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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Printed for the author, 1768. and all other Kinds of Four-Footed and Winged Vermin, in a Method hitherto unattempted: Calculated for the Use of the Gentleman, the Farmer, and the Warrener.....viii, 218pp. Robert Smith, Rat-Cathcher to the Princess Amelia. 2 plates only [of six] Plate 1 [folding] and plate V are still present. Nice and tight text block but lacking the book covers. Incomplete but a good reference book of the scarce first edition. A rare item in the first edition. 1st edition. No covers. V.g.. 8vo.

Dublin: Printed for James Potts, 1772. First Irish edition, 12mo, ix, [1], 218pp., ownership name cut from upper margin of title page and contents leaf, 6 folding engraved plates (plate II slightly trimmed), text and plates clean and bright, later calf-backed marbled boards, spine label lettered in gilt.

Dublin: James Potts, 1772. FIRST DUBLIN EDITION. 1 vol., 6-1/2" x 4-1/4", (x)218pp., 6 engraved fold-out plates, clean and bright throughout. Bound in contemporary calf, neatyly rebacked retaining the original spine, gilt lettered red morocco spine label. The first Dublin edition of this remarkable work was originally published in London in 1768, Smith, rat catcher to Princess Amelia, herein deals not only with rats but some 40 other vermin including badgers, hedge hogs, moles, squirrels, sheep killing dogs, magpye, house-mouse, &c.

London: Printed for J. Walker, 1812. Fourth edition. 7 copper-engraved plates of traps, their construction and use. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern quarter calf and boards, new endpapers. Fourth edition. 7 copper-engraved plates of traps, their construction and use. 1 vols. 12mo. The Rat Trapper's Handy Guide. A curious and unusual subject, written by the "Late Rat-Catcher to the Princess Amelia".