Meet the grizzly where it lives—in field notes, first-hand accounts, and crisp drawings. The Grizzly Bear: Portraits from Life gathers real encounters from the West, edited by Bessie Doak Haynes and Edgar Haynes with wildlife drawings by Mary Baker.
It reads like the historical record it is and still speaks to today’s conservation curious reader. Photo-verified and ready for your shelf.
Quick Specs
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Item Type: Book (hardcover with dust jacket)
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Size: approx. 9 × 6 × ~1 in (shelf estimate)
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Material: Quarter-cloth spine; paper boards and pages
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Color: Cream speckled boards with black spine; cream/tan pictorial jacket
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Origin or Maker: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
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Year or Era: Copyright 1966; third printing, 1979 (first ed. 1966; second 1967)
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Language / Pages: English, 370 pages
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Genre: Natural History, Wildlife, American West
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Identifiers: Library of Congress catalog number present on copyright page (see photo)
Edition & Features
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Editors/Intro: Bessie Doak Haynes and Edgar Haynes
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Illustrator: Mary Baker—detailed wildlife drawings throughout
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Content highlights: Historical range and decline of the grizzly; pioneer and ranger narratives; field observations; Western states focus; bibliography/index
Condition
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Grade: Good+ (book) / Good (dust jacket)
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Notes: Tight binding; clean, legible pages with light age toning. Boards crisp. Jacket shows overall toning with scattered spotting, a faint vertical mark on the front, and small edge nicks/short closed tears, especially at the spine ends (see photos).
See all photos for detail—sold as pictured.
Condition Grade Key
Near Fine: minimal wear; tight; clean.
Very Good: light wear; clean text; minor flaws.
Good: noticeable wear; sound reading copy; some marks.
Fair: heavy wear; complete but worn; priced accordingly.
Provenance & Notes
From a regional estate collection. Classic University of Oklahoma Press natural-history title.
About the Authors / Makers : Bessie Doak Haynes and Edgar Haynes
Bessie Doak Haynes and Edgar Haynes compiled first-person grizzly accounts; Mary Baker contributed sharp, realistic drawings. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, known for dependable Western and natural-history works.
Add this straight-talking grizzly history to your wildlife shelf—before another collector tracks it down.
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