Wild Fowl Shooting, Containing Scientific and Practical Descriptions of Wild Fowl: Their Resorts, Habits, Flights, and the Most Successful Method of Hunting Them…

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pp. (7), 273, b/w plates, contents very good in refurbished and rubbed full brown leather, gilt devices on boards and spine, gilt ruling, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. “Treating of the selection of guns for wild fowl shooting; how to lad, aim, and to use them successfully, decoys and the proper manner of using them, blinds; how and where to construct them, boats; how to build and use them scientifically, retrievers; their characteristics, how to select, and how to train them.”

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Number of pages 373
Original Title Wild Fowl Shooting, Containing Scientific and Practical Descriptions of Wild Fowl: Their Resorts, Habits, Flights, and the Most Successful Method of Hunting Them...
Published Date 1888
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No dustjacket
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Chicago
Edition First edition
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pp. (7), 273, b/w plates, contents very good in refurbished and rubbed full brown leather, gilt devices on boards and spine, gilt ruling, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. “Treating of the selection of guns for wild fowl shooting; how to lad, aim, and to use them successfully, decoys and the proper manner of using them, blinds; how and where to construct them, boats; how to build and use them scientifically, retrievers; their characteristics, how to select, and how to train them.”

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Weight 1.5 kg