SPORTING ADVENTURES IN THE FAR WEST.

London, 1879. 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Item #9802123

Gilt & blindstamped cloth. 404pp. Murphy spent seven years in the American West. This work focuses on the habits & haunts of all the large animals. The author relates a few episodes & tales a long the way. In the Preface he states that his hunting "was as much for the purpose of studying the fera naturae, as for killing them. their life was frequently more pleasing to me than their death." Silver dollar-sized splotch on front cover (but not on gilt illust); new endpapers same color as original; wear to corners; moderate general wear. Resewn, tight copy. Scarce. Rader 2459 only cites the 1880 American edition. Dobie, p155, says "One of the earliest roundups of game animals in the West."

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