1905 FIRST EDITION
JUNGLE TRAILS AND JUNGLE PEOPLE
TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND OBSERVATION IN THE FAR EAST
BY CASPAR WHITNEY
SIGNED-BINDING DESIGNED BY BERTHA STUART
*** RARE ANTIQUE 1ST EDITION ~ BEAUTIFUL FINE BINDING ~ ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS ~ CLASSIC TRAVEL ~ SIAM ~ MALAYSIA ~ SUMATRA ~ KARENS ~ SAKAI ~ HUMAN TREE-DWELLERS ~ GAMBLING ~ COCOA ~ BIG GAME HUNTING ~ RHINOCEROS ~ ELEPHANT ~ TIGER ~ DEER ~ WILD BOAR ~ WILD CATTLE ~ PANTHER ***
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.
• First Edition - title page and copyright dates match - only first printing listed on copyright page
• measures about 8.75'' x 6''
• handsome decorative cloth fine binding designed by Bertha Stuart, bearing her "BS" cipher on spine
• embossed gold gilt and white stamping
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with many full-page antique photos and illustrations
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