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An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess; Containing One Hundred Examples of Games...including the whole of Philidor's Analysis, with Copious Selections from Stamma, the Calabrois, &c. Arranged on a New Plan...Chess and Whist compared; Anecdotes respecting Chess and Chess-players, &c. A New Edition.
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1817
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Constitution and By-Laws of the Boston Fencing Club.
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1858
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Plainville, Massachusetts Athletic Club Ledger, ca. 1900. Sm. folio. 37 pp. Contemp. calf backed boards. Ink.
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1900
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The Whitely Exerciser.
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1893
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Fall Meeting of the Amherst College Athletic Association. Blake Field. Wednesday, October 14, 1885...
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1885
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Extensive Letter from "John" in Chicago to William Henry Pierce, Concerning Travels and Hunting. July 22, 1855. Postmarked envelope addressed to Wm. H. Pierce, Esq. Springwater, Livingston County, NY. Blue paper 12.5” x 14”. Folded. 3 pp. Ink, some bleedthrough, legible hand.
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1855
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Massachusetts Pool Table & Account Book, 1897-1917. Tall lined folio. 309 pp. Ink & Pencil. Contemp. calf, marbled boards, spine shot, boards loose.
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1897
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Two ALSs to Miss Nellie F. Harvey in Castine, Maine, from her Mother Mentioning Baseball, Kenduskeag, Maine. April 22, 1886 and May 5, 1887. 8” x 10," folded in half. 4 pp. each. With orig. addressed stamped, postmarked, envelope for the 2nd letter. Folds, else fine.
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1886
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Outdoor Baseball for Girls and Women. Official Baseball Guide. Rules and Editorial Committee...
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1933
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...Great 6 Day Walking Match at Palace Hall...Brooklyn...[Caption title]. Narrow small folio broadside, on brown paper, fine.
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1880
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William Taylor, Jr. Importer of Hard Ware Goods, 408 Washington St. (Next the Washington Bank.) Boston. [Complete text]. 3” x 4”, text surrounding an engraved vignette depicting a fisherman, captioned “Fishing-Tackle.” An attractive specimen.
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1825
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By-Laws of the Town of Biddeford. [Caption title]. Broadside, 14” x 8," double column, signed in type by three selectmen with attestation by town clerk at end. Folded in quarters with several tiny holes (no loss), a number of creases, minor stains, one short marginal tear, etc., but overall quite sound.
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1850
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Dick’s Art of Wrestling. A Handbook of Thorough Instruction, Containing a Description of the Different Methods of Wrestling Generally Adopted at the Present Time. Fully Illustrated by Well-Designed Engravings, Exhibiting All the Aggressive and Defensive Positions Necessary For Success.
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1887
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Youthful Sports.
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1825
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Eulogies on the Death of Francis H. Burr, Harvard University Footballer. Compiled by Cora Burr Harden, 315 West 71st St., New York City. December 1910. Notebook 8.25 x 10.75 inches, 14 pp. Includes 3 pages of news clippings reporting the death from Boston newspapers. Slight water damage at top edges, light browning. Contemp. 3/4 calf, cloth covered boards. Minor wear.
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1910
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ANON.
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The Chess-Player's Hand-Book; Containing a full account of the game of Chess, and the best mode of playing it.
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1844
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ANON.
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The Complete Grazier: or, Gentleman and Farmer's Directory. Containing the best instructions for buying, breeding and feeding Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, and for suckling Lambs...Also Directions for making Fish Ponds or Canals, and for storing them, and ordering the Fish in the best Manner....
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1767
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ANON.
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The Book of Sports.
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1852
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BEAN, L.L.
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Hunting - Fishing and Camping.
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1942
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BEECHER, CATHARINE E
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Physiology and Calisthenics. For Schools and Families. [And] Calisthenic Exercises, for Schools, Families, and Health Establishments....
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1856
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BORNSTEIN, M.
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Manual of Instruction in the Use of Dumb Bells, Indian Clubs and Other Exercises.
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1880
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BOYLE, ROBERT.
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Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects....
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1665
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DAVY, HUMPHRY.
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Salmonia: or Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations. With Some Account of the Habits of Fishes Belonging to the Genus Salmo. By an Angler.
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1829
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GARLICK, THEODATUS.
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A Treatise on the Artificial Propagation of Certain Kinds of Fish, with the Description and Habits...as are most suitable for Pisciculture, Giving the Author's First Experiments...also, Directions for the most Successful Modes of Angling for such kinds of Fish as are herein described.
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1858
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HAWES, WILLIAM POST.
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Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches; Being the Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress, Jr. Edited by Frank Forester [Henry William Herbert].
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1842
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HAWES, WILLIAM POST.
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Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches; Being the Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress, Jr. Edited by Frank Forester [Henry William Herbert].
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1842
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HERBERT, HENRY WILLI
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Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States, and British Provinces, of North America. In Two Volumes.
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1849
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HERBERT, HENRY WILLI
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Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States, and British Provinces, of North America. In Two Volumes.
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1849
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HERBERT, HENRY WILLI
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American Game in Its Seasons. Illustrated from Nature, and on Wood, by the Author.
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1853
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HUNTING & FISHING.
