The Modern Shooter: Containing Practical Instructions and Directions for Every Description of Inland and Coast Shooting.
by Lacy, Captain
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Issued Without d/j
- Seller
-
Hudson, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Whittaker and Co., 1842. First Edition . Cloth. Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii + 548 pp., b/w illus., 2 page frontis. RE-BOUND. The original embossed green cloth has been used to cover a new cloth binding (front, spine & back cover). Bookplate on the attached front endpaper, former owner's ink sig. on the f.f.e.p., lt. foxing on the rear endpapers & some lt. foxing on the bottom edge of a few pp. of the text o/w good to very good cond.
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- Bookseller
- Ross & Haines (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8824
- Title
- The Modern Shooter: Containing Practical Instructions and Directions for Every Description of Inland and Coast Shooting.
- Author
- Lacy, Captain
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Issued Without d/j
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Whittaker and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1842
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- HUNTING, GUNS SHOOTING, WILDFOWL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting and Fishing; Weapons; Sports;
Terms of Sale
Ross & Haines
All books returnable within 7 days if not as described. Media Rate shipping is $ 3.50 for the first volume and $1 for each additional volume. Priority shipping is $ 7.50 for an average sized octavo and $33.00 for Global Priority.
About the Seller
Ross & Haines
Biblio member since 2004
Hudson, Wisconsin
About Ross & Haines
15,000 books in stock, All subjects covered with an emphisis on history. Shop was founded in Minneapolis in 1950 and has been located in Hudson, Wisconsin since 1993. Open by appointment only.
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