The American shooter's manual : comprising, such plain and simple rules, as are necessary to introduce the inexperienced into a full knowledge of all that relates to the dog, and the correct use of the gun : also a description of the game of this country / by a gentleman of the Philadelphia county.
Published / Created:
Philadelphia : Carey, Lea, & Carey, 1827.
Physical Description:
[5], x-xii, [1], 14-249, [9] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts SK313 .K47 1827Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN 2002 565: Bookplate: Joseph W. Alsop. Autograph: J.W. Alsop. Ms. notes and original sketch at back of vol. 1.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original brown quarter cloth, and tan board covers. In brown quarter morocco, and brown cloth slip-case.Attributed to Jesse Y. Kester.Copyright May 10, 1827 by Carey, Lea & Carey."Printed at no. 24, Arch-Street.--A. Walker, agt."--verso of title page.Engraved plates signed: F. Kearny, sc.With a half-title.Error in paging: p. 202-204 misnumbered p. 102-104.Last page blank.Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829, 27838"Technical terms."--p. [248]-249."Errata."--p. [251].Advertisements for hunting equipment, pages [253]-[257]. Includes an engraved illustration.Attributed to Jesse Y. Kester.
Subject Terms:
Rifle practice. | Shooting. | Dogs -- Training. | Hunting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Hunting dogs. | Hunting rifles. | Game and game-birds -- United States. | Alsop, J. W. (Joseph Wright), 1804–ca. 1878 -- Bookplate. | Alsop, J. W. (Joseph Wright), 1804–ca. 1878 -- Autograph.