The Story of the Sporting Gun Tapa blanda - 1991

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

David & Charles, 1991-07-01. Hardcover. Good. Book is in good condition. Inscription to the previous owner. Clipped dust jacket.

Slight soiling and small indentation to dust jacket otherwise in excellent condition.

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, first edition, 1991. Cloth, oblong 4to, 29 cm,. 96 pp, ils (many colour). From the blurb: "Over the past two centuries, few field sports have changed as much as that of game shooting, particularly in recent years. But although the development of the sporting gun had the greatest influence on game shooting during the nineteenth century, during the twentieth century it has not been so much the weapons that have changed but more the attitude of those that use them -known also, in our sometimes ill-defined English language, as sporting 'Guns'. Most early paintings of shooting, often portraits of proud sportsmen armed with flintlocks and with spaniels at heel, were completed during the first half of the nineteenth century, with artists such as Stubbs and Ben Marshall elaborating on the theme. But paintings of driven game were slow to materialise, possibly due to that sport's initial unpopularity. Now, however, shooting scenes by painters of that period… Leer más

Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 96 p., ill (some col.), 29x38 cm. Ill. on lining papers. Subjects: Shotguns - History. Hunting - History.

David & Charles, 1991-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!