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1857 · 036601 — New York: Evans & Co 1857. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12 Hand Colored Woodcut Plates. X 14-336 Pp.; No Ads At Rear. Brown Cloth Spine Elaborately Gilt Front Cover With Native American In Gilt And A Blind Stamped Design Rear Cover With Blind Stamped Native American And The Same Design Yellow Endpapers. 12 Hand Colored Woodcut Plates Including Frontispiece And Extra Color Illustrated Title Page All With Tissue Guards. First Edition. Binding Solid But Joints Beginning To Crack Corners With Small Frays Ends Of Spine Frayed Away. Ownership Signatures Of William G. Bennett 623 E. St. Nw Washington Dc And 21 S. Hartley St. York Pa; Signatures Look Mid-Nineteenth Century. "It Could Even Be Argued That One Of The First White Hunters Was In Fact No Stiff-Upper-Lipped Victorian But A Texan With The Grand Name Of Peregrine Peary To His Clients Herne. In The 1840S Herne No Relation To The Author Brian Herne Roamed The Wilderness Of The American West Making A Living Hunting And Trapping. At The Trading Station Called Brown's Hole On The Green River Upstream From The Colorado Herne's Path Crossed That Of An English Sportsman A Gentleman Of Fortune Named Robert Barrill. The Two Men Became Fast Friends And Barrill Proposed That As An "Experienced Hunter" Peregrine Herne Should Accompany Him To Various Parts Of The World. As Herne Wrote "If I Would Accompany Him On His Travels And Hunting Expeditions He Would Take Care That I Was Well Provided In Every Respect." Herne Gladly Accepted And May Actually Have Been The First White Hunter From That Era To Have Been Paid For His Services Which Included Hunting In Africa. In Any Event Herne's "Guiding" Activities Closely Resembled Those Of This Century's First White Hunters." See "White Hunters' By Brian Herne. <br/> <br/> Evans & Co hardcover