A-hunting of the deer

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Excerpt from a larger work by Warner about hunting in the Adirondacks.

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[15] p.: ill.; 50 mm. tall. Bound in brown leatherette with applied circular pictorial cover label. In mottled yellow card slipcase with applied printed title label. Frontispiece is a tipped-in color photographic print.

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Warner, Charles Dudley 1985.

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  • Warner, Charles Dudley Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829-October 20, 1900). Essayist and novelist. Born in Plainsfield, Massachusetts. Graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Worked with a surveying party in Missouri, studied law at University of Pennsylvania and practiced in Chicago. Editor of The Hartford Press, co-editor Hartford Courant, worked on Harper’s Magazine. Editor of The American Men of Letters series, and of the Library of The World’s Best Literature. Lectured widely, wrote prolifically, and collaborated with Mark Twain.

Illustrator

  • Massmann, C. Ernest C. Ernest Massmann, artist and illustrator. Son of publisher Robert E. Massmann.

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  • Massmann, Robert E. Robert E. Massmann, author, librarian, and publisher of miniature books under his imprint REM Miniatures. Massmann assembled a major collection of miniature books, and is a founding member of the Miniature Book Society.

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  • Art Press Art Press, located in New Britain, Connecticut.

Publisher

  • REM Miniatures
    Publisher Info: REM Miniatures is the imprint of Robert E. Massmann, librarian, author, publisher, and collector.
    Place of Publication: New Britain, Connecticut

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  • Robert E. Massmann

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Description

Excerpt from a larger work by Warner about hunting in the Adirondacks.

Physical Description

[15] p.: ill.; 50 mm. tall. Bound in brown leatherette with applied circular pictorial cover label. In mottled yellow card slipcase with applied printed title label. Frontispiece is a tipped-in color photographic print.

Notes

Edition of 300 copies.

Printed at Art Press.

"Design, typography, hand coloring, photograph and binding by R.E.M. [Robert E. Massmann] Cover illustration by C. Ernest Massmann."--colophon.

Gift: April 2002.

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  • 1985

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  • Sept. 28, 2007, 5:06 p.m.

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Warner, Charles Dudley. A-hunting of the deer, book, 1985; New Britain, Connecticut. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3589/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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