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Boutcher, C.S.
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description
- Notes of a Western Hunting Trip. A Series of Letters of a Hunting Expedition in Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian Territory, in the winter of 1874. Easton: The Easton Free Press 1875
- Paper, ink, leather
Small 4to. Printed in two columns, 6 mounted albumen prints with printed titles, including 4 depicting sporting dogs on the hunt; tissue guards slightly spotted. Original half morocco and marbled boards with morocco label to upper cover, minor rubbing.
Provenance
T. P. Williams (sporting bookplate)
Literature
Streeter VII: 4099
Catalogue Note
Privately printed and of equal rarity with the similar second expedition, “The Southwest Revisited.” (See following lot.)
"Full of hunting adventures, but likewise historically important for the excellent observations on life in the back-country at this period. Curiously enough the remnants of the Modocs were encountered and there is an account of Shacknasty Jim, Scarface Charlie, and Captain Jack’s still-moaning mourners." (Eberstadt) Rare. Apparently no copies at auction since Streeter in 1969, when it realized $350.