WILDERNESS HUNTING AND WILDCRAFT: WITH NOTES ON THE HABITS AND LIFE HISTORIES OF BIG GAME ANIMALS. By Lieut. Colonel Townsend Whelen. Illustrated with photographs and with sketches by the author.

(1927) 1987 new edition. 8vo (145 x 208mm). Ppx,338. B/w photograph plates and line illustrations, bibliography. Quarter-bound in dark brown leather over teal cloth, small gilt wolf motif to upper board, four raised bands and gilt titles to spine, all edges gilt, silk marker ribbon.

Originally published by Samworth in 1927. This 1987 Wolfe Publishing edition was limited to 1500 numbered copies. "This work treats of the hunting of big game for sport on the continent of North America, of the woodcraft essential to success, and of the habits and life histories of our big game in as much as is of interest and use to the hunter. It comprises my own experiences of a total of approximately sixty months in the game fields, as a well as a compilation from the writings of our most virile, observant, and successful hunters." Chapters include: The habits of big game; The three North American deer; The white-tailed deer or Virginia deer; The mule deer or Rocky Mountain black-tailed deer, jumping deer; The Columbian black-tailed deer; The wapiti or elk; The moose; The caribou; The mountain sheep; the Rocky Mountain goat or white goat; The bears of North America; The big brown bears; The grizzly bears; Still-hunting or woods hunting; Stalking, or mountain and plains hunting; Finding one's way; Clothing and personal kits; Camp beds and bedding; Shelter and tents; Big-game rifles; Wilderness rifles; Photography; Physical preparation; Convenient check-lists.