Chapman, Abel

First Lessons In the Art of Wildfowling

London: Horace Cox, 1896. Hardcover. pp. xi, 264. 8vo. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Contains 36 black and white illustrations by the author and three illustrations by Charles Whymper, including fold-outs. Patterned endpapers and publisher's topstain. Shaken, corners bumped, small tears to spine ends, corner clipped from ffep, foxing to pages, faint odour. Binding sound; very good-. Item #0102000

First several pages include illustrated advertisements from the era, promoting dog biscuits, gun powder, exotic 'pet' bears & more.

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