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[GRAY, FRANK S.]. "For Love of Bears." A Description of a Recent Hunting Trip with a romantic Finale--A True Story. By "James Daly." Profusely illustrated by pencil sketches. Chicago: Frank S. Gray, [1886]. 1st ed. Oblong 4to. 139 pp., plus ads. Pencil sketches reproduced & cabinet photo. Orig. printed & pictorial wrappers. Front wrap reattached near spine & lacking lower corner, affecting one letter in imprint. Small blank corner lacking from back wrap, as well. Early owner's signature on front blank, with his stamp as passenger agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad. $650.00
Howes D 41. Includes a humorous account of a hunting trip to northern Idaho. A curious work with the appearance of a typescript carbon, but a famous piece of western humor and travel, recounting adventures on the plains among Indians in the 1870s and '80s. Very rare in such excellent condition.