Featured in this lot is this first edition 1889 copy of “Cruising in the Cascades and Other Hunting Adventures”, by American writer and sportsman, George Oliver Shields (1846-1925). This book has 339 pages and includes a frontispiece portrait of the author, 30 full page illustrations, 77 illustrations total, decorated initial letters, and eleven pages of advertisement in the back. The book has a brown cloth cover, gold gilt spine and cover titles, and pictorial decorations with floral decorated end papers. A quarter of the book is devoted to the author's description of hunting in the Harrison Lake, Montana area. It also describes Lillooet Indians and hunting and fishing in British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, and Texas. The articles on elk, bear, and antelope hunting were first published in Harper's Magazine; those on buffalo hunting and trout fishing were in the Outing Magazine. Rand McNallyCo. donated this book to the Alamogordo Public Library. This book is in overall good condition, the stamped cover and spine gold gilt is still clear, rear cover is moisture stained, scuffing evident on cover edges. Front floral decorated paper has library name stamped, rear floral decorated endpaper is torn. Intact pages exhibit age tanning and foxing throughout. Measures 6.25"W x 8.75"L x 1.25"D