THE TRAPPER'S GUIDE: A Manual of Instructions for Capturing All Kinds of Fur-Bearing Animals and Curing Their Skins; With Observations on the Fur-Trade, Hints on Life in the Woods, and Narratives of Trapping and Hunting Excursions; Edited by the Oneida Community [J. H. Noyes]
NY: Mason, Baker, and Pratt, 1874. Sixth edition (first published 1865). 8vo. 215, (1, “Conclusion”), (7, ads) pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author, many in-text illustrations and plates from wood engravings. Howes N-120: “[Includes] Henry Thacker’s narrative of three hunting expeditions, in 1844-1845, to the Chicago region.” Original pebbled rust..... More