Cox, William T. "Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods" [Judd & Detweiler, 1910] Signed 1st Edition

COX, William T. Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods: With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts

Washington, D.C.: Press of Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1910. First edition. 9.25" x 6.25". Illustrated throughout by Coert DuBois with numerous full-page and text illustrations. Publisher's original green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the upper board and spine. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Walter Moore with the compliments of the 'author.' Wm. T. Cox." Moderate foxing to the preliminary leaves and title page, with scattered lighter foxing elsewhere; binding sound with light shelf wear and a few small marks to the cloth. Very Good.

One of the classic works of American lumberjack folklore, collecting the cryptids and fantastic beasts said to inhabit the forests, swamps, mountains, and deserts of North America. Cox, Minnesota's first State Forester, presents dozens of legendary creatures— - including the Hodag, Squonk, Agropelter, Snoligoster, Slide-Rock Bolter, and Funeral Mountain Terrashot - in the mock-scientific style of a natural history, assigning each a Latin name, habitat, and behavioral characteristics.