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Title: Hunting, Shooting and Fishing
Description: London, Sampson Low , 1877 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this entertaining, illustrated work on hunting, shooting and fishing. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Very scarce. This sporting miscellany is comprised of stories surrounding hunting, shooting and fishing, with anecdotic chapters about horses and dogs. With charming illustrations throughout, many of which are by Phiz, G. B. Goddard, G. Bowers, and others.With the ink inscription of Bruce, dated 1877. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light bumping to the spine and the extremities. Light rubbing to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Damp staining to the head of the rear board. Small tidemark to the head of the endpapers, affecting a small portion of the first few pages. Ink inscription to front endpaper. 'Burn' bookbinder label to the rear paste down. Front hinge is strained, with cords showing. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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