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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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THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN: Containing Hints To Sportsmen, Notes On Shooting, and the Habits of the Game Birds and Wild fowl of America.

by Lewis, Elisha J

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J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia: ., 1857 510 p. + Lithograph Frontis and half title. Numerous woodcut text illustrations designed by George G. White and engraved by Louderback & Hoffmann. Age stain. Manuscript ownerships of R. D. Hamilton and H.H. Hamilton. Old newspaper clipping, The new game laws of Senator Hammond, pasted onto front paste down. tall 8vo. 240 mm. Original full red cloth binding. Front board decorated in gold with a bird dog and ducks. Same decoration embossed in blind on rear board. Binding worn with loss at extremities. Third and best edition. Written by Dr. Elisha Jarrett Lewis (1820-1877), and first published in 1856. This book is a classic and a delight to read for anyone interested in shooting game birds and wild fowl; or indeed, anyone that loves stories of the woods and fields. After the section on shooting, which includes rabbits and squirrels as well as birds. . There is a large section on general hints for sportsmen on: how to deal with terrain; their guns; first aid for chance injuries to self or their dogs; taxidermy; and even cooking game. PA SHELF 33. Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

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Title
THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN: Containing Hints To Sportsmen, Notes On Shooting, and the Habits of the Game Birds and Wild fowl of America.
Author
Lewis, Elisha J
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Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia: .
Date Published
1857
Keywords
PENNSYLVANIA AMERICANA HUNTING AMERICAN SPORTSMAN GAME BIRDS WILD FOWL 1857 ELISHA J. LEWIS ILLUSTRATIONS
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.

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