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New York: G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1930. Lg. 8vo. xxi, [3], 417, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., 83 photo illust., map on endpapers. Brick red cloth, black lettering, cover art of Grizzly Bear on front cover (slight shelfwear, very slight bumping), w/ d.j. art deco cover art of Grizzly Bear w/ mountain landscape behind by Charles Stevens (chipping & tear to head of spine, couple minor closed tears), NF/G copy. First edition, stated, of this book which launched a national movement to protect Grizzly Bears in Southeast Alaska, and particularly on Admiralty Island. The first management plant was prepared by the Alaska Game Commission and National Forest Service in 1932, and conservation remained assured until the logging contracts and lawsuits which occurred in the 1960’s and 1970’s before Admiralty Island was designated at the Kootznoowoo Wilderness.
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The wild grizzlies of Alaska. A story of the Grizzly and big brown bears of Alaska, their habits, manners and characteristics, together with notes on mountain sheep and caribou, collected by the author for the United States Biological Survey.
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The Wild Grizzlies of Alaska A Story of the Grizzly and Big Brown Bears of Alaska, Their Habits, Manners, and Characteristics, Together with Notes on Mountain Sheep and Caribou, ; Collected by the Author for the United States Biological Survey
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E-363. Very Good. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by G P Putnam's Sons, New York, 1930. Xxi, 417 pgs. Color frontispiece. Illustrated with 84 illustrations from photographs and a map. Signed by John Holzworth on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (large chip present to the heel of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "A story of the grizzly and big brown bears of Alaska, their habits, manners and characteristics, together with notes on mountain sheep and caribou, collected by the author for the United States biological survey." EB .
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