A HUNTER'S EXPERIENCES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA; Being an Account of the Natural History of the Various Quadrupeds and Birds which Are the Objects of Chase in Those Countries, by Captain Flack ('The Ranger')

London: Longmans, Green, 1866. First edition. 8vo. (8), 359 pp. 32-page publisher's catalogue, dated November 1866, bound in at rear. Based on experiences in the 1840s and 1850s American South, the author presents a hunter's paradise in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Sabin 24639. Howes S-31. Clark "Travels in the Old South" III, 314: "An appendix with detailed information concerning expenses of transportation, recommended equipment and clothing, and favored regions for hunting [specific species] concludes the work ... the outstanding merit of this rare and fascinating book is the author's meticulous attention to detail, based upon his wide range of activity and his particular flare for recording realistically and vividly his pursuit of the fauna of the American South." Fine, a choice copy. Original blue cloth, gilt spine title. (10694). (Inventory #: 64575)