cross redmond (3 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Stapled wraps. Minor creasing to wraps with 1 tiny tear. ; Limited edition: no. 104 of 125 copies. Johnson's work on the left with Juvenal's work in Latin on the right. ; 59 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. 250 copies, of which this is no. 7. xi, 302 p. 21 cm. Frontispiece photo and 14 other b&w plates. Burgundy cloth with silver impressing. Some rubbing to cloth on rear board, tiny tear in spine head, some softening to spine tail, slight discolouration to spine and part of front. Corners a bit bumped. Inscribed by one author, Henry Bannon, to his grandson on the half title. An early record of the views of people who fought to advance the causes of conservation and preservation of game and wilderness. Some of the most influential sportsmen and conservationists of the day contributed to this album: The editors: George Bird Grinnell: the founder of the National Audubon Society and longtime editor of Field & Stream magazine. Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Theodore, explored the wilderness of several continents with his father. W. Redmond Cross was an investment banker and onetime president of the New York Zoological Society. Prentiss N. Gray was an avid outdoorsman whose journals about hunting and fishing were published as "From the Peace to the Fraser."Some of the authors: Madison Grant is credited with the saving of many different species of animals, founding environmental and philanthropic organizations, and developing much of the discipline of wildlife management. Lincoln Ellsworth was a polar explorer and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History. Frederick Russell Burnham, world-traveling adventurer, taught woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell and helped inspire the international Scouting Movement. Henry Wharton Shoemaker was a prominent American folklorist, historian, diplomat, writer, publisher, and conservationist.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 250 copies, of which this is no. 25. xi, 302 p. 21 cm. Frontispiece photo and 14 other b&w plates. Burgundy cloth with silver impressing in mylar-covered tan dustjacket. Spine of jacket is missing; panels and flaps held on by mylar cover.Stain and scuff on rear panel. Some small chips and tears to jacket edges. Very slight foxing to top of text block. Foxing to first pages inside. Small mark on fore-edge. Inscribed by Henry T. Bannon, one of the authors, to his grandchild Marion Ferguson on the half title. An early record of the views of people who fought to advance the causes of conservation and preservation of game and wilderness. Some of the most influential sportsmen and conservationists of the day contributed to this album: The editors: George Bird Grinnell: the founder of the National Audubon Society and longtime editor of Field & Stream magazine. Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Theodore, explored the wilderness of several continents with his father. W. Redmond Cross was an investment banker and onetime president of the New York Zoological Society. Prentiss N. Gray was an avid outdoorsman whose journals about hunting and fishing were published as "From the Peace to the Fraser." Some of the authors: Madison Grant is credited with the saving of many different species of animals, founding environmental and philanthropic organizations, and developing much of the discipline of wildlife management. Lincoln Ellsworth was a polar explorer and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History. Frederick Russell Burnham, world-traveling adventurer, taught woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell and helped inspire the international Scouting Movement. Henry Wharton Shoemaker was a prominent American folklorist, historian, diplomat, writer, publisher, and conservationist.