William T. Hornaday — Old-Fashioned Verses

New York, Clark and Fritts, 1919. Cloth. A signed poetic anthology based on the fascinating thoughts and experiences of American pioneering wildlife conservationist William T. Hornaday. The signed edition of Old-Fashioned Verse, a poetic anthology written by American zoologist and conservationist William T. Hornaday. Published by Clark and Fritts in 1919.Rebound in quarter-cloth, with brown paper boards. Contains a frontispiece of the poet, and all other seven photographic plates. Collated complete.Contains a signed message on front-free end paper from Hornaday to actor and playwright George Cochrane Hazelton, co-author of 1912 play Yellow-Jackets.A fascinating figure, Hornaday today is best known as both the first director of the New York Zoological Park, now Bronx Zoo, and for his pioneering work on American Wildlife conservation, being particularly active in conserving the often hunted American Buffalo. This personal anthology delves into his own thoughts on the First World War, Wildlife, the Wild West and Friendship. Rebound in quarter-cloth, with brown paper boards. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to the spine, and marginal signs of shelf wear, with a very small chip to top edge and slight bumping to top extremities. Minimal marks, with slight smudging to spine label. End papers are generally bright and clean, with minor browning towards top edges. Author's signed message to front free end paper in heavy pencil. Internally, firmly bound. The occasional leaf unopened. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Unknown. Very Good .