Colonel George Hanger, to all Sportsmen, and Particularly to Farmers, and Game Keepers.
first edition
1814 · London
by HANGER, George
London: For The author, 1814. Book. 8vo, orig. plain boards, patterned cloth spine, printed label. Pp. 226. Hinges cracked, worn along spine, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. By the coarse and eccentric Revoltionary War aide to Sir Henry Clinton, later companion to the prince regent, coal merchant, adventurer - see DNB. A boisterous catch-all compendium of hints on guns and shooting, dogs, game, horses, vermin-trapping, etc., dedicated to Thomas Coke, the distinguished experimental farmer at Holkham. Scarce. BLC.. (Inventory #: 1187)