THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN: CONTAINING HINTS TO SPORTSMEN, NOTES ON SHOOTING, AND THE HABITS OF THE GAME BIRDS, AND WILD FOWL OF AMERICA
de Lewis, Elisha J
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Philadelphia, 1855. 494pp. Textual illus. Frontis. Engraved title. Original gilt cloth. Cloth rubbed and sunned, extremities worn. Two bookplates. Corner clipped from one tissue guard, else internally very good. In half morocco slipcase. Second edition of HINTS TO SPORTSMEN, first published in 1851. A compendious account of winged game as well as, to a lesser extent, earthbound game, followed up by a large section on general hints for sportsmen on how to deal with terrain, their arsenals, and chance injuries to self or hound. PHILLIPS, SPORTING BOOKS, p.225.
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- THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN: CONTAINING HINTS TO SPORTSMEN, NOTES ON SHOOTING, AND THE HABITS OF THE GAME BIRDS, AND WILD FOWL OF AMERICA
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- Lewis, Elisha J
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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