The Moose Book: Facts and Stories from Northern Forests. Illustrated with reproductions of paintings, drawings, and photographs by Carl Rungius and others
by Merrill, Samuel
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New York: E.P. Dutton, 1916. 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).
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- Bartlebys Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60091
- Title
- The Moose Book: Facts and Stories from Northern Forests. Illustrated with reproductions of paintings, drawings, and photographs by Carl Rungius and others
- Author
- Merrill, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
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