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1838 "The Shooter's Preceptor" by Johnson with Additional Game Shooting Books
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | 1968), Raising Game Birds (Horace Mitchell, A Sporting Chance: Unusual Methods of Hunting (Daniel P. Mannix, 1936), 1967), The Shooter’s Preceptor; Containing Practical Instructions in the Choice, Breaking, and Management, of the Dogs Used in Shooting; with Illustrative Engravings, Calculated to Enable the Reader to Form a Correct Opinion of Each Variety: The Fowling-Piece Fully Considered, and the Great Improvement in Projectile Force Effected by the Patent Wire Cartridge Clearly Pointed Out (T. B. Johnson, 1838), Game Bird Shooting (Captain Charles Askins, The Game-birds of the Coasts and Lakes of the Northen States of America. A Full Account of the Sporting Along Our Seashoes and Inland Waters, With a Comparison of the Merits of Breech-loaders and Muzzle-loaders (Robert B. Roosevelt, 1866), 1931), The Wild-fowlers (Charles Bradford, Eastern Upland Shooting with Special Reference to Bird Dogs and Their Handling (Charles C. Norris, 1946), 1901), Shooting (Edited by Horace G. Hutchinson, The Peregrine (J. A. Baker, 1903) |
| Genre | Crafts and Hobbies, Instructional and Textbooks, Hunting and Fishing, Sports |
| Illustrator | Various |
| Type of Illustration | Halftone, Photographs, Offset Lithograph |
| Binding | Cloth on board, Buckram, One quarter cloth with paper boards |
| Edition Statement | First Edition, Second Printing |
| Number of Books | 9 |
| Additional Information | Errata to the first edition of Game Bird Shooting is to the lower edge of the frontispiece. Two volumes feature illustrated endpapers; three feature their original dustjacket. |
Condition
- wear to covers and dust jackets with dings, bumped corners, rubbed edges, soiling, chipping and material loss; writing/scribbling/bookplate to endpapers; broken hinge; dampstaining; loose pages.
Dimensions
10.5" W x 9.0" H x 6.5" D
- measures group.
Item #
ITMG329069
