Author:
HAWKER Lt Col P.
Title:
Instructions To Young Sportsmen In All That Relates To Guns And Shooting
Price:
£340.00
Year:
1816
Edition:
2nd Edn,
Publisher:
R Hunter
Summary:
V+(10) 324+(22) pages, tall 8vo., hand coloured frontis of a punt approaching wildfowl + 5 engraved plates, bookplate of Bibliotheqa Tiliana to front paste down, neat 2cm Tiliana stamp to verso of title page and lower margin of last page, recent rebind in 1/2 tan morroco, marbled boards, gun motif to spine compartments. A vg copy of Hawker's classic work running to 10 editions in his lifetime. The 1st being written at the request of friends had no plates or embellishments. the 2nd was updated and plates added. Chute 285, Riling 373
Ref:
16157
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