Flirtation Camp. Or, The Rifle, Rod and Gun in California. A Sporting Romance

by Theodore Strong Van Dyke,. Published by Fords, Howard and Hulbert, New York, 1881. Original pictorial bevel-edged green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, brown coated endpapers. First edition. Thinly fictionalized account of Van Dyke's hunting and fishing trips which Van Dyke called "a thread of romance on which are strung the pearls of sport and adventure ." (page [22]). "Perhaps the ablest of the early writers to come because of ill-health was Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1840-1923) . Coming to Southern California in 1875, he lived outdoors as much as he could in order to regain his strength, spending much of his time hunting and fishing in the country back of San Diego .