Instructions to young sportsmen in all that relates to guns and shooting
by HAWKER, Lt. Col. P
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833. xxiii, [1], 507pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, seven engraved plates, and 20 engraved illustrations in the text. Modern gilt-tooled calf. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, plates foxed, scattered spotting. A revised and enlarged edition of a remarkably popular nineteenth century shooting manual by British Army officer Peter Hawker (1786-1853); first published in 1814 without illustrations. . Seventh edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ30527
- Title
- Instructions to young sportsmen in all that relates to guns and shooting
- Author
- HAWKER, Lt. Col. P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Seventh edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1833
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Sports
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
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