Lewis, Elisha J

The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting,and the Habits of the Game Birds, and Wild Fowl of America

Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co, 1857 With the contemporary inscription from the author, "J.S. Morgan, Esq / with regards of the author / E.J. Lewis M.D. / Dec 6th 1858". The recipient, of course, was the financier and father of J.P. Morgan; four years earlier, in 1854, he had taken his first big step into international banking as a partner in the firm of George Peabody & Co., and it is to be hoped that this volume provided an impetus for his interest in more recreational pursuits Second edition. 8vo. Frontispiece aquatint. Engraved aquatint title page and numerous text illustrations. 510 pp. Original brown half publisher's brown morocco and marbled boards, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Fornt joint tender. Phillips p. 225; Henderson pp. 162-163

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