ARCHERY. [F.M]. The Young Archer's Assistant: being an introduction to the art of shooting with the bow. By a practical and ardent admirer of that noble pastyme. 34pp., engraved frontispiece, and an engraved plate. A very good copy in original gilt lettered dark green limp cloth, all-edges-cloth. The preface is initialled in the text F.M. Very scarce. small 8vo. printed [by W.H. Cox] for and sold by Thomas Aldred... at his Archery Warehouse, No.126, Oxford Street, London. 1854. ~ The emphasis in the book is on the choice of the best equipment to be successful as a young archer, and is not surprising as it was issued by a retailer. A footnote at the end states - “For the different prices of archery, see Thomas Aldred’s separate Catalogue, which will be forwarded (gratis) upon application at his Archery Warehouse, 126, Oxford Street, London. Cambridge; Indiana, New York. BL copy noted as a microfilm of the Bodleian copy.