Author:
SKINNER J.S.
Title:
The Dog And The Sportsman
Price:
£95.00
Year:
1845
Edition:
1st Edn,
City of Publication:
Philidelphia, USA
Summary:
XVI 223 + 1 pages, engraved frontis + 3 other full page plates, some age browning to page edges, recased in the publishers blind stamped cloth, old spine relayed with gilt sportsman motif showing some loss to head and tail. Gives details of the use of breeding, training, diseases of dogs and an account of the different kinds of game with their habits also hints to shooters. Believed to be the first American book on sporting dogs.
Ref:
10970
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