A Bookman's Guide to Hunting, Shooting, Angling, and Related Subjects: A Compilation of Over 13,450 Catalog Entries with Prices and Annotations, Both Bibliographic and Descriptive

by Richard A. Hand

Overview

This unique compilation catalogs books on sporting and related material from the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D. through 1988, providing detailed bibliographical information and accurate pricing, as taken from over 400 recent catalogs from booksellers representing Canada, South Africa, Great Britain, and all parts of the United States. Entries are listed alphabetically by author and are numbered as well. There are 7,182 separate titles described, providing the following information: author, title, size, number of volumes, pagination, place published, date published, edition, number and type of illustrations, and type of binding. Informative annotations are also retained when provided with original catalog entry. With a list of pseudonyms, references cited, title index, and comprehensive subject index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810823334
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/1991
Pages:	1194
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 2.20(d)

About the Author

Richard A. Hand, U.S.A.F. Ret., is an antiquarian bookseller specializing in Native American studies, hunting, shooting, and angling. He has published Bookman's Guide to the Indians of the Americas (Scarecrow, 1989) and is working on a revised and enlarged edition of that volume.

Editorial Reviews

...offers quality and quantity. The individual entries often have interesting descriptive detail and the indices are wonderful. If you are serious about this subject, you shouldn't pass on this work.

Biblio

...should be a useful reference...

AB Bookman's Weekly

...wealth of information...recommended.

Reference Quarterly

...a nifty imprint which publishes an eclectic line of titles sure to interest just about anyone...will offer hours (days?) of pleasure for anyone interested in a sourcebook listing hunting and fishing treasures worth searching for. Quite an achievement.

Coast Book Review Service

Hand has painstakingly compiled a useful guide...

American Reference Books Annual

Hand has painstakingly compiled a useful guide...

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)

...should be a useful reference...

Ab Bookman's Weekly

Subtitled: A compilation of over 13,450 catalog entries with prices and annotations, both bibliographical and descriptive. This reference provides detailed bibliographic information and accurate pricing for books on sporting and related material from the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D. through 1988, as taken from some 400 recent catalogs of booksellers representing Canada, South Africa, Great Britain, and all parts of the US. Entries are listed alphabetically by author and are numbered as well. There are 7,182 separate titles described, providing author, title, size, number of volumes, pagination, place published, data published, edition, number and type of illustrations, and type of binding. Informative annotations are also retained when provided with original catalog entry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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