Plain Directions for Acquiring the Art of Shooting on the Wing

New York: The Industrial Publication Company, 1873. First Edition. Industrial Publication Co. Issue (priority uncertain). 12mo. (17.5cm); publisher's original dark brown cloth titled in gilt on spine, with blind-embossed double-ruled border and decorations on covers; vi,[7-9],10-88 + [8]pp ads bound at rear, with tissue-guarded frontispiece of a wounded snipe. Modest external wear, hint of sunning to spine, with a crack to gutter following title page (though binding is still sound); an old hunter's penciled notes to margins of three pages; Very Good. Riling notes this title was published by The Handicraft Publication Co. in 1873, and that copyright was turned over to The Industrial Publication Co. of New York the same year. The binding appears identical, issued in various colors of cloth, with the Handicraft issue featuring the titles stamped in gilt on front cover, and a different series of terminal ads. A popular shooting book, reprinted many times. RILING 936; PHILIPS, p.280. 89240.