Instructions to Young Sportsmen, With Directions for the Choice, Care, and Management of Guns; Hints for the Preservation of Game; and Instructions for Shooting Wildfowl. To Which is Added, A Concise Abridgment of the Principal Game Laws.
by [Hawker, Lt. Col. Peter]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Issued Without d/j
- Seller
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Hudson, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Printed for J. Johnson and Co.: London, 1814. First Edition . Quarter Leather. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xvi + 150 pp. First Edition of this famous sporting book. Quarter leather binding w/raised bands & red leather title label. Marbeled boards. Lt. rubbing to the boards & lt. wear to the corners. This is not a recent binding. The t.p. is attached to a stub but is original. A very scarce, very collectible work. Overall v.g. cond. Contained in a gray cloth clam shell box.
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- Bookseller
- Ross & Haines (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8785
- Title
- Instructions to Young Sportsmen, With Directions for the Choice, Care, and Management of Guns; Hints for the Preservation of Game; and Instructions for Shooting Wildfowl. To Which is Added, A Concise Abridgment of the Principal Game Laws.
- Author
- [Hawker, Lt. Col. Peter]
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Issued Without d/j
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London
- Place of Publication
- Printed for J. Johnson and Co.
- Date Published
- 1814
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- GUNS, SHOOTING, HUNTING, SPORTSMEN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting and Fishing; Weapons; Sports;
Terms of Sale
Ross & Haines
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About the Seller
Ross & Haines
Biblio member since 2004
Hudson, Wisconsin
About Ross & Haines
15,000 books in stock, All subjects covered with an emphisis on history. Shop was founded in Minneapolis in 1950 and has been located in Hudson, Wisconsin since 1993. Open by appointment only.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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