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The Crack Shot; or, Young Rifleman's Complete Guide by Edward C. Barber, 1868
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Barber, Edward C. The Crack Shot; or, Young Rifleman's Complete Guide: Being a Treatise on the Use of the Rifle, With Rudimentary and Finishing Lessons; Including a Full Description of the Latest Improved Breech-Loading Weapons, Illustrated with Numerous Engravings; Rules and Regulations for Target Practice; Directions for Fox Hunting Game Found in the United States and British Provinces. New York: W. A. Townsend & Adams, 1868. In original green cloth binding with pictorial gilt stamp to the front board and gilt titles and stamps to the spine. Presented with a new archival slipcase.
Presented is a handsome 1868 printing of Edward C. Barber’s The Crack Shot; Or Young Rifleman’s Complete Guide. The book was simultaneously published in New York by W. A. Townsend & Adams and in London by Sampson, Low, Son, & Marston; this is the New York printing. The book is in its original green cloth boards, with a gilt deer embossed on the front and gilt titles and elaborate gilt rifles and hunting dog illustrations to the spine. It is accompanied by a new archival slipcase with a gilt rifle embossed on the front.
The book offers young readers instruction and guidance on rifle shooting, for hunting and sport, with detailed lessons on principles of firing projectiles, American and foreign rifles, American and European breech-loaders, how to choose, use, clean and care for a rifle, target practice, and the use of hounds in hunting. Barber also covers the tactics used for hunting specific game, with individual chapters for bison, moose, caribou, deer, and turkey shooting. Barber explains his aim in writing the book, was “to impart to the young and aspiring sportsman such a bird’s-eye view of the chief things he has to learn and attend to, as will greatly facilitate his acquisition of the whole art of shooting game of every kind.” This book is artfully illustrated throughout, with black and white in-text engravings and diagrams.
CONDITION:
In original green cloth binding with pictorial gilt stamp to the front board and gilt titles and stamps to the spine. Light bumping to the spine. Archival light touch-ups to the boards, repair to small hole in bottom of the spine. Interior pages with scattered light to moderate foxing and toning. Illustrated with numerous black and white engravings illustrations. Presented with a new archival green cloth slipcase with gilt rifle stamp to the front.
Book Dimensions: 7 1/8" H x 5" W x 1" D. Slipcase dimensions: 7 7/16" H x 5 3/16" W x 1 7/16" D.
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- Dimensions:Height: 7.44 in (18.9 cm)Width: 5.19 in (13.19 cm)Depth: 1.44 in (3.66 cm)
- Style:Late Victorian (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1868
- Condition:Repaired: Light touch-ups and repaired hole to spine by Felton Bookbinding Ltd. in Ontario, Canada, in November of 2024. Additions or alterations made to the original: New archival slipcase by Felton Bookbinding Ltd. in Ontario, Canada, in November of 2024. Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor fading.
- Seller Location:Colorado Springs, CO
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