The American Shooters Manual Comprising Such Plain And Simple Rules As Are Necessary To Introduce

by A Gentleman Of Philadelphia County Attr Dr Jesse Y Kester

$1,250 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827. First Edition, Second Issue. Illustrated with 3 engraved plates by Francis Kearney. Half calf and marbled boards. Duodecimo. xii, 13 -249, 1 , 3 pages of ads. This is just the second shooting book published in America and the first comprehensive sporting manual. Published anonymously but attributed to one

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