Clean hardcover book in unclipped dust jacket. Clean dark green paper-covered boards with blue metallic lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 316 pages with Index. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has one 1/2" closed tear at top rear panel edge; no chips; hint of very slight sunning to spine background; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A book on the history of the conservation movement, showing that it originated in the 1870s and was spearheaded by American sportsmen who hunted and fished for pleasure. Brilliantly documented and written by a respected historian.
Title: American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN Number: 0876911734
ISBN-13: 9780876911730
Location Published: Winchester Press: 1975
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Categories: Nature, Environmental, Hunting
Seller ID: 033744
Keywords: environmental conservation history, first edition, fishing, history of conservation in america, hunters role in conservation, hunting, john f. reiger