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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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Add this copy of Gamonia Or The Art Of Preserving Game: And An Improved to cart. $28.36, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
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Add this copy of Gamonia Or the Art of Preserving Game and an Improved to cart. $1,507.00, good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Rudolph Ackerman.
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Good+ Leather. 8vo. Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery. 1837. 208 pgs. Errata slip present. Illustrated with 15 hand-colored engraved plates after J. T. Rawlins by A. W. Reeve and others. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in full green leather with decorated gilt rule present the boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first treatise devoted primarily pheasant rearing and the management and preservation of woodlands. Gamonia is a work celebrated for its picturesque shooting scenes. 'They are unsually attractive, and convey a good impression on the way in which our forebears killed their game, in the beginning of the 19th century' e-80; 1837; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 220 pages.
