(SPORTS--COCKFIGHTING.) J.W. Cooper. A Treatise on Cocking, Giving a History of the Various Breeds
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(SPORTS--COCKFIGHTING.) J.W. Cooper. A Treatise on Cocking, Giving a History of the Various Breeds of Imported and American Game Fowls. Hand-colored frontispiece plate. 96 pages. 16mo, publisher's gilt cloth, minimal wear; minor foxing, repaired tear to flyleaf, lacking as usual the folding cockpit plate; early owner's pencil signature on front free endpaper. Media, PA: Cooper & Vernon, 1859
First edition of the first American work devoted solely to cockfighting. Henderson, page 52; Phillips, page 86. None traced at auction since 1972.
First edition of the first American work devoted solely to cockfighting. Henderson, page 52; Phillips, page 86. None traced at auction since 1972.
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(SPORTS--COCKFIGHTING.) J.W. Cooper. A Treatise on Cocking, Giving a History of the Various Breeds
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