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 and 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 and Holland, Charles Boswell, Charles Lancaster, Joseph Lang, Masu Brothers, J.D. Dougall, Boss and Co., William Evans, Cogswell and Harrison, Army and Navy C.S.L., Churchill Ltd., Silver and Co., Vickers Ltd., Watson Bros., John Wilkes, John Blanch and Son, Thomas Bland and Son, Frederick Beesley, Stephen Grant, Charles Hellis and Sons, W.J. Jeffery and Co, Joseph Needham, James Purdey and Sons, John Rigby, James Woodward and Sons, Henry Atkin; The Birmingham gun trade - A.A. Brown and Sons, William Cashmore, C.G. Bonehill, BSA, Joseph Bourne and Son, William Ford, William Greener, W.W. Greener, W. and C. Scott Ltd., John Harrison, G.E. Lewis and Sons, William Powell and Son Ltd, J. and W. Tolley, Westley Richards, Thomas Wild, Charles Osborne and Co. Ltd. ; The provincial gunmakers - Nicholas Andrews and Son, James Adsett, Burnand of Newcastle, W. Griffiths, Manton and 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.