Fur Or Feather: Days With Dog and Gun

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. Small quarto (26 x 18.5 cm.), 144 pages. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Paul Brown. FIRST EDITION. Lawrence B. Smith or "Lon Smith" was the author of many books on hunting and shooting, including Modern Shotgun Shooting, Shotgun Psychology, and Modern Gun Dogs. This book focuses less on technical aspects of shooting or hunting and more on the pleasures of the sport, including the satisfactions of the relationship between a hunter and his dog. The illustrator, Paul Brown, was one of the great artists of outdoor life, especially equestrian pursuits. His illustrations appear in many Derrydale Press publications, and he was an illustrator for the catalogues of Brooks Brothers. Clean and sound, in publisher's tan/gray cloth. In an unclipped dust jacket titled in red and black on flecked paper. Fine. Inscribed in ink by the author on the half-title, "Happy shooting days, sincerely, Lawrence B. Smith, '46", and additionally signed by Paul Brown in pencil.