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Big Game Shooting, The Out of Door Library (1896)
by Rogers, Archibald; Harrison, Birge; Rainsford, W S; Irland, Frederic; Hale, Frank C; Russell, Frank
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
England: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1896. First Edition. . Cloth Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 327 pages. Minor shelf wear to the blue cloth covers, gilt titles, top page edges gilt, spine and titles have darkened, light rubs and soil, occasional light foxing. Bookplate of previous owner on first paste down, first endpaper corner trimmed. Illustrated with black & white photographs & drawings. Articles previously published in Scribner's Magazine, revised by their authors and now published for the first time in book form. Hunting American Big Game; Camping & Hunting in the Shoshone; Climbing for White Goats; Sport in Untouched American Wilderness; A Kangaroo Hunt; Last of the Buffalo; Hunting Musk Ox with the Dog Ribs. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- John Simmer Gun Books +
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16088
- Title
- Big Game Shooting, The Out of Door Library (1896)
- Author
- Rogers, Archibald; Harrison, Birge; Rainsford, W S; Irland, Frederic; Hale, Frank C; Russell, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1896
- Pages
- 327
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting;
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John Simmer Gun Books +
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