October 10th Auction, Autographs,Manuscripts, Sports, Books and Photography
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/10/2019
259 pp. Illustrations by Charles DeFeo throughout, including a color frontispiece. (8vo) original quarter red morocco and linen boards, spine stamped and lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, modern custom slipcase. No. 385 of 520 copies, of which 475 copies were for sale. First Edition. Signed by the author and the artist on the limitation page. Probably the best animal biography ever written on the life of a fish, tracing a Chinook salmon born on Santiam River, Oregon, following it down the Columbia to the ocean, then its final return to spawn and die. Wide acclaim among biologists as the best popular account of spawning and life-history of a Pacific salmon, because the author spent so much time on the rivers with professionals. Bruns H15.
Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run
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