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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. "Carl Rungius was a master portrayer of the great game animals of western North America. Born in a small German town near present-day Berlin, he crossed the Atlantic in 1894 at the age of 25 to enter the brave new world of Teddy Roosevelt, Frederic Remington and an energetic breed of American illustrators. This book depicts his fascinating life and powerful paintings in a celebration of the North American wilderness we all imagine but he was lucky enough to experience." - dust jacket. 184 pages. Footnotes and Index. Generously illustrated in colour and black and white. Unmarked with moderate overall wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this large oblong coffee table-sized book, 11 x 11.7". ; Art; 4to. Illustrated by Rungius, Carl (illustrator).…