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Strong, William Emerson
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- A Trip to the Yellowstone National Park in July, August, and September, 1875. From the Journal of General W. E. Strong. Washington: Privately Printed, 1876
- Paper, ink, leather
4to. 2 folding maps, one partially hand-colored to show route, 7 plates, 7 portrait albumen photographs mounted on cards hinged with linen; mounts very slightly warped. Original red half-morocco and pebbled cloth with upper cover gilt-titled; rubbed, rebacked with spine preserved.
Literature
Litchfield 50; Graff 4014; Phillips, American Sporting Books 364 (counts 6 plates and 7 photographs)
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION. Contains a renowned description of a buffalo hunt and remarkable angling feats (claiming over 3,000 trout were caught).