ROWLAND WARD'S SPORTSMAN'S HANDBOOK TO COLLECTING AND PRESERVING TROPHIES AND SPECIMENS... Edited by A.R.D. Halse. 14th edition 1998.

(1880) 1998 14th edition. Small 8vo (133 x 192mm). Ppx,246. B/w illustrations, zebra-patterned end-papers. Pictorial green bonded-leather gilt, spine titled in gilt.

"...and containing methods of measurement and other valuable information pertaining to trophy hunting". Contains articles on big-game rifles by Malcolm Lyell and Jack O'Connor, tracks and tracking, notes on skinning, methods of measurement, etc". The 14th edition is published in response to the continued demand and success of the 13th edition published in 1990. A new edition has become essential because certain sectors of the Handbook are over due for revision. ...particularly ...the List of Official Measurers, plus a vital change in the measurement of the Black Wildebeest and alterations to the chapter on 'Records of Big Game.' This was the first recent edition of the Handbook to return to the original, small format of the early editions. Chapters include: Big game rifles - The British double rifle, by Malcolm Lyell - American weapons, by Jack O'Connor; The sighting-in of rifles, ranges and bullet performance; The placement of shots, shooting, and related observations; The judgement of trophies in the field; Tracks and tracking; Notes on skinning and preparation of big game trophies in the field; Equipment for a safari; A glossary of hunting terms; The game fields of the world and illustrative plates of some typical game trophies; 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; Index to Records of Big Game; Publications for sportsmen by Rowland Ward.