first edition Hardcover
1890 · Chicago and New York
by Shields, G.O.
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 591, [19 adverts]. Brown morocco with gilt-stamped bighorn sheep and titling, ruled spine, gilt edges. Includes frontispiece, 25 plates (all accounted for), and 14 in-text illustrations. Hinge is split at p. 15, endpapers have been lined with what appears to be electrical tape(!), boards have moderate wear to extremities.
(Inventory #: 39531)