Four Centuries of Sport in America 1480-1890.

Manchester, Herbert. Four Centuries of Sport in America 1480-1890. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. Quarto. Brown cloth with pasted-down illustration of “The Sportsman” on cover, t.e.g. 245 pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Very good condition. vg. Hardcover.

1/850 copies. Contains “the accounts of explorers and travelers, on old records, newspaper items, and magazine descriptions, – all from the era for which they are used. The illustrations are from manuscript miniatures, historic paintings, and copper plates, early lithographs, and the wood engravings from early American magazines . . .” (7559) $95