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Title: Five volumes on shooting fowl Author: Place: New York Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: 5 volumes. Includes: "An Old Gamekeeper." Plain Directions for Acquiring the Art of Shooting on the Wing. Illustrated with drawings and charts. (12mo) original blindstamped green cloth, gilt design and spine. Fraying to head and heel of spine, hinges starting. The Handicraft Publication Co., 1873. "An Old Gamekeeper." Plain Directions for Acquiring the Art of Shooting on the Wing. Illustrated with drawings and charts. (12mo) original embossed brown cloth, gilt spine. Fading to spine. Industrial Publication Co., 1873. "An Old Gamekeeper." Plain Directions for Acquiring the Art of Shooting on the Wing. Illustrated with drawings and charts. (12mo) original decorative wraps. Front wrapper detached with tear near top of spine, staples oxidized, some dampstaining. Industrial Publication Co., [1883]. Long, Joseph W. American Wild-Fowl Shooting Containing Full and Accurate Descriptions of the Haunts, Habits, and Methods of Shooting Wild-Fowl, Particularly Those of the western States of America. Illustrated. (12mo) original green cloth with gilt decoration and spine. With period bookplate on front pastedown. J.B. Ford & Co., 1874. First Edition. Long, Joseph W. American Wild-Fowl Shooting Containing Full and Accurate Descriptions of the Haunts, Habits, and Methods of Shooting Wild-Fowl, Particularly Those of the western States of America. Illustrated. (12mo) original blue cloth with gilt decoration and spine. Fraying to head and heel of spine, hinges cracked. Orange Judd Company, 1879. New and Enlarged Edition. Five different editions of two classic volumes on fowl shooting. Lot Amendments Condition: General wear and soiling to bindings, rubbing to extremities; some cracked hinges, toning to pages, occasional pencil marks; all volumes about very good. Item number: 275438