LONG, Joseph W. "American Wild-Fowl Shooting" [Orange Judd, 1879]

"American Wild-Fowl Shooting. Containing Full and Accurate Descriptions of the Haunts, Habits, and Methods of Shooting Wild-Fowl, Particularly Those of the Western States of America. Instructions Concerning Guns, Blinds, Boats, and Decoys. the Training of Water-Retrievers, etc. The True History of Choke-Bores, the Theory of Their Action on the Charge; Construction, Loading, etc. With a Correct Method of Testing the Shooting Powers of Shot-Guns" by Joseph W. Long [Orange Judd, 1879]. Illustration. 330pp + 10 ads, including illustrated gun advertisements. Spine slightly faded and head/tail quite rubbed. Rear hinge cracked and top/bottom of front hinge as well. Textblock clean/unmarked, albeit toned. Good.