For your consideration is this first edition copy of The Big Game of North America compiled by George Oliver Shields from 1890. This book compiles the habits, haunts and characteristics; the how, when and where to hunt the big game of North America. Published by Rand, Mcnally in 1890, this book still has the original pictorial red cloth with gilt. This is a first edition of big game hunting lore, with 27 full page illustrations and numerous in text vignettes. This book includes Judge John Dean Caton's treatise " The Ethics of the Field Sports." This book is in very good condition (some fade spots on front board) with beveled boards; bindings are tight with strong hinges. The text is bright with minimal shelf wear. The measurements of this book are 6 3/4" x 9 1/2".