TWO LITTLE SAVAGES SETON 1ST EDITION ILLUSTRATED 1903

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Very Good First Edition of the children's classic, Two Little Savages . Being the Adventures of Two Boys who lived as Indians and what they learned. 200 + drawings. written & illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton,Naturalist to the Govenment of Manitoba, Canada. 1903, pub.William Briggs, Toronto. Over 200 Amazing b+w line drawings of Indian signs, teepeee patterns see scan 4, pattern of Thunder Bull and Black Bull teepee , owl stuffing plate, woodland animals, birds , plants and story characters plus full pg.b+w illustrations see scan 1,5. The design of the book is high quality; it is charming see page layout scan 1 & 5 with small drawing and full pg. illustration, scan 2 intro pg w/ green type, and scan 4 diagram example. The book also has a gold embossed coin on cover with portrait of the two boys and green birds, moons, arrowheads. Same gold embossing and circle on spine.Green and white scene woodland w/ skunk back and front inside cover. Ragged edge pages, owner's name in front. Indexed, 552 pgs.no stains, scribbles, warps, smells or rips. Great gift giving quality first edition book for a Naturalist or literature historian specialising in the early 20th century viewpoint of the Indian culture as seen from the point of view of two charmed little boys. Shipping cost higher than listed for U.S. because book is being shipped read more