The Modern Shooter: Containing Practical Instructions and Directions for Every Description of Inland and Coast Shooting
by Captain Lacy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Texas, United States
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About This Item
London: Whittaker and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hard cover published by Whittaker and Co. in London in 1842. Original green cloth covers with blindstamped designs and with gilt lettering on spine. Spine is faded to brown, and is worn and torn at top, with some missing pieces, and worn at bottom, with a scrape. Corners of covers are bumped and bent, with some splitting of the cloth. Covers have some scuffing. Inside front cover has a bookplate from a previous owner and front endpaper has the name of a previous owner and a date of 1842 written in middle. Inner back hinge is split by back cover. Back cover has a bookstore sticker at bottom. Pages have some tanning. Some pages have foxing. Book is in fair condition. Large 8vo, 548 pages, 2 lb.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 548 pages .
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MSL10600
- Title
- The Modern Shooter: Containing Practical Instructions and Directions for Every Description of Inland and Coast Shooting
- Author
- Captain Lacy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Whittaker and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1842
- Keywords
- Shooting, Hunting, Ammunition, Bird Hunting, Guns
Terms of Sale
Inside the Covers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2011
Lancaster, Texas
About Inside the Covers
History and Texana books, along with signed first editions.
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