Home
/
Sale 378: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography - Natural History
/
Catalogue
/
American Shooter's Manual

Back to Catalogue Auction info

Sale 378: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography - Natural History (#378) 04/17/2008 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/17/2008 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #91 American Shooter's Manual

Click image to enlarge

Lot closed - unsold

Estimate: $500 - $800

Tell a friend Ask a question

Description

Title:

American Shooter's Manual

Author:

[Kester, Jesse Y.]

Place Published:

Philadelphia

Publisher:

Carey, Lea & Carey

Date Published:

1827

Description:

[vii]-249, [2], +3 ad leaves. Frontispiece and 2 engraved plates. (8vo) contemporary boards with later cloth rebacking and paper title label. First Edition.

Second issue, with ribbon spelled correctly on page 235. The "first American sporting book". Howes K108.

Condition:

Covers well worn; dampstain throughout; else fair.

Item#:

190568

Headline:

American Shooter's Manual 1827
Shipping info
Terms and conditions

CONTRACTS

All accepted bids are contracts and are considered final and non withdrawable.

BUYER'S PREMIUM

A buyer's premium of 20% will be applied to all purchases.

ONLINE BIDDING

The person posting the bids online has to be the person who has registered for the auction.