New York, The Macmillan Company, 1903.. First edition (so stated). Thick 8vo. Frontispiece and 19 b/w halftone illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Charles Livingston Bull and A.B. Frost. Full gilt stamped contemporary dark green morocco by Stikeman, t.e.g., others uncut, the spine with gilt stamped horse head, fish and sporting dog devices (small scratches), else fine. Heraldic bookplate of M.C.D. Borden on the front pastedown. 598 pages. Number 20 of 100 copies on large paper. The American Sportsman Library. Printed by the Norwood Press, Norwood, Massachusetts. Includes chapters on: Snow geese; Canada geese; Willets; Bluebill; Shovellers; King Rail; Green-Winged Teal and others.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

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Bookseller: Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 306804
Title: The Water-Fowl Family
Author: [HUNTING]. SANFORD, L.C., L.B. Bishop and T.S. Van Dyke
Book condition: Used
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company, 1903.
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