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Author: Bogardus, Adam H.
Title: Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting. Embracing Hints for Skilled Marksmen; Instructions for Young Sportsmen; Haunts and Habits of Game Birds; Flight and Resorts of Water Fowl; Breeding and Breaking of Dogs - five editions
Place Published: New York
Publisher:
Date Published: Various dates
Description:

5 volumes. Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispieces and numerous plates. (8vo) 19x12 cm (7½x5"), green cloth with gilt design and spine. Includes:

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  343 [1] + 16 [ad] pp. J.B. Ford & Company, 1874. First Edition.


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  443 [1] + 27 [ad] pp. Published by the author, 1878. Second Edition.


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  [6], 493 pp. Revised and edited by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham. Orange Judd Company, 1884.


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  494 pp. Field & Stream Publishing Co., 1891. Third Edition, Revised To Date.


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  444 + [15 ad] pp. Field & Stream Publishing Co., 1899. Fourth Edition, Revised To Date.

Capt. Adam Henry Bogardus was the world champion and United States champion trap shooter as well as the inventor of the first practical glass ball trap in 1877. Bogardus and his sons went on to tour with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, remaining with the show for a year.

General wear, soiling, and rubbing to cloth, some light corner bumps; occasional cracked hinge and period owner's bookplate or signature, some toning to pages; all copies very good.