Description: "Frank Forester's FIELD SPORTS of the United States, and British Provinces of North America" by Henry William Herbert (whose pen name was Frank Forester). 1849 1st American edition; Stringer & Townsend; New York. Complete set in two volumes. Each volume contains six full-page engravings, and smaller illustrations at the beginning of the chapters. There is an Index at the back of volume II. The contents of the volumes are as follows: VOLUME I - Introductory Observations; The Game of North America; Upland Shooting; Spring Snipe Shooting; Summer Woodcock Shooting; Upland Plover Shooting; Autumn Cock Shooting; Quail Shooting; Ruffed Grouse Shooting; Grouse Shooting; Autumn Shooting; Rail, and Rail Shooting; Duck Shooting on Inland Waters; Sporting Dogs. VOLUME II - Bay Shooting; Fowl Shooting on Long Island; Chesapeake Bay Shooting; Wild Sporting of the Wilderness; Forest Sports; Prairie Sports; Mountain Sports; L'Envoy; The Fish and Fishing of North America; Sporting Nomenclature; A few Memoranda for Sportsmen; Canine Madness; Game Laws.
Price: 195 USD
Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Henry William Herbert
Publisher: Stringer & Townsend
Topic: Hunting, Fishing
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Outdoor & Nature
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1849