XRARE: 1869 Ten Thousand Miles of Travel, Sport, and Adventure: hunting, Indians

Ten Thousand Miles of Travel, Sport, and Adventure

By F. Trench Townshend
 

London: Hurst and Blackett; 1869
 

An account of five months traveling in America in 1869, written by a British Captain in the Life Guards. Primarily focuses on hunting (e.g.; buffalo) as well as encounters with native Americans. Also includes observations of New York society, Washington D.C., Salt Lake City, Boston, San Francisco, and a harrowing trans-Atlantic journey back to England. Appendix includes a list of animals hunted.

Bound in tan blind-stamped leather with gilt-stamped spine titles. Black endpapers. Illustrated frontis and 2nd title page (fine steel engravings). 275 pages + publisher's ads. 9" x 6".