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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.; Carefully collated from authentic sources by William T. Porter, editor of the New York "Spirit of the Times". With illustration by Hawker, Peter - 1846
by Hawker, Peter
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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.; Carefully collated from authentic sources by William T. Porter, editor of the New York "Spirit of the Times". With illustration
by Hawker, Peter
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Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1846. First American edition, from the ninth London edition. 8vo. 460 pp. Plates; publisher's ads. Inscribed by the publisher on the front endpaper and with a 1-page ALS from Porter to the publisher, 27 May 1846, making short references to grouse and deer hunting and promising "in the course of next week I hope to finish all the copy of your edition of Hawker." An important contributor to the early literature of sport in America, Porter was a journalist devoted to hunting, angling, and the turf (see DAB). Phillips, p. 163: "More than half the book on American shooting--birds and big game." Original gilt-stamped decorated red cloth (chipped at spine-head), with gilt sporting ornaments on the spine; several period newspaper clippings, including a review of this edition, affixed to front endpapers, else very good.
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- Date Published 1846
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Instructions To Young Sportsmen In All That Relates To Guns And Shooting
by Peter Hawker
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting
by Hawker, Peter
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Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1846. Rebacked, original spine preserved. Three-inch crack in upper front joint; front inner hinge cracked; light foxing; occasional spots and stains. In very good cloth slipcase.. First American Edition. Original Red Cloth. Good.
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Instructions To Young Sportsmen In All That Relates To Guns And Shooting; With Explanatory Plates And Woodcuts. Edited By His Son, Major P. W. L. Hawker
by Hawker, Peter
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London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859. Later Edition. Leather bound. Very good. Instructions to Young Sportsmen by Peter Hawker in a fine binding by C. E. Lauriat Co., Boston.. Octavo, xxviii, 548pp. Three-quarter leather, marbled paper boards, gilt trim. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine, top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Stated "Eleventh Edition" on title page. Solid text block, front hinge showing some wear, light rubbing to corners. Previous ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Features frontispiece with tissue.
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