BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMAN
SHOOTING AND DEERSTALKING
Compiled and Edited by
“THE SPORTSMAN”
BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN: LONDON
1913
First edition. Number 543 of a limited edition of 1000 copies.
This massive tome consists of a collection of pieces of the different forms of shooting and celebrated shots.
It must have been about the last 'grand' publication for wealthy sportsmen of its kind before the First World War ended that era.
CONTENTS
MODERN METHODS OF SHOOTING BY HORACE G. HUTCHINSON
THE ART OF FALCONRY
SPORTING DOGS BY B. J. WARWICK
SOME NOTES ON GUN-DOGS BY W. MARPLES
SHOOTING BY A COUNTRY GUNMAKER
GROUSE SHOOTING
THE BLACK GROUSE
THE CAPERCAILZIE
THE COMING OF THE GROUSE BY G. A. SCHOFIELD
SHOOTING BY GEORGE MANNERS
PARTRIDGE AND PARTRIDGE SHOOTING
PHEASANT AND PHEASANT SHOOTING
WILDFOWL SHOOTING
SOME NOTES ON WILDFOWLING BY BOSWELL G. JALLAND
HOW WE SHOT THE SWAN BY J. C. ROKEBY HALLEN
PIGEON SHOOTING REMINISCENCES BY J. TURNER-TURNER
DEERSTALKING
DEERSTALKING BY C. C. MACRAE
DEERSTALKING BY ALLAN GORDON CAMERON
RABBIT AND HARE SHOOTING
WOODCOCK AND SNIPE SHOOTING
MORE STORIES OF NATURAL HISTORY BY JOHN BOURNE
A DAY'S SHOOTING IN CHINA BY COL. VINCENT J. APPLIN
CELEBRITIES WITH THE GUN
INDEX TO CELEBRITIES WITH THE GUN
39 x 30 x 7 cm. xiv + 360 pp + 102 photogravure plates with tissue guards. Top edge gilt. 5.9 kg.
Very good condition, two short cuts to the cloth on the spine. Foxing to the page edges and flyleaf. Booksellers stamp on the front pastedown.