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[HAWKER, Peter]. Instructions to Young Sportsmen, with directions for the choice, care, and management of guns; hints for the preservation of game; and instructions for shooting wildfowl ... London: for J. Johnson and Co., 1814.
8o (174 x 104 mm). Original boards, uncut (some light rubbing and staining); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION. "The first edition of a well-known book written at the request of some friends and printed for private distribution, only a few supplementary copies being provided for ordinary readers, a fact which accounts for its rarity. At first, plates and embellishments were omitted to reduce the cost of publication, but the author soon found it necessary to issue enlarged and illustrated editions, which are still sought by collectors" Schwerdt I, 234.
8o (174 x 104 mm). Original boards, uncut (some light rubbing and staining); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION. "The first edition of a well-known book written at the request of some friends and printed for private distribution, only a few supplementary copies being provided for ordinary readers, a fact which accounts for its rarity. At first, plates and embellishments were omitted to reduce the cost of publication, but the author soon found it necessary to issue enlarged and illustrated editions, which are still sought by collectors" Schwerdt I, 234.