The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting, and the Habits of the Game Birds, and Wild Fowl of America
by Lewis, Elisha J
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- Original brown half publisher's brown morocco and marbled boards, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Front joint tender
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40815
- Title
- The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting, and the Habits of the Game Birds, and Wild Fowl of America
- Author
- Lewis, Elisha J
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece aquatint. Engraved aquatint title page and numerous text illustrations. 510 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original brown half publisher's brown morocco and marbled boards, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Front joint tender
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Lippincott & Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- Sports & Games | American | Americana | Economics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Literature; Social Thought; Sports & Games;
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