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THORNHILL (RICHARD B.)

Antique Arms and Armour

24 April 2013, 11:00 BST

London, Knightsbridge

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The Shooting Directory, first edition, second issue (without pp. 215-220 as issued), tinted aquatint frontispiece, two engraved plates, three folding letter-press tables, contemporary half-calf over marbled boards (rubbed), a Christmas present from W. Keith Neal to David Back, 4to, 1804 - HAWKER (PETER): Instructions To Young Sportsmen ..., fifth edition, ten engraved plates, illustrations in the text, later green half-calf, gilt tools of gundog's heads and birds within raised bands on spine, t.e.g., 8vo, 1826; and the sixth to eleventh editions, various bindings (some worn), the tenth edition a Christmas present from W. Keith Neal to David Back, 1965, 8vo, 1830 to 1836 (8)

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