Thirty Years War for Wild Life: Gains and Losses in the Thankless Task

Pp. xv, 292, (2, ads); frontispiece portrait of Hornaday, 69 illustrations (black-and-white photos, maps, line-drawings and maps).  Publisher’s original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, with inset photograph of the heath hen on the front cover, lg 8vo.  This is the Stamford Congressional Edition which is the first printing of this work; a trade edition followed.  This is Hornaday’s classic work on his efforts to establish game preserves and laws for the protection of endangered wildlife.  No ownership marks and no signs of use.