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London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859. Eleventh ed. Lacks spine. Boards loose. Front endpapers detached but extant. Some browning, owners names to prelims, text and plateas clear and bright.. Quarter Leather. Poor. 8vo.

Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1853. Hardcover. Good. Second American edition. Red cloth gilt. Corner bumped, rather tanned, damage to the very top of the spine. Pastedowns heavily inscribed.

Lea and Blanchard, 1846-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Red cloth cover with decoration in blind and gilt shows heavy wear, tear, rubbing, edgewear, soiling, and major erosion on the spine. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed.

Hardcover. Good. Lea and Blanchard 459pp followed by 16 pages of ads. "First American, from the the Ninth London edition, to which is added The Hunting and Shooting of North America with descriptions of the animals and birds. Carefully collated from authentic sources, by Wm. T. Porter, Esq." Book has been rebound in magenta cloth with original red and gold decorated cloth front cover affixed to front board. New endpapers. Contents heavily foxed and browned with a stain affecting bottom front corner of most pages (content not affected). Preliminary pages heavily chipped. Front endpaper has 19th century pedigree dog breeding records handwritten in pencil on both sides (not fully legible). All illustrations intact.

2nd. American, from the 9th. London edition. To which is added the HUNTING AND SHOOTING OF NORTH AMERICA.By Wm. T. Porter. PhiladelphiaL Blanchard and Lea. 1853. 459pp. + 16pp. adv. dated March 1, 1856. A very good tight copy. Spine ends lightly frayed and minimal foxing throughout. SPORTS; GUNNING; SHOOTING; HUNTING; W031

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859. 11th Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii + 548 pp., 8 plates, includes frontis (each showing some foxing), numerous woodcuts, index. Edited by his son, Maj. P.W.L. Hawker. Full leather binding, re-backed (long ago), gold-foil stamping to the spine & gold-foil trim lines to the front & rear boards. Red leather label on spine. Overall v.g. cond. w/lt. wear to the edges & hinges. Binding solid, bookplate, pencilling on rear attached endpaper, very lt. foxing to a few of the front blank pp. Nice leather bound copy of this classic work.

E-249: Lea and Blanchard. Very Good. 1846. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, PA. 1846. 460 pgs +32 pp of advertisements and publisher's catalogue, frontispiece, plus 9 plates, 2 text illustrations. First American, from the ninth London edition. Bound in 3/4 ruled blue leather with matching cloth boards with titles and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Colonel Peter Hawker (24 November 1786 – 7 August 1853) was a celebrated diarist and author, and a shooting sportsman accounted one of the "great shots" of the 19th century. His sporting exploits were widely followed and on occasion considered worth reporting in The Times. Hawker is best known today for his published works on the sporting activities of shooting, wildfowling and fishing. Hawker published his "Advice to Young Sportsmen" in 1814, a… Read More