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London. : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. , 1844. 9th edition.. Hardcover, later blue cloth, gilt spine title, red speckled edges. . Very good, light wear to covers, light to moderate foxing to plates, marginal dampstain to first two plates. . 8vo. 22x14 cm. . Numerous illustrations in text, 10 (of 11) engraved plates, (lacking plate facing p. 173).

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London: ongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Seventh Edition. 8vo, xxiii + pp507 complete with frontispiece, portrait of author and 6 other b/w engravings with illustrations throughout text. Hardcover no Dust jacket. Red half leather binding with gilt lettering to spine in fair condition as front board has detached with a little rubbing to spine. Inside all pages in very good clean condition although there is a little foxing to plates.

1825. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper. 8vo. - Bound in half leather over marbled boards - w/ 10 explanatory plates - Corners are bumped w/ boards exposed - Covers are rubbed w/ chipping to edges - Some fraying to spine ends and 2" section heavily scuffed at tail - Edges of text block toned - Previous owner's name in ink on blank prelim - Foxing throughout, which is heavy to prelims, frontispiece and title page - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight - xx/439 pages

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.

London: Longman & Co., 1844. 9th Edition. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Item is protected with a clear plastic cover. 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Some fading and a few small marks on boards. One or two small chips on spine ends. Endpapers are tanned. Pages are lightly sunned and have several dirty marks. Some foxing at front and rear, and at several further points. Pages are rather bumped. Binding appears intact, and the text and illustrations remain clear. AF. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

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Longman, Rees a.o. London. 1833. Seventh Edition, Corrected Enlarged, and Improved. With Explanatory Plates and Woodcuts.. pp. xxiii, (i), 507, (i). Frontispiece, portrait of the author, 6 plates and numerous text woodcuts. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, some-time rebacked with the original spine relaid, the boards faded and rubbed, occasional marginal mark but a good copy overall.

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1846. First American edition, from the ninth London edition. Illustrated. 459 (16 ads) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Gilt-decorated red cloth. Spine ends chipped, rubbed, else Externally Fine. Text has waterstain to lower inner corner throughout. Signed G. Clinton Tallmadge 1846 on the title-page. First American edition, from the ninth London edition. Illustrated. 459 (16 ads) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First American edition of this classic work, with additional material on American sport collected by William T. Porter, editor of "The Spirit of the Times", and including several chapters by "Frank Forester" [Henry William Herbert]: "The Game of North America", pp. 181-3, "The Woodcock" pp. 184-6, "The Quail", pp. 187-9, "Quail Shooting", pp. 190-8, and "English and American Game", pp. 439-456. Notes Van Winkle: "This work is so much enlarged that it is a quite different book from the English edition of the same title." A sizeable portion of the articles in the American section comes from… Read More

Lea and Blanchard, 1846-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover rebound in fine red cloth with tooled covers and decorative illustrations. Damp stain to top of front pages, toning with foxing at edges of text block. Good binding and cover. Book plate on front end pages. Ships daily.

1833. London, Longman, Rees, Orme, 1833. Uncut in orig.(?) full cloth. Titlelabel in leather on back, gilt lettering. A small paperlabel at food of spine. Bottom of title with a stamp. Engraved frontispiece, engr. portrait and 6 engraved plates.(Complete). Many woodcut-illustrations in the text. Internally and externally clean and fine.

London: Printed For Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, And Green, 1830. Sixth Edition, Enlarged and Corrected. ìThere is no doubt the Colonelís book stood unrivalled for quite fifty years as a manual on guns and shooting, and on all connected with killing game and especially wild fowl, and in many respects its contents are, with possibly a few alterationsÖjust as useful to the present generation as they were to the last and to the one before that, particularly in regard to all details of coast fowlingÖî. (Sir Ralph Payne-Gallweyís Introduction to The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker, published London: 1893) At the end is an alphabetical list of London gunmakers followed by the names of two recommended taxidermists, pp. [477]-480. Slater p. 68. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xx, 480. tipped-in publisherís slip & 16-page publisherís catalogue. 8 engraved plates (incl. frontis. & portrait) & numerous wood-engraved text illus. Uncut in original cloth, rebacked, preserving endpapers, new spine label (foxing to portrait &… Read More

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.

INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN IN ALL THAT RELATES TO GUNS AND SHOOTING,Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824, the third edition considerably enlarged and improved with ten explanatory plates, outer hinges professionally strengthened, else a near fine copy rebound in full calf with raised spines in 6 decorated compartments with gold-gilt page edges and marbled end-papers. Illustrated. Housed in a custom made slip-case.

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.