Buy this book on-line Seton-Thompson, Ernest : Lives of the Hunted, Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds & Three Birds, and, in Elucidation of the Same, over 200 DrawingsCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1901
First Impression. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Gilt border decoration on front cover. Green and brown illustrations on coves and spine. Front-cover illustration shows the silhouettes of animals spaced between a row of trees. Illustration on back shows two sparrows. 6" x 8." 360 pages, complete. Thirty-one black-and-white plates and many black-and-white in-text illustrations, complete. Illustrations by the author. Former owner's inscription in black ink on front free endpaper dated 1901. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Slight soiling and darkening to covers. A Very Good copy. Ernest Seton-Thompson (1860-1946) was an author, wildlife artist, naturalist, and a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). He lived in a number of places including his native England and later Canada and the United States. Seton-Thompson later changed his name to Ernest Thompson Seton. Seton-Thompson is perhaps best-known for his book, _Wild Animals I Have Known_, which contains his infamous story about the wolf named Lobo, and other works of animal fiction. Seton-Thompson was also the founder of the Woodcraft Indians who were later renamed the Woodcraft League of America. Today, the only active group of the Woodcraft League are the Woodcraft Rangers in Los Angeles. A collection of short stories about animals. This book merges fact with fiction as the animals are presented in anthropomorphized form, similar to animals characters in folk tales, yet are described in such accurate detail as to suggest they are based on the author's direct observations of nature and animals in reality. Excerpt from author's "Note to the Reader": "My chief motive, my most earnest underlying wish, has been to stop the extermination of harmless wild animals; not for their sakes, but for ours, firmly believing that each of our native wild creatures is in itself a precious heritage that we have no right to destroy or put beyond the reach of our children.". Illustr.: Seton-Thompson, Ernest. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Seton-Thompson, Ernest : Lives of the Hunted, Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds & Three Birds, and, in Elucidation of the Same, over 200 Drawings. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, incunabula, fine bindings, libri rari and collectables. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |