ROWLAND WARD'S SPORTSMAN'S HANDBOOK TO COLLECTING AND PRESERVING TROPHIES and SPECIMENS... Edited by S.J. Smith. 12th edition 1988.

(1880) 1988 12th edition. Small 8vo (149 x 214mm). Ppviii,132. B/w illustrations, fold-out table to rear. Brown cloth gilt.

"...and containing methods of measurement and other valuable information pertaining to trophy hunting and Rowland Ward's 'Records of Big Game'." Chapters include; big game rifles; The British double rifle, by Malcolm Lyell; American weapons, by Jack O'Connor; The placement of shots, shooting and related observations. Notes on the skinning and preparation of big game trophies in the field; Records of Big Game; General instructions for taking and recording measurements; Official measurement form; Measuring materials; Methods of measurement for recording trophies; List of official measurers; Illustrative plates of some typical game trophies; Metric conversion table (back page fold-out).