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London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1853. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Full decorative red cloth with blind stamped gilt decoration of an indian on horseback on front cover with gilt lettering above and below. Elaborate blind stamped border with gilt lettering and a gilt design of trees and a horse on spine. 447pp + [16pp adverts]. Cloth has a split at front board with the board starting. Back cover slightly discolored. Gift inscription in ink on front free endpage. Frontispiece engraving of indian on horseback. Title page vinette of Indian hunting Buffalo on horseback with bow & arrows. Sporatic light foxing. Moisture waviness on many pages. Dampstain mark to the the bottom corner on 1/3rd of pages. Overall a READING COPY ONLY. Photos available upon request. The author describes different kinds of hunting in North America and gives biographies on J.J. Audubon and Daniel Boone. Webber also had an encounter with Audubon. . First British Edition. Full Cloth. Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" -… Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J.B.Lippincott Company, 1859 The Hunter-Naturalist. Scarce. Early hunting book. Sketches/pictures throughout. Title-page drawing is partly in colour. 610 pages. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Previous owner's name on front paste-down endpaper, and, on the page opposite title-page. Back free endpaper missing. Brown blind stamped cover, gilt titles on spine. Corners bumped. VG.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Philadelphia, 1852. 610pp. Illustrations. Frontis. Original blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Head and toe of spine a bit frayed, else very good. Much coverage of John James Audubon, who was a friend of Webber's, and of Daniel Boone, who accompanied Audubon on many hunting trips. With plates by A.J. Miller. A variant of Webber's THE HUNTER-NATURALIST, first published in 1851. EBERSTADT 103:285. HOWES W196