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Author: Seton, Ernest Thompson
Title: Lives of Game Animals. An Account of Those Land Animals in America, North of the Mexican Border, Which Are Considered Game
Place Published: Either Because They Have Held the Attention of Sportsmen, or Received the Protection of the Law
Publisher:New York
Date Published: Doubleday, Page & Company & William Heinemann
Description: 1925-19284 volumes. xxxix, 640; xvii 745; xix, 780; xxii, 949 pp. Title pages in red and black. With 50 maps and 1500 illustrations by Seton, including photographs and drawings, frontispieces with tissue-guards. (4to) 27.5x20.3 cm (10¾x8”), duotone cloth ruled in gilt with gilt vignettes on covers, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, slipcases. No. 143 of a deluxe edition limited to 177 sets. First Edition.Signed by Ernest Thompson Seton at limitation, as issued. Attractively illustrated account of the game animals of North America, combining anecdotal and factual information about animals including cats, wolves, foxes, bears, raccoons, skunks, rodents, and more.

Light rubbing to binding extremities, page edges browning, sometimes slightly affecting interiors, stains to just a few leaves; near fine set.