The Sportsman's Directory or, Park & Gamekeeper's Companion : Containing Instructions for Breeding, Feeding, and Breaking Dogs; Hunting & Coursing; Shooting; Fishing; Preserving Game; Decoys; Breeding Pheasants, Partridges, Pigeons, Rabbits, Etc Etc

Mayer, John

Published by Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, London, 1819

About this Item

1819 3rd edition - enlarged and improved. 215pp. Good/None. Hard grey boards with paper covered spine and label to spine. Some rubbing to board edges, some splitting to spine, spine label a little worn and chipped, some soiling. Contents generally clean and tight with some damp marking to the first few pages, some spotting/browning, a little soiling. Owners' inscriptions to ffep and title page. Lovely B&W engraving at frontis. B&W drawings. Guidance on all manner of gentlemanly sports including hunting, shooting and fishing. Includes 'a description of all kinds of poaching; How to detect poachers and destroy their works. With abstracts of the New Game Acts, and upwards of fifty valuable recipes'. Written by a respected gamekeeper. Rare early edition.

Seller Inventory # 004466

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sportsman's Directory or, Park & Gamekeeper's Companion : Containing Instructions for Breeding, Feeding, and Breaking Dogs; Hunting & Coursing; Shooting; Fishing; Preserving Game; Decoys; Breeding Pheasants, Partridges, Pigeons, Rabbits, Etc Etc
• Publisher: Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, London
• Publication Date: 1819
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sport, Games & Pastimes