(2) sporting books, to include: The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsman and Notes on Shooting by Elijah J. Lewis, MD. J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1874. 8vo, brown embossed cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. 510 pages. Good condition with age appropriate wear, numerous interesting engraved illustrations of wildfowl, etc. Along with The Land – Birds – and Game – Birds – of New England, with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their Habits and Notes by H. D. Minot. Published by the Naturalist’s Agency, Salem, MA 1877. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. 456 pages, shows minor scuffing to spine and boards. First edition. Both have owner’s inscription and note on frontispages.
Elijah J. Lewis & H. D. Minot Sporting Books, 1874 & 1877. American Sportsman & Land-Birds of New England.
