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OSBALDISTON, William Augustus. The British Sportsman, London: J. Stead, [1792], 4° (260 x 210mm.), 41 copper-engraved plates only (of 42) of which 6 hand-coloured (some light browning, spotting and offsetting, marginal stain affecting 3M1-2, tear at margin to 7G and plate number 12, plate number 13 with marginal tear neatly repaired), contemporary calf (rebacked preserving original red morocco spine label) [Schwerdt II:54; Wood p. 507] -- T. B. THORNHILL. The Shooting Directory, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1804, 4° (265 x 215mm.), FIRST EDITION, second issue, 9 uncoloured aquatint plates, one folding, 2 folding tables only (of 3, spotted throughout, some light browning, occasional marginal dampstaining, upper inner corner of frontispiece torn with loss and neatly repaired), later half calf preserving original spine. [Abbey Life 393] (2)