STRONG, WILLIAM EMERSON. 'A TRIP TO THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK IN JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, 1875'. WASHINGTON [D.C.]: PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1876

4to. 2 folding maps, 7 plates, 7 portrait albumen photographs mounted on cards hinged with linen; minor foxing, mounts very slightly warped, minor toning. Later full brown calf, covers decoratively bordered in gilt, spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt-lettered red labels to second and fourth, all edges gilt.

Graff 4014; Litchfield 50; Phillips, 'American Sporting Books' 364 (counts 6 plates and 7 photographs)

4to. 2 folding maps, 7 plates, 7 portrait albumen photographs mounted on cards hinged with linen; minor foxing, mounts very slightly warped, minor toning. Later full brown calf, covers decoratively bordered in gilt, spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt-lettered red labels to second and fourth, all edges gilt.
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First edition. Contains a renowned description of a buffalo hunt and remarkable angling feats (claiming over 3,000 trout were caught).