one of the best books on hunting unique animals in the Canadian west.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Scribner's Sons, 1912. First edition. Profusely illustrated with full-plate black-and-white photographs, drawings by Carl Rungius, 4 maps in the text, and one folding map ("General map of North Pacific Coast islands"). 8vo gilt-stamped green cloth boards with top edge gilt; 246 pp. including appendices and index. Fine with light scratch to front cover and a bit of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 246 pages; Inscribed by Sheldon on front free endpaper. Very minor cover wear. ; Signed by Author .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. very good +. 246p, octavo. 68 illustrations and 5 maps (including 1 folding). A very good + copy bound in green cloth. Bookplate pasted to front end paper. Spine end has a small scuff mark affecting the "B" in Scribners.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Just a touch of rubbing at the spine ends, a fine copy with the gilt lettering bright. Inscribed by the author: "J.B. Townsend Esq. from C. Sheldon. September 24, 1912.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fair with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover. Reading copy! The covers are very soiled & water damaged/stained. The first pages are stained. The balance of the interior is very good. One snag to the rear outer hinge. The inner rear hinge is cracked at the top. What can I say?… Saber más sobre este artículo

Camden, South Carolina: The Premier Press, 1994. Limited edition. Full Leather. Near Fine. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 246pp. Maps, photographs, index. Bound in full green leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 4 raised bands to spine. Limited to 3000 copies printed for the Premier Collection, of which this is copy 12. Tiny scartch to tail of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Drawings by Carl Rungius. Book includes an interesting chapter titled "A Woman's Experience Among the Bears of Admiralty Island, 1900" wherein Mrs. Sheldon goes Bear hunting for the first time. Publisher's green cloth with title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 246 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, maps, one folding. Inscribed by the author in the month of publication on the front endpaper "Herbert Parsons / from his friend / C. Sheldon / September 26, 1912." Parsons (1869-1925) was Sheldon's classmate at Yale (they both graduated in 1890) and served… Saber más sobre este artículo

Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. Numbered . Leatherette. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi, 246 pp. Signed by William G. Sheldon, and by the President of the National Sporting Fraternity, Limited, and numbered 800/1000. An unread copy. Sixth book in the High Country Heritage Collection. The accompanying slipcase is not… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 246 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, maps, one folding. Big game hunting author John H. Batten's copy, with his 1932 ownership signature on the front endpaper; Batten is best known for four works written or edited for Amwell, "The Best of Sheep Hunting" (1980), "The Forest and the Plain"… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 246 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, maps, one folding. Phillips, p. 342. Heller 358: "The islands included Vancouver, Montague, Queen Charlotte, and Admiralty." Biscotti, p. 399 (note). Very good copy. Original decorated gilt-stamped green cloth (rubbed, hinges repaired, corners bumped), top edge gilt. (#6785).

London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Spine slightly canted. Pages yellowing.. 1912. Hardcover. Includes many photo plates.; 8vo; 246 pages .

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.