Publication: The University of New Mexico Press, 1946, Albuquerque
First edition. 8vo. Inked gift inscription by the author on the half title page: "To my friend John E. Martin for your reading pleasure, Sincerely, Elliott S. Barker, A Young 76 years old." Gray cloth, maps on endpapers, xviii, 209 pp., illustrated. Hunting mountain lions in the mountains of northern New Mexico. Much on the lion as a predator of cattle and other livestock. Stories of trapping and hunting lions, turkey, elk, and other wildlife in the Vermejo Park region of New Mexico. Fine, bright copy in a fine, bright dust jacket. An exceptional copy.
Inventory Number: 44470