The Grizzly King James Oliver Curwood Doubleday Page for  P F Collier 1926 Very good vintage condition.
he Grizzly King: A Romance of the Wild by James Oliver Curwood – Published by Doubleday, Page & Co. for P.F. Collier & Son, 1926 Hardcover:A wonderfully preserved 1926 edition of James Oliver Curwood’s classic wilderness masterpiece, The Grizzly King. Originally published in 1916, this specific edition was printed by Doubleday, Page & Company exclusively for P.F. Collier & Son as part of a uniform subscription set of Curwood’s highly popular outdoor adventure works. Set in the majestic Canadian Rockies, the story follows Thor, a massive and kingly grizzly bear, and a young orphaned cub named Muskwa, as they navigate the perils of nature and evade a group of determined hunters. Curwood, a passionate conservationist and one of America's most successful early 20th-century nature writers, based the story heavily on his own real-world wildlife expeditions. The novel later achieved massive modern fame as the primary inspiration for Jean-Jacques Annaud's acclaimed 1988 feature film, The Bear. Bound in the publisher’s original deep green cloth with an embossed outdoor motif, this is a clean, handsome volume for collectors of vintage Americana, classic westerns, and historical nature fiction.  Condition: Very good vintage condition. The original cloth binding is structurally square, firm, and tight with clear cover detailing. Interior pages remain clean, crisp, and beautifully preserved—completely free of heavy handling wear, major foxing, or owner inscriptions. No dust jacket (as issued for this specific subscription series).