Sale 23SP01 | Lot 57

[AMERICAN HUNTING] STIMSON, HENRY L. My Vacations.

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[AMERICAN HUNTING] STIMSON, HENRY L. My Vacations.

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Lot 57
[AMERICAN HUNTING] STIMSON, HENRY L. My Vacations.
N.p.: Privately printed, 1949. First and only edition, a presentation copy to Amy Dana from Mabel and Harry Stimson. Publisher's red cloth. 8 1/2 x 6 inches (21.5 x 14 cm); xii, 180 pp.; plates after photographs throughout. Spine somewhat faded.

A scarce account written by Stimson, Secretary of War to Taft and Roosevelt (the last during World War II), as well as Hoover's Secretary of State. It recounts hunting grizzly bear, deer, caribou, sheep, mountain goat and moose in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Quebec, New Brunswick and the Philippines. Stimson's only book, it was written at the urging of his family shortly before his death.


C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $378 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $378 (includes buyer's premium)
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Sporting & Travel Books

Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 10am EST