[Rarebooks] fs: The Art of Shooting-Flying

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"And now, our Pieces loaded, we divide
The rows between, each takes a diff'rent Side,
Careful, yet Unconcern'd; not Idle, still
Unbent, with Diligence enough to Kill.
Learn'd to Take Time, the Chief and Only Rule,
First to be practis'd in the Marksman's School.
Most Youths undisciplin'd, the Sport confound,
By random Firing on improper Ground:
For as in Flights of hasty Wit, the same
Examin'd, will be Parallel in Game".
          -George Markland, ca.1720s.


"You just stand there looking cute,
and when something moves, you shoot."
          -Tom Lehrer, ca. 1960s.


Markland, [George].  PTERYPLEGIA: The Art of Shooting-Flying.  New York; 
The Derrydale Press: 1931.  Edition limited to 500 copies.  A new edition 
of what is probably the very first book devoted to the art of wing 
shooting, presented as a humorous poem.  The first edition appeared in 
1727, several year after George Markland's untimely death at the age of 
just 44.  Two subsequent editions followed in 1735 and 1767.  Eugene 
Connett of the Derrydale Press prepared this fourth edition with 
illustrations by Robert Ball and an informative and enjoyable introduction 
by Col. H.P. Sheldon.

Hardcover.  7.5"x10.5", xv + 29 pages, line illustrations by Robert 
Ball.  Light blue boards with a white parchment spine, as issued; paste-on 
label on the front cover, gilt spine title; cover faded for about 1" along 
the top; very light 1" fade along the base; light soil; 
bookplate.  [04834]  $175.00


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