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The Art of Hunting, Trapping and Fishing, a Complete and Practical Guide for the Use of the Amateur or Professional, Showing Plainly How to Hunt and Trap all kinds of Animals; How to Catch all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water Fish, with full instructions in the Art of Training Dogs, and Using the Gun and Rifle, including the best known methods for preserving, tanning and dyeing all kinds of skins and furs....
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1874
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INTER-COLLEGIATE ASS
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Constitution, By-Laws and Laws of Athletics. Adopted by the Convention held at New York, February 28th, 1891. As Amended in Convention Febrruary 27th, 1892, February 25th 1893, and February 24th, 1894.
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1894
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JEFFERIES, RICHARD.
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The Amateur Poacher.
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1879
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JESSE, EDWARD.
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Gleanings in Natural History; with Local Recollections. To which are added Maxims and Hints for an Angler.
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1833
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KLAPP, H. MINOR Edit
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Krider's Sporting Anecdotes, Illustrative of the Habits of Certain Varieties of American Game.
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1853
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KLAPP, H. MINOR Edit
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Krider's Sporting Anecdotes, Illustrative of the Habits of Certain Varieties of American Game.
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1853
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LAMSON, E.R. Ed. & P
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Souvenir of the Official Programme of the Yale-Harvard Boat Race at New London, Connecticut.
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33015
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LANMAN, CHARLES.
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Adventures of an Angler in Canada, Nova Scotia and the United States.
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1848
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LEONARD, HUGH F.
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A Hand-Book of Wrestling. Edited by Frederik A. Fernald.
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1897
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LONG, JOSEPH W.
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American Wild-Fowl Shooting. Describing the Haunts, Habits, and Methods of Shooting Wild Fowl, Particularly Those of the Western States of America. With Instructions Concerning Guns, Blinds, Boats, and Decoys; the Training of Water-Retrievers, etc.
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1874
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MASON, GEO. JR. Ed.
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THE SUNDAY HERALD.Vol. 1, No. 11. August 26, 1894.
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1894
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MASSACHUSETTS RIFLE
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Annual Reports...for 1886-98, 1900-04, 1906-08, plus Massachusetts Rifle Association Annual Matches.
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1886
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MATTHEWS, THOMAS.
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Advice to Whist Players. From the Fourth London Edition.
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1813
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McCONNELL, JOHN Assi
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Yale University Baseball Association Account Book with Payments to Walter Camp. 1909-1910. John McConnell, Assistant Manager, 1910. Folio ledger 8.5 x 14 inches. Numbered pages: 5-21, 50-59; 27 pp. with listed payments altogether. Contemp. cloth, leather tips & spine (spine mostly missing), covers becoming loose. Pages intact & sound. Legible ink.
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1909
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MERCURIALIS, HIERONY
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De Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex...Quarta editione correctiores, & auctiores facti.
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1601
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MOSELEY, WALTER MICH
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An Essay on Archery, describing the Practice of that Art in all Ages and Nations.
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1792
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O'REILLY, JOHN BOYLE
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Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport. Illustrated.
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1888
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PENN, RICHARD.
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Maxims and Hints for an Angler: Embellished with Humourous Engravings, Illustrative of the Miseries of Fishing. To which are added Maxims and Hints for a Chess Player.
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1855
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PETERSEN, Capt. PHIL
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Beadle's Dime Guide to Swimming: Embracing All the Rules of the Art for Both Sexes.
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1860
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PICTON, THOMAS.
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Paul Preston's Book of Gymnastics: or Sports for Youth. A Legacy, to Promote the Health and Long Life of His Youthful Friends.
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1845
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POPE, ALBERT A.
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The Bicycle in Relation to Health.
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1894
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ROOSEVELT, ROBERT B.
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Superior Fishing; or, the Striped Bass, Trout, and Black Bass of the Northern States. Embracing Full Directions for Dressing Artificial Flies with the Feathers of American Birds; an Account of a Sporting Visit to Lake Superior...
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1865
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ST. LOUIS BROWNS.
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Corporate Records of the Saint Louis American League Baseball Company,1902-1936. Record book from Buxton and Skinner, Stationery Co., St. Louis, with 160 documents attached to 146 numbered pages. Folio ledger-book, boards detached, but present, very worn. Internally very good. the documents fine.
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1902
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VOORHEES, J.M.
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The Game of Ring Hockey. [Wrapper title].
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1903
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WALKER, DONALD
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British Manly Exercises: in which Rowing and Sailing Are Now First Described; and Riding and Driving are for the first time given in a work of this kind; as well as...walking, running, leaping, vaulting, balancing, skating, climbing, swimming, wrestling, boxing, training..
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1836
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WALKER, DONALD.
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British Manly Exercises: in which Rowing and Sailing Are Now First Described; and Riding and Driving are for the first time given in a work of this kind...
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1836
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WALTON, ISAAC.
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The Complete Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation. And Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream, by Charles Cotton. With Copious Notes, for the Most Part Original, a Bibliographical Preface, Giving an Account of the Time of Walton, and a Notice of Cotton and His Writings, by the American Editor [George Washington Bethune]. To which is added an Appendix, Including Illustrative Ballads, Music, Papers on American Fishing, and the Most Complete Catalogue of Books on Angling, etc., ever Printed. Also, a General Index to the Whole Work. Part I [-II].
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1848
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