Monday, September 8, 2014

1899 CAMP LIFE IN THE WOODS AND THE TRICKS OF TRAPPING AND TRAP MAKING BY W. HAMILTON GIBSON

1899

CAMP LIFE IN THE WOODS
AND THE TRICKS OF TRAPPING AND TRAP MAKING

BY W. HAMILTON GIBSON

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ HANDSOME FINE BINDING ~ ILLUSTRATED ~ HUNTING ~ CAMP SHELTER ~ LOG HUTS ~ BARK SHANTIES ~ WOODLAND BEDS AND BEDDING ~ BOAT AND CANOE BUILDING ~ TRAPPERS' FOOD ~ BAIT RECIPES ~ STEEL TRAPS ~ TRAP CONSTRUCTION ~ FUR TRADE ~ CURING AND TANNING OF FUR SKINS ~ CLASSIC ~ ENGRAVINGS ***

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.

• book measures about 7'' x 5.25''
• handsome publisher's decorative cloth fine binding
• embossed gold gilt lettering and pictorial brown-red stamping
• frontispiece
• illustrated throughout with engraved pictures and diagrams

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