Bookman's Guide to Hunting, Shooting, Angling and Related Subjects: A Compilation of over 13,450 Catalog Entries with Prices and Annotations, Both Bibliographical and Descriptive FROM THE PUBLISHER
This unique compilation catalogs books on sporting and related material from the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D. through 1988, providing detailed bibliographical information and accurate pricing, as taken from over 400 recent catalogs from booksellers representing Canada, South Africa, Great Britain, and all parts of the United States. Entries are listed alphabetically by author and are numbered as well. There are 7,182 separate titles described, providing the following information: author, title, size, number of volumes, pagination, place published, date published, edition, number and type of illustrations, and type of binding. Informative annotations are also retained when provided with original catalog entry. With a list of pseudonyms, references cited, title index, and comprehensive subject index.
Author Biography: Richard A. Hand, U.S.A.F. Ret., is an antiquarian bookseller specializing in Native American studies, hunting, shooting, and angling. He has published "Bookman's Guide to the Indians of the Americas" (Scarecrow, 1989) and is working on a revised and enlarged edition of that volume.
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Subtitled: A compilation of over 13,450 catalog entries with prices and annotations, both bibliographical and descriptive. This reference provides detailed bibliographic information and accurate pricing for books on sporting and related material from the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D. through 1988, as taken from some 400 recent catalogs of booksellers representing Canada, South Africa, Great Britain, and all parts of the US. Entries are listed alphabetically by author and are numbered as well. There are 7,182 separate titles described, providing author, title, size, number of volumes, pagination, place published, data published, edition, number and type of illustrations, and type of binding. Informative annotations are also retained when provided with original catalog entry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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