Lot 287
[Acton (John)] An Essay on Shooting, Containing the various methods of forging, boring, and dredging gun barrels, second edition, 1791; and 2 others, similar (3)
Estimate: £300 - 400
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[Acton (John)] An Essay on Shooting, Containing the various methods of forging, boring, and dredging gun barrels, second edition, half-title, bookplate and ink ownership inscription to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, green morocco label to spine, [Schwert I:92], for T. Cadell, 1791 § Dobson (William) Kunopaedia. A practical essay on breaking or training the English Spaniel or Pointer, second edition, woodcut frontispiece, 1814 bound with Floyd (William) Observations on Dog Breaking, first edition, 1p. advertisements, scattered foxing, 1821, together 2 works in 1 vol., bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum corners, spine gilt with green morocco label, spine chipped at foot, light rubbing to covers; and another, Hawker on Shooting, 8vo (3)
Description
[Acton (John)] An Essay on Shooting, Containing the various methods of forging, boring, and dredging gun barrels, second edition, half-title, bookplate and ink ownership inscription to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, green morocco label to spine, [Schwert I:92], for T. Cadell, 1791 § Dobson (William) Kunopaedia. A practical essay on breaking or training the English Spaniel or Pointer, second edition, woodcut frontispiece, 1814 bound with Floyd (William) Observations on Dog Breaking, first edition, 1p. advertisements, scattered foxing, 1821, together 2 works in 1 vol., bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum corners, spine gilt with green morocco label, spine chipped at foot, light rubbing to covers; and another, Hawker on Shooting, 8vo (3)