Grand Canyon Trails by … With thirty-two illustrations.
New York: Privately Printed for the Author and His Friends [by H.S. Nichols, 17 E. 33rd St], 1924.
First edition, one of 50 copies signed by the Author. With 32 plates from photographs. xiv, 141 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth gilt. Fine copy Heller 1:223 “All of McAleenan’s books are rare but this title is practically unknown”. Not in Phillips or Howes. Item #346650
Diary kept by Joseph McAleenan of a three-week hunting trip into the Grand Canyon country after mountain lion in September 1917. In addition to McAleenan, other members of the party included W.D. “Billy” Starr, “Red John”, McSweeney, and Austin, who bagged the expedition’s first mountain lion. McAleenan records camp life and conversation, natural wonders, anecdotes of life in the old West, and the experiences of the hunters and photographers. They made their base camp in Shinumo Creek Canyon and later in Bright Angel Canyon.
RARE.
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