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SHOOTING -- BADCOCK, John. Domestic Amusements, or Philosophical Recreations . London: T. Hughes, [1823]. 12° (156 x 90mm). Folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, small woodcut illustrations and diagrams. (Some staining and spotting.) ORIGINAL PRINTED BOARDS, UNCUT (spine worn, a little rubbed and soiled), buckram box. FIRST EDITION. A collection of 295 games, puzzles, hints, medical receipts, etc. The remarkable frontispiece depicts a man shooting game on a river and held above water by means of an aquatic tripod. Chute 27: 'very rare'; Schwerdt I, p.50. [JOHNSON, Thomas Burgeland (d. 1840)]. The Shooter's Guide . London: Gale and Curtis, 1809. 12° (187 x 112mm). (A little discolouration and spotting.) ORIGINAL BOARDS, UNOPENED (rubbed). FIRST EDITION of a popular little book which had gone through six editions by 1819. Chute 339; Schwerdt I, p.270. [VINCENT, John]. Fowling, a Poem ... Descriptive of Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, Woodcock, Duck, and Snipe Shooting . London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. 8° (176 x 103mm). (Title very lightly spotted.) UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, paper label on spine (label slightly defective), cloth chemise and slipcase. Not in Chute; Schwerdt II, p.284; and 9 others including: B. Symonds, A Treatise on Field Diversions (Yarmouth, 1823); John Mayer, The Sportsman's Directory (1819); and 'Marmaduke Markwell', Advice to Sportsmen (1809). ALL IN ORIGINAL BOARDS OR WRAPPERS. (12)