Instructions to Young Sportsmen, in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting, to which is added the Hunting and Shooting of North America, with Descriptions of the Animals and Birds

By: Hawker, Lt. Col. Peter and William T. Porter

Price: $115.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard: 1846

Seller ID: 12975

Condition: Good

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Octavo (23 cm), pp. xvi, 2- 460, plus advertisements. First US edition from the ninth London edition, with material added on North American hunting and game animals. Original red cloth binding with gilt lettering, design of hunting dogs stamped on upper board. Evidence of exposure to moisture, as well as foxing, discolored leaves. Boards are well-worn and possibly singed at tail of spine. Former owner's stamp on front pastedown. In "A Sportsman's Library," Stephen Bodio writes that "'Instructions' is one of the prime examples of 'lyrical shoptalk' in sporting literature. If you rea... View more info