[New York: Outing Company], 1885-1886.
Volume VII: No. 1 thru 6. October, 1885 thru March, 1886.
Bound in gilt-stamped brown cloth with cover illustration of a branch and leaves in black.
Covers and spine show some speckling, especially heavy on the front cover, otherwise a very good, sound copy with hinges intact; internally clean.
Contains many articles with information on archery, bicycling, billiards, canoeing, cricket, fishing, hunting, lacrosse, rowing, shooting, the kennel, tennis, winter sports, yachting, etc.
Of Note: Contains the first six installments of "Around the World on a Bicycle" by Thomas Stevens.
First first installment of "Ranch-Life and Game-Shooting in the West" by Theodore Roosevelt.
A short piece "After Geronimo" by Lieut. John Bigelow, Tenth Cavalry.
A nice piece on archery for women by a woman author.
Many accounts of adventurous trips including moose hunting in Alaska.
A short note in the "Monthly Record" section contains a report the Amateur Base-ball League.
Plus too much more to list.
Large thick octavo; 728 pages.
Fully illustrated.