Merrill, Samuel

The Moose Book: Facts and Stories from Northern Forests. Illustrated with reproductions of paintings, drawings, and photographs by Carl Rungius and others

New York: E.P. Dutton, (c1916). First edition. Large 8vo. xii, (2), 366 pp. Plates, in-text line drawings, folding map. Phillips, p. 260: "An ambitious attempt to give life history, habits, etc., of the moose … on the whole it is a contribution to the literature of the animal, particularly that of the Old World elk." Heller 242: "In two parts, the first being on the American Moose, and the second on the Old-World Elk." Wegner, p. 186: "Magnificent volume devoted exclusively to the history of the moose … a great fireside companion." Original black and gilt-stamped green cloth (spine dull). (7354). Item #60091

Price: $100.00