SIDELOCKS AND BOXLOCKS: THE CLASSIC BRITISH SHOTGUNS. By Geoffrey Boothroyd.

(1991) 1998 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (156 x 236mm). Pp271. B/w photographs throughout. Brown faux leather, spine titled in gilt.

Geoffrey Boothroyd wrote weekly articles in The Shooting Times & Country Magazine over many years. In this book, Boothroyd presents 250 pages of probably otherwise unobtainable material. Chapters include: Sidelocks; Boxlocks; The London trade - Holland & Holland, Charles Boswell, Charles Lancaster, Joseph Lang, Masu Brothers, J.D. Dougall, Boss & Co., William Evans, Cogswell & Harrison, Army and Navy C.S.L., Churchill Ltd., Silver & Co., Vickers Ltd., Watson Bros., John Wilkes, John Blanch & Son, Thomas Bland & Son, Frederick Beesley, Stephen Grant, Charles Hellis & Sons, W.J. Jeffery & Co, Joseph Needham, James Purdey & Sons, John Rigby, James Woodward and Sons, Henry Atkin; The Birmingham gun trade - A.A. Brown & Sons, William Cashmore, C.G. Bonehill, BSA, Joseph Bourne & Son, William Ford, William Greener, W.W. Greener, W. & C. Scott Ltd., John Harrison, G.E. Lewis & Sons, William Powell and Son Ltd, J. & W. Tolley, Westley Richards, Thomas Wild, Charles Osborne & Co. Ltd. ; The provincial gunmakers - Nicholas Andrews & Son, James Adsett, Burnand of Newcastle, W. Griffiths, Manton & Co., Giles Whittome, Charles Rosson, John Adams Scotcher, James Warrilow, William Golden, W.J. George, Thomas Hepplestone, Nixon of Newark, William Rochester Pape, Joseph Smythe, Thomas Horsley; Scotland - John Dickson, James Erskin, W. Horton, Alexander Martin, Charles Playfair, James Lawson, Julius Coster, David McKay Brown; Let's build a 'Best' Gun; The Grouse Gun; British makers. Also includes a glossary of terms.