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SUBTITLED: Manual of Instructions for Capturing all kinds of Fur-Bearing Animals and Curing their Skins; with Observations on the Fur-Trade, Hints on Life in the Woods, and Narratives of Trapping and Hunting Excursions. By S. Newhouse and other /trappers and Sportsmen. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 205, ii, pgs, illustrations and plates. Original red cloth with gilt titled spine. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Light wear on spine ends, rubbing to edges and corners; else covers and gilt bright. Interior pages are clean with former owner's stamped name on preliminary page (A.C. Smith Hunter and Trapper, Temple, Me.); else clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Nice copy of the 11th edition of the classic and highly regarded Newhouse trapping guide. "It gives full descriptions of all the animals which the American trapper is likely to meet with, tells how they live, how to trap them and how to care for and cure their pelts. No man who is interested in trapping wild animals, whether it be muskrats of bears, should be without this complete manual of instruction." (Publisher). As with other editions provides the information on trapping, curing of fur berating animals. Also section on trapper narratives, pgs 131-205. Numerous full-page illustrations. Seller Inventory # 1225003
Title: THE TRAPPER'S GUIDE and Manual of ...
Publisher: Forest and Stream Publishing, New York
Publication Date: 1908
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 5th or later Edition
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