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KESTER, Jesse Y. The American Shooter’s Manual, Comprising…Full Knowledge of all that Related to the Dog, and the Correct Use of the Gun; Also a Description of the Game of this Country. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827.
8vo in sixes. Half–title, errata and 5 pp. ads. at end, 3 plates including frontispiece (browned). Full period sheep, black leather lettering–piece gilt, spine divided with double fillets gilt (recased, lower cover worn near edge with some surface loss). (Some worming to fore edge, tear with some textual loss to H6, spotting throughout). Provenance: R. Higgins (early signature dated 1829 and a later gift inscription from Higgins dated 1850).
FIRST EDITION, second issue with the correct spelling of “ribbon” on p. 235. THE FIRST AMERICAN SPORTING BOOK and the first written by an American. Howes K108.