The Sportsman's Companion, or, An Essay on Shooting.
New York: Privately Printed by Ernest R. Gee at the Derrydale Press , 1930.
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"the earliest sporting book printed in America": First derrydale edition of The Sportsman's Companion, or, An Essay on Shooting
First Derrydale edition of the earliest sporting book printed in America. Octavo, original boards, paper title label to the front panel. Fourth edition consisting of only 200 copies, with the publisher's note and index. In very good condition, lacking the spine.
First published in New York in 1783, The Sportsman's Companion is a small anonymously published essay on the diversion of shooting birds of game with detailed directions on shooting from various situations and the breaking and use of pointers and spaniels.
The Sportsman's Companion, or, An Essay on Shooting.
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