The Sportsman's Vade-Mecum For The Himalayas, Containing Notes on Shooting, Outfit, Camp Equipment, Sporting Yarns etc
Published by Horace Cox, 1891
- Used
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, Cambr, United KingdomHereward Books
AbeBooks seller since February 3, 1999
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Condition: Used
£ 184.00
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(6) - 120 pages, 32 pages of sporting adverts and advert end papers on blue paper frontis illustration of a hunter in shikar dress and numerous text line drawings of guns ammunition equipment required for a sporting expedition. Small ownership label to the front paste down, Publishers cream cloth with title in red and black to upper cover with markor head in black, advert to rear cloth dust soiled, The first half of an excellent work details the equipment needed for sporting excursions including choice of firearms, the second half dwells on the authors experiences of hunting, Detailing the game the .450 and 500 express rifle etc. Czech 115. A very good + clean copy, rarely found in this condition.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Sportsman's Vade-Mecum For The Himalayas, Containing Notes on Shooting, Outfit, Camp Equipment, Sporting Yarns etc
- Author
- K.C.A.J. [Major General J. Burton Forster
- Publisher
- Horace Cox
- Publication year
- 1891
Hereward Books
Ely, Cambr, United Kingdom
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