[AMERICAN SHOOTING BOOKS]. [KESTER. JESSE Y.] The American Shooter's Manual, Philadelphia 1827, modern quarter calf, t.e.g., foxed, lacking advertisement leaves, FIRST EDITION, second issue, 3 etched plates, Gee copy, with his bookplate; [Another edition], Philadelphia [1828], contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, foxing and browning, second edition, 3 plates -- SAMUEL E. EDWARDS. The Ohio Hunter: or a Brief Sketch of the Frontier Life of Samuel E. Edwards, Battle Creek, Michigan: Review and Herald Steam Press Print 1866, original bubble-grained gray cloth, head and tail of spine bumped, spine slightly faded, modern folding chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, foxing, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved frontispiece and title vignette, Howes E70 -- E. J. LEWIS. The American Sportsman, Containing Hints to Sportsmen, 1857; [Another edition], 1871; both Philadelphia, tinted wood-engraved frontispieces and titles, text wood-engravings -- A. H. BOGARDUS. Field, Cover and Trap Shooting, [1874], upper inner hinge split, FIRST EDITION, steel-engraved frontispiece portrait -- J. W. LONG. American Wild-Fowl Shooting, 1879, covers stained -- J. M. MURPHY. American Game-Bird Shooting, 1882; the last three New York, the last two with wood engravings, together 8 vols., 12mo-8vo, the last five in original gilt- or blind-stamped cloth, most extremities worn. (8)

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[AMERICAN SHOOTING BOOKS]. [KESTER. JESSE Y.] The American Shooter's Manual, Philadelphia 1827, modern quarter calf, t.e.g., foxed, lacking advertisement leaves, FIRST EDITION, second issue, 3 etched plates, Gee copy, with his bookplate; [Another edition], Philadelphia [1828], contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, foxing and browning, second edition, 3 plates -- SAMUEL E. EDWARDS. The Ohio Hunter: or a Brief Sketch of the Frontier Life of Samuel E. Edwards, Battle Creek, Michigan: Review and Herald Steam Press Print 1866, original bubble-grained gray cloth, head and tail of spine bumped, spine slightly faded, modern folding chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, foxing, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved frontispiece and title vignette, Howes E70 -- E. J. LEWIS. The American Sportsman, Containing Hints to Sportsmen, 1857; [Another edition], 1871; both Philadelphia, tinted wood-engraved frontispieces and titles, text wood-engravings -- A. H. BOGARDUS. Field, Cover and Trap Shooting, [1874], upper inner hinge split, FIRST EDITION, steel-engraved frontispiece portrait -- J. W. LONG. American Wild-Fowl Shooting, 1879, covers stained -- J. M. MURPHY. American Game-Bird Shooting, 1882; the last three New York, the last two with wood engravings, together 8 vols., 12mo-8vo, the last five in original gilt- or blind-stamped cloth, most extremities worn. (8)