Gunnerman.

BIGELOW, Horatio. Foreword by Col. Harold P. Sheldon.

Item Number: 116009

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939.

First edition of the author’s collection of wildfowling sketches. Octavo, original boards decorated in gilt, illustrated. One of nine hundred and fifty numbered copies, this is number 488. In near fine condition.

Bostonian Horatio Bigelow was a highly regarded writer of hunting literature throughout the first half of the 20th century. Most of the stories contained in the present volume reflect his love for the beautiful countryside of Palmyra, Virginia and cover some fifty years of his dedication to the sport of wildfowl hunting.