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Album of hunting and camping trips in Colorado, ca. 1890, including deer, elk, and bear hunts
by (Colorado)
- Used
- Condition
- Red morocco album, boards ruled in blnd, turn-ins gilt, a.e.g., for G.P. Putnam's. Rubbed but sound. Very good, internally clean
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
1890. With 106 original gelatin silver photographs (one real photo post card) mounted on both sides of twelve album leaves, most 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches, a few 2 x 3-1/2 inches. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Red morocco album, boards ruled in blnd, turn-ins gilt, a.e.g., for G.P. Putnam's. Rubbed but sound. Very good, internally clean and fresh. With 106 original gelatin silver photographs (one real photo post card) mounted on both sides of twelve album leaves, most 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches, a few 2 x 3-1/2 inches. 1 vols. Oblong folio. An excellent album of photographs of outdoor Colorado at the turn of the century, including railroad, ranch, and mountain scenes, a rural graveyard, and several hunting and camping trips in the back country in summer and winter. A summer bear hunt shows two pelts; the winter bear hunt features a party of four on horsebak with dogs. There is some good-nature mugging for the camera, too. Trophies include black bear, wolf, elk, and deer.
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- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 346415
- Title
- Album of hunting and camping trips in Colorado, ca. 1890, including deer, elk, and bear hunts
- Author
- (Colorado)
- Format/Binding
- With 106 original gelatin silver photographs (one real photo post card) mounted on both sides of twelve album leaves, most 3-1/2
- Book Condition
- Used - Red morocco album, boards ruled in blnd, turn-ins gilt, a.e.g., for G.P. Putnam's. Rubbed but sound. Very good, internally clean
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Hunting / Shooting | Colorado | Camping
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Sports & Games;
Terms of Sale
James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
Glossary
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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