Hardback with green cloth boards. It has gilt titling on the spine, and black titling on a red label on the front cover. There are also red illustrations on the front cover and spine. It is in good condition, although the spine is slightly faded, but generally the text is clean and bright. It contains 4 illustrations by the author. A collection of tales of realistic wild-animal fiction by prolific author, Ernest Thompson-Seton the first edition of these tales in their own volume. This selection of stories are from Thompson-Seton\'s best known work \'Wild Animals I Have Known\'. This work was the first in a new genre of realistic wild-animal fiction. It became one of the most popular books of its day. The stories depict animals, especially predators who were often demonized in literature, as compassionate individualistic beings.