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Classics of the American Shooting Field. A Mixed Bag for the Kindly Sportsman 1783-1926
by Edited By John C. Phillips and Lewis Webb Hill. Frontispiece Illustration By Frank W. Benson, Additional Illustrations By Others
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. First edition, 1930. Green cloth printed in gilt, color frontis plate, other illustrations in black and white, no dustjacket. Very good condition with some rubbing to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, pages lightly age-toned but clean with two pages a bit darkened with from a plant being pressed there, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046927
- Title
- Classics of the American Shooting Field. A Mixed Bag for the Kindly Sportsman 1783-1926
- Author
- Edited By John C. Phillips and Lewis Webb Hill. Frontispiece Illustration By Frank W. Benson, Additional Illustrations By Others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- HUNTING SPORTS OUTDOOR GUNS GAME
- Bookseller catalogs
- Recreation, Sports and Hobbies;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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