Sheldon C.

THE WILDERNESS OF THE UPPER YUKON; A Hunter's Explorations for Wild Sheep in Sub-Arctic Mountains.

Scribners. 1911 New York, 1st edn, 354pp, illus, fold-out maps. Very good plus copy. Item #002567

Charles Sheldon, America's most famous explorer/hunter of the North and the first man to shoot the "Grand Slam" of sheep. An account of hunting the game of the Yukon. Mainly sheep and grizzly. This is the book that contains the famous maps of the coloration of the sheep of the Yukon and Northern British Columbia. To this day this work is considered a standard on the subject. Some fine color illustrations by Carl Rungius.

Price: $475.00