BIG GAME HUNTING AND MARKSMANSHIP: A MANUAL ON THE RIFLES, MARKSMANSHIP AND METHODS BEST ADAPTED TO THE HUNTING OF THE BIG GAME OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. By Kenneth Fuller Lee. With photographs by the author.

(1941) 1944 reprint. Small 8vo (122 x 195mm). Ppx,217 + 5pp ads. B/w photographs. Blue cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt.

The author discusses various types of rifle as well as telescopes and sights before considering at length various quarry species with much anecdote from his own experience. Squirrels and varmints - especially as practice for bigger quarry - whitetail deer, black bear and Eastern moose. This edition carries the original copyright date of 1941 on the title-page but is identified as a reprint by the date of September 1944 on an advert towards the end of the book. Chapters include: Selecting your big game rifle; Hunting sights and telescopes; Hunting marksmanship; The rifleman in the woods; Notes on stalking; Small game and varmints; Notes on guides and hunters; Whitetail deer and their hunting; The black bear; Eastern moose and their habits.