THE MODERN SHOOTER:
containing practical instructions and directions for every description of inland and coast shooting. Pp. xxviii+548, frontispiece, vignette title page, 3 plates, and several text illustrations, appendix; rebound by Paul Cavell in later qr. calf, the spine decorated in gilt and with gilt lettered black leather title label, light brown cloth boards; ribbon marker; within matching cloth slipcase brown; later endpapers, with bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, a few tiny edge splits or chips, slight glue stain to last text page, a couple of spots of foxing and scattered slight soiling; Whittaker & Co., London, 1842. First edition. *From the library of firearms collector Douglas Mills, with his business card (annotated by him in ink with acquisition and binding details) laid on the upper pastedown. Item #141722
Price: $500.00