Game Survey of the North Central States

Madison, WI: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer's Institute, 1931. 1931 edition. Hardcover. Very good -. 299 pp. Quarto. [26 cm]. Green cloth over boards stamped with a black pattern imitating a 3/4 binding. Text block is cracked at title page. Corners bumped and extremities rubbed. Ex library markings from the Library of Congress, including a blank book plate on front paste down. A previous library's pencilled notes and stamp on copyright page. Stamp reading "Institute for Government Research" has been crossed out in pencil on title page. An interesting piece of hunting history with government provenence. Was distributed by the American Game Association.

"For the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer's Institute Under Direction of its Committee and Protection of Game" --from the title page. Committee members John M. Olin (Chairman), Elliot C. Dill (Vicechairman), C.W. Hymer, C.R. Babson, M. Hartley Dodge, T.H. Keller, W.D. Higgins, and L.W.T. Waller, Jr." -- from the title page.