A splendid copy in the original beige cloth with bright gilt title on the front and unfaded spine.Only a hint of edge wear. Fishing tackle and sailboat in darker brown on the pictorial front board. Inside, a prior owner signature dated 1889 on the first page after the endpaper. Otherwise no stains or or browning or prior owner marks. The first 133 pages are a hunting story by Thompson. /Then sections on fishing, archery, boating, camping, hiking, and winter sportt. Interestingly, ten pages near the end on the camera. And the last section is on early baseball.